The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-12-14
'BLOODLESS WARFARE
Our Troops Occupy Philippines
Towns Without Resistance.
HARDsHIPs OF YoUNe's TROOPS.

HARDsHIPs OF Y0UNa's TROOPS.
The Infantry shoeless After . Hun.
dred Mile March and the Cavalry
Horses Worn ANS
Scouts Chasing Asuinaldo.
Manila, Dec. 13.-The advance guard
of General Grants command, under
Major Spence, arrived at Olangapo.
Subig bay. during Saturday night.
which place was occupied with little
resistance, the enemy fleeing. Major
,sSpence had an arduous march over the
mountain trails from Dinalupihan.
Sunday morning the Baltimore and
Oregon and chartered transport ar
rived at Olangapo from Manila. The
navy was disappointed to find the
army in possession OF the place, which
they had hoped to capture. A de-
tachment Of marines, under Captain
Myers, occupied the navy yard at
Olangapo, and will hold and occupy it
as a naval station. The yard consists
Of seven new large buildings and some
repairing and machinery snops, all
damaged by the bombardment of Sept.
23.
:, During Sunday morning the navy
Transported Major Spence's command
from Olangapo to the town Of Subig,
five miles distant. The enemy was
seen deserting Subig as the troops
Handed, and the latter occupied it with
SOut resistance. They found the place
abandoned by the retreating enemy,
who fired few shots. The Americans
deployed to the right and left of the
town and killed one Of the enemy.
General Grant and the remainder of
his command arrived at Olangapo Sun
day afternoon. He proceeded yester-
day to Subig and joined Major Spence.
General Grant will move north along
the coast and will effect juncture
with the Twenty-fifth infantry, under
Colonel Andrew S. Burt, who was re-
ported eight miles from Iba Dec. 7.
The enemy encountered in General
Grants advance fled to the mountains
and scattered. General Grant is not
garrisoning the towns he occupies. No
casualties are reported in his COM
mand.
Dispatches dated Conception, Dec. 2,
from a press correspondent with the
detachment pursuing Aguinaldo, have
just reached Manila by messenger. The
military wires on all lines to the
northward are continually cut by the
natives or are crowded with govern
ment business when working.
According to these advices General
Young was at Condor Nov. 29, having
three troops of the Third cavalry,
Cunningham's scouts and Major
March's battalion Of the Thirty-third
infantry. The nominal strength Of his
command had been reduced one-third
by sickness. The horses were worn
out and handicapped by lack Of shoes.
The infantry, after march Of hun
dred miles from San Jacinto, were
shoeless and all were living on the
country. The troops had no ammuni-
tion except that in their belts.
!, General Young, having been without
communication with General Lawton
for ten days and not knowing the dis
position of the other troops or whether
support was being sent forward. re-
solved to keep moving.
Having received information that
the insurgent General Tino, with
thousand men, was somewhere to the
north, and that Aguinaldo, with Gen.
eral Pillar, five women and 400 SOL
diers Of his faithful Bulacan battalion,
was In the mountains to the east, Gen.
eral Young decided, on Nov. 30, to
divide his forces. He proceeded him
self toward Vigan, hoping to attack
General Tino, with his handful Of men,
and to prevent him joining Aguinadlo.
Major March, with his battalion, and
Cunningham scouts started over the
mountains toward Cervantes, after
9Mguinaldo, who was reported to have
been there on Nov. 20. This column
marched for 13 hours without food.
The correspondent goes on to say:
"The Americans found that the in
surgents had impressed the Igorrotes,
compelling them to dig trenches and
to construct pitfalls along the trails,
which were fearful travelling at the
best. One stream had to be forded
IL times In the course Of a mile. These
inoffensive. stupid creatures, usually
pictured as bloodthirsty savages,
CuceTlully tuTueu 10 uuQO tnelr own
work and actually went foraging for
the Americans.
"The Ilocos region is the richest the
Americans have entered on the north
Urn campaign. The people are pros
porous, intelligent and more than half
civilized. They have excellent houses
and carry on fourishing Industries.
Many Of them are evidently rich. Sew
eral towns received the troops with
bands and the ringing of church bells.
Cattle we're killed and houses were
opened to the troops.
"How much of this display was sim
cere and how much due to desire to
propitiate the conquerors 1t would be
hard to say. There were evidences
that similar hospitality had been ex-
tended to Aguinaldo. The people de-
scribed him as cheerful, hugging the
hope Of salvation through American
politics, and everywhere trying to re-
tain support by proclaiming with
seeming sincerity that the United
States congress would certainly recog-
nize the independence of the Filipino
republic In December.
"Manv NJ tho nativoa oyhihifod uotos