The Portland daily press., 1899-12-12

being ssnt forward, resolved 70 keep
moving.
Having received information that the
insuI gent general, Tino. with thousand
men. was somewhere 70 the north, and
that Aguinaido with General Pillar, i've
women, and four hundred soldiers Of bis
faithful Bulacan battalion was In the
mounta 10 the east, General Young de-
cidei on November 90 to divide his force.
He procssdsd himself toward vigan, hop
ing to atta,k Gen. Tino, with his handful
of men and to prevent his tolning Agui-
naldo. Major Marcn with his battalion
and Cunninghsm's scouts, started over
the mountains toward Cerv antsa. after
Aguinaldo, wto was reported to have
been there on November 30. This column
marched for thirteen hours without food.
The A ssooiated Press correspondent
goes on to say, "Ths Americans found
that the insurgents he'd imprsfssd Igor
rotss, compelling them 10 dig trenches
and 10 oonstract pitfalls along the trails
which were fearful travelling 81 the best.
One strssm lad to be fordsd twelve times
In the course Of mills. Those isoffsn-
sivs, stupid creatures. usually pictured ~
biood-thirsty savagss, ohssrfuily turned
to undo their own work and actually
went forsaing for the A Amssioans.
"The Iiocos region is the richest the
Americans have entered II the northern
campaign. The people are prosperous, In
ssllissnt and more than half civilized.
They have excslisns houses and carry ON
fiourishing industries. Many Of them are
evidently rich. Several towns received
the troops with bands and the ringing Of
church balls. Cattle were killed and
houses wsrs opened to the troopA
"How much OF this display WAS sincsrs
and now much due to . dosire 20 pro-
pitiate the cont nqusrors. IL would be hard
to say. There wers evidences thnt sinilar
hospitality has been extended to AEui-
naldo. The people described him - cheer.
full, hugging the hope Of salvatien
thr0ugh American politics and every
where trying to retain support by pro-
claiming with seeming sinosfity that the
United States Congress would certainly
recognise the Independence Of the Fill
pino republic IN December.
Mhuy Va buc HouNos oAuAoiUoo hoVo1
from Lieut. Gilmore and other American
prisoners In which the recipients were
oommsndsd to the Americana on the soore
Of kisdness shown to the writer's. There
are swsnty seven Americans with Lieut..
Gilmore. Another party Of fourteen were
taken through Ilocos Q week ahead Of
Gen. Young. They were ragged and dirty
and, the natives say, some of them were
urged forward at the point Of the bsyo.
net"
SAN MIGUEL OCCUPIED.
Manila, December 12.-9. 80 .. m.-Gen.
Lawten, with the s5th infantry and four
troops Of the fourth cavalry has occupied
San Miguel without . rsht. The insur-
gents commander Cen. Pho Del Pillar.
who made his headquarters there VITA
supposedly the largest foIcs OF insargents
north Of Manila, 10 believed to have di.
vidsd his men into scattered hands. The
Inhabitants have petitioned for strong
garrison. Col. Hayes with cavalry had
tw, brushes with the insurgents, the
Americans having two wounded.
Seventy insurgents attacked a commits
sary bull train returning from Capas to
Tarlac. The drivers escaped with the loss
of their rations and effects.
Captain: ::Ssurgis. with a troop Of the Iith
cavalry, surprised forty insurgents under
General Pando near NirzgarAy. The in-