The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-29
AGUINAL DO MAY
SURRENDER SOON
Viii Quit When Americans
Capture Mal0l0S,
M'ARTHUR'S FORCES
RESTED YESTERDAY
Movement Against the Filipino Cap
ital Commences Today.
Troops Start This Morning With
Four Days Rations and 200
Rounds of Ammunition Have
Captured Bocane-Bulacan, City
of $4,000 Inhabitants, Destroyed
By the Insurgents - Americans
Suffer From the Intense Heat.

Manila, March 2S.-The prisoners say
Aguinaldo declared that if the Ameri-
cans can take the Filipino capital he
viii surrender.
General MacArthur's division ad-
vanced nearly two miles without en-
countering opposition this morning. On
approaching Bulacan, a town of $4,000
people, he halted, preparatory to at
tacking it. The heat was intense, being
80 degrees on the coast and fully lUO
degrees in the interior; it made the
Americans suffer a great deal. In spite
of the heat, however, every man was
eager to proceed toward the enemy.
General Macarthur and his army are
resting on the plain beyond Marilao,
after three days scrambling in the
brush, fording rivers and charging
trenches in the blazing sun. The men
are tired, but are in splendid spirits.
The engineers are repairing bridges,
the rebels having failed to destroy the
ironwork, and the railroad is kept busy
hurrying supplies to the front. The
country to Malolos is level, with fire.
quent streams and patches Of wood, but
there are no more iungles.
The American troops will advance at
daylight, taking four days rations with
them, and having 200 rounds of amfnu-
milton in their belts. They expect to
take Bocave, on the railroad to the
easl of Bulacan, tomorrow. 1t is a diff
ficult position, protected by streams.
The American line is about 1.200
yards from that of the rebels. Desul-
tory shots were exchanged today
The American re9orts show that
twenty men were killed and siXtv-one
wounded on our side yesterday. The
Dakota regiment lost ten men killed
ND hal ai,4fN- daad
According ia prisoners in the hands
Of the Americans. Aguinaldo's generals,
Garcia, Tofreo and Pacheco, were with
the Filipinos yesterday, and drove their
followers into the first aggressive dem
onstration. The rebels attempted to
charge across the plain east of the rail-
road, but the Americans charsed to
meet them, and the Filipinos bolted,
after a few shots, leaving several men
killed on the field. The Filipino prison
ers further declare that the rebels have
lost all taste for fighting, and that their
officers have to keep them in line by
beating them with swords.
BRAVERY OF AMERICANS.
One of the most brilliant and costly
achievements Of The campaign was the
charge Of Major Howard's battalion
across the river. Advancing at the
doublequick. they found the river be-
meath them, and splashed across with
a yell. swimming and wading, with bull
lets scattering in the water and rushed
upon the rebel trenches. Ten men were
killed and eleven were wounded in the
charge.
At the capture of Marilao there were
several incidents showing the bravery
OF our troops. Some F'ilipinos We're en-
trenched on an island in a bend of the
river. The Americans approached in a
triangular formation, with the Third
artillery in the apex and the Kansas
and Pennsylvania regiments forming
the sides. Colonel Funston of the Kan
sas regiment, called for volunteers to
swim the river. Twenty men crossed
under fire and secured materials with
which a crossing was eventually ef-
fected
Major Bell of General Macarthur s
staff, with company /, of the Pennsyl-
vania regiment and Lieutenant Aber-
nathy and ten men, engaged in similar
exploits.
After the Filipinos has raised the
white flag many Of them attempted 10
run and several were shot for so do
ing. in the chGrchyard Of Aiarilao the
Americans found thirty newly made
graves of Filipinos and d dozen bodies
were seen drifting down the river with
gruesome wounds. The prisoners are
digging their former comrades graves.
Many huts are smoking ruins. having
been burned by their inhabitants The
Americans are not burning any build
ingS
our troops captured four Spaniards
who were fighting with the insurgents
General Macarthur was under a heavy
fire yesterday.
a detachment of ninety-six Filipino
prisoners was escorted into Manila to-
day Their appearance aroused great
interest. as they were marched from the
railroad depot TO the prison.
The rebels have unloaded about 500
Tlen from a train, half 4 mile in front
of General MacArthuT's forces, with
the object Of reinforcing the Filipino
ga11isons at Bulacan and Guiginto. on
either side Of the railroad leading to
Malolos.
The fact that the railroad is in op-
GRAFTON from here to our front faciH-
tates the transportation of supplies to
the tro2ps. Before the break in the
road wa repaired the transportation of
supplies was very uncertain.
All is quiet in front of the lines of
Generals Ovenshine and Hall
A battalion of the California regiment
which has been landed at Enrique. is
land Of Negros has been received with
every manifestation Of joy on the part
of the natives. The command of the
island of Negros has been formally
transferred from General Miller to
Colonel Won Valzah of the Eighteenth
infantry.
REPORTS FROM OTIS.