The Yale expositor., 1899-09-08
WAR NOT ES.


of natives who recently ambushed four |
of our soldiers and who have been gen.
orally troublesome. The American
force drove the natives from their |
trenches into the hills, after an all-day |
fight There were no casualties on |
the American side, though there were
some heat prostrations The native |
loss in not known. The rebels are
said to have had six cannon, from
which they fred nails and scrap iron.
The cruiser Charleston landed men,
who guarded the city during the alb
sence of the troops.
The war department is making up
the lineal rank of the officers recently
appointed in he first 12 volunteer reg
iments. These are being made by
regiments only, not for the whole OF
the volunteers. Promotions in the
future will be made in regiments based
upon this lineal rank. Length Of time
in which officers served as officers in
the service of the United States will
determine the rank of the new Off 'ers.
Service in the militia will not count
Officers from state regiments will have
tneir service dated from the time they
were mustered into the United States
service for the Spanish war.
All haste is being used to dispatch
the troops now waiting at San Fran
cisco To Manila. 1t is expected that
the entire casual detachment now at
the Preside will set sail within about
two weeks. The Puebla left on Aug.
20 with ESQ recruits, the Warren goes
on the lst and the Colum bia on the 5th
with as many recruits and casuals as
they can carry. If these assignments
do not take up all the recruits now at
| the Preside, the remainder will be
shipped on the Sheridan, which will
be ready in about 10 days. The Lee
lanaw departed with her horses on
Aug. 81.
1t is reported that Aguinaldo, the
| Filipino leader, has ordered the rebel
! generals in the province of Cavite to
/ close in on and attempt to take the
| town of linus, and it is added that
! troops are concentrating around the
town from the lake country. The re-
bells it is further said, have an OUTPOST
of ZOO men on the Dasmarinas road,
and an equal force in the town of
! Anabo. The Americans are entrench-
| ing the town and they have no fear of
the result of any attack by the rebels.
A dispatch from Rome says that his
holiness, the Pope. is concerned about
the war in the Philippines. He has
communicated his anxiety to Rev. FIR.
Reaney, chaplain of the Olympia.
Leo expressed strong desire to see
peace between the United States and
the natives and said that he contem-
plated the opening of negotiations
with the United States government
with a view to regulating the position
of Catholics in the Philippines.
Gen. Lawton's course in extending
municipal government in the Philip
pines is explained in detail in Manila
newspapers. They state that the gen
eral has made a tour of many towns
along the line of his division, includ-
ing Santa Anna. Pandacan and San
! felipe, and has established in each a
complete system of civil government.
The inhabitants of the towns are to
have entire charge of affairs, accord
ing to Gen. Lawton's system.
At the conclusion of the Dewey cele-
bration at New York, Admiral Samp-
son will be relieved of the command
of the North Atlantic squadron, at his
own request. After short leave of
absence he will be assigned to shore
duty. probably in command of one of
the navy yards. His successor will be
either Rear Admiral Remey, Farquhar
or Schley.
The commission which has been en-
gagged in distributing the SO QUO. 600 APP
propriated for the purpose of paying
off Cuban soldiers who surrender their
arms to the American officials has re-
turned to Havana. 1t reports that 33 :
6o2 persons have received their share
OF the gratuity and that the total
amount of money distributed is So
526. 900.
The discovery of shorter route he
tween Manila and the United States
has had rather depressing effect
IL, on some of the troops as it reduces
their travel pay. The old route was
$3.50 miles, but of late the transports
have cut off the 700 miles required by
touching at Honolulu.
President Mckinley in welcoming
the Pennsylvania troo rs home from the
Philippines said that IL was his inlen
tion TO push the war to a close, an6
! that all the soldiers and guns neces
ssry for a speedy suppression of the
rebellion would be sent to the Philip
pines.
Gov Gen. Brooke has ordered th'
municipality of Matanzas to return
the local cemetery to the ecclesiastica
authorities, in accordance with th'
proclamation issued in April.
The president of Santo Domingo
has rendered his resignation in favo
of Gen. Jiminez.
Another street car was blown up a
e Cleveland on the 30th, and FIVE OF th'
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