The record-union., 1899-10-10
General SchWan's Column Continues
Its Advance Toward MaIahOn,
Meeting Little Resistance and Suffering No
Casualties at Hands of filipin0s.
An Expedition of United States
Boats Leaves Cavite for the
Pasig River. With a View of
Raising the Spanish Gunboat
Arayet, PuTposely Sunk by the
Spaniards.


MANILA, Oct 9.-Evening.
Schwan's column, consisting of the
Thirteenth Infantry, a battalion of the
Fourteenth Infantry, two troops of cav
airy, Captain Reilly's battery of the
Fifth Artillery and Loves scouts con-
tinued the advance to-day toward San
Francisco de Malabon, meeting with
little resistance and suffering no cas-
ualties The enemy fell back steadily.
This evening the column is resting be-
tween Santa Cruz and San Francisco de
Malabon- Provisions are being con-
Veyed to Rosario between NoVeleta and
Santa Cruz.
An expedition composed of the United
States boats Callao and Manila, with
an armed fiat boat and steam pump,
has left Cavite for the river Pasig, or
Belts, which empties into Manila Bay
on the north side with a view Of raising
the Spanish river gunboat Arayat, pur-
posely sunk by the Spaniards, which is
reported to be in good condition. The
United States gunboat Helena, with a
body of marines from the Baltimore,
preceded the expedition to make sound
The American camp tonight is with
in sight of San Francisco de Malabon,
the stronghold of the insurgents in the
province of Cavite, where the Fill
pinos are said to number 5000. Dur
ing the march from Noveleta to Rosario
only few shots were fired. This large
coast town was literally filled with
white flags. The Americans captured
nf hQ
changing their clothing for white cos
TUNES. The bay of Rosario was filled
with hundreds of boats and the people
had spent an exciting night.
This afternoon a body of insurgents
was seen near La Iona Church, four
miles from the heart of Manila They
opened fire, the bullets falling among
the tents of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
The Americans manned the trenches
and replied at a range of / 200 yards
The insurgents volleyed. and the Amer
leans used their artillery. The fight
lasted an hour. after which the insur
gents retreated. One man was wound
ed. The scouts of the Twentieth In
fantry are now reconnoitering.
REPORT FROM GEN. OTIS.
WASHINGTON, Oct 9-General Otis
has made the following report TO the
War Department of yesterdays fight
ing:
''Schwan with column of 1,726 men,
composed of the Thirteenth Infantry,
a battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry,
with cavalry and artillery, left Bacoor
yesterday morning and proceeded to
Noveleta. They encountered heavy op-
position at old Cavite and beyond, but
drove the enemy, capturing two guns
and inf1icting damage His casualties
were Captain Stafford, Thirteenth In
fantry, killed: Captain McGrath, For
tieth Cavalry, seriously wounded: ten
enlisted men wounded. The column
entering Rosario this morning. meeting
slight opposition. Navy vessels and
marines at Cavite made a demonstra-
tion on Noveleta yesterday, while
Schwan advanced at the same time.
Troops at linus attacked the insurgents
at San Nicholas two miles east of the
city, and drove them from the road
intersecting there. Four men slightly
wounded. The enemy left six bodies on
the field"
AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
WASHINGTON, Oct. General
Otis has cabled the following casual
ties since his last report:
Uraema-Corporal Joseph NJ. Yallie,
II, Sixth Infantry.
Measles-Bert Pope, c, Twenty-sec-
ond Infantry.
tuberculosis pulpoonary) - Morady
T. Jones, /. Fourteenth Infantry.
Dystentery (chronic)-Samuel Alex
ander, c, Twenty-second Infantry;
Surgeon Major Charles Cuidici, Thirty
sixth Infantry.
Acute dysentery-J. j. Lewis He'll
rigel, F, Fourteenth Infantry; John
Cunningham, F, Twelfth Infantry
Accidental drowning-James Ruffin.
Twenty fourth Infantry; Garfield
Thompson, C, Twenty-fourth Infantry.
Chronic diarrhoea-W4iliam Dunway.
c, Third Infantry; Henry Booth, B.
Seventeenth Infaptry; Walter Scott,
C, Fourth Infantry; William Timmons,
Twelfth Infantry.
Gunshot wound in action-Corporal
Ole Gunderson. E, Signal Corps.
Neuralis-Henry Gamer, M, Four
teenth Infantry.
Typhoid fever-First Sergeant julius
Labadio, L. Sixth Infantry: Ernest
Knapp, Ninth Infantry.
Malaria-Demorest Smith. Twelfth
Infantry.
Gunshot wound, accidental-Frank
B. Johnson, H, Twenty-second In
fantry.
MANY SOLDIERS DROWNED.
MANILA, Sept. 4 (yia San Francis
co. Oct. 9).-The army in Luzon has
lost more men during the past fort
night by drowning than by bullets. All
the little streams which in dry weather
are mere creeks have become swift
wide rivers with unexpected and
treacherous currents and eddies. Ten
colored soldiers of the Twenty -fouth
Infantry were drowned at the Mari
quina River on the I'D of August in
an accident exactly duplicating the
loss of FIVE soldiers in the Pasig River
three months ago. Soldiers are con-
veyed across streams ON bamboo RATS
whose motive power is a rope stretched
between the banks. In both cases the
ropes broke, the RATS were overturned
and part of the soldiers, weighted
down with guns haversacks and heavy