Evening star., 1899-02-11
AGUINALDO's FORCE SCATTERED.
1t is Thought That He VIII BE Unabl
to Gather Any Considerable Number

1t is Thought That He VIII BE Unable
to Gather Any Considerable Number.
The following bulletins were posted at
the War Department today:
MANILA, February II, 1859.
Adjutant General, Washington.
MacArthur's division is north of Pasig
river. Yesterday his left wing, Otis
brigade. which had been refused, made
partial wheel to right resting left of
brigade on Caloocan- Insurgents in con-
siderable force were sharply driven, leav-
ing good many dead. Our casualties are as
follows:
KiIled:-Private John a Gibbons, Hos
pital Corps; Private Alonzo Rickets. Com
paay I, 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry;
Private Fred Hall. Company /, 1st Mon
tana Volunteer Infantry.
Wounded-First Montana Volunteer In
fantry. Lieut.. Col. r. 3. Wallace; Privates
Thomas Maloy. Company x: Zeth H. Dib-
be- Company D: Everett MetcaH. Company
B; Joseph Crater, Company F; William J.
Borthwick, Company G; Clarence Brigs,
Company H; Capt. W. L. Hill, Privates
Henry G. Reynolds, Company D: John c.
Bulan. Company A; Joseph W. Kennedy
c. B. Belos, d. Babcock, Company G: Carl
]. Peterson. Company G; John W. Camp
tillery. Privates Oscar Portwich Battery
G; Jeremy r. Cleveland, Battery H; Leo
Heisler. Battery H: Bert M. Dorton, Bat
tery K; Corporal David c. McKelvey, Bat
terry K; Privates Jerry Cramer. Battery H;
James Leonard. Battery X; Rufus B.
Blurne, Battery K Twentieth Kansas
Volunteer Infantry, Corporal Edward D.
Willing, Company B; Privates Harry g.
Harris, Company B; James s. Mills, Com
pany E. David NJ. Horkman, Company II !;
Priyates l. j. Howard. Company B; Elmer
E UEie, Company B; William c. Barber
Company E; Bert Samson, Company K
First Idaho Volunteer Infantry, Private
James r. Willard. Company D. Thirteenth
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Private
Ben Ohtan Company L.
Troops in excellent condition; supplied
with al! necessities; hospitals, notwith-
standing wounded. have fewer patients
than before engagements of 4th and 5th
instants Yesterdays engagement most
successful. Belief of old residents that
Aguinaldo will be unable TO gather in
future any considerable force
Make total 30. OTIS.
Inc American Movement Described.
As soon as this cablegram from Gea.
Otis was posted the officers of the War
Department were called upon TO expfain
the peculiar language used in the opening
sentences relative to the movements of the
American troops 1t appeared that this
was strictly correct, and that II described
what is believed to have been a sinple
movement toward Strengthening the line
OF American troops in technical language
Unfortunately the department has only a
very rough idea of the disposition of the
American troops outside OF Manila a fact
attributable in some degree to the lack of
accurate maps Of the surrounding country
sun, expressed generally, the idea is that
the scene Of the last engagement was to
the north and northeast of Manila about
four miles out of town. The American
troops had been advancing in northeast
eriy direction Gen. OTIS brigade (and, by
the way. this is not Maj Gen. Otis, the
cornmander-in-chief, but Brig. Gen. Har-
rison G. Otis. volunteer offlcer) was on
the left OF this line. the entire line being
commanded by Gen. Macarthur AS the line
was advanced in the movements made since
last Sunday Otis brigade ''refused;" that
Is to say. 1t was bent backward from the
main line so as 10 face more toward the
north. so that the entire American line pre-
sented at this point an obtuse triangle for
nation toward the enemy
Yesterday, according to Mai Cen OTIS
report. the left side of this triangle was
swung around so as to straighten out the
line with the result of clearing out the coun-
try between Its former position and Caloo-
can, leaving the Americans occupying that
ueSIiis tDe enlire line OF
McArthurs division SO that 1t faces again
northeast
Guerrilla Warfare to Re Apprebensed
1t IS noticed at the War Department tha,
General Otis Is acting In the forward move.
rents only upon evidence by the insurgents
OF purpose to reorganize and attack the
American forces. and this latest movement
upon Caloocan was caused by the gather.
ing at that place of several thousand FIJI
pinos, most of whom had missed the les
son administered TO Aguinaldo's men las
Sunday, and. filed with desire for ven
geance. were threatening to attack ManiI;
itself. These men having also learned tn,
quality of American troops, it is hopet
that there will be little further organized