The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
UNCENSORED MAN|LA NEWS.
Hard Conditions Of the Rainy Sea-
son Graphically Told.
OTIS NEEDS MANY MORE MEN
h Enemy Is Active and Greatly I'M
proved In Methcds-Captursd Town,
Are Only Held by Constant Vigilance
md Hard Fighting.

The next campaign can hardl
begin sooner than November, although
the country may dry up cnougi
towards the middle of October to por
nit the American troops to take tn
field then. The American army dur
ing the rainy season can hardly b
expected to do anything more thar
hold what it has gained and prepar,
for the next campaign. The grount
to defend is o very great.
On the south of Manila we have
linus, about fifteen miles away This
territory was gained only within The
last two weeks by the hard fighting
at P%aranaqua, at which even the rat.
tie of the rifles could be heard in Ma,
Mia We hold the road that runs to
linus through Paranaqua and Bacoor,
every inch Of which was only gained
by hard fighting and has to be closely
guarded all the way to linus by
troops in trenches or massed in two
or three companies at the villages
and bridges.
Northward the farthest point in the
control OF our soldiers is San Fernan-
do, forty-onc miles from Manila, on
the railroad. The railroad is l49 miles
in length in all, but the insurgents
control all the tracks between San
Fernando and Dagupan, the northern
terminal OF tho road. The insurrec-
%t!onists are in possession of three
fourths OF the rolling stock. They
have twent-seven of the roads loco
motives, while the Americans have
only four. The rest of the rolling
stock is distributed between the two
parties in a like ratio.
The Americans hold Canabanda,
east of San Fernando. ten miles. They
hold all the towns along the railroad,
OF course, to San Fernando and Bal
iuag, seven miles east of Pulilan.
The insurgents have their intrench-
ments drawn we'll around both San
Fernando and Baliuag. and their out
posts arc in sight OF the American
outposts
An officer down from San Fernando
told me to-day that the insurgents
seemed neve to relax their vigilance.
sharpshooters and skirmishers
are always alert and frequently the
showing of a head by a careless Amer
a picket will draw four or five
shots from the enemy in a twinkling
and start a general fusilade.
The country north OF Baliuag that
Lawton's troops marched over
to San Isidor had all to be evacuated.
owing to the lack of troops to gar
the captured towns, and will
have to be retaken afresh when the
next campaign opens.
The insurgents are continually re-
fresh supplies and arms. At
o week ago, they aston
shed the Americans by bringing out
modern field pieces that they
lad obtained somewhere. Heavy
of arms are said to be con
arriving from Japan and Aus
'raiia and, it is said, even from our
'wn country. Cartridges picked up
the insurgent trenches bear the
mark of a big manufacturing
irin in the United States.
~ insurgents have three factories
where they manufacture cartridges
ind other munitions OF war. If thcy
keep. on the run they would have
no time to equip themselves, but they
return after every defeat, better able
to fight than they were before. They
are learning things in every cncount.
with the Americans. The papers
IN Manila have continually refer.
to the fact that the rebels
prone to shoot too high,
and they seemed finally to have
learned the lesson aud now they are
their shots we'll down and
showing great improvement in mark
manship. They also fight in better
and at the battle Of Daz-
minas l saw mounted officers in flash
ing red breaches, with white coats,
Zatloping saucily about the field, and
doing much by their spec
attire to give their followers
Increased confidence and greater will
lngness to follow their commands
War is q terrible school, but it is a
school, just the same. and we seem TO
be teaching the Filipinos many tricks
at our own Every month we
go on fighting them without ma
terial advantage to our sid, is
them greater strength and con-
ddeace. The American army is
IS sick OF Jack rabbit hunts" as
Inc most rabid anti-expansionists
America are. The soldiers are
lick OF capturing q town one day aud
1t the next, Of marching
Up q hill for the sake of marching
Town again. General Lawton twice
lad the enemy between his advancing
ines and q fresh water lake, which
cut of their retreat. Both
lines the crafty Filipinos sent in en-
Ioys asking overtures for peace. Gen.
raj Iawton's hands were stayed and
q the night the enemy wriggled out.
Everything lovely In the Philip
has commenced to be as mis-
eading . phase as was the "All quiet
long the Potamac tonight" in the
'iyil war. Censored press dispatches
not tell the whole truth Of q situa-
ion or = condition, but merely tell
hose details which happen to square
Nth the measure which the press
applies indiscriminately TO
very piece OF news matter that is
presented to him.
Chiidrsn 60 sling In Dswey's Honor.
NAwsYoRK, Aug. SIT was decided
q have 5000 OF, 10000 children at
irantls tomb ON the second day Of the
Dewey celebration. They will be
lormed into 8 square and will sing
nationnl sonnaffn honor ~ fila II. i