The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-12-13
Whole Country Swarming with MUIR
derous TagaIos, Who Are Constant
ly Harassing the Americans.
RAIDING AND L0OTING TOWNS
Adjusting STRAY SOLDIERS,
FRIGHTENING THE NATIVES,
And Posing as Amigos When I'm Dam
ger Of Capture-Release of Three
Thousand Spaniards.

MANILA, Dec. 13, 10:25 a. m.-Generai
Young reports the rescue of Brutne. of the
Nevada regiment, and Edwards, of the gun
boat Yorktown. who have been held pris-
oners by the Filipinos. General Tino, con-
veying the American prisoners north, is
hotly pursued.
Aguinaldo is a fugitive In the mountains,
his bodyguard having been destroyed, Gre
goric del Pillar has been killed, and General
Concepsion has surrendered. The Lepanto
province has been cleared of insurgents.
The navy cooperate with the army on the
coast.
Two thousand eight hundred released
Spanish prisoners are coming to Manila.
MANILA, Dec. II, 7:50 p. m.-Colonel
Smith, with a detachment Of the Seven
teenth Infantry, surrounded and captured
in; a village near Malasqui party of guer-
riIlas who had made their headquarters
there. The party included the band which
assassinated seven officials at Malasqui for
friendliness to the Americans. All are in
surgents who became bandits when the dis
integration of the Filipino army began.
They kept the country around Malasqui in
G state of terror for several weeks and
committed twenty-five murders in less than
that number of days. When they were
caught they were promptly sent to General
Arth
by train. 1t is expected that they will be
speedily tried and either shot or hanged as
an example If convicted.
The whole country north of San Fernando
and between San Fernando and Manila, ex-
cept within the permanent line of troops
around the city and the closely-patrolled
stretches of railroad. swarms with similar
| bands. Probably they will be increased by
men from Pillars army, many Of whom are
making their way south to join the insur-
gent force in Cavite province. These peo-
pie for the most part succeeded In lodging
General Grant, Colonel Bell and Colonel
Hoods troops, who are securing the coun-
try for them. They devote their energies
to ambushing commissary wagons and to
picking up soldiers who leave their COM
mands. Every day some wagon train is
fired on or some soldier disappears.
General Wheelers secretary, Mr.. Garrett.
was disarmed and slashed by a boloman
almost within sight of headquarters, his
assailant pursuing him nearly into the
headquarters building.
The policy of these ruffians is to make
the country uninhabitable for Americans
and to frighten natives into refraining
from giving assistance to the Americans,
as we'll as to compel the inhabitants to sup
port the insurrection. Frequently they raid
and loot towns.
The brother of the president of linus
went outside the town the other day to
harvest some rice. He was captured by his
executed.
Only small proportion Of the insurgent
army have been surrendered and the prob
lem of suppressing this guerrilla warfare
is anything but easy of solution Some of
the American officers think it worse than
fighting Indians. owing to the difficulties of
the country and the trouble in locating the
enemy, who resort, when hard pressed, to
the amigo dodge and hide their guns.
Some Of the Americans favor the issuance
of a proclamation declaring all natives
found with arms to be bandits, punishable
as criminals instead of being treated as
prisoners of war.
Information has been received at head
quarters that five hundred Spanish prison.
ers have been shipped from Vigan to Ma
Mia and that 1,50O others have been assem-
bled at Vigan. including General Pena.
Probably these are Spaniards released by
General Young's troops in the Benguet dis
trict. where they were concentrated by the
insurgents.