The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-11
The highlands are cool, and the health
of the troops is good.


tions OF war; which they were obliged
to leave in their hurried retreat
General Wheaton is bringing supplies
from Angeles by the use of mule and
carabo teams.
Reconnaissance along the front has
discovered the insurgents strongly in
trenched before Bamban. with several
cannon and "a rapid-fire gun, but they
are short of ammunition.
Major Bell has been engaged in an
other daring exploit. While scouting
with five officers and two men of the
Thirty sixth Infantry, and Lieutenant
Hawkins and ten men of the Fourth
Cavalry, he crept behind a trench con-
tanning hundred Filipinos, rode them
down, and killed and wounded twenty
men and captured six. He also brought
back thirty Mausers.
A REPORT FROM GENERAL OTIS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-The War
Department has received the following
Manila, Nov. 10.-General Lawton
experiences some difficulties on account
of continued and unprecedented rains
in that section of the country. His
advance was at San Jose yesterday,
and Darlington arrived there to-day A
strong force was put through on the
Aligoa route. Young captured yester-
day additional Cubanuatan arsenal
property in transit north, among which
were IA Pinch and % boxes Of LTD
inch ammunition for Hotchkiss guns;
also so projectiles for and S-inch
breech- loading rifle cannon, 2 boxes of
doc n OF
property and tons of casting and ar
senal machinery in parts. He is
meeting with opposition, but his adj
vance is not much impeded thereby.
Macarthur was accommodating north
of Mabalacat yesterday, Slaven's scouts
were directed to the front and Smith,
Seventeenth Infantry, moved on the
Magalang and Conception road. Bell
of the Thirty sixth, with five of his Off
GERS and two privates of his regiment
mounted, also one officer and ten men
of the Fourth Cavalry, struck 1UO IN
surgents in the mountains west OF NAB
alacat and charged. killing and wound
ing nineteen, capturing six and also
thirty Mauser rifles.
THE railroad from Angeles to Bam-
ban is destroyed. Macarthur will have
49, 600 rations to the front to-day, and
will take UP the advance to Tarlac to-
morrow. Wheaton reports twenty-eight
Spanish prisoners secured and 800 in
surgent recruits escaped to the noun
tains from the enemy during the bat
tie at San Fabian. These recruits We're
en- route to Dagupan. Wheaton says
everything is favorable to carrying out
successfully his instructions and that
the cooperation of the navy is conf
plete. OTIS
A second dispatch from General Otis,
received to-day, follows:
Manila, Nov. 10.-The report recelv-
ed yesterday concerning Wheaton s
movement was erroneous. He did land
at San Fabian, as directed, and drove
the bulk of the enemy back in the de-
sired direction towards Dagupan. The
operations were completely successful
in every particular"
AGUINALDO'S CHANGE OF BASE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-Great in
terest is felt in the War department
over Aguinaldo's sudden change of base
inortheastward from Tarlac to Bayom-
bong, about seventy-five miles distant.
There are numerous spellings of the
latter place, but the foregoing one is
the one. generally adhered to on the
maps in possession of the War Depart
ment.
The most interesting feature of the
new situation is that Aguinaldo has
been forced out of the Tagalo country
into a. region to the north where the
Tagalo language is not spoken, and
where the mountains are filed with
Negritos and other savage tribes who
are hostile to the Tagalos. This is
about the most mountainous and mac
cessible part of the island.
To the south base of Carabello noun
tain there is a narrow break in the
mountain range, and within few miles
around the base of Carabello Noun
tain on it's northern slope one strikes
the headquarters of the Mogol, which is
gan, that flows northward $50 miles
into the China Sea-
1t is on the headwaters Of the Mogel
that Aguinaldo is now located. The way
is open for him down the long stretch
Of the river to Apart, at the mouth of
the Cayugan, where it flows into the
sea- This is one of the widest but
richest valleys in the island. 1t is be-
lieved that the river Cayugen is navig-
able for our tin-clad boats 100 miles
from it's mouth, and for cascoes much
farther
1t is expected that as soon as Agui-
naldo shows any disposition to move
down the valley toward the China Sea
that warships and gunboats viii be
sent round the northern end of the ISL
and to meet him and cut off his escape
If it is his intention, to escape from
Luzon, he would necessarily seek APART
or some northern port, but the country
around Carabello Mountain is such
that he could probably stand off the
whole American force in game of hide
and seek in the hills for the greater part
of the coming season.
Secretary Root feels no concern over
the transfer of Aguinaldos base of
operations to Bayombong. The Score
tary said to-day the movement was
distinctly retrogade. and in the nature
of a retreat on finding that his former
base was untenable. Throughout the
War Department the view prevails that
Aguinaldo's move does not materially
change the campaign plans, and that
these will be pushed with undated
vigor.
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