The record-union., 1899-05-01

Intelligence.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.-Re-
leased from quarantine to-day Brig'a-
| der General Harrison Gray Otis, Z. S.
v, who arrived from Manila last night
on the transport Sherman is to-day a
very happy man at being again at
home This veteran of three wars is a
civilian in time of peace, and as soon
as he foresaw the termination of hos
tilities with the fall of Malolos, he
asked to be allowed to resign. He ex-
poets to leave for Los Angeles to-mor-
row and will Immediately resume his
position of editor in chief of the Les
Angeles Times" He was interviewed
to-day by reporter of the Associated
Press.
General, will you tell the Associated
Press something about the fighting in
the Philippines"
1T is a rather late day, / apprehend,
to go into that subject very much; and,
besides, it is not possible for me to do
so, satisfactorily within the limits of
newspaper interview. l cannot UNDER
take to describe here, in detail. the
operations of our army in Luzon- What
1 may say, in response to your inquiry,
will be only to give you the merest
general outline of the last movement
the campaign for the capture of
Malolos"
What was the position held by your
brigade in the general line of opera
tions from the start?"
cat the assault and capture of Ca
looean, on February 10th principally
by the First Brigade, it was on the
extreme left of the division line, is left
flank touching Manila Bay, its right
extending to and eastwardly of Block
House No. and the church de la
Iona, and connecting near that salient
with the Second Brigade. That block
house was the pivot upon which our
successful turning movement was made.
In the advance upon Malolos, begun
at daylight March 18th my brigade
constituted the center of the general
line, and its orders were ito pierce
the ene1ny's center" which was done
the same day.
After this movement was under way,
the first brigade advanced on the west
of the railway track running north and
at right angles to it; while the Second
Brigade advanced abreast on the east
side of the same track. The usual reg
mental formation adopted in all the
movements in line of battle was to pest
two battalions on the firing line with
one battalion in support.
In the advance upon Malolos, how
was our main line constituted?"
Il have already partially described its
formation. If you will examine a map
of the region, it will perhaps make the
respective positions of the two divis-
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to you The first division, with tie
exception of Wheaton's Brigade, was
on the south of the Pasig; the secord
division and Wheaton's Brigade were
north of that river
1.-The Malolos movement as a who'll.
was made by the Second Division, Ma
jor General Macarthur commanding.
supported by Wheaton's Brigade 0he
Third, of Lawton's first division-fam-
Gus Lawton. whom. as you are aware.
we claim as a Californian now. The
entire column was strengthened by the
divisional artillery made up of reguia
ton 80 inch field pieces, Hotchaziss can
non, and a vicious little rapid-fire gun.
All the guns were manned by men
from Dyer's Sixth United States Ar
tillery and Youngs battalion of Utah
Light Artillery, under their respective
officers. A squadron of the Fourth
United States Cavalry was mounted
force in the colmun. Part of the reg
ular cavalry men were mounted on tig
American horses, the remainder on the
absurd little Filipino ponies, who have
no weight and no sense.
1.-THE First and Second Brigades,-
marching abreast and almost touch
ing TANKS, constituted the first line.
The right flank and rear were taken
care of by Brigadier General Hall with
the Third Brigade of our (the Second
division, whose formation was made
with a view to covering the ground as
far over to the eastward as Maraquina.
the disputed waterworks, and the San
Juan River, and also with a view to
foiling any attempted thanking move
ment by the enemy in that direction.
THE left flank and rear were effici-
emily protected by Brigadier General
Lloyd Wheaton with his small brigade
of about 1900 men. He had sharp
fighting at and about Malabon almost
from the beginning of the general adj
vance and his percentage of losses was
not small. He captured the village of
Malinta, near the bay, and later took
entire charge of the supply train, thus
relieving the troops of the front line
of an arduous and important duty and
leaving them foot loose to fly at the
foe.
Our general infantry advance was
long, superb sweep northward by a thin
line of troops in extended order of bat
tle deployed so as to cover nearly the
entire stretch of country between the
bay of Manila ON the west and the San
Juan River on the East
ITO go back a little. the movement
began at $50 a. m. of March both, with
Hales advance on the near right His
movement was taken up at a. M, my
brigade on the center. Wheaton, with
the left, advanced later.
"On account of the boldness and ac-
tivity of the enemy on his left General
Hall was kept busy there, and did not
advance with the general line. He had
been directed by the corps commander
to secure the safety of our extreme