The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-10-28
PHILIPPINE SITUATION.
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were menacing our forces and COLI
sion was imminent.
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.


sion was imminent.
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.
"The next campaign is going 10 be
different from the las. We VIII get OUT
OF the fiat open country into the noun
famous. uhickly wooded country. III se
90 not end the war here we VIII NV
TO carry IL into the high, rock-ripDeu
mountains OF Luzon. IL VIII De no W.
lation OF a state secret 10 say that tnS 1
first object of the next campalSh VIZ
be 10 take the rest OF the raliIUaus - -
the hands OF the insurgents. Inc Hs -,
gents ought TO be firmly conVhSs"
this time that We want the MI Min'sa sa,,.,hr
Dagupan railroad. as we nav nav Thev
along that line seven months ,H,,,
know we want IL and they also ht"w
that we are going 10 get H. ioi hu,,,.
are already tearing up the trachiss, Dorrb Do
ing the ties and burying the rams
of Angeles. ~
The country east Of Angeles ~ .eTa
pan is much like that south 70 ,he
except higher and broken. Nesl oi IN IN
railroad are high mountains that VIII
offer the insurgents better oppo' III a.
of retreat and escape than they H@au @ 80
the low country. With the t"N'ssse ~
the railroad we will have Cutol'itrar cur ~
provinces OF Zambeles fdNe" e"'.,.''..' g.,'
Tarlac and Panpanga and Faladn L.,
the main part OF the island anu "a. -,
claim to good deal more counu e' an
the precise amount Of real esI"I r. "
which our army Is now camping. al, al,
this road Aguinaldo's army can n,.,tI.
retreat anywhere. but nortnWaIu a..
the mountains to the fertile N@iIe' "a
the Rio Grande
MINING FOR RAILS.
THE walled city cannot undeTstdu'u
why the armv. has so much tiguDae a5u..
with the railroad When the olnvcIs
In the field notify the walled city that
the rails have been torn up from Lhe
section of track Just captured ana 10
the ties have been burned ana srau.
destroyed they get an order 10 HN -
So after few miles Of rallroau ale
captured soldiers have 10 scatter up
and down The track and go mlhlns iU
steel rails. The insurgents puty ralias
five or six feet deep. They cpserNe
that the Americans located the , Ialia
by sounding with a crowbar. SO they
resorted to the expedient OF putuns q
LAYER OF ties over the rails. TO IeP'9ce
the burned ties the duartermasters ne
partment were forced u use pldhhs,
two boards each two inches Wlas pelns
nailed together for ties. the sldetraSh
wherever possible all the way 10 Ma
Mia was jerked up. carried horth anu
found.
NEEDS OF THE ARMY.
"The American army is badly in need
OF railroad ties and steel rails. An
other great need Of the army is nSht
draft steamboats, for use on the many
rivers and lakes Of Luzon. Ihere ls
hardly place in the world Where an
army could use river steamers 10 Det-
ter advantage. The Rio Grande' the
Agno. the Bicol and the Pasig all now
through fertile and densely populated
valleys and offer a means 10 the arinY
of bringing up supplies and swlftly
Transporting large bodies or soldlers
that would be invaluable were II utlI-
lied. From what can be learned from
the insurgents they are we'll satlsneu
with the present condition OF analrs.
Their congress has Just returned
communication to the American Peace
commission declaring autonomy from
would have accented autonomy from
our government n they had been prop
erly dealt with at first they Will now
consider no proposition except lnde-
pendence."
DISPENSING BANDITS.
Manila. oct. 2S-6 D. m.-Detach-
ments OF the Sixth Infantry nave re-
Gently been engaged in dispensing
DdHus OF bdHullS VIM - H
ating i'm the island Of Negros. capt
Simons struck n village of Tuhsanes
near San Carlos ard Capt. Evans de-
feated another band.klling ten, wound
ing many and capturing twenty. There
were no American losses.
YOUNG ATTACKS REBELS.
Washington. oct. 2S.-The War De-
partment TODAY received the following
from Gen. Otis:
Manila. Oct. 2S.-Young struck IN
surgents at Santa Rosa. North of ISL
diro yesterday driving them; cap-
tured some Of their property. Casual
ties two killed. one wounded. Evans,
Sixth infantry struck robber band.
Negros 9th inst. killed 10, woundns
many, capturing 20 prisoners. Simons,
Thirty-sixth Infantry struck a small
band and dispersed them; killed 3. No