The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-10-20

petition having accomplished its %
jcot, the troops are an returning q
th,iI former positions. abandoning IL.
towns taken.
Gen. schwnn I'm Itoute 90 linus.
Gen. Schwan is an route from fesc.
dc Narinas "a linus. with che infantry
While lie artillery and eaN4.rs ANA al
mule teams are rets4cing their route
from Ma'ahon 10 liaeoor, with the SIG
nal corps removing Tie wires.
insnrgcnt. Retreated TO SLANG.
Gen. 1rias. with the organi1edroais
OF insurgents. reiterated 10 SLANG AMI
Inoaug 1T the base Of the mouniain.
The movement * The United States
troops was inc display OF American
seneralsAip and energy. while the Fill
pinc- adopted what Gen. Aleandrino
terms "our peculiar method 81 war
fare"
The whole Country "a swamp
Tho whole country is an immense
swamp. and the Fiipinos never rN-
ptcted that The Americans could or
would attempt 20 invade il daring the
Wet season Moreover the line %
march furnished succession - sur
piises. the advancing troops generai-
IL attacking from unexpected points.
From Warriors Ia Amigos
Ia Cavite province. The scene of IN.
hottest fights and their greatest sue
cesse- over the spaniardS. The Fiiipino-
might have been expected 70 make d
resoiute stand. if anywhere. but after
Their whippings al Ca,iie. Niejo AMI
NcN,leta. their tactics consisted chief
IN III continuous exhibition 81 their
agility and their transformation from
warriors TO amigos.
Armed Bands Reappcar.
The marines. while accommodating
about the scene Of Sundays encounter
fine that the trenches have already
been reoccupied. although the enemy
manifested more ihan their usual Will
irgness 10 retreat before The Ame-i-
cans. Armed bands have rsappearcI
along the shore road between Hacoor
AVID Rosario. and the troops returning
hy that route expect another fight III
Rosario. At Malalon the Americans
c,I allied two or three bundled natives
SUI posed 10 be fighting men. 4 few
OF them were caught with arms in
Their hands. but large numbers Were
found i'm hiding. dressed IN khaki. like
the American uniform. a majority Of
them were in The rarn Of amigos. but
tl-cy are suspected az shooting az The
troops from houses. "a growing habit.
White Elephant.
The prisoners are a white elephant
or III" hands OF the Americans. The
Malabon contingent spent an unhappy
nigL; incarcerated in a church \ ma
ti,c priest and an uncle Of Gen. Trias
vcIe discovered in the Filipino arsenal
outside the town. They ar credited
with being two OF the pillars Of the
insurrection. but they vigorously pro-
claim their innocence.
Tie leading citizens Of Rosario are
temporarily Engaged in towing a feet
OF canoes with the American army's
inpedimenta Al Bacoor.
Prisoners VIII be Released
Tho prisoners. with the exception Of
trosc caught red-handed. viii be re-
'eased. as owing 10 the fact that the
Insurgents have 80 many more men
THU guns. the keeping OF prisoners is
a useless expense unless the POLICY q
RECOMMENDATION which Gen. Wcylcr
pursued is TO be adopted.
VIII soon be FiG htinz Again
In conversation with press repre-
sentative a leading merchant of Ro-
saIio remarked: They VIII All be en-
.. ucd in their old business as soon as
released"
When asked whore the army hal
gore the merchant said: ~ majority
az item are here. They simply hid
iaei guns when they saw a superior
fclc. approaching.
Women and Children suffer Most.
The fighting fails the hardest on the
women and children. Hundreds ul
them spent the night before the Amer
icans reached Rosario. in boats. the
lay for miles being crowded with
small craft containing non-comhaiants
few o. whom remained in .he town.