Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-24
AGUINAhDe SEEN AP BAYAaBANG on
NOVEMBER 13.
HATLESS AND CLOTHES TORN
AFTER a BRIEF REST HE CON-
TINUEs HIS WAY WESTWARD.
Americans Caught Him Unawares
With Their Early Advance-He
Had Not Expected Such
Movement Until
Month Later.

MANILA, Nov. GA Spanish corporal |
captured by the FIiipinos has arrived here |
from Tarlac- He says he saw Aguinaldo
accompanied by prominent leader and |
hfteen men. arrive at Bayambang, during |
the night of November I3, hatiess, his
clothes torn and spattered with mud and
his horse exhausted Aguinaldo, it ap-
pears, rested short time, seemed anxious,
consulted with his companions and the
villagers as TO the. nature of the roads, Sc
cured fresh horses and proceeded imme
diately toward Mangalaren. in Pangasinan
province, west of Bayambang
|. The corporal tells straight story, giving
minute details. He is convinced he is not
mistaken. having seen Aguinaldo several
times during recent months. Agunaldo,
it appears, would have had time to leave
Bayambang November IS. and pass through
General Wheaton's lines November Il.
General Macarthur has returned to Tar
lac and has established his headquarters
at Aguinaldo's former residence.
During the entire movement from Gero-
| ma to Dagapan, not shot was fired. The
inhabitants of San Carlos met the Amer
| leans with a band formerly attached to
the insurgent army, and the alcalde
Cmayor), with General Macarthur and
| Colonel Bell in a carriage, headed a process
| sion through the town. General MacAr-
thur received an ovation. Explaining the
Americans intentions, he announced that
| they intended to garrison all the towns on
| the railroad Hundreds of men are in the
| fields harvesting rice along the railroad.
The foreigners in the territory assert that
| Agunaldo was not expecting the American
advance for month, when the rains would
have finished. He had permitted large
| part of his army to scatter to their homes
and do the harvesting. The soldiers had
| hidden their rifles about their homes. If
| this is true, many rifles are likely to be
| brought. in to secure the $50 offered for
| each weapon seized.
The fording of Pampanga river above
Tarlac, by the Thirty-sixth regiment and
| a battalion of the Seventeenth regiment,
| was noteworthy feat. The river is broad
| and swift. Part of the command was fer
ried RATS, and the remainder swan
over, holding to life line strung across.
The insurgents from the north are con-
centrating at Montalban and San Mateo,
where 1t Is expected they will make resist
| ance to the American advance. The Span
| iards never occupied these places and the
| insurgents believe them to be impregnable.
A reconnaissance TO the northwest of San
Mateo on Tuesday developed the fact that
| the rebels were moving stores and men to
| Montalban. The number of the insurgents
is unknown.
reconnaissance made yesterday showed
| that 200 rebels are intrenched at San Mateo
| and others in the valley between there and
| Marinqua, where the rebel outposts are
| stationed.
General Young entered San Mateo last
| September and found the place not espe-
| cially adapted for strong resistance.
| General Wheaton, when General MacAr-
thur communicated with him, was holding
| San Fabian and two or three neighboring
| towns. Captain Leonhausers capture of
| the town of O'Donnell was a remarkable
stroke. His command consisted of three
companies of the Twenty-ffth regiment.
| captain Albright and Lieutenants Bates
and Morton commanding. He started at
o'clock at night and marched fifteen miles
In the mud. The only regular approach
was along a road and over river whose
bridge was strongly fortified. The entrance
OF the town was intrenched. The soldiers
left the road and followed a cattle trail
to the rear of the town. At daylight tho
command separated, one company advance
ing on the back of the town and the others
| fianking it.
Inc lnsurgent force was asleep. except
those at the outposts, who were captured
without shooting. One platoon ran down
the MAIN street to a trench and the other
detachments made a quick search of .be
houses. An officer, describing the scene
| said: e'
Ihe negro soldiers We're pouring out of
every house. dragging sleepy. frightened
Filipino warriors by the collars and kick
| ing 'henn into the street. It was a race to
| see which company would corral the most
fiiplnos The women and children, beliey-
| ing the stories told that the negro SOL
| dlers We're cannibals, shrieked frghtfuIly,
after all the rifles had been secured, the
Filipinos were surprised by being told to
go to their homes and attend to work"
| Colonel Carpenter, November 1s ad
vanced to Santa Barbara, straight north
from Jaro. taking trench after trench, the
| enemy fighting and retreating
| General Hughes column has steadily
been advancing north to gain a position
west of Santa Barbara 1t encountered the
enemy in small detachments. Six to ten
Americans were wounded in this column
Colonel Carpenter started during the
night of November %, and opened with
Battery G. of the Sixth artillery. at day.
break. November q. on the trenches. The
enemy volieyed as the artillery took up a
position. wounding four.
| w SOhpdlttts vi tHt 1WtnIN-Slxth reg
iment, garrisoning Jaro. moved through
Capaz, attacking the enemy on the right
flank. just north of Jaro, at daybreak. No
vember q, driving them towards Colonel
Carpenter.
The country. between Jaro and Santa
| Barbara is thickly intrenehed. especially
near Pavia. The Sixth artillery fired on
the trenches and the Eighteenth regiment
charged, the enemy retreating TO the next
| trench. The Eighteenth again charged
encountering and attacking a force of boil
omen. who Were hidden in the long grass
and who severely wounded several Amer
leans.
During the afternoon of November q.
the fighting was severe Immediately south
of Pavia. three miles north of Jaro.
The Twenty-siXth's companies returned
to Jaro after the Hank movement. having
captured three G-pound smoOth-bore can
non and a quantity of arms and ammuni-
ton.
The enemy's loss was not obtainable. but
seven men were found dead in one trench.
The insurgents are falling back on Santa
Barbara. which, il is expected, General
Hughes has attacked before this morning.
AGUINALD0'S ARMY DONE FOR.