The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1899-04-06
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Colonel Fa.stoa Of lka.Sas Was the
First American In lGalsses
MANILA. April 1.-The American
flag was raised over Malolos ct 10
o'clock yesterday morning
Colonel Funston, always at the front.
was the first man in Malolos, followed
by group of dashing Kansans.
The army is feasting on eoccanuts
and bananas and enjoying . well
earned rest, while the hospital train
is carrying the wounded back to Ma
Mia.
The Kansas regiment and the Mon
tana regiment. on entering the city.
found it deserted, the presidencla
burning and the terrified rebels re-
treating towards the mountains It
is believed they cannot in future make
even . faint resistance. The Amer
lean loss was small
It is evident that the rebels for
some time have abandoned all hope of
holding their capital, for the Ameri-
cans found evidences of elaborate
preparations for evacuation. On the
railroad the rails and ties for about a
mile had been torn up and probably
thrown into the river.
The only prisoners captured were .
few Cinnamon. They said Aguinaldo
left Malolos Wednesday.
The principal citizens of Malolos,
their families and goods. went into
the country by means Of the railroad,
while others departed on foot, carry
ing their possessions and driving their
cattle and other animals before them.
Most of the rebel forces were re-
moved to positions east of the railroad,
leaving only some small bands in the
strong trenches in front of Malolos.
General Macarthur started for the
rebel capital at : o'clock with two
rapid-fire guns fanking the track, two
guns of the Utah battery on the right
and two guns of the Sixth artillery on
the left of the rapids, firing cont:ru-
ously.
The Kansas and Montana regiments
moved from Malolos, and the Nebras-
ka and Pennsylvania regiments and
the Third artillery kept along the
right of the railroad
The only effective stand made by
rebels was at a bamboo and earthen-
work fertilization half a mile from
Malolos and on the right, where the
Nebraska regiment, as was the case
Thursday, had the hardest work and
suffered the greatest loss.
The Filipino flag, which was flying
from the center of the town, was
hauled down by some of the men in
the Montana regiment, who triumph
antly raised their own above it.
From the columns of smoke arising
from the city it seemed as if the whole
place was ablaze. 1t turned out, how
ever, that only the Presidencia, or
government building, and few of the
smaller buildings had been set fire tc
by the rebels before they evacuated
the place.
From the reports gathered by the
American officers, from prisoners and
others, it is believed that the rebel
army is constantly losing strength on
account of desertions, and that al
though the enemy may make one or
two more stands, the forces of Aguia-
aldo will degenerate in perhaps a
month to a few hundreds. who may
continue waging a guerilla warfare in
the mountains.
The American troops behaved SPLEEN
didly. They advanced steadily against
successive lines of trenches, through
woods and jungles and suffering from
frightful heat.
In addition, the American volun-
teers were handicapped in fighting by
the fact that their Springfield rifles
are of shorter range than the Mauser
rifles in the hands of the rebels. I'm
der those circumstances, the steady
advance of our troops is a really re-
markable achievement