Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Manila, July 14.-Lake Laguna de
Bay is being patrolled by three troops
Of the 4th cavalry under Capt. McGraw
and the army gunboat Napidan. COM
manded by Lieut. Larsen. The force
makes its headquarters on an island.
living on cascoes, in which the men
are towed about to make unexpected
visits to towns where there are small
forces OF insurgents, for the purpose of
keeping the rebels moving.
On Tuesday the troops had an engage
ment at Mantilupa on the south shore
| OF the lake. They found 500 insurgents
there, entrenched near the shore. The
Napidan shelled the rebels and party
of American troops numbering 1876
landed and drove them by sharp run
ming fire to the hills where they were
too strongly entrenched for the small
force to attack them. Two of the cav
alrymen were wounded and the bodies
of 10 insurgents were found. 1t is sup
posed that the enemy's loss is So.
Troops Greatly Debilitated.
| San Francisco, July 14.-Advices re-
ceived by the transport Newport, dated
Manila, June II, are as follows: THE
! volunteers are greatly debilitated in
! consequence of their hard campaigning
through three months of tropic wealth
er. Since the middle of May no volun-
! teer regiments had a sick list Of
less than 20 per cent. Most of them
at the present date had % per cent. i'll
and few regiments have less than
one-third of their number on duty.
The Nebraska regiment has suffered
the worst. It came in from San Fer
nando few days ago with less than
! 200 mcn in the ranks. Some of the
companies have only two sets of fours.
The South Dakota followed yesterday
with 215 men on duty. The Montana
and Kansas regiments at San Fernan-
do have not more than 2S0 men avail
able each. The morning after the
Washington troops took Morong, a
week ago, only 263 men responded to
roll call. The Washington men have
been engaged since March II in pre-
venting the insurgent armies of the
north and south from forming a juno
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often being engaged at the same time
with the enemy in opposite directions
Twenty-four of the Nebraska officers
are on the sick list, and the Montana,
Kansas, Washington and South Dakota
regiments show 20 or more officers in
the hospitals or sick in their quarters
These regiments have borne the brunt
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and wounded range from 100 in the
Montana regiment to $50 Nebraska
men. The loss of the Kansas regiment
is second to that of Nebraska, while the
Washington and South Dakota regi-
ments follow closely each with losses
of about 200 The Oregon regiment al
so suffered severely. OF the regulars,
the Sd artillery is the heaviest loser,
it's killed and wounded numbering 1928"
Will Use Dyn amite Guns.
New York, July IA special to The
Herald from Washington says: "Dy-
Mantle guns are to be used by the
American troops in the fall campaign
against the Filipinos. Preparations
are being made by the ordnance depart
menC 10 supply Gen. OtlS With SIX
Sims-Dudley dynamite pneumatic wea-
pons. The tests made at the Sandy
Hook proving grounds of a gun of this
type proved very satisfactory"
Otis Wants $500 Horses.
Washington, July IA dispatch
has been received from Gen. Otis re-
questing that there be sent to the Phil
ippines $500 horses in order that
brigade of cavalry may be organizer
for use at the end of the rainy season.
Gen Otis has tried the horses Of Ma
Mia and nearby countries, but none OF
them seem to be available for cavalry
Secretary Alger thinks that animals
from the southern states, not too
heavy, but tough and wiry, Will be the
best