The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-12
OUR TROOPS AT SUBIG.
Grants Comma1l Occupying Towns
Without Resistance.
HARDsH1Ps OF YoUNG's TROOPS.
The Infantry shoeIess After n Hun
dred MiIe March and the Cavalry
Scouts Chasing AguinnldO.


Horses Worn Out-Cunningham's
Scouts Chasing AguinnldO.
Manila, Dec. 12.-The advance guard
Of General Grants command, under
Major Spence, arrived at Olangapo.
Subig bay. during Saturday night,
which place was occupied with little
resistance, the enemy fleeing Major
Spence had an arduous march over the
mountain trails from Dinalupihan.
Sunday morning the Baltimore and
Oregon and a chartered transport ar
rived at OlangapO from Manila. The
navy was disappointed to find the
army in possession of the place, which
they had noped to capture de-
tachment of marines, under Captain
Myers, occupied the navy yard at
Olangapo. and will hold and occupy it
as a naval station. The yard consists
of seven new large buildings and some
repairing and machinery SHOPS all
damaged by the bombardment of Sept.
%.
During Sunday morning the navy
transported Major Spence's command
from Olangapo to the town of Subig,
five miles distant. The enemy was
seen deserting Subig as the troops
landed, and the latter occupied It with
out resistance They found the place
abandoned by the retreating enemy,
who fired a few shots. The Americans
deployed to the right and left of the
town and killed one of the enemy
General Grant and the remainder of
his command arrived at Olangapo Sun
day afternoon. He proceeded yester-
day to Subig and Joined Major Spence.
General Grant will move north along
the coast and will effect a juncture
with the Twenty-fifth infantry, under
Colonel Andrew s. Burt, who was re-
ported eight miles from lba Dec. Z.
The enemy encountered in General
Grants advance fed to the mountains
and scattered General Grant is not
garrisoning the towns he occupies. No
casualties are reported in his COM
mand.
Dispatches dated Conception, Dec. 2,
from a press correspondent with the
detachment pursuing Aguinaldo have
just reached Manila by messenger. The
military wires on all lines to the
northward are continually cut by the
natives or are crowded with govern
ment business when working
According to these advices General
Young was at Condor Nov 20, having
three troops of the Third cavalry,
Cunningham's scouts and Major
March's battalion of the Thirty-third
infantry. The nominal strength of his
command had been reduced One-third
/ by sickness. The horses were worn
out and handicapped by lack of shoes.
/ The infantry after a march of hun
dred miles from San Jacinto, were
shoeless and all were living on the
country. The troops had no ammuni-
tion except that in their belts.
General Young, having been without
communication with General Lawton
for ten days and not knowing the dis
position of the other troops or whether
support was being sent forward, re-
solved to keep moving.
Having received information that
the insurgent General Tino, with a
thousand mon, was somewhere to the
north. and that Aguinaldo, with Gen
eral Pillar, five women and 400 SOL
diers of his faithful Bulacan battalion,
was in the mountains to the east, Gen
eral Young decided, on Nov. 30, to
divide his forces He proceeded him
self toward Vigan, hoping to attack
General Tino, with his handful of men,
!
Major March, with his battalion, and
Cunningham scouts started over the
mountains toward Cervantes, after
Aguinaldo, who was reported to have
been there on Nov. 20. This column
marched for 13 hours without food.
The correspondent goes on to say:
"The Americans found that the in
surgents had impressed the Igorrotes
compelling them to dig trenches and
/ to construct pitfalls along the trails,
which were fearful travelling at the
best. One stream had to be forded
- times in the course of a mile These
inoffensive, stupid creatures, usually
pictured as bloodthirsty savages
cheerfully turned to undo their own
work and actually went foraging fol-
the Americans,
"The Ilocos region is the richest the
Americans have entered on the north.
ern campaign. The people are pros.
porous, intelligent and more than hall
, civilized. They have excellent houses
/ and carry on fiourishing industries
Many of them are evidently rich. Sew
eral towns received the troops Will
bands and the ringing of church bells
Cattle were killed and houses were
opened to the troops.
q GLOW much of this display was sin
cere and how much due to a desire t
propitiate the conquerors 1t would b,
hard to say. There were evidences
that similar hospitality had been ex
L tended to Aguinaldo. The people de
scribed him as cheerful, hugglng tn,
hope of salvation through American
politics, and everywhere trying to re
tain support by proclaiming will
; seeming sincerity that the Unite,
States congress would certainly recog
r nize the independence OF the Filipin,
) republic in December.
"Many of the natives exhibited note
from Lieutenant Gilmore and othe
American prisoners, In which tn
e recipients were commended to tn
= Americans on the score of kindnes
!, shown to the writer's. There are 2
u Americans with Lieutenant Gilmore
o Another party of IA we're take
S through Ilocos a week ahead Of Gen
. eral Young They were ragged an
dirty, and the natives say some c
them were urged forward at the polu
e of the bayonet"
Prevented a Tragedy.
Timely information given Mrs GeOrl
= Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio, prevented
dreadful tragedy and saved two lives.
| nj lam lrant har ottyol