The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-01

San Francisco, April 30.-Releasec
from quarantine today Brigadier Gen
eral Harrison Gray Otis, U. S. V. who
arrived from Manila last night on the
transport Sherman. is today a very
happy man at being again at home
This veteran of three wars is a civilian
in time of peace and as soon as he
| foreSaw the termination of hoStilities
with the fall of Malolos. he asked Ia
| he allowed 10 resign. He expects to
| leave for Los Angeles tomorrow and
/ VIII Immediately resume his position of
editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles
Times. He was asked today by a re-
| porter:
General. Will you tell something
! about the fighting in the Philippines
| 1t is a rather late day. [ apprehend.
/ to go into that subject very much; and,
| besides. it is not possible for me to
do so, satisfactorily, within the limits
of a newspaper interview. L cannot
undertake to describe here, in detail,
the operations of our army in Luzon.
What | may say. in response to your
/ inquiry, will be only to give you the
merest general outline of the last
movement-the campaign for the cap
ture of MalOlos.
What was the position held by your
| brigade in the general line of opera
tiOps from the start?'
AT tie assault and capture of
CalOOcan. on Feb. 10. principally by
the First brigade. it was on the ex-
treme left of the division line, it's left
flank touching Manila bay, its right
extending to and eastwardly of block
house No ,, and the church De La
Iona, and connecting near that point
with the Second brigade. That block
house was the pivot upon which our
successful turning movement was
made.
The Advance on Malolos.
In the advance upon MalOlos, begun
at daylight March %, my brigade con-
stituted the center of the general line.
ard its orders We're to pierce the
enemy's CENTER which was done the
same day.
After this movement was under
way, the First brigade advanced on
the west of the railway track running
north, and at right angles to it; While
the Second brigade advanced abreast
on the east side of the same track. The
usual regimental formation adopted in
all the movements in line of battle was
to post two battalions on the firing line,
with one battalion in support"
In the advance upon Malolos, how
was our main line Constituted"
II have already partially described
it's formation. If you will examine a
map of the region. it will perhaps make
the respective positions of the two dl-
visions of the Eighth army corps clear
er to you. The First division, with the
exception of Wheaton's brigade. was
on the south of the Pasig; the second
division and Wheaton's brigade were
north of that river.
THE Malolos movement as whole
was made by the Second division, Ma
jor General Macarthur commanding,
supported by Wheaton-s brigade Che
Third of Lawton's first division
famous LawtOn, whom, as you are
aware, we claim as Californian now.
The entire column was strengthened by
the divisional artillery, made up of reg
ulation 3.2-inch field pieces. Hotchkiss
cannon. and a vicious little rapid-fire |
gun. All the guns were manned by
men from Dyer'S Sixth United States !
artillery and Young's battalion of tab |
light artillery. under their respective Of !
ficers. A squadron of the Fourth |
United States cavalry was the only |
force III the column. Part of |
the regular cavalrymen were mounted |
on big American horses the remainder |
on the absurd little Filipino ponies, who
have no weight and no sense.
Makeup of the Columns.
"The First and Second brigades, |
abreast and almost touching |
flanks, constituted the first line The /
right flank and rear were taken care OF
by Brigadier General Hall with the
Third brigade of our (the Second) divi
sion, whose formation, with his right,
was made with view to covering the
ground as far over to the eastward as
the disputed waterworks.
and the San Juan river, and also with
a view TO foiling any attempted flank
ing movement by the nemy in that di-
rection.
1.-The left flank and rear were eff
1iently protected by Brigadier General
Lloyd Wheaton with his small brigade
IF about 1.500 men. He had sharp fight
ne at and about MalabOn almost from
he beginning of the general advance,
md his percentage of losses was not
small He captured the village of Ma
inta. near the bay, and later took en-
ire charge of the supply train. thus re-
ieving the troops of the front line of
IN arduous and important duty, and
eaving them footloose to fly at the foe.
Our general infantry advance was a
ong, superb sweep northward by a thin
inc of troops in extended order of bat
lie. deployed SO as to cover nearly the
.ntire stretch of country between the
Jay of Manila on the west and the San
Tuan river on the east.
ITO go back little the movement be-
gan at $50 a. m. of March %. with
Iale's advance on the near right His
was taken UP at s a. m, my
brigade on the centre. Wheaton, with
he left. advanced later.
How the Troops Fought.
"On account of the boldness and ac-
ivity of the enemy on his left. Cen
raj Hall was kept busy there. and did
lot advance with the general line. He
lad been directed by the corps COM
nander to secure the safety of our ex-
RENE right, and also the rear. beyond
he peradventure of a doubt.
1.-The fighting itself? Well, I cannot
20 into that in detail now; it would
equire much space" continued Gen
raj Otis. There is no trouble, my
,oy, about the fighting on our side. J.,