The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-09-29
WAR NOTES.

marines and blue jackets from the
cruiser Baltimore, left Cavite Sept. Is
and proceeded to Subig Bay to destroy
an insurgent cannon there. Owing TO
the bad weather the operation was
postponed until Sept. 23d, when the
warships for three hours bombarded
the town of olangapo and the entrench-
ments where the gun was situated.
Men on the Charleston, Concord and
Zafiro were then landed under heavy
insurgent fire, proceeding to the cam
non they destroyed it with gun cotton
and then returned to the warships
The Americans had one man woudded
during the engagement The num-
Der of Filipinos who took part could
not be ascertained and no dead were
seen. The Monterey fired for four
hours 81 shots from her 10-inch guns
and II from her 12-inch guns. The
town, which was riddled with shells,
took fire at several points.
The insurgents captured the United
States gunboat Urdaneta, in the Oranl
river, on the northwest side of Manila
bay, where she was patrolling. One
officer and nine of her crew are miss
ing. The Urdaneta is beached opposite
the town of Orani, on the Orani river.
She was riddled with bullets and
burned and the following guns, with
their ammunition were captured:
one FOUNDER, one Colt automatic gun,
and one Nordenfeldt 25- millimetre gun.
The crew of the Urdaneta are prison
ers, or have been killed. Further de-
tails are lacking.
Two important dispatches from Gen.
Otis at Manila were made public by
the war department on the 25th The
first indicates that the insurgents on
the island of Negroes are about to rec
ognize the authority of the United
States An election in Negroes will be
held on the cd of October. The second
dispatch says the American flag will
be raised in Sulu island. The chief in
surgents in Zamboanga are reported
willing to accept the authority of the
United States, but desire TO name con-
ditions which Gen. Otis would not ac-
cept.
Word has reached the war depart
ment that Gen. Otis has sought to imi'
tate the policy employed in Cuba of
buying Filipino arms. The natives
were given to understand that on sur
render of a gun the military authori-
ties would pay $40 and guarantee i'm
munity from arrest for previous armed
opposition to the United States and
protection for the future. Notwith-
standing this tempting offer, but one
bona fide surrender of Il gun is re-
ported.
Recently Commander Davidson of
the little gunboat Paragua, had a sharp
engagement at San Fabian, Lingayen
gulf, with about 300 insurgents heavily
intrenched at distance of from LOO
to ZOO yards. The insurgents fled,
their fire being weak and ineffective.
On the Paragua there were no casual
tiles. The Paragua is one of the little
gunboats turned over to the army by
Admiral Watson, and Davidson, the
commander, is a young ensign.
A party of insurgents ditched rail-
road train mile and half south of
Angeles on the 22d and then opened
fire on the derailed cars from n bam-
| boo thicllet close to the track. killing
| two Americans and wounding five
! others. Lieut.. LONE and five of his
! scouts. who were on the train, made a
vigorous defense and caused the enemy
to fee. Six dead rebels were after
( ward found in the thiclIet from which
the rebel fire came.
The war department has informa-
ton concerning the escape from Aguin-
aldo of DIR. Gonzalez and Sr. Ronifacio
| Arcvalo. These men were in the in
surgent camp for some time, and being
very wealthy they were assessed quite
| heavily to assist the cause. Gonzalez
was offered the position of minister OF
foreign affairs by Aguinaldo, but de-
! clined.
Cable reports from Ilolio concerning
the results of Gen. Bates second TRIP
among the southern islands indicate
that about 400 rebels at Zamboanga
refuses to recognize American author
ity. The Moros and Filipinos are un
friendly aud disturbances between
them are liable TO occur. Jolo is quiet
and the natives continue friendly.
The war department has issued ;
general order in regard to the examin
alton of officers of the volunteer army
an important provision of which il
that vacancies of second lieutenant
are to be filled by promotion from tn,
ranks of the regiments in which the,
occur.
Ensign Noah T. Coleman, of the bat
tleship Iowa, died on the 2lst in a pri
vate hospital in San Francisco, Cal, n
result of complication of trouble
and a bullet wound inflicted by him
self some time ago in an attempt a
suicide.
Gen. Otis has informed the war de
partment that the six or eight days
mail sent by the transport Morgai
City was lost in the wreck of the yes
sci.
Gen. Otis reports that typhoon ha
DELAYED the sailing of the last ship
ment OF returning volunteers.
There is a shipload of Chinese wait