The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-03-10


Iod-Messages of Good VIII From
Outlying Towns.
Bacolod, 1legros Island, March A. via
| Manila, March 10.-After a pleasant
voyage the st. Paul, carrying the depu-
| tation from Negroes, Colonel James F.
Smith. the first American governor, and
the First battalion of the California reg
iment, Major Shines commanding, arriv-
| ed at Iloilo on March g. AS the vessel
| entered the harbor at midday it found
! the artillery in action and General Mil
ler's command advancing into the CO.
coanut plantations at the right of the
line
General Miller, fearing an organized
and strong attack upon the town, had
requested assistance in landing. Cap
! tain Wilde was unable to accede to this
request owing to the fact that a por
ton of the crew was at Cebu.
/ 1t was at first expected that the Cali
| fornians would land and assist General
| Miller's forces. General Miller, return
| ing from the 'front.' reported that it was
| only false alarm
| Iloilo was terribly wrecked by the in
surgent incendiaries and presents a
scene of havoc and desolation. Magnif-
cent residences and great warehouses
were totally wrecked.
General Miller and his staff are conf
| dent that they can hold the town. The
| insurgent strength is not definitely
known, but it is believed that there are
1000 men armed with firearms and 1000
bolas They follow similar tactics to
| those at Manila, dropping irritating
shots into the American lines through
out the night, but never appearing in
sufficient strength to justify a resolute
forward movement. Few casualties are
reported
The ST. Paul proceeded to Bacolod and
arrived at noon yesterday. Company A
landed, with Major Shines in command
They found a native guard of honor
drawn up on the beach, President Lac
son of the local native government
whose party had arrived late the pre-
vious night, received them. The inhab-
itants were amcably disposed. The
American flag was already flying from
an unfinished convent. All was pre-
pared for the reception of our troops.
| Captain Miley of the signal corps
landed Immediately and within half an
hour had reopened communication with
Iloilo by cable.
LacsOn's Message to Miller.
The following message was sent to
General Miller by President Lacson:
we alectlohateiy salute you ana
CONG ratulate ourselves upon eiie nap
py ARRIVAL ol ooiohei smith anu the
.ioops uluer youl oioeis anu oes sou
70 senu inns saiueatloii anu cohsratuia-
| eioils W Gehefai o'is' Maiiiia' as tne
representative Oh tne government. Vi the
onileu otatss III .ie rniiipp.nes'
Later ~ 'ne ai'eiliooii Coioiiei Siili.i
ianueu' ne was iecelVeu win IN iilli-
itary nohors ny cue NATIVE anu Anierl-
can troops d naive oaia pldsiis
sdiute on .he Deacii' Noloiiei olii.n was
mos. coruiaiiy anu eii.iiu u re-
ceiVeu' anu as ne mas .iuil power 70 es-
taplish naive administration unuel
american control !. WIN oe interesting
70 Walcn inns experiment 10 gam we
soou "ili Vi .iie naive rae anu 60 lap-
lish peace again III THESE oeau'ilui Is
iaius'
tha natives ca,riad Colonel smith
ashore from a launch in a bamboo
chair amid the renewed and ringing
cheers of the assembled populace.
RacoIod is a small town with an an.
narentIv nrosperous country behind.
mostly richly cultivated the Landscape
presenting a mixture of oriental lux
uriant vegetation and occidental Guilt
walton.
The behavior of the American troops
toward the natives is admirable. The
battalion consists of COMPANIES A
CAPTAIN John r. Connolly and Ideuten-
ant o. Dallinger: b. Captain George
Filmer and Lieutenants B. Sturtevant
and A. r. Ramon. f. Captain William
Robertson and Ijeutenants ]. Jordan
and r Howard. Fl. Lieutenants r. Da-
vies and II O'Brien. Surgeon Major w.
Mccarthy and Lieutenant John West.
adiutant and ouartermaster.
Mr.. Biddle. volunteer aid to General
Miller was first ashore swimming