The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-12-06
1T. GILMORE WROTE.
SENT a LETTER 20 HIS SISTER,
AT MANILA.


Said lie H.SI Been III. but Was In Fairly
Good Health -somo FiIIpinos WeIconed
American soldiers, with Bands Play
ing Music,
MANILA, Dec. 4.-The Spanish trans
port Allva and the gunboats Villaiobos
and (uiOs with the Spanish garrison
and civilians Of the Caroline islands, ar
Ilved home. They report that the Ger
ma1 governors of the islands who ar
rived Oh the warship Jaguar occupied
Yap, Nov. !. Reipan, Nov. l6 and Po-
nape, Oct. 3. They Garrisoned the
places with i5Rmen each. The Spanish
governors OF Zap and Ponape said they
considered the small German garrison
III danger from the natives.
The Spanish gunboats will probably
be offered for sale to the United States
government.
The Spanish secretary, Senor Ben
quente, has arrived here with a note
from Lieutenant Gilmore to his sister,
Mrs. Major Price. He says he has been
i'll but is now in fairly good health.
The SpaniarGs befriended him and gave
him money and clothes.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Santa Cruz, province of South IlocoS,
forwarded by courier to San Fabian, said
that General Young, with three troops
of the Third cavalry, and Major Peyton
G. Marsh's battalion of the Thirty third
infantry, arrived at Santa Cruz. the
Americans left Hamapacan, province of
Union, this morning, expecting to have
hard fight aJ Tagudin, IN South uCcos
province, but they found on arriving
there that 600 rebels, under General
Tino, had evacuated 36 hours before,
deserting On almost impregnable posi-.
ton.
The insurgents had been entrenched
at Tagudin, on the north side of the
river, where 100 well disciplined troops
might have slaughtered whole brigade,
crossing the river, with the men up to
the armpit in water
The residents of Tagudin received the
Americans outside the town with a brass
band. They mad been robbed of almost
everything by the insurgents and were
glad to welcome friendly and protecting
troops.
A similar reception awaited General
Young at Santa Cruz. Prominent citi-
zens. headed by band, escorted the
American officers to houses. where rest
and refreshment were offered.
General 1oung's command was al
most without food. The mon had been
living on the country, which afforded but
little, and the horses were worn out,
most of them without shoes.
The inhabitants of Santa Cruz and of
other towns through which the Ameri.
cans passed slid that Aguinaldo and his
entire refugee army had gone into the
mountains eastward since the Oregon,
Samar aud Callao attacked Vigan and
landed force there.
In several towns General Young was
shown letters writton by Lieutenant
Gilmore, showing that he had been
kindly treated by the citizens and had
Ueeu eHUeft,lueu Dy Gnem when he
passed through last May.
Reports indicate that all the Ameri-
can prisoners, some % or 30 were in
Benguet province, but it was supposed
that they had been removed into LIE.
panto province.
General Young's desire is to pursue
the rebels into the mountains. There
is no communication between his small
command and any of the other Ameri.
can columns, except indirectly, perhaps
by sighting and signalling United States
gunboats bound TO or from Manila.
Captain Rumbold, with 30 men of
Company G, Thirty.second infantry,
while escorting the signal corps laying
the wire from Porac to Florida Blanca,
charged and routed 10 insurgents, kill.
ing a captain and several privates.
The Americans found on the captain
the sword and revolver that were taken
from the body of Naval Cadet Welborn
@. Wood, who was killed by the insur-
gents while in command of the gunboat
Urdaneta, when that vessel was cap
tured in the Orani river.
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