Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-08-11
GRANNY OTIS
RETAINED
Mckinley to Keep Him in Su-
preme Command In the
Philippines.
FIGHTING AROUND CALULE1
FllipinosAre Surprised andHeav-
lily Punished-Rockefeller
Heard From.

New YORK, August ia special
to the Herald from Washington, says
Major General Otis will remain in SUI
preme command in the Philippines.
Should he request to he relieved, Major
General Lawton will he assigned to
duty as his successor. This decision
was reached by the president and Sec
retary Root at conference at Lake
Champlain. Secretary Root made no
secret today of the purpose of the presi-
dent to retain. General Otis in control
at Manila and so informed General
Miles in long conference. 1t is learn
ed that Former Secretary Alger, just
before his retirement, recommended
that General Otis be relieved on the
ground that he had not proven himself
equal to the emergency.
IOOhlNO L HE rlLlEINOos
MANILA August 1l.-General Mac
Arthur's troops remained last night at
Calulet. The rebels have evidently
fled far beyond rifle range, for the
American outposts were not disturbed
and not shot was fired during the
night. At daybreak this morning II
reconnoitering party, consisting of a
battalion of the Seventh infantry, with
one field piece, started up the railroad
track toward Angeles four miles north
The party approached within 1900
yards of the town and opened lire with
a field gun. The Americans were re-
ceived with badly directed rifle fire,
which the battalion of the Seventh re-
turned with a few voleys. The
strength of the insurgents is not known.
The situation was reported to Cen
eral Macarthur, who directed the party
not TO return until the rebels abandoned
the town. Soon after the rebels set fire
to the town and fled. Everything in
dicates that all the rebels are scattered
for miles in every direction around
Calulet.
The insurgents lost heavily in tho
fighting around Calulet. 1t is believed
a hundred were killed and 300 or 400
wounded. The Iowa regiment killed
thirty in one place and one company of
the Seventeenth encountered a party of
rebels in trench and killed twelve.
The American loss was five killed and
thirty.o one wounded. including three
officers
The attack was complete surprise
to the insurgents, who had no idea of
the movement intended until the ar
mored car opened deadly fire with two
Gatlings, revolving cannon and a six
FOUNDER. The heavy artillery opened
on both flanks moment later.
A majority of the Filipinos were
asleep when the attack was made. Men
with large bells were heard running
among the shacks. arousing the SOL
diers. There is reason 10 believe from
reports recently received that the in
surgents are short OF ammunition, as
we'll informed natives at Caulet say
the insurgents had only forty rounds of
ammunition and five rounds extra were
issued just before the fight.
ROCKEFELLER HEARD FROM.
WASHINGTON, August 1.-THE fol-
lowing caDlegram bas been received
frem General Otis: Manila, August IL.
-Adjutant General, Washington: From
southern Luzon the report comes that
an American officer is held there as a
prisoner and the description given in
dIcates Major Rockefeller. OTIS.
Major Rockefeller is the officer who
disappeared several months ago shortly
after his arrival in the Philippines and
nothing has been heard Of him since.