Hutchinson gazette., 1899-04-06
ONLY FEW BUILDINGS BURNED.
Colonel Funston of Kansas Wan tho
FLNt AmerICan In MaIoIos

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Flrst American ia MAloloS
| MANILA, April 1.-THE American
flag was raised over Malolos at II
o'clock yesterday morning.
Colonel Funston, always at the front,
was the first man in Malolos, followed
by group OF dashlng Kansans
The army Is feasting on cocoanutf
and bananas and enjoying we'll
earned rest, while the hospital train
is carrying the wounded back TO Ma
nia.
The Kansas regiment and tho Mon.
tana regiment, on entering tho city,
found II deserted, tho presidencla
burning and the terrified rebels rc-
treating towards the mountains. II
Is believed they cannot In future make
even faint resistance. Tho Amer.
lean loss was small,
II Is evident that the rebels for
some time have abandoned all hope OF
holding their capital, for the Amerl-
cans found evidences OF elaborate
preparations for evacuation. On the
railroad the rails and ties for about n
mile had been torn up and probably
thrown into the river
The only prisoners captured were a
few Cinnamon, They said Aguinaldo
left Malolos Wednesday,
The principal citizens OF Malolos,
their families and goods, went into
the country by means OF the railroad
while others departed on foot, carry.
ing their POSSESSIONS and driving their
cattle and other animals before them.
Most Of the rebel forces were re-
moved to positions east OF the railroad
leaving only some small bands In the
strong trenches in front OF Malolos.
General Macarthur started for the
rebel capital at 2 o'clock with two
rapid.hre guns thanking the track two
guns Of the Utah battery on the right
and two guns OF the Sixth artillery on
the left Of the rapids, firing cont.1u-
ously.
The Kansas and Montana regiments
moved from Malolos, and the Nebras.
lta and Pennsylvania regiments and
the Third artillery kept along tho
right OF the railroad
The only effective stand made by
rebels was at bamboo and earthen-
work fortihcation half mile from
Malolos and on the right, where the
Nebraska regiment, as was the case
Thursday, had the hardest work and
suffered the greatest loss,
The Filipino flag, which was flying
from the center Of the town, was
hauled down by some of the men In
the Montana regiment, who triumph
antly raised their own above II,
From the columns OF smoke arising
from the city II seemed as II the whole
place was ablaze, 1t turned out, how
ever, that only the Presidencia, or
government building, and few of the
smaller buildings had been set fire tc
by the rebels before they evacuated
the place.
From the reports gathered by the
American officers, from prisoners and
others, 1t is believed that the rebel
army is constantly losing strength on
account Of desertions, and that al
though the enemy may make one or
two more stands, the forces OF Aguin-
aldo will degenerate in perhaps a
month to a few hundreds, who may
continue waging guerilla warfare in
the mountains,
The American troops behaved splen.
didly. They advanced steadily against
successive lines of trenches, through
woods and jungles and suffering from
frightful heat
In addition, the American volun.
tecrs were handicapped in fighting by
the fact that their Springfield rifles
are of shorter range than the Mauser
rifles in the hands of the rebels. I'M
der those circumstances, the steady
advance of our troops is really re-.
markable achievement