Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-01
DROVE THE REBELS OUT.
Further Details of the Capture of
Calamba.
SPANISH BOAT TAKEN.
Aguinaldo Continues to Get War
Supplies in Hong Kong
and Yokohama.

Washington. D. c., July 28.-The war
department this morning received it's
first official report of the capture Of Cal
amba in the following cablegram from
! Gen. Otis:
| Hall, with 1000 men, captured Calamba,
| an important strategic position on Laguna
| de Bay, yesterday, driving out 300 in
surSents. The command was composed OF
portions Of the Fourth cavalry, Twenty
! first infantry, Washington volunteers,
transported in launches and cascoes with a
| gunboat accompanying. Casualties: Prlvates
| Charles Gleesup, Fourth, and McDuffy, FL,
Twenty first, killed. Corp. Thomas Totten
G, Fourth, mortally wounded. Priyates
Michael Sheridan, Herbert Tracey, Napoleon
White, K, Twenty first, seriously wounded
son, c, Fourth, Phillips, H, Christie and
Hollister, D, and Ashland, |, Twenty first,
| slightly wounded.
! insurgent casualties unknown Forty
Spanish prisoners released; Spanish gun
| boat in good condition, long sought for In
| bay, captured. This town was the direct
object Of Lawton when he captured Santa
| Cruz and launches in April, but was I'M
! able to reach by boats on account Of shoa!
| water
Removing Spaniards.
Manila, July 2S.-In compliance with
! an order received from Madrid, the
| Spanish transport Alva will proceed from
Manila Immediately to the Caroline ISL
| andS, in order to repatriate the garrison
and inha bitants of those islands. There
| is great interest in the first attempt OF
cable boat to follow the movements OF
the army. The boat left Tambay, near
| Taguig, at the northern end of Laguna
de Bay, this morning, after making con-
| nection with the land wire and success
| fully laid eighteen miles of cable. 1t is
expected that the cable boat will reach
Calamba tonight.
Aguinaldo's Source of Supplies.
! New York, July 2S.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Accord
| ing to verbal reports to the navy from
| officers returning from the Philippines,
A guinaldO continues to get war supplies
through German merchants IN Hong
Kong and Japanese merchants in 1oko-
! hama, although our conSuls have been
| directed to keep a sharp lookout for fill
| clustering. In more than one instance
British officers have aided the United
| States in preventing the shipment of
arms from Hong Kong, but officials just
returned say there is no doubt the temp
tation offered by Aguinaldo's high prices
| has induced merchants to violate the neu-
trality laws and try to force the imper-
| feet blockade.
Twelve Spanish gunboats recently put
| on blockade duty have done remarkably
| good service in cutting off supplies be-
| tween different islands. Last mail re-
ports said they had captured sixteen diff
| ferent cargoes of supplies, but not any
valuable munitions of war.
News of the Troops.
Washington D. c., July 2S.-The war
| department has received the following
| from Gen. Brooke, at Havana, regarding
| the yellow fever situation: Gen. Wood
| reports 10Th: No more cases reported
among troops or government employees j;
| sanitary condition of city excellent. In
tensely hot weather. | think can safely
| consider the present epidemic over
| Cen Otis today cabled the following
detail of the troops en- route home on the
| transport Sherman: Transport Sher-
man. with California infantry and heavy
artillery, left for San Francisco 10Th; in
| fantry-1 officers. 1000 enlisted; artil-
left at La Carlota, Negroes: Privates
Claude W. Huff. Co. e: W. J. Clark. G..
] w. Iverson, Co. f; John w. Noonan,
James NJ; Dubney, James f. Brown.
William D. Stewart, Co. G; II: G.. Col
Hurd, Co. E, nurse, Private Ralph
Coates, Co. X, missing in action near
Manila, April 6.
Gen. Davis reports the death at Ponce,
Porto Rico, of COmmissary Sergt Martin
Gen. Brooke today cabled the death at
Holguin of Albert B. Ruin, Co. q, Tenth
cavalry Of typhoid fever.
Surgeon-Gen. Sternberg has received
the following from Maj. O'Reilley at Ha-
vana: y. w. Dawson, civilian, Las Ami
mas hospital, Havana, yellow fever, serl-
ously i'll. some improvement past two
! days. Acting Assistant Surgeon John '.
| Hamilton died, MantanZas, 10Th, uremia
chronic nephritis' Surgeon Hamilton
was appointed from Durant, Miss, and
| has been in the service for year.
The number of enlistmentS Tor the
Philippine service yesterday We're 593,
| making the total 6626.
Sent to Manila in Irons.
Private Benjamin Givens of the Fourth
| infantry. who was sent back to Manila in
| irons from San Francisco to be tried for
| desertion in the face of the enemy, will III
| all proba bility be found guilty by court
martial and be sentenced to death. The
! fact that he was intoxicated when he de
serted will not serve as a mitigating cir
cumstance. but on the contrary, will be
used against him. 1t is extremely doubt
full if President Mckinley will allow such
a severe sentence to be executed, as no
disaster resulted from the desertion of
| GivenS, and the effect on the morale of
| his regiment was not bad.
! 1t is a peculiar circumstance in con-
nection with the Spanish war that not a
| soldier who served i'll Cuba, Porto Rico
or the Philippines has been shot for neg
| lecting his duty. Although several sol
| dierS have been tried for murder and
sentenced to be executed, President Nc
| kinley has not in one instance allowed
the extreme penalty to be administered.
| While there have been hundreds of deser-
tons because the soldiers became tired
| OF the mOnOtOny of camp life. to GivenS
belongs the dishonor of being the only sol
der who deserted in the face OF the enc
my, and he will in all probability spend
the rest of his life in penitentiary.