Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-23
Opinion In Manila that His Army
Will Not Come Together Again.
lie Is CLOSELY PURSUED.
Gen. Pillar May give More Trouble
Insurgents Concentrating
Trick. OF soldiers.

New York, Nov. 2a,--A dispatch to the
Herald from Manila says
The general opinion here Is that
AEuinaldo's army viii never again come
together IL any considerable force with
him In command. The. forces under
General Lnwton and General Young is
following 20 rapidly on his heels into
Bayombong tina, no insurgcnt capital
can be again established.
Captain jams c. Castner Of tho
Fourth Infantry. with loves scouts IL
making forced marches through tho
mountains from San Nicolas northeast.
Gen. Young. with his cavalry and the
Maccabobes. IN moving rapidly from
Aringny through difficult passes to
Trinidad They are close on Aguinal-
dos small party 4 third advance IN
being made on the road toward Nlgan
ON the coast
With Agulnaidos personal army dis
posed ~. the only lnHurgont forces left
Intact are possibly the Muscurd0H,
about 100 In number. IN tho mountains
west VI the railroad. Pho pllU.a two
thousand men, who are east Of Manila
In the mountains near Anti?alo, aud
Gen. Trias' force of about 1900, Ia
cavito province.
The military problems now facing ~
orc easy Of settlement oxcvpt In the
case of Pillar, who cannot easily be
surrounded.
All our troops In the north are living
on tho country.
Thcrc remarkable marches and our
rapid advance everywhere are tempo
rarily prosirating large percentage
OF our men.
Gen. t.awton desires extra troops. In
order to control the avenues % cs-
cape.
Manila. Nov. q. ii2i p. m.-The lnnur-
gents FROM the north are concentrating
nt MoniHlhln ana San Mutcn, where u
Ia expected they viii make rcslstance
The spanlnrds never occupied these
places and the Insurgents believe them
to be imgrcgnnblc.
\ reconnaissance 10 the northwest ~
San Mateo on Tuesday developed the
fact that the rchsls were moving stores
the insurgents II unknown.
a reconnaissance made yesterday
showed that 200 rohelA are cntrrnched
~ san Mates and othcts IN the valley
between there and Maf.gulnn. where
the rebel oui?osts are stationed.
Gen. Young entered San Mnieo last
September and found the place not es-
pecinlly adapted for u strong resist
ance.
New York. Nov. g5.--self.lnnleted
wounds are 10 frequent In the American
army In LuEou, AYERS the washington
correspondent 81 the Herald, that Gen.
OTIS has been compelled TO issue In
atructions directing that "a strict In
Vcstigutlon be made u each case OF
this character IN order that proper ac-
ton may BE- taken.
The immediate eject u these instruc-
lions was the Issuance OF orders by
Gen. Wheeler, thcn at Angeles, organ
izing boards for the Investigation %
two cases one u the honrif, consist
Ing Of First Lieut.. Coolidge First Lieut..
and Assistant Surgeon H. W. piukhnm
aud First Lieut. ], &, Welhnrn. viii In
vcstlgntc the case ~ Sergeant -. n.
Barr company N, Nlnth lnfantry. and
another consisting Of Major James Re-
gan, First Lieut. y. W. Kochlcr. and
First Lieut.. Connoll. Ninth Infantry.
viii inaulre into the ease Of James A..
Hart. company A. Smith Infantry, The
results Of III, Investigation have not
been received at the department
Issuance ~ den. OTIS Instructions
and the organization Of the boards are
the result N this communication adj
dressed to the adiutnnt general Of tho
department 81 the Pacific by the chief
surgeon; "self-niiietod wounds ~ the
hand and respectively Of the feet,
claimed 10 be accidental. usually oc-
curing on outposts, are 80 frequent
that l have the honor TO suggest that
all such cases be carefully Investigated
hy the board OF survey similar 10 that
called In cases ~ desertion 10 deter
mine the circumstances under which
they actually occurred, Al OF these
men became disabled for military duty
with usually minimum amount OF
nj hsa
securing discharge"
New York, Nov 2g.-The Filipino
junta at Hougkong IL becoming more
active as the meeting OF Congress
draws nearer. Senator Fairbanks In
company with all other senators and
representatives. now In Washington. ac-
oording to "A Tribune correspondent,
have received through the mails "a
pamphlet. signed by Felipe Buencam-
mo. Philip Good ROAD 80 called secre-
tary for foreign affairs OF the Filipino
republic, setting forth the various ren-
sons why his government should be
recognized, The pamphlet has an APP
pendiN containing the various dis
patches kilograms and orders that
passed between the United States rep
resentatives In the islands at the time
OF the war with spain. on these dncu-
ments Senior Rcuncamlno seeks TO raise
the presumption that the Filipino re-
public was 10 receive recognition from
the United states
The secretary begins by saying that
IL has come to the ears Of the Filipino
rovornment that the President OF tho
United States II about TO coll a session
OF Congress FOR the spcclai purpose of
considering the Philippine situation.
and that he desires TO lao before II
tho rensons why the Independence ~
the islands should be recognized. He
argues that the larger and more power
full state, the greater n the obligation
resting on II to support the lndepend-
once of lessor states For Instance, IL
appears evident that the powerful ana
wealthy nation. which you gentlemen
represent In Congress has been doputed
by tiod 20 assist the F1llpinos In their
nrduous and difficult task OF restora-
lion of Independence" The alleged co.
orperatlon offered and rendered to
Agulnaldo hy COnsuls Wlldmnn and
Pratt N then referred to. This co-op-
Grafton, says the secretary, consisted In
the fact that the McCulloch conveyed
AHulnaldo TO Manila, that Admiral
Dewey received him with the honors due
TO a general and gave him go rifles. and
that he was allowed to establish at
Cavite. then held by the United States,
the headquarters OF the republic,
Mr.. Pratt. In one " his lelter0 APP