New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-09
LIEUTENANT LEDYARD KILLED.
GENERAL OTIS REPORTS ON THE OUT

BREAK IN NEGROs
Washington. Dec. S-General Otis to-day sent
70 the War Department the following cable dis
patch in regard 10 the uprising in Negros;
Manila December &
am informed the outbreak Of natives IN the
district of South Negros was the result OF re-
per,ti reeer7,-rreat f1rsurgent victories In Luzon
and Panav which the natives believe. The ex-
tent of the outbreak not ascertained. Lieu
tenant A. c. Ledyard. 9th Infantry killed Two
arises from circulation Of falsehoods among the
natives defamatory newspaper articles OF
United States and Europe promptly puDhsheu
in Spanish in San Fra. .Icisco, MADRID ana ,,i py
Hong Kong Junta, and circulated In Phiilp-
mines; Insurgents have based all hopes upon
false rumors.
A second dispatch from General Otis, dated
Manila to-day. says:
Hospital ship Relief just returned from Vigan
bringing 272 sick soldiers. 232 Spanish prs-
oners; reports several hundred Spanish prisoners
at Vigan, for which we send transport this
evening Colonel Hare. $50 Infantry, took
Raneued 9TH Inst. and now with portion OF
regiment and battalion 34th Infantry IN pui
suit Of insurgents on road southeast 10 Lepan.o
thence TO Bontoc. on which Aguinaldo ana three
hundred insurgents supposed to be retreatns
with American prisoners. Inhabitants or west
ern Luzon coast friendly, and give assistance
General Otis also reports the arrival OF the
transnort Olympia with the 39th Infsntry, one
battalion OF the 45th Infantry and some recruits
There were no casualties on the voyage.
The dispatch received here from Manila yester-
aa,, announcing that the American officer who was
killed in the recent uprising In Negros was Lieu
tenant I.edyard son Of Henry b. Ledyaro pres-
dent of the Michigan Central Railroad, was mes
sage Of surprise and grief 10 many people IN tnis
city. Lewis Cass Ledyard was an uncle OF Lieu
tenant Ledyard rhe latter. who was a Yale
Of classmates
He was universally popular and well liked, and
his death will be n hard blow to those who knew
him.
Augustus Garfield Iedyard was born about
twenty-four years ago in Illinois His iather was
graduated from West Point In 1865. ana served TOT
so,eral wears in the artillery branch OF the Regu-
,ar ARMY before he took up raroading and settled
in Detroit. The went to an Eastern ooaruhs
school and entered the academic department OF
Vale University in the class or S Al coHese
Lieutenant Ledyard quiet In disposition out
uas extremely popular among his friends. He was
q qood oar and a clever boxer. lie belonged 10 the
College societies Of Eta Phi, Alpha Delta Phi and
scroll and Key. When the war with spain orohe
ont Lieutenant Ledyard enlisted as pr'ate, WIN ~,
sixty more fellow IhueIgl sI noSoe commonly
given 10 Battery n Of the Connecucut I"sh' ~
7ilierv which volunteered for the war. >,..,,o
As The battery remained AT Camp Haven. Nanuic' Nre'
, ste camp for several weeks after It's torhla-
ton and 10 ,Rp front lieutenant Ledyard resigned
Te S Inc carly part Of July to accept comh.siiohh
~ ~ sacond lieutenant I'm the Regular Army, m".sn .s
bsd been procured for him. He accompanies G a yas
i%%nodIton i% TO Porto Rico stan ofhcer anu maS
there assigned the % Infantry wnicn % ,hn Eli
,r 90 mn I'm the South last winter. men III. ~
"a M,iro jnstIrrpcton broke out ne procur'u H.,
tIno tbc 18th Infantry. which was Dounu ZIP
~ ~ 'front.' and I'm February sailed I.0in ,liI
nor, Tor the Philippines the transport i at,
p onJenant Ledyard took part In oieneIal 10 va
,e southern expedition. and was soon pIUntho~ pIUnthr
70 a drst ueutenancy and transferred 10 hio he,
rnnni 10 M The last letter received from hi'n , DS
tto fa,nil,, came two months ago Az tnat Stio itr
~ ,IS ai about 10 be sent Negros, ana was M rs
fNrts IN remain I'm LuZon, where actE. oe,'ac,
,ntpnine was going on. as there Was a. pNolpros
lS Nothing betterf Than garrison duty III NJ tiiied
~ - 9s5ht in which Lieutenant l.edyaFu ~sS ~
,tas an uprisng led by the poiCe Oh ~i.an -, " car
district where there was s.hai orin which the
;on II was caused by false reports WnGn M I1nn en
iIine had spread Of insurgent VlcloIlSsa ~ ~
0d Panay There are two hundred ana LIN III ~ 'sring
iia aH En- Negros uniformed and armed WIN % oP'a
ponce Ia lf ~ The dispatch says that Lieutenant
TTadvard was well liked as an ohlceI ,.,oh from
cetsrv Root yesteray announcing his nepne% n
2eath and he Immediately teiegtaphsdh ho ,"e was on
ea ,o MS brother Henry B Ledyard d wmp was Ws not
70 ~ wsv from New-York to Detrot anu MaS tay,nD en-
ms Wss W. mil 90 D. m. A brother or Lleuten1
AMI iedyard is in the senior class oi the H"'
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