Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-12-06
Gen. Young, With Three Troops
ofthe Third Cavalry, Entered
Santa Cruz Monday.
REBELS WERE FORTIFIED AT TAdUDIN.
The Residents of the Place Received
the Americans Outside the Town
With Brass Band.
A similar Reception Awaited Gen. Young
at Santa OruH-Gen. AguinRldo and
His Refugee Army Il reported
Hiding In Mountains

NEW YORK, Dec. GA special cable
gram from Hongkoug says that the
Filipinos, there announce that Agui-
naldo is ready to surrender If Consul
Wildman will receive him at Manila.
The despatch adds that the PHILIPPINE
junta at Hongkong was in communica-
tion with Aguinaldo last week and ad-
vised him then to throw himself on the
mercy of the United States,
MANILA, Dec. 6.-Gen. Hughes now
occupies Santa Barbara and Cabutuan,
island of Panay, his lines extending IS
miles north OF Iloilo. He has occupied
90 towns The inhabitants are return
ing with white flags, their fear of the
Americans diminishing as they learn
that they will be well treated.
1t is impossible to get insurgents to
fight. They are retreating to the
mountains and no more organized re-
sistance is expected. The artillery
wagon mules are being used for pack
ing. Water buffalos are also being
used for this purpose. Gen. Hughes
continues advancing north and spread
ing his lines.
MANILA, Dec. GA dispatch from
Santa Cruz province of Ilocos, for
warded by courier to San Fabian, says
that Gen. Young, with three troops of
the Sd cavalry and Maj. Peyton C.
March's battalion of the 39d infantry,
arrived at Santa Cruz Monday. The
Americans left Hamapacan, province
of Union, Monday morning, expecting
to have hard fight at Tagudin, in
South Ilocos province, but they found
on arriving there that 900 rebels, un-
der Gen. Tino, had evacuated SO hours
before, deserting an almost impregna-
BILE position.
The insurgents had been entrenched
at Tagudin, on the north side of the
river, where a hundred we'll disci-
plined troops could have slaughtered
whole brigade crossing the river
with the men up to their armpits in
water.
The residents of Tagudin received
the Americans outside the town with
brass band. They had been robbed
of almost everything by the insurgents
and were glad to welcome friendly and
protecting troops.
similar reception awaited Gen.
Young, at Santa Cruz. Prominent
citizens headed by a band, escorted
the American officers to houses, where
rest and refreshments were offered.
Gen. Young's command was almost
without food. The men had been liv-
ing on the country, which affords but
little, and the horses were completely
worn out, most of them without shoes.
The inhabitants of Santa Cruz and
of other towns through which the
Americans passed say that Aguinaldo
and his entire refugee army have gone
into the mountains eastward since the
Oregon, Samar and Callao attacked
Vigan and landed force there.
In several towns Gen. Young was
shown letters written by Lieut..
Gilmore, showing that he had been
kindly treated by the citizens and had
been entertained by them when he
passed through last May.
Reports indicate that all the Amer
lean prisoners some 25 or so, were at
one time in Benguet province, but it is
supposed now that they have been re-
moved into Lepanto province
Gen. Young's desire is to pursue the
rebels into the mountains There is
no communication between his small
command and any of the other Amer
lean columns, except indirectly, per-
haps, by sighting and signaling United
States gunboats bound to or from
Manila.
Capt. Rumbold with IS men of Com
pany G, 32d infantry, while escorting
the signal corps laying the wire from
Porac TO Florida Blanca, charged and
routed 10 insurgents, killing a captain
and several privates. The Americans
found on the captain the sword and re-
volver that were taken from the
body of Naval Cadet Welborn C. Wood,
who was killed by the insurgents
while in command of the gunboat Ur.
daneta, when that vessel was captured
in the Orani river.