The record-union., 1899-05-06
FILIpINOS FIRE
THEIR CAPITAL.
Gen. MacArthur's Division Advances
on San Fernando,
Finding the Place Evacuated by Rebels and
the Town Burning.
Late Reports Of the Work of Gem
eral Lawton's Expedition Show
That Harder Fighting Took
Place During the Early Part Of
the Week Than First Accounts
Indicated.

MANILA, May 5, 4:.5 p. m-Major
General MacArthur's division advanced
to San Fernando to-day and found that
the place had been evacuated by the
rebels, who left a detachment TO cover
their trail by train. General MacAr-
thur occupied the burning town without
loss.
The rebels south of Manila attempted
to rush through Brigadier General
Ovenshine's line last night. The at
tempt failed but the rebels maintained
fusilade of musketry on the Fourth
Infantry Regiment for several hours.
The demonstration was Intellectual be-
yond soaring the inhabitants of Ma
late.
The outposts of the Idaho and Cali
fornia regiments beyond San Pedro Ma
cati We're also attacked during the night.
General Iawton is still quar- tered at
Bahnag.
LAWTON'S HARD FIGHTING.
MANILA, May >, 1925 p. m.-Detail-
ed reports of the work of Major General
LaWton's expedition show that harder
fghting took place during the early
part OF this week than earlier accounts
indicated
In the attack upon San Rafael the
American forces We're met with a heavy
lire from a large number of rebels, who
were concealed in the jungle on all
sides 1t was only the tactics followed
in Indian fighting in the United States.
every American for himself, that saved
the division from great loss General
LaWton, as usual, was at the head of
his line with his staff. SCOTS battery
demolished stone-fIonted trench at
short range.
The insurgent leaders, Gregorio and
Pho del Pillar, who had 500 men in Ba-
Hnag, retreated when General Lawton
approached the town.
Chief of Scouts Young. with eleven
men, entered Balinag ahead of the army
and rang the church bells to announce
that they had possession of the city.
General Lawton, when attacking in
force outside of Balinag, saw women
and children in the rebel trenches and
sent Captain Case in advance with
white flag to warn the insurgents to re-
move the non-combatants. When with
in 800 yards of the trench two voleys
were fired at Captain Cases party.
Chief of Scouts Young, whose Draw
as an Indian scout under Major General
o. o. Howard in his campaign in the
Northwest in 1876 The work of Young's
scouts was a feature of the expedition
On Wednesday the Sd the men encoun-
tered some Filipinos beyond Balinag
and drove them until of the 100 rounds
of ammunition which the scouts carried
they had only fifteen left. They were
IN u-Io T
with a troop of the Fourth Cavalry,
came UP with them and chased the en-
envy into San Miguel
There are 1000 Spanish prisoners in
the hands Of the F'iIipinos at San Mi
guel. They are served with ) cents
worth of rice daily and are compelled
to work hard on the rebel defenses. Sew
eral hundred of the Filipino wounded
are a San Miguel
The insurgents are sending their wo-
men and children to the Bianaonabatto
Mountains.
A Bolo chief and 100 men were cap
tured at Balinag. General Lawton has
released many of his prisoners.
GENERAL LUNA WOUNDED.
NEW YORK, May 5-Former Mayor
Strong to-day received a cablegram
from his son, Major Putnam B. Strong
who is serving on the staff of General
Macarthur. The cablegram confirms
the capture Of San Fernando, and said
that General Luna, the insurgent COM
manderin-chief, had been wounded.
CASUALTIES AT SAN TOMAS.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The War
Department has received the follow
ing:
Manila, May 5.-Adjutant General
Washington: Following casualties at
San Tomas yesterday:
One officer, Lieutenant Toggart
Twentieth Kansas, and four enlisted
men killed; three officers and twenty
two enlisted men wounded Among
the wounded, General Funston, hand
slight.
'Lawton reports capture of over $780,
O0G bushels of rice and 265 tons of
sugar at Baluag. Value of subsistence
captured at Malclos, 81 100000. Cap
ture of rice and corn belonging to
enemy at other points. Insurgents de-
stroyed by fire yesterday the town of
San Tomas and last evening fired the
city of San Fernando. OTIS"
FFBELS HEMMED IN.
WASHINGTON, May 5.-The contin
ued rebel demonstrations south of Ma
Mia are causing no apprehension TO
War Department officials, as the bril-
gades of Ovenshine and Hall are said
to be ample for every emergency. To-
gether they have about LOGO men, be-
sides the Ninth and Twelfth Regular
Infantry, who have just arrived at
Manila. Ovenshine's brigade consists
of the Fourth and Fourteenth Infant
ries, First Washington, two battalions
of the First Idaho one battalion of
the First California and Dyer and
Hawthrone's battery Halls brigade
consists of the Seventeenth Infantry
and the First Wyoming.
In view of these sharp demonstra-
tions to the south, the work done by
Lawton on his expeditions to La Guna
de Bay is receiving credit not hereto
fore accorded to it One of the main
results of the expedition was to de-
stroy the small craft by which thu
rebels might have crossed the lake
and moved north ON the rear of Mac
Arthur's forces. They now are hemmed
in on a narrow strip of land between