Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-10-24
CAVALRY IN PHILIPPINES!
Their Collection at San Fran
cisco and Their Shipment.
WESTERN MUSTANGS HARDWOOD.

Recent Purchase Of Horses by the
Government and Whom 1t Benefit
ed-special Transports VIII Convey
These Mounts to Manila In Tine
Fur the New Campaign.
Cavalry horses to be used In chasing
the Filipino insurgents when the new
campaign shall open in Luzon are be
ing rapidly assembled at the Preside
preparatory to shipment to Manila In
special transports. says the San Fran.
cisco Chronicle. A total of 1,641 has
already arrived. They came from diff
ferent parts of the country. Chicago
and Louisville together furnished G87;
Omaha sent $50; Texas, 29S; Denver.
1O2, and California and Nevada to-
gether. 4O4.
These are all lightweight animals of
medium size. specially selected for the
service required in the Philippines. 1t
has been found that such horses are
better adapted to the climatic condi.
tons and to the dashlng work Of pur-
suit. The standard cavalry horse Is
much larger and heavier, but his
weight and strength are not needed for
the fast galloping that will be done
by armed men engaged in running
down the elusive Tagalos across soggy
ricetlelds.
Two thousand Of these equine sprint
ers will be shipped from San Francisco
and about 1000 from Seattle. to be
ready for the army as soon as the dry
season comes. A feet Of steam horse
ships Is ready to transport these
mounts to Manila. The converted COL
lier Leelanaw departed few days ago
with 295 Of this new stock. The Siam
will come back and take 372, the Aztec
about COO. the Sikh $50. the Centennial
$50 and possibly the Adamson $50,
making a total Of 2,217 American cav
airy horses dispatched to the Philip
pines from San Francisco within Pc
Rod Of perhaps ten weeks.
The entire Fourth regular cavalry
has all it's big horses down in LuzoI
already, the very animals that used t.
be the familiar sights at the Preside
and in summer time Mt the Yosemite.
The Third cavalry has also gooo
many horses In the service about w b.
Mia bay. In addition to these troop
horses, most of the field and staff off,
GERS of the infantry commands have
their own American horses, two To
each man. With &C. new cavalry
horses going to Manila and enough
there now to supply mounts for II
troops Of the Fourth cavalry, there ID
every prospect that there will be more
than enough animals for a force of
3.4OO cavalrymen. That Is about tn.
| number Of mounted fighters now In
the field, counting the whole Fourth
regular cavalry with its IL troops, the
Third. regular cavalry with its eight
| troops and the new Eleventh volunteer
cavalry with its II troops. Such a
force. forming a mounted brigade. will
be a veritable tornado when turned
loose against the native fighters. who
will not stand and meet an infantry
rush. None Of Agulnaldo's men Is
| mounted. All Of them have proved
fleet footed in avoiding the American
infantry. but with fast American
J horses in pursuit the race will be q
rabbit drive for the troopers.
Practically every returning Ameri-
| can officer declares that cavalry is
| needed to put speedy end to the in
| surrection. The Filipino was terrified
by the wild yells the Americans
gave when charging the native
trenches. and he fed in panic from hia
stronghold. Then the colored soldiers