The record-union., 1899-04-10
LAWTON'S MOVE
ON SANTA CRUZ.
The Expedition Presented a Truly
Picturesque Scene,
As The Canoes Filled With Soldiers Started
on the Voyage Across Laguna de Bay.

Rebels Attempt to Sneak Through
the American Lines Which They
Thought Broken by the With
drawal of Lawton's Expedition
ary Force, But Found to Their
Sorrow That the Line Was Still
Intact, and Fell Back in Dis
order, Before the Fire of the
Troops.
MANILA, April 10, $50 a. m.-The
expedltlon OF 1,oOO men under Major
General Henry W. Lawton which start
eo last night with the intention of
crossing Laguna de Bay, capturing the
town OF Santa Cruz, on the eastern
shore of the lake, and then sweeping
the country to the south, consists Of
two hundred picked sharpshooters
chosen from the various regiments
HaWthorne's mountain battery, Gates
headquarters, three troops of the
Fourth Cavalry, unmounted with bron-
chos, and Tappan's battalion of the
Fourteenth Infantry, Linck's battalion
OF the First Idaho Infantry, and
FRAMES battalion of the First North
Dakota Infantry under General King.
The fotilla of twenty canoes. towe1
by tugs and conveyed by the gunboats
Laguna de Bay, Oesta and Rapidan,
and preceded by the launch containing
General Lawton and General King,
started from San Pedro Macati on the
river Pasig, moving toward the lake
just as evening was setting in 1t was
a truly picturesque scene
The men were all in high spirits, and
carried rations for ten days, with the
Hghtest marching equipment
General Lawton'S plan was to reach
Santa Cruz this morning at daybreak,
to capture or destroy any rebel gun
boats or shipping, or take the town,
and then to Scour the country to the
south of the lake, a district not yet ex-
plored by the Americans The tactics
will be those of the old-time frontier
fighting, and it is probable that the
command will be divided into squads
of twelve under non-c commissioned Off
GERS.
In General Lawton's absence, the
Second Division is temporarily conf
manded by General Overshine, whose
lines extend from the beach near NAL
ate, south of Manila, to the shore cf
Laguna de Bay, beyond Pasig, a dis
tance of about seven miles. s.'--
The Withdrawal of the eighteen COM
panies constituting the expeditionary
force made a gap in the line from the
beach to Culiculi, just southwest of San
Pedro Macati which was subsequently
filled by the Fourth (regular) Infantry.
The rebels on the extreme right had ev-
identity been informed of the with
drawal Of the troops. and they at
tempted to sneak through after night
fall, but were met with warm recep-
ton, and fell back in disorder on dis
covering that the line was still intact
ANOTHER DECREE OF AGUIN-
ALDO.
MADRID, April 9-The following dis
patch from Manila is published here.
"Aguinaldo has issued a decree direct
ing that Spanish shall be the official
language throughout the archipelago,
and protesting against the American
pretension to force the use of English
ON the natives who do not know it,"
AMERICAN CASUALTIES.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The follow
ing cablegram from General Otis was
received to-day:
Manila, April 9-Adjutant General.
Washington: Casualties not heretofore
reported:
KILLED.
Third nfantry-Company G, Privates
John lngham Nelson; Company H,
Thomas P. Morris
WOUNDED.
Second California Artillery-Company
D, Private Lionel Sturman, arm, slight.
Third Infantry-Company F, Privatcs
Jack Hamilton, leg, slight: Company
M, Joseph Slack, arm, slight; John Nc
Cullough, arm, slight; John w. Parrot.
foot, slight; Joseph D. Sweet, heel, Sc
we're.
Twentieth Kansas-Company G, Pri-
vate Matthews, about eyes, slight;
Company K, George Meyer, abdomen.
slight.
Twenty seventh Infantry = Company
B, Lawrence Page, foot, slight; band,
Cortland Fleming, abdomen, severe.
First Montana-Company G, Private
John T. Mclaughlin, hand, slight.
First ashington-Company K. Pri-
vate Thomas L. Monroe, scalp and
hand, slight.
Tenth Pennsylvania = Company K
Sergeant Frank Sharp, abdomen, Sc
we're; Company D, Private Charles Raz-
enrenkel, leg, slight
First South Dakota = Company c,
Private Guy P. Davis, hand, slight;
Company L, Private John Rogers, back,
severe.
Utah Artillery-Company B, Private
iert,
Private A. J. Borderwine, Fifty-first
Iowa. missing. OTIS.
Also the following message:
Manila, April 9.-Adjutant General,
Washington: The following deaths have
occurred since last report:
March 31-Jacob Bomberger, private,
Company H, Fifteenth Infantry, gun
shot wound. accidental April f.
George B. Farmer, private, Company =,
First Washington, dysentery.
From wounds in action: April 1st-
Frank G.. Armstrong (assumed name,
real name Frank O'Keefe), Corporal.
Company G, Twenty third Infantry;
Leonard F. Phillippi, Corporal, Com
pany c, First Colorado. April I'd
William Marshall, private, Company p,
First Montana. April 4th-Arthur II.
vickers, First Sergeant, Company r,
First Nebraska April 6th-Joseph J.
Motz. private. Company K, Third Artil-
lery; William E House, private, band,
Twenty third Infantry; William Tufts,
private Company F, Fourth Cavalry
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