Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-12
GEN. LAYTON AT SAN MIGUEL
Insurgent General del Pillar Gets Out With
out Fighting.
Gen. Grant Occupies Olaneapo OF
SubfG Bay-Latest News From
General Lawton.

MANILA, December II, $50 a.m.-Gen-
eral Lawton. with the 25th Infantry and
-FOUR troops of the 4th Cavalry, has occu-
pied San Miguel without a fight
Inc fnsurgent commander, General Pho
del Pilar, who made his headquarters there
with supposedly the largest force of insur-
gents north of Manila, is believed to have
divided his men into scattered bands. The
Inhabitants have pettioned for a strong
garrison.
Colonel Hayes, with cavalry, had two
brushes with the insurgents, the Ameri-
cans having two wounded.
seventy Insurgents attacked commits
sary bull train returning from Capas to
farlac. The drivers escaped with the loss
Of their rations and effects.
Captain Sturgis with troop of the 18th
Cavalry, surprised forty insurgents under
General Pando near Norzagaray. The in
surgents had a major and two privates
Killed and lieutenant and three privates
wounded, and a lieutenant and fourteen
men, with twenty-one rifles, captured.
Gen. Grant at OIangapo.
The advance guard of General Grants
command, under Major Spence arrived at
Olangapo. Subig bay, during the night of
Saturday. December 8, which place was
occupied with little resistance, the enemY
fleeing. Major Spence had an arduous
march over the mountain trails from Dr.
nalupihian.
Sunday morning the Baltimore and Ore
gon and chartered transport arrived at
Olangapo from Manila. The navy was dis
appointed to find the army in possession of
the place which they had hoped to cap
ture. A detachment of marines under
Captain Myers occupied the navy ward at
Oangapo and will hold and occupy it as
naval station. The yard consists of
seven new, large buildings and some
pairing and machinery shops all damaged
by the bombardment of September %.
During the morning of December 10 the
navy transported Major Spence's command
from Olangapo to the town of Subig, five
sorting Subg the troops landed, and the
latter occupied 1t without resistance They
found the place abandoned by the retreat
ing enemy, who fired a few shots The
Americans deployed to the right and left
of the town and killed one Of the enemy.
General Grant and the remainder of his
command arrived at Olangapo Sunday
afternoon. He will proceed to Subig and
join Major Spence. General Grant will
move north along the coast, and will effect
a juncture with the 18th Infantry, under
Colonel Andrew S. Burt, who was reported
eight miles from Iba December I. The
enemy encountered in General Grants adj
vance fed to the mountains and scattered.
General Grant is not garrsoning the
towns he occupies No casualties are re-
ported in his command.
The Chase After AgufnnIdo.
Dispatches dated Conception, December
2 from a correspondent of the Associated
Press with the detachment pursuing Agut-
naldo, have just reached Manila by mes
senger. The military wires on all lines to
the northward are continually cut by the
natives or are crowded with government
business when working.
According to these advices. Gen. Young
was at Condor November 20, having three
troops of the Sd Cavalry, Cunningham's
scouts and Maj. Marchs battalion of the
33d Infantry. The nominal strength OF his
command had been reduced one-third by
sickness. The horses were worn out and
handicapped by lack of shoes. The infan-
try, after a march of hundred miles from
San Jacinto were shoeless, and all were
living on the country. The troops had no
ammunition except what they carried in
their belts. Gen. Young, having then been
without communication with Gen. Lawton
for days, and not knowing the DISPOSE
ton of the other troops or whether sup
port was being sent forward, resolved to
keep moving. Having received Information
that the insurgent, Gen. TtnoX, with
thousand men, was somewhere to the
north, and that Agunaldo, with Gen Pillar,
five women and 400 soldiers of his faithful
Bulacan battalion. was in the mountains to
the east, Gen. Young decided, on Novem-
Der 30, to divide his force. He proceeded
himself toward Nigan, hoping to attack
Gen. Tino with his handful of men and to
prevent him joining Aguinaldo
March Takes Up the Trail.
Major March, with his battalion and Gun
ningham's scouts, started over the noun
tains toward Cervantes, after Aguinaldo.
who was reported to have been there on
November %. This column marched THU
teen hours without food. The Associated
Press correspondent goes on to say:
THE Americans found that the insur-
gents had impressed the igorrotes, compeii-
ty,r tbny,, to tty tray nd 10 Strrtn
pitfalls along the trails, which were fearful
travelling at the best. One stream had to
be forded twelve times in the course of a
mile. These inoffensive, stupid creatures
usually pictured as bloodthrsty savages
cheerfully turned to undo their own work
and actually went foraging for the Ameri-
cans. The 1locos region Is the richest the
Americans have entered in the northern
campaign. The people are prosperous, INTEL
ligent, and more than half civilized. They
have excellent houses and carry on flour
ishing industries. Many of them are evil
IDENTIFY rich. Several towns received the
troops with bands and the ringing of church
bells. Cattle were killed and houses were
opened to the troops.
Insureent Leader Hopeful.
How much of this display was sincere
and how much due to a desire to propitiate
the conquerors 1t would be hard to say
There were evidences that similar hospital
ity had been extended to Aguinaldo. The
people described him as cheerful, hugging
the hope Of salvation through American
politics, and everywhere trying to retain
support by proclaiping with seeming sin
certify that the United States Congress
would certainly recognize the Independence
of the Filipino republic in December.
Many of the natives exhibited notes from
Lieut.. Gilmore and other American prison.
ers, in which the recipients were commend
ed to the Americans on the score of kind
ness shown to the writer's: There are TWEEN
ty-seven Americans with Lieut.. Gilmore
Another party of fourteen were taken
through 1locos week ahead Of Gen. Young.
fhey were ragged and dirty, and the ma
ttves say some Of them were urged forward
at the point of the bayonet."
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