The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-03-21
OUR FORCES REORGAN|ZED
Two Divisions Made of
Troops at Manila.
ATTACKS BY The En- MY

They Twice Attempt TO Break Our
Lines but are Repulsed-A Gunboat
on the Lake Destroys Insurs ents'
Towns-The Oregon Reaches. Manila
In Condition for any Service-Formal nj
Notice of Signing Of the Peace Treaty
by Queen Of spain.
Manila, March $1,000 p. m.-The
entire American force has been re-or-
ganized, two divisions, of three bri-
gades each, being formed. General
Lawton today assumed command Of the
First division, which consists of the
Washington, North Dakota and Cal
ifornia volunteers, under General
King; six troops of the Fourth cavalry,
the Fourteenth regulars, the Idaho
volunteers and a battalion of the Iowa
troops, under General Overshine, the
Third and Twenty-second regular in
fantry and the Oregon regiment, un-
der General Wheaton, and Dyers and
Hawthorne's light batteries.
General MacArthur's division con-
sists of two batteries Of the Third ar
tillery, the Kansas and Montana VOL
unteers, under General H. G. Otis; the
Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota
regiments, and six companies, Of the
Pennsylvanians, under General Hale;
the Fourth and Seventeenth regulars,
the Minnesota and Wyoming >volun-
teers and the Utah artillery.
A separate brigade will be assigned
to provost guard duty, consisting of
the Twentieth and eight companies
of the Twenty third regular infantry.
Gereral Anderson, now in command
of the First division of the Eighth
army corps, will return to the United
States, in accordance with the order OF
January Oath.
An attack was made by the rebels
yesterday upon the battery at Iona
church, but the enemy were repulsed
by the Pennsylvanians with heavy
; loss. Lieutenant Thompson and Pri.
: Yates McVay and McCanse, of Compa.
ny c., were wounded.
IA gunboat, with a company of the
Twenty-third regulars on board is now
6
She was last heard of off Morong an(
Santa Cruz.
washington, March 18.-lhe nav.
department has been advised Of the ar
: rival at Manila of the battleship Ore
: gon.
The following is the cablegram re
ceived from Admiral Dewey:
Manila, March Is
Secretary of Navy, Washington, D. c
''The Oregon and the Iris arrived to
day. The Oregon is in fit condition
for any duty"
! OTIS"
. FORMAL NOTICE OF SIGNING OF
THE TREATY.
Washington, March 1S-M. Cambon
the French ambassador, called at thu
! department Of state today and served
| formal notice of the signing of thu
peace treaty at Madrid.
| It was agreed that the ambassador
should act as the representative of th'
Spanish government in making fina
| exchanges, while Secretary Hay viii
|. represent the government of the United
States. Although not customary OF
such occasions, it is probable that pres
ident Mckinley will be present at tn
final ceremony of exchanging ratificat
tions, which in that case will take plac
at the White house, where the peac
protocol was signed.
1t was said at the state department
that the Spanish government requested
! that M. Cambon'S services as it's agen
be accepted; the French governmen
gave it's authorization and his desig
nation was gratifying to our govern
ment.
BATTERIES ORDERED TO MANILl
The light batteries which have beel
ordered to Manila are battery E, Firs
artillery, now at Jefferson barracks
Mo-; battery F, Fourth artillery, nov
at Fort Hamilton.
: Washington, March 1S.-Genera
Otis is planni g another blow at tn
insurgents in execution of his genera
scheme of Fastening the ending of tn
rebellion in Luzon before the adven
of the rainy season. The fact appear
ed quite incidentally in a cablegrar
received from him in which he reptile
to an inquiry from the war depart
ment relative to the discharge of tn
volunteer soldiers serving in his army
Manila, March 1913 a. m.-The is
land of Cebu has been made sub
district under Lieutenant Colonel Ha
mer, of the First Idaho volunteers
The other officers are Captain Williar
T. Wood, of the Tenth regulars, col
lector of customs, and Lieutenan
Thomas F. Schley, of the Twenty
third, port captain.
The Filipinos in force attacked
company of the Washington volunteer
at Taguig last night. Two companie
OF the Washington and Oregon reg
ments were sent to the assistance @
their comrades and drove the rebel
back in, front of the Twenty-secon
regulars, who also engaged the enc
my. Two American soldiers were xiii
ed and an officer and thirteen private
were wounded. The enemy's loss wa
sever.