The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-08
OUR BOYS NEXT TASK.
They Will Clear the FilipinOs Out
Of Baoolor.
SIX THOUSAND REBELS THERE.

They Are Well Supplied withArms and
Ammunition. But Have Never Yet
Met the American Soldiers-These
Troops DO No Work But Fighting.
Manila, May S.-General Lawton's
column advanced to a position two
and a half miles north of Balinag on
Saturday. The advance met with but
slight opposition. Outside of Maasin
1000 rebels who occupied an entrench-
ed position were routed in short order.
Many corpses of rebels have been dis
covered in the river at San Tomas.
Scores of rifles and other arms have
been recovered from the river, into
which they were thrown by the re-
treating rebels.
To clear the Filipinos out of Bacolor,
about five miles southwest of San Fer
nando, will be the next task of the
Americans. The rebel General Mas
cardo has a force of 5000 men there,
well armed and possessed of plenty
ammunition. His troops have never
met American soldiers, and they
think, according to reports carried to
San Fernando, that they can whip
the whole lot"
Bacolor is well entrenched, and
thousands of natives are working like
beavers digging trenches and carry
ing the dirt In baskets. The enemy
uses his riflemen for fighting only,
but compels the Bolomen and Chinese,
and even the women, to labor tnces-
sanity.
The rebels have an outpost about a
mile beyond San Fernando, with a
trench that holds between 200 and 300
men. From that point several volleys
we're fired Saturday night upon the
camp of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
| ment
Neither General Macarthur nor Gen
eral Lawton moved yesterday, although
each reconnoitered the country In his
own vicinity for some miles from head
| quarters, developing the presence of
small forces of the enemy.
In the vicinity of Laguna de Bay
| the rebels are extremely active, but
the lines of General Ovenshine and
| Colonel Wholley, who is commanding
| General Kings brigade during the lat
ter's illness, have been materially
strengthened, and there is no danger
in that direction.
|
and Cavadonga, under Captain Grant
have gone to Guagua, about five miles
southwest of Bacolor, presumably to
establish a base of supply for the
troops engaged in the northern cam
| paign.
1t is rumored that Mabini, president
of the cabinet and minister of foreign
affairs in the so-called Filipino gov
| l.. De tD hk
succeeded by Palermo, the Trainer O
the Spanish treaty of 1895. Thii
change is regarded as significant at thu
present juncture.
The entrance of the Americans int
San Fernando was virtually unoppos
ed. The Filipinos, who expected tn
invaders to approach from the sea
had that side of the town strongl.
guarded, but there was only one lin
of trenches beyond San Tomas. Tw,
battalions of the Fifty-first Iowa regi
ment, which swan the river north o
the city, we're smartly peppered whil
in the water, but the rebels disappeare
as soon as the Americans reached tn
shore In the meantime the hospita
squad had walked across the bridg
into the city, supposing the American
were there. They encountered no na
tives.
The few Spaniards and Filipino
who were left welcomed the American
and opened their houses to them, Ger
eral Macarthur accepting entertain
ment at the hands of Senor Hizon,
sugar magnate.
If the inhabitants of the San Eel
= nando region are to be believed ther
is little sympathy with the insurrectio
in that quarter. Before evacuatin
the city the rebels burned the churc
and the public buildings and loote
the Chinese quarter. They drove man
rich Filipinos, with their families, oil
of the city before them, as we'll q
hundreds of Chinese, to prevent thel
helping the Americans. They cut I'll
throats of some. Many Chinese hi
= = on roof tops or in cellars, and SON
/, escaped by cutting off their queque
a There are so fresh graves in the churC
/, yard.
The country beyond Calumpit is fu
Z of all sorts of ingenious trenches an
e pitfalls in the roads, with sharpene
bamboo Fortunately the American
u escaped the latter.
In the swamps near San Toma
', where General Wheaton's troops d
n their hardest fighting, the men sinl
d ing to their waists in mud, are mar
10 bodies of Filipinos, smelling horribl
- The army is really enjoying life
San Fernando, which is the most pi
o. turesque and wealthy town the Anne
ID leans have entered since the occup
tion of Manila. 1t is largely built
o. stone, the river is close at hand, al
high hills almost surround it. MAI
l., sugar factories indicate thriving 1
N dustry in that respect, and there a
r, numerous fine residences. Gener
I'd MaeArthur's permanent headquarte
is established in the best house in t
town, which is richly decorated wi
l. frescoes and carved woods.
After Bacolor has been clear
water communication with Mani