Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-29
,,r WE ARE. AFTER OUR 20
MONTHS CAMPAIGN.
WE HAVE III SQUARE NILES.
,,,. island of Luron, Alone 0o"'"'"'
$4,000 square miies--'i"S"'
,,cNcxt Campaign q"
uore DlrBcuIt Than Last

18Th. says. ~. ,.,.,
.rte,. are some figures, made SIEVE"
,,on,bs and a half after our cainp'l"'
oysip,t the Filipinos began. say il '7 "',
- "a Anseles-we hold possession OF
ina railroad up 10 that point we Gun
f,iriy claim posse sion Of the lana "'''
,n,o on each side Of the track. We nave
..,.s.ss,on Of the wagon-road. and iel
=, .av half-miIe on each SIDE rom
San Fernando through Nieo'or 10 SAM"
pua. oirht miles. with four miles TO
c,se1a. We have q road from M'loios
- Raiisuag. eleven miles northeast we
can claim eleven squere miles here
MANILA CITY.
1--WE have Manila. out IS far as the
water-works. five miles away IhaI
sivss ms. say. twenty-five miles around
tie city. Then We have the road' ana
g balf-mUe each side. Gown eighteen
riies 10 linus. Then we have Coiamoa
ana some other points on the lake mat
General Lavtou captured before be WAS
ordered hack. These towns are not az
,roachcd by road. but by boat across thr
1asuna dc Bay and We oniy cohl'oi 'h9
land they stand Ou.
adding up our total possessions. we
ma We have III square miles. The Island
OF Luzon contains 1900 square miles.
INsURRECTION GROWING.
Outside of I.uzon the insurrection
seems 10 be growing. The insurgents
hold ports 90 Alndonao, inc next largest
island 10 l1zon I'm The philippines. and
Eaid 10 ts intellectually rich IN gold and
oliver miues. iron and copper ores. and
other minerals. besides possessing Won
Gerful forests oil hardwood. No Amcri-
cans have dared venture there as yet,
as General OTIS has sent no troops 10 the
island English ana Germans are ploWl-
ing about the island, getting an the con-
cessions they can. 10 is said several pros
reCung parties are at work.
OIIS'S 'KOBBEE BANDS"
General OTIS reports conflicts between
'rcbber bands and american soldiers i'm
Nogros and Cebu. The Ninetecnth. the
Eighteenth and the Sixth. and one bat
talon oi the Twcny-third infantry, are
now iu these islands fighting the robber
Sands who dig trenches ana occupy
towns and make night attacks after the
fashion OF The insurgents in Luzon.
- late report from Cebu was that
some 1000 robbers Were mcnacns our
forces and "a collision was imminent
NEXT CAMPAIGN DIFl ERENI.
"Ihe next campaign IS soiag TO be DIFF
serent from the last We shaN get out
OF the fiat country into mountsirs. thick
ly.wooded country. II we do not end
the war here we viii have TO carry II
into the high, rock-fibbed mountains of
1Izon.
1T Will be no violation Of a state secret
u say that the first object of the next
campaign VIII be- 10 get the rest of the
railroad from The hands Of the insur-
gents. The insurgents ought 10 be firmly
convinced by tins time that We want
tho Manila and pdsupap railway. as we
have fought along that line seven months.
They know We want it. and they also
know that We are going 10 get IT, Tor
they are already tearing up the track
burning the ties, and burying the rails
north Of Angeles.
MOUNTAINS or REFUGE.
1.-THE country east OF the railroad. nor b
az Angeles TO Dagupau. IS much IKE
that south OF Manila. except that 1t Is
higher and broken. West of the railroad
are high mountains that will o1er the
Insurgents better opportunity retreat
end escape than they Lad IT, tne low
country. With the taking OF the rail-
read we VIII have cut of the provinces
81 Zanbales. Hagasinan, Tdrlac, Pafnpan
40. and Batan from the main part OF tins
ISLAND and can Jay claim 10 q good dca
more country than The precise amour
81 real estate on which our army Is nov
csmpad.
'F'rum the railroad Aguinaldo's arm'
can hardly retreat anywhere eXcep
Yorthward across the noun aims, 10 th
fertile valley of the Rio Grande de ca
Eayarv.
THE RAILROAD TROUBLE.
"rhe walled city cannot understan
why the army has SO much trouble VII
the railroad. When the Officers In IN
field notify the walled city that IN
rails have been torn mp from the sec
ton Of track just captured. and That IN
ties have been burned and the grade &c
etroved, they get an order 10 FIX IT,. ;
after a few miles Of railroad are car
aured the soldiers have TO scatter mp an
down the track and so TO mining J.,
steel rails The insurgents bury IN
rails five or six feet deep. They observe
that the Americans located the rails p
sounding with n crowbar. so they reior
cd 20 the eNpedient of putting layer
ties over the rails TO replace the burr
ga ties the auartermastor department
were forced "a use blanks two board
zach two inches wide being nailed u
gether for ties. The sidetracks, WhcreN'
POSSIBLE. all the way back 20 Manila wei
ierl,od up. carried north. and put dow
Whore the rails could be found. Il
american army IS badly in need OF RAJ
road ties and steel rails.
NEED on STEAMBOATS,.
another great need OF the army
light-draft steamboats, Tor use on n
srany rivers and lakes OF Luzon. tnci
h. hardly u place In the world where a
army could use river steamers 70 create
advantage. The Rio Grande. the enc
che Rio Grande Pampanga, the Agno, tf
Bicol. and the Pasg all flow through fe
tile and denssly-populatcd valleys, and O
Ger "A means 10 The army o. bringing
supplies and swiftly transporting lars
bodies OF soldior5 that would be inNah
able were II utilized.
INSURGENTS SATISFIED.
From what can be learned from u
insurgents. they are we'll satisfied VII
the present condition Of analrs. The
Congress has just returned a commur
cation TO the American Peace Comm
sion. declaring that while they Won
have accepted autonomy from our geyeI
rnent n they had been properly dealt WI
at first. thoy will now consider no prop
sition EXCEPT Independence. with simo
4? 600 miles Of territory from which
draw supplies, anr with boats coming
without any opposition from Honghon
japan. Central ana South America, f"
Australia the insurgents are doing "
as far as supplies are concerned
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