The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-10-13
MARCHING DOWN AGAIN.
General Schwan's Troops Return
ing to Their Former Positions.
TO RELEASE THE PRISONERS.

schwan's Expedition said Co Have Ac-
complished Its Objeot-Rebels Hid
Their Guns when They Saw Il supe-
rior Force Approaching
Manila. Oct. 13.-General Schwan's
expedition having accomplished It's OBJ
ject, the troops are all returning to
their former positions, abandoning the
towns taken.
General Schwan is en- route from
Perez da Marinas to linus, with the
infantry, while the artillery and cav
airy and all mule teams are retracing
their route from Malabon to Bacoor,
with the signal corps removing the
wires. General Trias, with the organ
ized bodies of insurgents, retreated to
Slang and Indang, at the base of the
mountain.
The movement Of United States
troops was a fine display of American
generalship and energy, while the Fill
pinos adopted what General Aleian-
drino terms "our peculiar method Of
warfare"
The whole country is an immense
swamp, and the Filipinos never ex-
pected that the Americans could or
would attempt to invade 1t during the
wet season. Moreover, the line Of
march furnished a succession of sur
prises the advancing troops being gem
orally attacked from unexpected points.
In Cavite province the scene of the
hottest fights and their greatest sue
cesses over the Spaniards, the Filipinos
might have been expected to make a
resolute stand, if anywhere, but after
their whippings at Cavite Viejo and
Noveleta their tactics consisted chiefly
in a continuous exhibition of their
agility and their transformation from
warriors to Amigos.
The marines, while reconnoitering
about the scene of Sundays encounter,
find that the trenches have already
been reoccupied, although the enemy
manifested more than their usual will
lingness to retreat before the Ameri-
cans. Armed bands have reappeared
along the shore road between Bacoor
and Rosario. and the troops return
ing by that route expect another fight
at Rosario.
At Malabon the Americans corraled
200 or 300 natives supposed to be fight
ing men. A few of them were caught
with arms in their hands, but large
numbers were found in hiding dressed
in khaki, like the American uniform.
A majority of them were in the garb
of Amigos, but they are suspected
of shooting at the troops from houses,
a growing habit, which fourished
throughout the advance whenever
small parties of Americans strayed
from the main body. The prisoners are
white elephant on the hands of the
Americans. The Malabon contingent
spent an unhappy night incarcerated
in church.
The prisoners, with the exception of
those caught red handed, will be re-
leased as, owing to the fact that the
insurgents have 80 many more men
than guns, the keeping of prisoners
is useless expense unless the policy
of recommendation which General Wey-
Ter pursued Is to be adopted.
In conversation with q press repre-
sentative a leading merchant of
Rosario remarked: "They will all be
engaged in their old business as soon
az released"
When asked where the army had
gone the merchant replied: "a ma
jority of them are here. They simply
ulu IuSlT guns when Jney saw u Su-
perior force approaching"
The fighting falls the hardest on the
women and children. Hundreds of
them spent the night before the Ameri-
cans reached Rosario in boats, the bay
for miles being crowded with small
craft containing non-combatants, few
of whom remained in the town.
A native priest and an uncle of Gen
eral Trias were discovered in the Fill
pino arsenal outside the town. They
are credited with being two of the
pillars of the insurrection, but they
vigorously proclaim their innocence.
General Young, with two battalions
of the Twenty-fourth infantry, nine
troops of the Fourth cavalry, and the
scouts of the Thirty-seventh infantry,
left Santa Ana at Z o'clock yesterday
and occupied Arayat at 8. after a
skirmish lasting half an hour. The
enemy, estimated at 300 men, retreated
toward Magellan. The swampy char
acter of the country prevented the use
of cavalry. The men of the Twenty
fourth charged the trenches. The
enemy set the town on fire and sue
ceeded in burning a small section.
Five dead and three wounded Filipinos
were left on the field. The Americans