The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
THE WAR SOUTH OF MANILA
HARD WORK OF LAWToN'S MEN IN
THE CApITE CAMPAIGN.

Overcome by the Heat-Impossib1s
TO Beat the Filipinos in Foot
Races - Lnwton's Indifference to
Danger-MoHt of the Natives in Ca
wife Province Welcome Our Troops
+ MANILA. Juno 2l.-The movement into
Cavite province, which began on Saturday
June 10, vast the most mysterious AFFAIR
ever planned in the Ayuntamento. The do
tails of the scheme wero kept SO secret that
not even the officers who were charged with
the execution Of them knew what they were
TO do. Ono OF the results Of this secrecy
was that there was much confusion after
the movement began. and. finally. in the
middle OF the irst day. Gen. Lawton chang
ed tho whole thing and wound up by gain
ing decided victory at the famous Zapote
River, the stronghold from which the rebels
had sworn they would retire only when car
.ried of dead.
On Friday afternoon, nobody know what
was to be done, but everybody was sure
that something great was about to happen.
There was 4 lot OF mysterious marching
about of troops, shifting Of places, drawing
of rations. and In general making prepara-
lions for sure enough advance on the
enemy Wholly's Washngtons. hardly re-
covered from their peregrinations around
Morong were sent with Haskell's battalion
of the Twelfth, down to the south line at
Pasay, to relieve the Fourteenth, which was
marched across to the river at San Pedro
,Macati The Thirteenth. fresh from its
long steamer Journey and mostly all re-
cruits, went down to San Pedro. also, to
take its first turn at fighting in the Philip
pines. Two battalions Of the Twelfth, two
Of the Ninth, two Of the Twenty first, and
two Of the Fourth were sent down also, and
Col. Mccoy and six companies OF his tire
less Colorado Veterans, with Stewards
mounted troop Of the Fourth Cavalry, and
the Nevada Volunteer Troop. dismounted.
completed, except the artillery. the force
to DO used In subjugating Cayit6 province.
Tho artillery was in command Of Capt
Andrews Of the First ARTILLERY, and includ-
cd twelve guns, four 32-inch rifles, four
1.65 mountain guns, and four OF the old
Astor Battery's pots. They wero divided
into two batteries. each having two guns
OF each kind. one under Scott, and the
other under Kenly. who was second under
Capron at Santiago. This. In fact, il
Capron's old battery. Stewards troop serv-
ed as guard for Ncn. Lawton. Lieut.. Frank
lin, with his floating gun-factory, the Ma
pindan, was to cooperate in the lake, as
far as possible and he developed several
tricks In that line worth remembering.
REBELS At CAviTE HAD BEEN ANNOYING
CaVite province was reported to DO pretty
full Of rebels. 1t Is their old stamping
ground, and was the home OF Aguinaldo
since the 5th Of February, when Ovenshine
chased the insurgents down almost to
Parahaque there had been no fighting of
any account south OF the city. Nearly every
night the insurgents along the Pasay front
took few pot shots at our fellows, but
no damage was done. and we simply held
our ground and made no effort to chase
them away. Ono result OF this inaction
was that they became very bold The Mo-
nadnock, which lay all the time Just of
Parahnque. got into an angry row every
other day or two with some rascally rebel
who climbed a tree or poked his head I'd
from behind his fifteen foot breastwork and
whaled away with his rifle, scattering tho
SIDES or superstructure of the monitor with
brass patched bullets. When that happen
ed, the monitor usually replied with a ten
inch shell or two, and the Parafaque cam
paign suffered a relapse of interest for n
few days.
The insurgents construct the most beau
dful trenches ever conceived by the heart of
man. Apparently they put In all their spare
time In that sort of thing. and spare time
Is their greatest possession. Paranaque is
struggling town Of perhaps ten thousand
Inhabitants in normal times. It stretches
along the beach for several miles, every foot
of which was protected by trench four or
nve feet deep, with all the dirt taken out of
1t thrown up on the parapet- Ttaverses were
cut every few yards and outside and inside
were rivetted with interviewer bamboo. The
things were Notifications, not trenches, and
II we'll defended. could not be taken by as
sault by any troops on earth, not even Anne
rican veterans. From the beach at the north
TO the beach at the south these trenches ran
al the way around the place, and on the
north. halfway between ParahaQue and Pa
say. there was another across the road that
was bigger than anything this side of Calum-
pit.
But this Is anticipating. Gradually, when
they found they were not molestsd, the in
surgents got Into the habit OF watching their
chance along the beach and potting at any
thing that moved about the bay that seemed
to be American. Several OF our ships were
anchored within range Of their Mausers and
BRASS shooting Remingtons. 1t got so that
It wasn't safe for an officer to sit on deck
and take his after-dinner smoke. It was
rather annoying. They became so bold that
they would occasionally try shot up the
beach into town. From the gallery of his
house on the beach in Malate. Cen Wheaton
could hear them cracking away all the time
and their damned impertinence" was ex-
tremely displeasing.
The last and boldest exploit was to capture
q couple Of prisoners right under the guns
of the Monadnock. Two men from the hos
pital-ship Relief went sailing one day, and
CHANGED to get in pretty close to the shore
near ParatE1ue. The rebels put of in a
couple of bs2cas, and. before the Americans
knew whcrc hoy were at, they were prison
ers. The NJ .N'ck's people saw what was
going on, a. '"n"d loose nearly everything
In tho mon. battery, but they were so