The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-08
( MANILA CAMPAIGN.
...,.,ss Had Been Made for the
Emergency Which Arose.
n, Il THE FIRST DEFEAT NulllfltD-
w.re Enable 10 Follow
md the Rebels Proated
y the conditions


- ~
.-.oseuce Of Associated Press)
a March 4, per Steamer Arizona
= s,suoisco, April s.-Although the
y tween the American and native
Y '''F :, IN Manila occurred exactly one
q !. =, ,oaay. the conquest of the lat
Y ~ 4. former, which has long been
y necessity, can scarcely be said
' commenced as yet. Had the
' ~ been in position TO follow up
A .s,,n,eee and keep right after the
q .so,s disorganized as they were
n n, frs, unexpected ADVANCE, there
IA. ,hat the question OF supremacy
y. I'M been settled by this time, once
y :, All time. Unfortunately, however,
,,es such as that of the Eighth
), =. -, not self-supporting, and as no
.ys,,,s had been made for such an
'..,s,ev as arose on the night of Feb
4, I, became necessary to call a malt
y ~, NJ what promises to be clean
A, y victory. While this was I'M
I'm. I, WAS disastrous in many ways.
~ herause the moment the halt was
Na. .,s moral effect Of their first defeat
n ..,a;caied from the minds of the
J. \. ara Il gave them time both TO re-
r. troln their fright and TO frame eX-
a. tor their failure TO avoid it, second
4 slIordpd an opportunity, which their
~ we're muck TO take advantage OF.
lin mon the feelings Of the majority
snli:t the sympatnics OF thousands
n h,l carefully refraincd from joining
abbe In their ill-advised attack;
|slr Glowing the rebels 20 rally their
ksrrd forces and after concentrating
n ID various places, TO infuse new blood
1, heir ranks.
d, soon as Il dawned upon them that
\ americans were still on the defensive
n ., further advance was to be feared,
\ rsbels again assumed the aggressive,
krIsr the same bushwhacking tactics
kA bad proved so successful against
kfvId enemy, the Spaniards. After the
N, 81 Caloocan, when the American
n sss so long and thin that any further
k,al advance became inexpedient, the
NJ made discovery which revolution
y their plans and inspired them with
.Nrd courage. This was that their
" had a superior range to those of the
sri.y Of the American weapons. There
n their sharpshooters carefully re-
Mud out Of range Of the Springtields
hid by the volunteer regiments 10
4! Of them. but maintained a constant
\ narciless effective fire from trees.
hrs Of bamboo, rocks or other natural
Ins 81 vantage both by day and night.
4 more CALLING situation than that in
jih the American troops have been
NJ for the past few weeks it would
aafcult to imagine. Constantly pitted
I h 10 Unseen foe. YET unable TO silence
ie except upon such rare occasions
Hsh the couAtry was ordered cleared.
then compelled 10 retire to their
ual lines after having done 1t. the
Els' Is that tina men kept in check at
let they were, they were so thor
NJ disciplined as to accept unwelcome
~ ulconrainingly. but because they
Enjoyed with the hope that when their
Hfnements already en- route, arrived, a
nl advance would be made and then
Urn would come.
lE time Is near at hand but whether
~ the task before the eager Ameri-
wi be accomplished so soon as they
klpate Is an open question.
nsng the uncertainties to be faced Is
The force to be encountered. So
can be ascertained tho rebel army.
has hemmed the Manilans within
SHINES Of the city for so long, con-
o. $1,000 men, one-third of whom
armed Most of these were. of
3 The Tagals, who are the malnstay
REBELLION. If, as claimed, there are
OF these yet TO meet under eli
Ano territorial disadvantages, the
1n which confronted Kitchener at
laun vas simple one compared with
sneh Lawton has to face ON his ar
" lew days ago there was every
rs'ul mat the rebels along our whole
ss'e using homemade ammunition,
~ smokfiess powder is again being
sau Judging from the enormous
" ammunition expended every
rs.s hours, their supply must be
w also be remembered that hither-
my aas been acting in conjunction
= aayy and that Dewey's ships have
,ss'aiiy assisted in routing the
us Inc shores of Manila bay.
NM is y disposition on the part
soldiers TO belittle the work
=, W other branch of the service
!. NJ, no question as to the effect
A. a,unock and Charleston shells
eoel trenches, both at MaIate
a ssau ihis help can not longer be
d. WI w now that the army advances
iist 'ne reoeis are aware
sasd sn Signs fail the enemy may be
hill IN, 70 make better showing
sas An on, In which event those
ner ,o. the campaign will be
sras,..a e americans will ind that
iated the valor of the
sbelaass are the sole instigators
ss,Aasoa there can be no doubf and
n,re nj, snow that the instinct of
nsaa lll predominates. One Of their
lsa s vs. OF decoying their foes into
mi mat Of showing a white Dag,
4 x, hey have been guilty repsaf-
III ssA us1Eoarism of firing yolIeys at
islurn,ns res both in the open and
II boss,.s, dead is another evidence
On '. wed Civilization. If our troops
|. ,ssrsteslc purposes a glorious
s,s,s, rsralded all over the country.
sors = me stories related by the
n ,s. americans are being killed
pa. ~ have yet been landed on
say. = the matter Of exagsersting
III " own troops are very prone
\ y, .ne same error. with tbe e ex.
p kIllss u Two big fights the largest
~ Que day has been lis.
l,ss !, = sne wise is sufficient and a
aa. = wise should be sufficient.
ii, !, y are the wise? Those who
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