The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13

Henti pnttery; battalion FOurtn infantry,
Wyoming battalion; battalion Ninth Infan-
try; Colorado battalion.
THE object will now be the capture OF
Aptipolo and Taytay and driving the enemy
into Morong peninsula. To this end the
mounted aud dismounted troops will extend
well to tho left to prevent the enemy's es-
cape to the east. During the advance a de-
monstration against Cainta will be made by
the First Washington Regiment. and the
enemy's battery south OF Taytay will be 81.
fenced by the gunboats.
"A second gunboat will DO in the bay south
OF the town al Morong. II the enemy is fore
ed into the peninsula Gen. Lawton will
cross force on cascos from Pasig to COM
plete the victory.
The enemys escape being impossible, the
south line viii engage the enemy active
ly during the day. In the event OF the
success Of our advance, the troops under
Col Wholly will Join the right OF the CO.
dorado battalion, and assist in driving the
enemy into the peninsula"
START OF THE TROOPS
That was the plan; consider the event
The Colorado battalion MARCHED at Ave
minutes to four o'clock. and as the men
swung out on their way to Mariquina, the
Oregon regiment was on It's way down the
hill to the ford OF the river Things were
going finely. The cavalry was of ON It's
way to pick up that outpost. and all the
talk was Of the whipping the rebels were
going to get. III we only can catch old
Pho himself" they were saying. Nobody
really knew that Pho del Pillar was in
command OF the insurgents. but It was the
common talk that he was the real OBJ
jective OF the day. Nobody really knew
that there was an outpost Of the insur-
gents down the river, but 1t had been re-
ported that there was one. and so the
four troops of cavalry were sent chasing
after 1t. The scouts were two Filipinos
who had been picked up somewhere. and
were supposed to be more or less familiar
with the country. AS 1t turned out they
we're considerably less familiar with 1t
than some OF our own men, and the delay
which caused the failure OF the movement
began through following their misleading
| information.
Well, the Colorado boys went up to Ma
| rqulna. fired couple of volleys through
| the town, got no response. and reported the
place deserted. Meanwhile the cavalry
| was finding out that there was no out
| post down the river. While this was go
| ing on the Oregons had crossed the river
| and ambled a couple Of miles out on the
| rice fields beyond There they sat down
to wait until the cavalry should get through
with the outpost, and go on with tie re-
gular advance guarding business OF the pro-
gramme.
| II was not vet sunrise. The broad, level
valley, broken only by the rice dikes. pre-
| sented beautiful picture. Here and there
| II was dotted with clumps OF bamboo or
acacia scrub, and occasionally solitary
mango tree spread It's broad branches thick
with long, waxy. dark green leaves. Two
or three miles below the line half-a-dozen
! carabao were grazing as peacefully as
| over The dmigOs, who came out TO take
them In for the daily work saw long
line of men In rough. blue shirts and brown
or khaki trousers, all carrying guns. wind
ing across the valley toward their homes
| Rut apparently they paid no attention Tor
they got their cattle, and went away WIN
out sign OF haste. 1t was picturesque
line stringing out across the valley some
| ~ Il had started the afternoon BEFORE the
Oregon regiment marching out OF Ma
Mia at four o'clock. Early that evening
the Fourth and the Ninth followed. NOV
ing after dark In the hope OF keeping the
movement a secret 80 that the enemy
| should have no chance to escape
THE NIGHT MARCH.
II took nearly all night for the troops tnat
were to help the Colorado boys to bottle up
Pic del pillar to reach their resting-piace
on the rice-fats Just this side OF the pump
,r,-stat,on The road was soft and dusty.
and they made very little noise. Now ana
| then there was the clank OF q bayonet against
n tin cup, a little rattle as gun was shlft-
ed to more comfortable position, the creak
OF belt straps supporting an unusually
heavy load OF rations and ammunition. ana
once in a while-but very little OF that-a
hit of conversation when some fellow won
dered whether after all the trip would be sue
cessful. For the most part the men marched
in silence. No. that is wrong. They do not
march any more out here. they hike.
That word was not in use out here last sum-
NOR. 1t probably came out with the regulars
from Santiago side
The long line wound along under the silent
starlit heaven, wrigGing, huge python,
poiseessly twisting itself over the gray
dust covered earth. Just at the top OF the
hill where the rice flats begin, stood one OF
Gen. falls aides, waiting to tell each or
SANITATION as it came along where to go Into
camp for the night, or rather where to stop,
for nobody camped. The men Just lay down
where they were halted and did the best
they could for sleep. The aide had been
thrown from his horse earlier in the evening
and his face was skinned and bloody. 1t
looked as II tho business OF the meeting
had begun in earnest to see him directing
movements. The men swung of into the
fields beside the road as nearly as possible
in the order in which they would be started
out again at daylight, and lay down on theii
outfits to get what they could in the way
OF rest, sleep being just about out of the
question. 1t was about one o'clock when the
last of them reached the resting place, and
then Il raned. not a gentle little summer