La Junta tribune., 1899-12-02
MET BY A BRASS BAND
FiLlPlNos WELCOME AMERi-
. CANS
News of Aguinaido's Fiight-Not Expect
Ing the Advance. His soldiers We're
Harvesting.


Manila. Nov. 24.-folonel Carpenter.
November 18th, advanced to Santa
Barbara, straight north from Jaro. TAX
ing trench after trench, the enemy
fighting and retreating. General
Hughes column has steadily been ad-
vancing north to gain n position west
OF Santa Barbara. 1t encountered the
enemy in small detnchments. Six te
ten Americans We're wounded in this
column.
The insurgents are falling back on
Santa Barbara, which 1t is expected
General Hughes has attacked before
this morning. A Spanish corporal cap
tured by the Filipinos has arrived here
from Tarlac. He says he saw Aguinal-
do, accompanied by prominent leader
and fifteen men. arrive nj Rayambang
during the night of November 18th,
hatless, his clothes torn and spattered
with mud and his horse exhausted.
Aguinaldo, 1t appears, rested a short
time. seemed anxious. consulted with
his companions and the villagers as to
the nature OF the roads. secured fresh
horses and proceeded Immediately to-
ward Mangalaren. in Pangasinan prov
ince, west of Rayambang
The corporal tells n straight story.
giving minute details. He is convinced
he is not mistaken. having seen Aguin-
aldo several times during recent
months. Aguinaldo. it appears, would
have had time to leave Bayambang
November 18th and pass through Gen
eral Wheaton's lines November nth.
During the entire movement from
Corona TO Dagupan not sho: was
fired. The Inhabitants of San Carlos
met the Americans with band form
erly attached to the insurgent army.
and the alcalde tmayor), with General
Macarthur and Colonel Bell in n car
riage. headed n procession through the
town. General Macarthur received an
ovation. Explaining the Americans In
tentions. he announced that they In
tended to garrison all the towns on the
railroad. Hundreds of men are in the
field harvesting rice along the railroad.
rhe foreigners in the territory assert
that AguinaldO was not expecting the
American advance for n month, when
the rnins would have finished.
He had permitted n large part OF his
army to scatter to their homes and do
the harvesting. The soldiers had hid
den their rifles about their homes. If
this is true, many rifles are likely to
he brought in to secure the $50 offered
for each weapon seized.
The fording OF Pampagna river above
Tarlac by the Thirty-siXth regiment
was noteworthy feat. The river Is
broad and swift. Part of the command
was ferricd on RATS and the remainder
swan over, holding onto lifeline
strung across.
Captain Leon Hausers capture Of
the town of ODonnell was IA remark
able stroke. His command consisted
Of three companies OF the Twenty
Aeh AT, n.,,i.r r1.N a
Lieutenants Bates and Morton com
manding He started at O'Clock at
night and marched fifteen miles in the
mud. The only regular approach was
along a road and over a river whose
bridge was strongly fortified. The en-
trance OF the town was entrenched.
The soldiers left the road and fol-
lowed a cattle trail to the rear of the
town. At daylight. the command sep
arated. one company advancing on the
back OF the town and the other flank
Ing 1t.
The insurgent force was asleep. ex-
cept those at the outposts, who were
captured without shooting. One pla-
toon ran down the main street to II
trench and the other made n quick
search OF the houses. An officer describ-
ing the scene said:
THE negro soldiers We're pouring
ont Of every house, dragging sleepy.
frightened Filipino warriors by the col
lar ans kicking them into the street. 1t
was n race to see which company
would corral the most Filipinos. The
women md children. believing the
stories told that the negro soldiers were
cannibals. shrieked frlghtfully. After
MI the rifles had been secured the Fill
pinos were surprised by being told to
go to their homes and attend to work"
severe fighting in the north of Iloilo
began Tuesrlay. November 21st. -Four
Americans We're killed and twenty-five
wounded. Including three officers. The
insurgents are retreating to Santa Bar
bara, but the fighting continues.