Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-12

The advance guard of Gen. Grants
command, under Major Spence, arriv-
ed at Olangapo. Subig Bay, during the
night of Saturday, December 8, which
place was occupied with little resist
ance, the enemy fleeing. Major Spence
had an arduous march over the noun
tains trails from Dinalupinian.
Yesterday morning the Baltimore and
Oregon and a chartered transport ar
rived at Olangapo from Manila. The
navy was disappointed to find the army
in possession of the place, which they
had hoped to capture. A detachment
of marines, under Captain Meyers, oc-
cupied the navy yard at Olangapo, and
will hold and occupy it as naval
station. The yard consists of seven
new large buildings and some repair
ing and machinery Shops, all damaged
by the bombardment of September %.
During the morning of December 10,
the navy transported Major Spences
command from Olangapo to the town
of Subig, five miles distant. The
enemy was seen deserving Subig as the
troops landed, and the latter occupied
it without resistance. They found the
place abandoned by the retreating en-
envy, who fired few shots. The Amer
leans deployed to the right and left
of the town and killed one of the enc
my. Gen. Grant and the remainder of
his command arrived at Olangapo yes
terday afternoon. He will proceed to-
day to Subig and join Major Spence.
Gen. Grant will move north along the
coast and will effect juncture with
the Twenty-ffth infantry, under Col.
Andrew S. Burt, who was reported
eight miles from Iba December Z. The
enemy encountered in Gen. Grants adj
vance fed to the mountains and scat
tered. Gen. Grant is not garrisoning
the town he occupies. No casualties
are reported in his command.
Dispatches dated Conception, Deem
ber2, from a correspondent Of the Asso-
ciated Press with the detachment pur-
suing Aguinaldo, have just reached
Manila by messenger. The military
wires on all lines to the northward
are continually cut by the natives, or
are crowded with government business
when working.
According to these advices. General
Young was at Condor November 20,
having three troops of the Third cav
airy, Cunningham's scouts and Major
March's battalion of Thirty-third in
fantry. The nominal strength OF his
command had been reduced one-third
by sickness. The horses were worn
out and handicapped by lack Of shoes.
The infantry, after march of hun
bred miles from San Jacinto, were shoe
less and all were living on the coun-
try. The troops had no ammunition
except what they carried in their belts.
Gen. Young, having then been without
communication with Gen. Lawton for
ten days, and not knowing the dispo-
sition of the other troops, or whether
support was being sent forward, re-
solved to keep moving. Having re-
ceived information that the insurgent
general Tino with thousand men was
somewhere to the north and that Ag-
uinaldo, with Gen. Pillar, five women
full bulacan battalion, was in the noun
tains to the east, Gen. Young decided,
on November 30. to divide his force.
He proceeded himself toward Vigan,
hoping to attack Gen Tino with his
handful OF men and to prevent him
from joining Aguinaldo. Major March,
with his battalion and Cunningham
scouts, started over the mountains to-
ward Cervantes after Aguinaldo, who
was reported to have been there on
November 90. This column marched
for thirteen hours without food.
The Associated Press correspondent
goes on to say:
THE Americans found that the in
surgents had impressed the Igorrotes,
compelling them to dig trenches and to
construct pitfalls along the trails,
which were fearful travelling at best.
One stream had to be forded twelve
times in the course of a mile. These
inoffensiye stupid creatures, usually
pictured as blood-thirsty sayages,
cheerfully turned to and actually went
foraging for the Americans. The lo-
cas- region is the richest the Americans
have entered in the northern cam
paign. The people are prosperous, in
telligent and more than half civilized.
They have excellent houses and carry
on fourishing Industries. Many of
them are evidently rich Several
towns received the troops with bands
and the ringing Of church bells. Cat