Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-30
MACARTHUR MOVES ON
Town Of l'Ocave Now In the Hands of
Our Men.
RESISTANCE GROWING LESS,
FiIipinos Tear Up Lines Of HaiirOad
and Destroy Telegraph Wires.
Otis Reports Our Troops
In Good Spirits.

Manila. March 30.-At daylight Gen
eral MacArthur's division advanced
from Mari!ao along the railroad t.
Bigaa. five miles distant, in the follow.
ing order:
The Nebraska regiment, the South
Dakota regiment and the PENNSYLVANIA
regiment on the right, the Kansas regi-
ment, the Third artillery and the Mon
tana regiment on the left. General
| Wheaton's brigade is In reserve.
| The American forces met with strong
| opposition In the jungle. First one Ne
| braskan, then one Pennsylvania and
afterward two of the Montana regiment
were killed, and IS were wounded, in
Guiding one officer of the Kansas regi-
ment
Thence the troops pushed on to Bigaa
without opposition, the rebels burning
the villages as they retreated in bad
order toward Malolos.
Tore Up the Railroad
The enemy also tore up sections Of
the railroad in many places and at
tempted to burn the bridge at Bigaa.
but the fire was extinguished. Owing
to the timely arrival Of the Ameri-
trenches along the line of the march,
showing they were not prepared for
our advance.
1t is believed. however that there
VIII he a hard fight before Malolos Is
taken.
The Minnesota regiment Reinforced
the division, marching from the water
works during the night to Manila and
going to the front by train.
Prisoners captured declare that their
officers stand behind the lines, armed
with heavy whips, and lash unwilling
natives into fighting. On both prison.
ers and the dead Filipinos are marks of
these lashes.
There are executions every day in the
Filipino army of men who refuse or
wen show an unwillingness to fight. ac-
,ording to natives captured by our
troops.
The 1nsurgent government has left
Malolos and is now at San Fernando.
The Filipinos fired volleys Tuesday
'Vening for the purpose of drawing the
American flre and disclosing the locali-
y OF our positions. Two men of the
'ennsylvania regiment and one man
y the Dakota regiment We're wounded.
me Americans remained silent.
A Scene of Desolation,
The country between Marilao and Ma !
Ma presents a picture of desolation. |
moke is curling from hundreds of ash
caps, and the remains of trees and
ences torn by shrapnel are to be seen
verywhere. The general appearance
the country is as If it had been
wept by a cyclone. The roads are
trewn with furniture and clothing
ropped In flight by the Filipinos.
Inc only people behind are those too
geo and inf1rm to escape. They camp
s6lde the ruins Of their former homes
nd beg passersby for any kind of as
stance The majority of them are liv-
le on the generosity of our soldiers.
no give them portions of their rations.
ne dogs or the Filipinos cover in the
ashes. still terrified and barking. while
andreds OF pigs are to be seen busilv
'arching for food. |
Bodies OF dead Filipinos are stranded
the shadows Of the river or are rest
g IN the jungle. where they crawled !
die or were left in the wake of the r
irriedly retreating army.
The inhabitants who fled from Mari =
0 and Meycauayan left in such a nam r
that our soldiers found money and
liuaoIes on the tables, and in the p
oms were trunks containing other
operty OF value. This was the case in
ost Of the houses deserted
Ihey were not molested by the Amer a
ms but the Chinese. who slip in be- -
cen the armies, are looting when they h
n and have taken possession of sew :,
II houses, over which they raised Chi =,
Sc hags, some of which were torn n
wn.
An old woman was found hidden in q Il
use at Meycauayan. just dead, appar G,
tly from fright and hunger. \,