The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-11
Important Letters From High In
surgent Authority
Were to the Effect That European
Recognition Would be Granted,
and That the Present United
States Administration in the
Islands Will Be Overthrow.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-The fol.
lowing cablegram has been received
from General Otis:
Manila, Aug. 10.-Adjutant General,
Washington Captured letters of high
insurgent authority exhorting inhab"
itants to hold out a little longer; that
f. ,ean recognition will be granted
by August 31st, and that the present
United States Administration will be
overthrown. OTIS
General Otis to-day also cabled the
Var Department the following re i
yesterdays engagement:
Manila, August 10.-Adjutant en-
eral, Washington: MacArthurs moye,
ment yesterday was successful. 1t
served to clear the country in the rear
and left and right of insurgents. Ha
has advanced north to Calula, six miles
from San Fernando. where he is now
accommodating. His casualties were
five killed and twenty nine wounded.
Officers wounded: Major Braden, Cap
tain Alternately, Thirty-sixth Volun-
teers, leg and arm, moderate; Lieu
tenant Williams. Fifty-first Iowa,
thigh, moderate.
These troops operated to the left
and rear, toward Santa Rita. Mac
Arthur'S advance under Wheaton and
Liscum consists of the Ninth, Twelfth,
Seventeenth, part of Twenty second
Regiment and a portion of the Fifty,
first Iowa. The movement was very
difficult on account of mud and sur
face water
Macarthur reports the insurgents
loss at 100 killed and some 300 wound
ed They were rapidly driven north,
ward, and last evening apparently
abandoned Poracline. where they blew
up the powder works. OTIS"
A DAY SPENT IN RECONNAISSANCE
MANILA, Aug. 10. 5:45 p. Unofficial
reports received here from the scene
of the recent fighting with the Fill
pinos say the day was spent in recon.
noissance, during which the American
troops found a few of the enemy. But
there We're no engagements of import
anee.- A battalion of the Seventeenth
infantry, under Major O'Brien, adj
vanced very close to Angeles. The Ma,
jor reports there are about go insur-
gents there. A battalion of the Twelfth
Infantry made a reconnaissance in the
direction of Porac, but the enemy there
scattered. The main body of the Amer
lcdn dIUly Is dE 1dluluIfl Int lilies
have been heightened materially since
the advance was stopped yesterday,
and now includes the towns of Guagua
and Santa Rita.
Major General Otis to-day issued an
order closing the ports in the hands of
the insurgents to interisland traffic.
Aguinaldo issued a proclamation 5u-y
oath, dated from Tarlac. closing the in,
IN ca1c Ax-iy he.
American flag and inviting vessels un-
der other flags to visit them. Visitors
under foreign flags cannot traffic with
these ports without running the block
ade.
The gunboats Concord, YorktOwR,
Callao and Pampanga bombarded San
Fernando Tuesday. The Filipinos re-
piled with cannon and musketry for
an hour, and then fed to the hills the
gunboats firing on them through ma
chine guns until the rebels disappear
ed The bombardment was continued
for some time afterward. and n.s,,y
houses were riddled and destroyed, t...,
the town was not set on fire. The gun
boats did not land men. The rebel
losses are not known.
The United States transport Sheridan
left for home with 667 men of the
South Dakota Regiment. 996 of the
Minnesota Regiment and 205 men dis
charged from various, organizations.
TRANSPORTING OF TROOPS TO
MANILA.
NEW YORK. Aug. 10-A special to
the Tribune" from Washington says:
The schedule of the army transports
for raising the force in the Philippines
to $4,000 men has been completed and
will be delivered to Secretary Root to-
day. 1t shows that if additional steam
ers are chartered about $4,000 soldiers
can be sent across the Pacific to reach
Manila by the end of November. The
remaining 1000, which it is proposed to
send to General Otis if he needs them
will be sent by way of the Suez Canal.
The latter route consumes nearly two
months and if the War Department is
compelled to wait until the renovation
of the Atlantic transports Thomas and
Logan is finished. troops on those YES
sells cannot reach Manila before jan
uary 1st.
The troops to be sent to the Philip
pines are as follows:
Regular recruits now at San Fran
cisco, $500; eight troops of the Third
Cavalry, 965: United States Marine
Battalion, 400; recruits for the skel-
eton regiments at Manila, 1900: ten
volunteer regiments infantry, l3,OOO:
total, 1855.
The seventeen vessels available for
transportation of these troops, with the
approximate date of readiness for sail
ing and their capacity for officers and
men, are as follows: Morgan City.
August 10th, 30 officers and 600 men,;
City Of Sydney. August 10Th, % officers
and 700 men; Senator August 14th 30
officers and 712 men; ST. Paul. August
18th, 40 officers and $50 men, Warren
September LIST, q officers and ,22l
men; Sherman, September 10th. SO Off
GERS and 1880 men; Hancock, Septem-
Der 18th, 80 officers and $50 men;
Grant, September 18th, SO officers and
500 men; Sheridan, September Goth,
Sc officers and 800 men; Pennsylvan-
mia. September 25th, 30 officers and
200 men; Valencia, September 18th, 30
officers and 800 men: Zeaiandia, Sep
tember 18th. 10 officers and 600 men.
City Of Para, October 9th, 46 officers