The record-union., 1899-04-25
Where AgulnaIdo and a Large Force Of
Rebels Are Said to Be Located.
General Macarthur is Moving
Straight Along the Railroad on
the Filipino Stronghold, While
General Lawton and His Flying
T. Column is to Make an Effort to
Flank the Enemy and Prevent
Their Escape North.

MANILA, April "a, 7:40 p. m.-Gen-
eral Hale at o'clock this afternoon
had crossed the Bagbag, and had
reached a position quarter OF a mile
from Calumpit, thus commanding the
ford. Prisoners captured by General
Hale's troops say Aguinaldo, General
Luna and the Filipino staff are at Cal
umpit with a great force of Filipinos.
General MacArthur's division left
Malolos to-day, apparently intending
to besiege Calumpit. Before daylight
the Fourth Cavalry, with three guns
, belonging to the Utah battery, the Ne
,braska~ regiment and the Iowa regiment
under Hale were proceeding in the di-
. rection of Kuincha, where the Bagbag
<Tibabag) is fordable,- but commanded
by trenches. During the afternoon the
troops crossed the river.
3 Generals Macarthur and Wheaton,
with the Montana regiment, advanced
to the left of the railroad, and the
Kansas regiment moved forward to the
right, north of Malolos. They had with
them the long supply train, with two
armed cars in front, carrying two Cat
tling and Colts rapid fire guns, and the
the six FOUNDER which did such execu-
tion at the capture of Malolos.
The insurgents attempted to destroy
their bridge outside of Calumpit, and
succeeded in badly warping the iron
framework.
AS soon as the soldiers left the Fill
ipino capital the natives began f1ocking
in, as they did at Santa Cruz before
the last boat of General Lawton's eX-
pedition had sailed.
Our army is compelled to abandon all
towns when an onward movement is
commenced, because of insufficient men
to garrison them. This gives the Fill
ipino leaders a framework upon which
to spin stories of American defeat.
The American commanders have left
great stores of rice at Malolos, which
they have been distributing to the
natives and Cinnamon daily, of whom
there We're 200 to 300, nearly all of
whom remained during the occupation,
but who followed the American army
out of the place or took trains going in
the direction of Manila, fearing the
rebels would kill them. These refugees
included some of the wealthiest citizens
of that place.
Major Mulford of General Lawton's
staff is in command of the Nebraska
regiment.
MACARTHUR IN FRONT OF Ca
LUMPIT.
y MANILA. April 25-1O:30 a. m.-Al-
though the sticky condition of the
ground. due to a rainstorm, seriously
impeded its progress, General Law
tons column left San Jose to-day and
Is expected to reach NorZagay this
evening.
Colonel Summers is marching from
Bocava with two battalions, each from
the Oregon and Minnesota Regiments.
three troops of cavalry and two guns.
In the meantime General MacAr-
thurs division is in front of Calumpit,
preparing to attack the rebel strong
hold, and General Hale, with several
guns, is threatening the enemy's flank.
A few rebels between Novaliches and
La Iona have persistently interfered
with telegraphic communication, but
the Signal Corps has repaired the
breaks and captured several prisoners.
A small body of rebels at Taktay was
discovered this morning by the armored
launch Napidan. A few shots scat
tered the rebels and drove them in
land from the lake.
All is quiet along General Halls and
General Overshine's lines
FIFTY REBELS AND ONE AMERI-
CAN KILLED.
NEW YORK, April pa dispatch to
the Herald from Manila says that in
General Hale's advance on Calumpit
fifty F'ilipinos and one American were
killed
CALUMPIT THE OBJECTIVE POINT.
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Informa-
tion received at the War Department