The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-27
SOLDIERS
NEEDED !
To Maintain Our Supremacy in the
Philippines.
CANNOT GARRISON THE TOWNS,

As a Result Most OF the Recent Fight
ina Has Been in Territory That Had
Already Been swept by Our Troops.
spanish General Killed by FiIipinos.
Manila, May 27.-The events Of the
past week have emphasized the need OF
much larger army here, without
which, according to the best authori-
ties in Manila, Il would be attempting
the impossible to expect TO establish
American supremacy in the Philippine
Islands. The inadequacy of the Ameri-
can forces is said to be responsible for
the large total loss in the number Of
small encounters, without material re-
suits as a compensation. Most OF the
fighting has been in territory which the
Americans had swept, but have been
compelled to abandon because they
could not spare troops to hold It.
The forces commanded by Generals
Macarthur and Lawton hold two i'm
poTtant lines Of communication and
commerce, the railroad to San Fer
nando and the Rio Grande river. But
much of the country they have swept,
including scores of the smaller towns
and some of the larger ones, have been
left uncovered, simply for want of men
to hold them, and the insurgents have
returned and are occupying the towns
the Americans abandoned, and are
camping In the jungles and woods out
side others, on the watch for chances
to harrass the garrlsons and attack
scouting parties or detached companies
with greater forces This is the kind
OF warfare they prefer to regular bat
ties.
It appears that the Filipinos who at
tackled the Third regiment between
san Miguel and Balinag were part of
Pic Del Pillars army. They came from
the south, across the mountains, pre-
sumably to meet a wagon train which
General Lawton expected along the
road. They also planned to capture
several large detachments and were
placed In ambush at different points.
They fred from the jungle, at a dis
tanoe of zoo yards, and gave the Amer
leans one of the hardest fights expert
eneed in tho campaign.
The Filipinos lost more heavily than
the Americans in all the recent en-
counters. The insurgent generals take
the loss of arms more to heart than
they do the loss of men.
Foreigners who have arrived here
from the insurgent country, under the
recent order of expulsion, say the
with fresh graves. A majority of the
Filipinos wounded die, because the in
surgent hospitals are inadequate,
medicines are scarce, and they have
few surgeons, except Spanish captives
who have been impressed,
A scouting party of American troops
encountered a body of insurgents at
Santa Rita and the Americans being
reinforced by Brigadier General Funs-
ton, with the South Dakota regiment.
a warm fight ensued. A lieutenant and
fve men of the American force were
wounded and ten of the insurgents
were killed and several captured.
General Hughes, who has been ap-
pointed to relieve Colonel Smith as
governor of the Visayan district, will
be succeeded as provost marshal by
Brigadier General Williston, who re-
Gently arrived here in command of the
troops OF the Sixth artillery.
The Spanish General Montero, while
on the way hither with the Spanish
garrison from Zamboanga on the
steamer Leon XIII, died of wounds re-
ceived in a recent engagement with the
Filipinos in Mindanao.