The San Francisco call., 1899-11-25
FILIPINOS PRACTICALLY
WITHOUT GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24-GeneraI Otis
summarizes the situation in Luzon in a
dispatch to the War Department to-day.
in which he says that the insurgent gov
eminent can no longer claim to exist Its
troops and officials are scattered and
Agninaido lis Il iHding. Tha-4s dlspsaeh
follows:
MANILA. Nov. 24.-The claim to gov
ernment by the insurgents can be made
no longer under any fiction. It's treas
urer, Secretary OF the Interior and the
President OF Congress are in our hands.
Its President and remaining Cabinet Off
GERS are in hiding evidently In different
Central Luzon provinces. Its generals and
troops in small bands are scattered
through these provinces. acting as ban
ditti, or. dispersed. playing the role Of
amigos. with arms concealed. Indications
are that Aguinaldo did not escape through
the lines Of Lawton or Wheaton. but fled
westward from Bayambong railway sta
ton. The telegraphic communication 10
Dagupan was established probably TO
San Fabian to-day BY relaying nine
miles OF track with the material at hand
railway communication TO that point was
re-established. Labor of troops must at
tend its maintenance
Fuller details OF the sharp engagement
between Carpenters command and the
insurgents at Iloilo reached the War De-
partment to-day in the following dispatch
from General Otis. dated Manila:
I'm Panay on the 2lst inst. when Dick
man drove the enemy from the vicinity
of Jaro. Carpenter. with two battalions
OF the Eighteenth Infantry and Bridg-
mans battery, had n severe engagement
at Pavia. north of Iloilo. His casualties
were five killed and twenty wounded. The
latter are now in the Iloilo hospital 9th
ers slightly wounded are with the com
mand. The enemy was driven north
with reported very heavy loss Particu-
lars have not been received. Carpenter
passed on 10 the insurgents stronghold
Santa Barbara which he captured on the
22d inst without loss. Nothing has been
received from the column under the i'm
mediate command Of Hughes, which IS
moving rapidly and operating north and
west OF Santa Barbara. Apparently the
Visayans are friendly. not taking an ac-
tive part. The enemy consists OF 2OO0
Tagalos."
General Otis also sends the following
list of casualties sustained since his last
report:
Killed in the advance on Pavia, Novem-
ber 21-Howard Lowe. sergeant Company
G., Sixth Artillery; William S. Addy.
Company F. Eighteenth Infantry.
In action near Barrio. Tenabang. No
vember IL: Killed-Thomas E. Gardner
Company l., Seventeenth Infantry.
Wounded-Charles Z. Hapner. Seven
teenth. right thigh. moderate: 10th. John
Z. Miller. Company A. Seventeenth. right
chest and abdomen, severe
In action at Minduriao, Panay: Wound
ed-James NJ. Casey. Company B. Eigh
teenth Infantry. left thigh. slight
In action near Jaro. Panay: Wounded
Richard Corbett. Company c. Twenty
sixth Infantry. neck. severe: 18th. James
Z. Roegy, Company A. head. severe
In action at Anabo. Luzon: wounded
Paul p. Phenuer. Company F. Eleventh
Cavalry, left thigh. moderate: Edward
Johnson. head. moderate; William w
II. Inman. corporal. right leg. moderate
A hter dispatch from General Otis gives
the results Of the fighting at Iloilo as fol-
lov s:
Hughes. at Iloilo, reports the enemy
driven back into the mountains. The in
surgent capital. Cobatuan. was captured
The only serious action was that OF Car
penter at Pavia. Total casualties. FIVE
killed or since died OF wounds: twenty
seven wounded. He captured ten prison.
ers. eighteen cannon. six rifles and quan-
titles of ammunition. The enemy's cas-
ualties are not stated"