The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-12
SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.0O Per Year.
THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.
The Capture of BacOIOf the Next job
tIarISed Cut for Our Brave
Boys in the Orient.

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| Manila, May S.-To clear the Fill
pinos out of Bacolor, about five miles
! southwest of San Fernando, will be
the next task of the Americans. The
rebel general Mascardo has a force cf
G,OOO men there, well-armed and pos
sessed of plenty of ammunition. His
! troops have never met American sci
diers, and they think, according to re-
ports carried to San Fernando, that
! they can whip the whole lot"
Working Like Beavers.
| Bacolor is well intrenched, and
! thousands of natives are working like
! beavers digging trenches and carrying
| the dirt in baskets. The enemy uses
| his rifemen for fighting only, but
| compels the Bolomen and Chinese, and
| even the women to labor necessarily.
A Rebel Outpost.
The rebels have an outpost about a
mile beyond San Fernando with
trench that holds between 200 and 800
men. From that point several vol
leys were fired last night upon the
| camp of the Twentieth Kansas regi-
ment Neither Maj.-Gen. Macarthur
or Maj.-Gen. Lawton moved yesterday,
although each reconnoitered the coun-
try in his vicinity for some miles from
headquarters, developing the presence
of small forces of the enemy.
American Lines strengthened.
In the vicinity of La Guna de Bay
the lines of Gen. Ovenshine and Col.
Wholly, who is commanding Gen.
Kings brigade during the latter's i'll
ness, have been materially strength
ened and there is no danger in that di-
rection.
The armed steamers La Guna de Bay
and Cavadonga, under Capt. Grant,
have gone to Guangua, about five miles
southwest of Bacolor, presumably to
establish a base of supplied for the
troops engaged in the northern cam
paign.
Significant Change.
1t is rumored that Mabini, president
of the cabinet and minister of foreign
affairs in the so-called Filipino gov
ernment, who is a radical, is to be sue
ceeded by Paterno, the Trainer of the
Spanish treaty of 1896. This change is
regarded as significant at the present
juncture.
Entry of San Fernando UnOppOsed.
The entrance of the Americans into
San Fernando was entirely unopposed.
The Filipinos, who expected the in
vaders to approach from the sea, had
that side of the town strongly guard
ed, but there was only one line Of
trenches beyond San Tomas. Two bat
talions of the Fifty-frst Iowa regi-
ment, which swan the river north of
the city. were smartly peppered while
in the water, but the rebels disap-
peared as soon as the Americans
reached the shore.
In the meantime the hospital squad
had walked across the bridge into the
city, supposing the Americans were
there. They encountered no natives.
The few Spaniards and Filipinos who
were left welcomed the Americans and
opened their houses to them, Gen. Mac
Arthur accepting entertainment at
the hands of Senior Hizon, sugar
magnate.
Little Sympathy With InsurrectiOm.
If the inhabitants of the San Fer
nando region are to be believed there
is little sympathy with the insurrec-
tion in that quarter. Before evacuat-
ing the city the rebels burned the
church and the public buildings and
looted the Chinese quarter. They
drove many rich Filipinos, with their
families. out of the city before them
as we'll as hundreds of Chinese, to pre-
vent them helping the Americans.
They cut the throats of some. Many
Chinese hid on rooftops or in cellars,
and some escaped by cutting off their
queues. There are so fresh graves in
the churchyard.
Full of Trenches and Pitfalls.
The country beyond Calumpit is full
of all sorts of ingenious tranches and
pitfalls in the road with sharpened
bamboo. Fortunately the Americans
escaped the latter. In the swamps
near San Tomas, where Gen. Wheaton's
troops did their hardest fghting--the
men sinking to their waists in mud
are many bodies of Filipinos, smelling
horribly.
The Army Enjoying Life.
The army is really enjoying life at
San Fernando, which is the most pic
and wealthy town the Amer
leans have entered since the occupa-
ton of Manila. 1t is largely built of
stone, the river is close at hand and
high hills almost surround it. Many
sugar factories indicate a thriving i'll
dustry in that respect, and there are
numerous fine residences. Gen. Mac
anentheadquarters is cs-
tablished in the best house in town.
The troops are encamped around in
the surburbs, and are beginning to
think they may be quartered there
during the wet season.
Water Communication With Manila.
After Bacolor has been cleared wa
ter communication with Manila may
be established.
Troops Much Exhausted.
The American troops are much eX-
nausted by the campaign, except the
Iowa troops which are comparatively
fresh. The regiments of the division
less than so men to a company
and all have weatherworn appear
iHce.
Towed Into Port.
New York, May s.-The British
steamer Inchilva, Capt. Davis, arrived
from Bermuda in tow of the
ug Underwater. While the Unchilva