Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-07
Wis PLANS CANT Align.
Intends to Chase the FiIipinos Through
the Junglcs.
OUR TROOPS EAGER TO FIGHT
Army and Navy Forces mt Manila To-
tai $1,000 Officers and Men.
Otis Sends List of
Casualties.

reason to expect important news from
Manila within the next fortnight. 1t
has developed that General Otis has
practically completed his plans for a
grand onslaught on the insurgents,
which is expected to deprive them OF
offensive power at least
1t is probable that he will form a
large part Of his force into columns as
soon as his re-enforcements are all at
hand and will push these in parallel
lines straight through the Jungles, clear
ing out the insurgents in every direc-
ton as the troops go forward.
| The American troops are getting rest
less and nervous under the petty but
annoying sharpshooting of the Filipinos
and are so anxious to put stop to this
that General Otis has yielded to their
desire.
Forty-one thousand officers and men
Of the combined army and navy forces
comprise the approximate total Ameri-
can strength now at, en- route and UNI
der orders for service at the Philippine
Islands. No further re-enforcements are
now in contemplation.
The forces Of the two services already
stationed in and about the archipelago
consists Of 20 regiments Of infantry,
engineer battalion, troops Of cavalry
and II batteries of artillery, an aggre-
gate Of about 24,500 men, Nineteen ves-
sells, with an aggregate of 297 officers,
1890 men and 253 marines make UP the
naval contingent.
Many Troops En- Route.
This is exclusive of the transport Sol
ace, with 1862 officers and men all told,
which is constantly passing back and
forth from Manila. There are about
1880 army e-enforcements on the way
to Manila making as rapid progress as
possible, and there are, roughly, 1900
men in the force under orders to pro-
coed to the Philippines.
The following vessels are now at Ma
Mia and Hongkong under the command
Of Admiral Dewey: Baltimore, Benning-
ton, Boston. Buffalo. Callao, Charleston
Concord, Culgoa, Don Juan de Austria,
Helena, Isla de 1.uzon, Isla de Cuba,
Manila, Monadnock, Monocacy, Monte
rey, Olympia. Petrol and Yorktown.
These vessels carry 297 officers, 1880
sailors and 1853 marines.
The Castine and Princeton are now |
on their way through the Red sea to
Join Admiral Dewey, and the Oregon |
and her attendant vessel, the Iris, are
through the Pacific to the |
same destination. These vessels will |
add to the naval force at Manila SO off, |
GERS, 739 men and 81 marines.
The captured ships Don Juan de Aus
ria, Isla de Luzon and Isla de Cuba are
1ot available for immediate service, as
hey are in need of repairs. The Solace
mas taken out a number of recruits
md with these the Isla de LuzOn will
,e manned. The Wheeling will join the
Manila fleet, but is not to be counted
Is being available in the immediate fu-
ure.
A Casualty Report.
The war department received the fol-
owing cablegram from General Otis:
additional casualties March near
San Pedro Macati. Luzon: Killed.
third artillery, Battery G, Private John
'oica. Wounded-First California, Com
any G, Privates Louis H. Barriean, alb
omen, severe; Company l., Wilhelm
/. Wheeler, thigh, moderate; Twenty
bird infantry. Company T.. First Ser
cant Henry F. McFadden, chest.
lightly injured; First California, Com
any G. Sergeant Frank F. McNally,
prained ankle in action: First Nebras-
a. Company X, Private James We'll
on. ruptured in action. February %,
t Jaro, Panay: Killed-Eighteenth in
antry, Company G. Privates Joseph. w.
Company A, William F.
'r'ggs."
Advices from Manila indicate that the
abels continue active. There was con-
Iderabe outpost skirmishing at San
olan, in which the Colorado and Ne.
raska infantry, with two guns of the
tab battery, took part.
General Hale's brigade located $50 in
lrgents with two guns near San Pc
70. The guns We're so placed as to be
apable OF enfilading General Wheaton's
rigade. {
Advices from Negroes island say that s
there Is improving. The
eamship Ell Cano, from Iloilo, reports |
lat business there is at a standstiIl
here Is occasional skirmishing beyond
lie city but thus far there has been no
lsualties. C
General Otis has reported the follow g
& deaths from natural causes: e
F'eb. 26-Privates Richard L. BRYANT O
ompany X, First Colorado. variola. e
airline Barker. Company r, Thirteenth 0
innesota. variola. Feb. 26-Harry l., D
owman Company H. First Idaho, va a
ola; William J. Donohue, Company F,
lrst Colorado, variola. Feb. 27-Sim
arber, Company L. Twentieth Kansas,
lriola. March John A. Ewing, Com II
my G, First North Dakota, typhoid: $
'ank Upham, Company c. First North r.
akota, dysentery; Joseph Marx, Com o
my &, First Montana. variola; George "
Doran, Company +, Eighteenth in II
ntry, pneumonia" OF