The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-12
COMMANDS GREATLY
REDUCED BY ILLNESS
Desperate Efforts Being Made to
Capture Aguinaldo.
One Column Marched For Forty
Eight Hours Without Food-Had
to Ford One Stream Twelve Times
In the Course of a Mile-Well Re-
ceived By Natives In Towns
Taken-Hope of the Insurgents
In American Congress.


Conception, Dec. 2, from correspond
ent of the Associated Press with the
detachment pursuing Aguinaldo, have
| just reached Manila by messenger. The
military wires on all lines TO the north
were cut continually by the natives or
are crowded with government busi-
ness when working.
According to these advices General
! Young was at Condor, Nov. 30, having
three troops of the Third cavalry, Cum
ningham's scouts and Major March'S
| battalion of the Thirty-third infantry.
The nominal strength of his command
had been reduced one-third by sick
ness The horses were worn out and
handicapped by lack of shoes. The in
! fantry, after march of 100 miles from
San Jacinto, were ShoeleSS and all were
living on the country. The troops had
no ammunition except what they car
ried in their belts.
General Young, having then been
without communication with General
Lawton for ten days. and not knowing
the disposition of the other troops, Cd
whether support was being sent for
ward resolved to keep moving. Having
received information that the lnSurgent
General Tino with 1000 men was some
where north. and that Auginaldo, with
diers of his faithful Bulacan battalion
was in the mountains'to the east, Gen
eral Young decided, on. Nov. 80, to di-
vide his force
Pursuit of Insurgents.
He proceeded himself to Vigan, hop
ing to attack Tino with his handful of
men, and to prevent him joining Aguin-
aldo Major March, with his battalion
and Cunningham's scouts, started over
the mountains toward Cervantes after
|Aguinaldo, who was reported to have
been there Nov. 29- This column
marched for forty-eight hours without
food. The Associated Press corre-
spondent goes on TO say:
1.-The Americans found that the insur-
gents had impressed the Igorotes, COM
pelling them to dig trenches and con-
struct pitfalls along the trails. which
were fearful travelling at the best. One
stream had to be forded twelve times
in the course of a mile. These inoffen-
sive stupid creatures, usually pictured
as bloodthirsty savages, cheerfully re-
turned to undo their work and actually
went foraging for the Americans.
THE uocos region is the richest tha
Americans have encountered in the
northern campaign. The llocoS are
prosperous. intelligent and more than
half civilized. They have excellens
houses and carry on flourishing indus
tries. Many of them are evidently rich.
Several towns received the troops with
bands and the ringing of church bells
Cattle were killed and houses were
opened to the troops
Hope In American Congress.
"How many of this display was sin,
cere and how much due to a desire to
propitiate the conquerors, it would be
hard to say. There were evidences that
similar hospitalities had been extended
to Aguinaldo. The people described him
as cheerfully hugging the hope of sal
vation through American politics. and
everywhere trying to retain support by
proclaimng with seeming sincerity that
the United States congress would GER
tainly recognize the independence or
the Filipino republic in December
Many of the natives exhibited notes
from Lieutenant Gilmore and other
American prisoners. in which the reclp-
tents were commended to the Ameri-
cans on the score of kindness shown
to the writers. There are twenty-seven
Americans with Lieutenant Gilmore.
Another party of fourteen were taken
through Ilocos a week ahead of Gen
eral Young. They were ragged and
dirty, and the natives say some of them
were urged forward at the point OF the
rbayonet."
The advance guard of General
Grants command, under Major Spence,
arrived at Olangapo. Subig bay. during
the night of Dec. 9. which place was
occupied with little resistance. the en-
emy fleeing. Major Spence had an arr
duous march over the mountain trails
from Ninalupihian.
Yesterday morning the Baltimore and
Oregon and a chartered transport ar
rived at OIangapo from Manila The
navy was disappointed TO find the army
in possession of the place, which they
had hoped to capture. A detachment of
marines under Captain Myers occupied
the navy yard at Olangapo and will
hold and occupy it as a naval station.
The yard consists of seven new large
buildings and some repairing and ma
chinery shops, all damaged by the
bombardment of Sept %
During the morning of Dec. 10 the
navy transported Major Spence'S COM
mand from Olangapo to the town OF
Subig. five miles distant. The enemy
was seen deserting Subig as the troops
landed, and the latter occupied 1t with
out resistance. They found the place
abandoned by the retreating enemy.
who fired a few shots The Americans
deployed to the right and left OF the
town and killed one of the enemy.
General Grant and the remainder of
mis- command arrived at Olangapo yes
terday afternoon. He will proceed to-
day to Subig and join Major Spence
General Grant will move portn along
the coast and will effect a juncture with
the Twenty-fifth infantry under Colo
mel Andrew S. Burt, who was reported
eight miles from Iba Dec L. The en-
smy encountered in General Grants
advance fled to the mountains and
scattred General Grant Is not garri-
soning the towns he occupies No cas-
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