Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-24
Y0rkt0Wn'S Boat Crew Being.
Tortured by Rebels
MONTANA IS AGAIN in IT
With the Men of the Kansas Regiment
Our Boys Dispersed a Large
Body of Filipiuos.

New York, May PA dispatch to the
journal and Advertiser from Manila
says: General Lawton is resting with
5000 men at Candaba after 80 days of
successful campaigning. He said to the
journal correspondent:
1T panied me when we got into San
lsldro to see on the walls of the prison
the names of the Is Americans from the
Yorktown. From Colonel Ray, the Span-
1sh officer whom we rescued, l learned
that one of the American prisoners es-
capped from his captors. His freedom
was short lived for he was recaptured.
He was stretched on the ground before
his fellow prisoners and 20 lashes were
given to him. We found a letter near
san lsldro, written by one of the York
towns crew, saying that they were be-
ing kicked, that their hair was being
pulled out and that they were cruelty
treated in various other ways, and pray
ing their fellow countrymen to hurry to
their release. The insurgents make a.
practice Of numbering Cinnamon who fall
INTO their hands. and our men, suppose,
should consider themselves fortunate
that they have not been similarly treat
ed, though the cruelties and indignities
heaped on them must be hard to bear
Il would have advanced to Tarlac, but
was informed that l was north of the in
surgents main forces. Hence 1 asked
for kobbe's brigade. I can advance and
reach Tarlac in six days unless the pres
ent negotiations between the Filipinos
and our commission accomplish peace.
The whole country is nothing but in
trenchments. I have had during the last
month % engagements. Six of my men
have been killed in the field, two have
died from wounds and 35 have been
wounded. The losses of the insurgents
We're over 400 killed, while we have 1000
prisoners. I released II Spanish prison.
ers, established civil government in San
Miguel, Balanag and San Isidro and
safely conducted $40 Chinese refugees,
who We're in fear for their lives. In the
section traversed I have destroyed 200 900
bushels of rice, 165 tons of sugar and 1O,-
GEO bushels of corn. The supplies / de-
stroyed would feed an army of 80, 900 men
six months. I gave each of my prisoners
square meal and then turned them
loose after destroying their arms. There
are whole companies of bolomen at Tar
lac. with no other weapons except the
primitive ones they carry.
1T is my opinion, once the insurrection
is over little trouble will be experienced
with the natives, who have been falsely
impressed with their own powers by their
leaders. The native priests have given
much assistance to me. The country is
grandly beautiful and fertile Few white
men have ever penetrated into the noun
tains on account of the prevailing fear
Of the Igorotes, who inlabit the high
lands and whose fierceness has been
greatly eXaggera ted. The mountaineers
are really harmless. In the provinces of
Bulacan and Neuva Ecija my men stood
well the long marches they We're forced
to make and they are in healthy con-
ditlon. I must mention my brave scouts, |
1875 in number. l deeply deplore the loss
of Chiefs Young and Harrington, two as |
brave and fearless men as I ever met |
The work done by the scouts has been |
equal to that of any regiment in the |
Philippines. In all the towns through |
which I passed I established town coun- |;
ellis, made UP of natives. In San Miguel !
the council elected a mayor and I re- /
manned there long enough to witness the |
government in actual opera
ton. 1t proved satisfactory
Ten of the % engagements fought by
US We're very severe. My small loss was
due to the fact that l flanked the enemy
each time and came in on has trenches in
the rear"