Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-22
WAR NOT ES.

eipn service. That is TO have two bat
talions abroad fully manned and Off
cered with home battalion TO which
all those disabled by foreign service
may be sent to recuperate after active
service in the tropics. The invalidated
and convalescing thus have definite
home to which they may at once be
sent and the foreign hospital service
and the regiments in the field be re-
lieved of embarrassment. Men absent
on furlough then have a definite loca-
ton to which they can report and such
of the officers as recover sufficiently to
perform light duty will be able to
render valuable service in putting re-
cruits destined for their regiments in
shape.
The departure of Brig. -Gen. Schwan
for the Philippine will mean the dis
solution of the board which recon-
mended the rewards given to officers
and enlisted men who performed gal
liant service during the war with Spain.
Recommendations for awarding brew
cts, medals of honor, and certificates
of merit to officers and men for SER
vice against the Philippines are be-
ing received. Before the war it was
customary to refer such recommends
tions to the major-general command
ing, but this matter was taken from
Gen. Miles and placed in charge of the
Schwan board. 1t is understood the
question of referring the recommends
tions to Gen. Miles is being discussed.
The success of Lawton's troops in
| Cavite province was much greater than
| at first reported The enemy, number
| ing over 1000. lost in killed, wounded
and captured more than one-third.
| The remainder scattered and retreated
south to linus, their arsenal. OF their
five pieces of artillery three were cap
tured. The navy aided Gen. Lawton
greatly on the shores of the bay land
ing forces occasionally. The inhabi-
tants in that country rejoice at deliv-
erance and welcome with enthusiastic
demonstrations the arrival of our
troops
Gen Lawton unexpectedly stirred up
one of the liveliest engagements of the
war on the 18th, when he and his staff
were compelled to take the rifles of
wounded soldiers and fight to prevent
| being captured. At the time when
the rebels were discovered in ambush
the Americans were nearly out of am
munition and were retreating. But
! Gen. Lawton succeeded in rallying
them and after hot conflict repulsed
the enemy. 1t is reported that Sc
Americans were killed and wounded.
Rebel loss not estimated.
A battalion of the 4th infantry
which left linus, where Gen. Wheaton
is in command, on the 10Th, to recon
hotter towards Peres das Marinas
where it was believed most of the reb
els who escaped from Paranaque and
Bacoor had fed, was attacked by APP
parently friendly natives. This brought
on sharp engagement, lasting severa
hours, resulting in five Americans be
ing killed and about 25 being wounded
The loss of the rebels were very heavy
The northern insurgents had concen
trated large force near San Fernando
and early on the morning of the 15tl
attacked Macarthur troops. The
enemy was quickly repulsed ano
driven, leaving over so dead on thu
field and a large number of wounded
Our casualties were IA wounded; mostly
slight. Preparations for this attacl
had been in progress several days, ant
is believed to have been under the per
sonal direction of Aguinaldo.
Gen. Lawton is again in full control
the rebels having evacuated Cavit
province Gen. Otis predicts that Their
will now be no more trouble from thi
quarter. During the recent engage
ment the Filipinos resisted tenaciousl..
until an American regiment swan tn
! Zaporte river and stormed the rebe
intrenchments, thus winning a victor.
after the hardest kind of fighting.
Statements to the effect tina
Admiral Sampson was i'll and woul
retire from the command of the Mort
Atlantic squadron, have been author
itatively denied by an officer of hi
staff as wholly unfounded. On tn
contrary Admiral Sampson is now i
better health than he has been at an
|. | time since OF during VIC war, ahu no
,, no intention of giving up his command
Information, believed to be reliable
has been received of the assassinatio
of Gen. Luna and his aide-de-caml
Lieut. Pasco Ramon, by Aguinaldo
, guard at his headquarters. Luna an
! Ramon, it appears, went to Aguinaldo
, headquarters to confer with the leade
! that they got into an alteration whic
, ended by the guard killing them bot
with their bayonets.
. The local press of Santiago are pu'
fishing a number of signed article
from prominent Cubans advocating al
nexation to the United States. TT
articles are causing vigorous di
i cussion.
The Italian government has d
manded satisfaction from France fl
' the arbitrary arrest at Nice of IL
= Italian Gen. Giletta, taken into custoc
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