The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-15
ARE TERR0RIZING THE UNPROTECTED
PARTS OF lUZ0N.
MANY MURDERS COMMITTED.
Twenty-Five Men Killed In So Many
Days-Town Raided and Looted-Reg-
ular Guerrilla Warfare Established
A Party of Bandit Captured-To be
Tried and shot or Hanged - More
Spanish Prisoners Reach Manila.
Otis Report OF the situation.

Manila, December 12.-Colonel Smith
with a detachment OF the Seventeenth
infantry, surrounded and captured in
Iguerrillas who had made their head
quarters there. The party included tbs
band which assassinated seven Officials
at Malasqui for friendliness to ihe
Americans. All are insurgents who be
came bandits when the di~sintegraticu
Of h Filipino army began. They kept
the country around Malasqui in a state
of terror for several weeks, and ON
United twenty-five murders in less
than that number of days. When they
were caught, they were promptly sent
to Genera MacArthur's headquarters,
at Bayambang. by train. 1t is expect
ed that they will be speedily tried and
shot or hung, as an example.
The whole country north Of San Fer
nando and between san Fernando anG
Manila, except within the permanent
line of troops around the city n the
CLOSELY patrolled stretches of railroad,
lSwarms with similar bands. Probably
they will be increased by men from
Pillars army, many of whom are max
ling their way south to join the insur-
gent force in Cavite province. These
people, for the most part. succeeded
in lodging General Grant, Colonel Bell
and Colonel Hoods troops who are
securing the country for them. They
devote their energies TO ambushing
commissary wagons and TO picking up
soldiers who leave their commands.
Every day some wager train is fired
upon or some soldier disappears.
General Wheeler'S secretary, Mr..
IGarrett, was disarmed and slashed by
a boloman almost within sight of head
quarters, his assailant pursuing him
almost into the headquarters building.
The policy of these ruffians is TO
make the country uninhabitable for
Americans and to brighten natives into
lrefraining from giving any assistance
to the Americans, as well as to compel
the inhabitants to support the insurrec-
ltion.
Frequently they raid and loot towns.
The brother Of the president of linus
went outside the town the other day to
harvest some rice. He was captured
by his compartriots, accused of being
IA spy and executed.
Washington, December 1.-THE war
departments has received the following
dispatch:
Manila, December IL.
1.-Two thousand additional Spanish
prisoners secured in northern Luzon,
making over 5000 released within a
month. Seven hundred are now en-
route from Vigan and troops will be
sent for the remainder.
Otis"
The war department has received the
following cablegram from General
otis, descriptive Of the military situa-
ton in LuZon:
Manila, December II.
In Bulacan province the insurgents
have been scattered and driven east to
the mountains. Our casualties in that
section in the last few days were ten.
The insurgent casualties in killed,
wounded and prisoners aggregate 100.
Considerable i%nsurgent property with
arms and ammunition have
been captured. Our troops are now in
the mountains in pursuit.
THE insurgents have been driven
from Subig bay and the marines now
a naval station there.
Our column moving west from Tar
lac is now on the west o of Luzon
where it has been supplied. 1t en-
little resistance. A column
is now moving west and south ron
IDagupan along the coast.
There is no concentrated insurgent
force of Importance in Luzon to the
moth of Manila. Southern Luzon will
mot offer any serious resistance. Troops
are cooperating in that section. Or
rebellion no longer exists and
our troops r actually pursuing rob-
Der bands. All important and threat
|ened centers of population in the north
have been occupied. OTIS"