The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24

two miles TO San Isidro; but without halt
ing the thoroughly exhausted cavalry kept
up the run through the town on the Gapan
Road, past the barrio OF San Nicolas where
the last dead insurgent was seen, and
where the pursuit was ended for the reason
that it was too dark to proceed Owing to
the rapidly Of the advance and the fact
that our men had been fighting all the way
and nearly all the time from early morn
ing until dark. they were unable to search
for the dead insurgents. but on the follow
ing day a searching party was sent out.
when i: was found that every inch passed
over by our skirmish line had been thor
oughly searched and every body and every
thing else had been carried away The
eLemy's loss is known to have been very
heavy General Young estimates the force
in front or him at something about thou
sand. under Pho del Pillar, who had arrived
In San Isidro the previous evening with re-
endorsements and had planned the defence
of the town.
For his rapid and ereditable tactical
work in the advance and capture OF San
Isidro. Major Balance, Twenty-seconi
United States Infantry, as well as his com
mand. is highly commended. Although
many of its numbers were at times With
out food, shelter. blankets. or shoes,
straggler from this command was lever
seen; their fire discipline was most excel
lent. and without rejecting in the least
on the many excellent battalions in the
Army. General Young eommends tEis as
the finest and most efficient battalion he
has ever seen in the American Army. 1t
skirmished and fought through miles Of
mud and water. In general ahead Of my
cavalry, from Arayat to Cabanatuan, and
from there on it did most rema- kable work
IN he nf =.sf
Between Humingan and Rosales, where 1t
cut loose from everything but its guns
and ammunition, Il fought its way in the
very heart of the enemy's country, ex-
1 hibiting a daring and achieving a success
which General Young remarks cannot but
serve as an example to modern tacti al stu
dents Of what can be ac Omplished by COM
partiyely a small military force properly
! disciplined and commanded.
Putting Natives to Work
AT San Isidro General Young found Il
necessary to put the natives to work clean
ing up the town, and to enforce sali. arr
measures, and during his stay the rain was
almost incessant, which, although making
the roads so impossible that all forward
movements were rendered extremely diff
cult, made the river navigable and insu rad
plentiful supply Of provisions from his
base. On the 9th he crossed the-CapaR
and proceeded up the road towards Santa
Rosa, with Balances Battalion, Castn rs
Scouts, Scott's Battery, two sQuadrons of
the Fourth Cavalry, under Colonel Hayes
and Chase's Troop Of the Third, leaving
Taylor's Light Battery, battalion OF the
Twenty fourth, under Keller, to garrison
San Isidro; two companies of Macabebes
on the opposite side OF the river from San
Isidro. and a battalion cf the Twenty
, fourth al CabiaO.
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next objective, a distance OF ten miles,
the country IS traversed by six deep
streams with perpendicular banks, over
each Of which the troops constructed
bridges, working in water five to eight feet
deep. The entertainments at the Tambo
River were strong and occupied by insur-
gents in strength, but Balances men sent
! them flying. At Tambo Barrie another
company Of insurgents was attacked and
dispersed so effeetually that they were
never seen again; and again at the Ia
boatin, where a force of more than thou
sand insurgents had taken up a position,
occurred an exceptionally short engage
| ment, where the insurgents lost 13 killed
and 26 wounded With some difficulty the
entire command was taken across the riv-
er and pushed forward to Santa Rosa four
miles distant. Chase's troop of the Third
| Cavalry had been sent up the river to
! Santa Rosa IN advance, and the appearance
OF this troop moving across the rice fields
IN mud and water above the bellies OF the
horses sc frightened the enemy that they
left their entrenching implements in the
trenches and failed TO destroy the floating
! bridge, which otherwise would have. occa-
stoned lis some difficulty.
The next point was Cabanatuan. place
which had never been reached by Ameri-
cans. and where il was learned the insur-
gents held 1890 Spanish prisoners, as well
as a number of Americans. 1t was also
learned that Aguinaldo was in command
at Cabanatuan, with force Of about 1000
which he brought over from Tarlac but
this information was found to be errope-
Gus, as Balance on the Goth drove out the
enemy and captured the town with nut
slight resistance.
ION the 31st Talavera. nine miles north
OF Cabanatuan, and Aliaga, eight miles
west, were occupied by the Fourth Cav
airy. At the former point were capture!
small cannon. Is brass howitzers. %
gas pipe cannon covered with wooden tubes
and woand with wire, large amount Of
ammunition, 1000 pounds of -four. and
much other valuable property.
Forced March TO San Jose
Here the command remained until the
Sth of November. when Lieutenant Colonel
Hayes, Fourth Cavalry. made a forced
march TO San Jose, seventeen miles north
OF Tariac, occupying the town without re
sissanoe. BY this time the column was
within few miles of Tarlac from which IT
was separated by the Valley Of the Pam
panga- Batson. Fourth Cavalry, with his
Macabebes. secured the country thorough
! ~, capturing all General Lanera's personal
| effects and papers, among which was fouui
despatch from the insurgept Secretary of
War directing the construction of defences
al various points, among them Lupao,
which information decided General Young
10 make forced march to that point, as
Eeii as to Humingan and Tayug, before
the defences could be constructed. Orders
had reached General Young from Manila
that his advance should not be beyond