New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

pending wrapped eannons, old Spanish lines and
proper supplies came from Manila He found
enough 70 keep his men busy during this interim
Al rhfs time The insurgents were reoCcupytng
the American troops had previously held in that
hundred men. and were thick all along STAN
Regiment realized Lieutenant Stamfords danger
If he should 90 out with his customary ten men,
Rs Rha rssSn a26t4a % VIII 5 and % his TEN ba0s caPts
loaded with supplies and his Macabebe aborers
ton Of this Subg-Iba line The line was rapidly
o 6 a5 su2 59 here 90 one
after a hard days york The rebels in force at,
hard fight Of three hours before the enemy
handicapped and disheartened by their defective
Krag-Jorgensen ammunition.
on the Subig-lba tran about three miles OUT or
Subig there is deep and narrow cut IN the rocks
% commaHGed Dy me t SGrroThGing M @ nuns nus & anu ,1t1
ane schenCk, Of the 10Th. was ambushed and killed:
rebels, Coming through this pass soon after his
sen NStrclssuS llenl otaIi1toru parry VIZ W. an an
of this cut lined with heavy timbers and rocks
the pass, and when they opened IRE from behind
these projections their rifles were so cLose tna5
the powder burned our men on the faces ana
of establishing that 1881 miles Of telegraph wire.
Such occurrences could be multiplied without end
other Signal Corps details in other parts OF the
island here had similar experiences Lieutenant
as Example Of the Whole Ana q the ssna Corps
has lost two men killed and six wounded and
unreal 5,f'rei '''9''e'' ~ VIZ ''''''7'' "
SPREADING NETWORK OF LINES
There Is a commercial cable from Manila TO Iloilo
Panay. from Hoilo TO Negros Island and from
Negros TO the island Of Cebu Our wires in these
Visayau islands amount to 40 miles From lloilo
We have a line Capiz through the interior and
then down the coast back to Iloio; on Negros We
have lines north and south 10 Manalpa and ia
MAMMALIAN respectively. on Cebu we have a line
from Cebu the capital, the interior Of the town
Karkat.
Not far from Cebu are the islands OF samar and
Leyte, recently occupied by the 43d under Colonel
Murray: these latter islands will be placed in
rnunicatiOu with Manila by running a cable from
Cebu 10 the island of Bohul, then d land wire
wires 10 the principal towns thereon. From Leyte
the line viii get TO Samar by cable across the
far north the town OF Cal5ayOg. This
branch will be about two hundred and fifty
With the idea of eventually placing the island OF
Mindanao in communication with the corps mead
southern end of Cebu Island 10 the northern shore
of Mndanao: from those landing points on Min
Misamia and Nakajalar Bay; this projection will
require about hundred more miles OF wire.
There are / 431 miles of wire Luzon and the
island is thoroughly well covered: from the twelve
into practically every town where have garri-
sons. Going south from Manila our lines entered
well into Taybas ana Laguna provinces Ihfs
southern line will be soon extended through the
Samartnes provinces north and south and into
Nueve Caceres. Abbay, Legaspi and Sorsogon on
the southern end OF Luzon From Manila north
completed and then Apart on the extreme north
coast of Luzon VIII be in communication. An
ready extends as far north the town OF Laoag.
In Manila itself the Signal Corps operates local
ernmentaI departments here located. as we'll as an
Official telephone system.
much difficulty in securing good telegraph oper-
ators. good operator can do pretty well az
tractive enough draw good men from positions
in the United States.