Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-25

barracks. ten cart loads of powder and am
munition. three insurgents with rifles: bar
racks and arsenal destroyed. OTIS
The 4sth Infantry at Manila.
General Otis informed the War Depart
ment today that the transport Grant ar
rived at Manila this morning with the 4Sth
Volunteer Infantry, Col w. P. Duvall COM
manding. The arrival of this regiment
completes the shipment to the PHILIPPINES
of the entire volunteer army organized un-
der authority of the act of March 2, 1899.
Returned From Manila.
General Shafter has informed the War
Department that the transport City of Pc
king arrived at San Francisco from Manila
with the remains of 155 deceased soldiers
and the following military passengers
Colonel Thompson, signal corps; Captains
Peshine, 18th Infantry; Skunk, engineer
corps, and Butler, assistant quarterma ster:
Lleutenants Nelson, oath Infantry; Ro-
mayne, 18TH Infantry, and Cook, 37th In
1antry; Acting Assistant Surgeons Howell
and Brownlee, and 159 discharged soldiers.
There We're no deaths during the voyage.
WelI-Supplied Commissariat.
Acting Commissary General Weston has
received a personal letter from Major Geo.
b. Davis, commissary of subsistence, at
tached to Gen. MacArthurs division in the
Philippines, in which he includes high
testimonial of the character of the food
supplied to the army in the field. The let
ter is dated Bautista, December Ia, 1899.
In the few moments that L have to
spare, said Major Davis, Il thought you
would like a word or two in regard to the
subsistence department. Gen. Macarthur
told me the other night that never in the
history of armies has enc been as we'll sup
pied as this one. He thinks it is remark
able the way the troops have been fed |
do not hear complaint, although 1 have
gone around to learn if there were COM
plants.
Il am now giving the troops here fresh
beef, 1t is brought on a refrigerating car
as lar as Mahalacat and then carried
across the river by men and then loaded
on the cars and taken as far as Bamban;
Then 1t is carried across the river put in
boy cars, and we run the beef through to
Dagupen The troops at that place are
hot in this division, but L told the com
manding officer that l would get beef to
him II he wanted it. He jumped at the
0rer. l have a sales car running between
Iarlac and San Fernando and another be-
tween Tarlac and Calasiao. The sales are
very large. 1t is here as elsewhere that
the subsistence department is more than
filling expectations.
The War Practically Over,
Il think the war is over so far as or
eanized resistance is concerned. Gen. Mac
Arthur's advance up the line of the rail-
lodu uIohe tlle backbone. He has held
what he has gained, in this respect differ
ing from the others. Some of the affairs
Oh this division Were brilliant. The affair
at Bamban was well planned and executed
Aguinaldo did not think that it could be
Done In fact. some reflections on the cam
paisn were captured and the division did
exactly what he said they could not do
Bell, with his regiment. has done great
work, and am glad that he has been pro-
noted
Capture of Mabinf.
We captured Mabini day before yester-
day, and today he was sent into Manila as
a prisoner, He was Aguinaldos brains He
was the man that caused all this trouble
| II is great blow to the insurgents L,
looks as though We might have Aguinalda
| in few days, but all the natives look
alike, and If he were to dress as labore1
We could not tell him if he were to come
| to US, and that causes the difficulty in cap-
| turing him.
The officer in command of his escort
was killed the other night, and another
was wounded, so you can see how closely
/ he is being pressed