Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-10-04
MORE SOLDIERS LOST
Insurgents Kill Four and Wound
Eleven Of Our Boys.
WAR ALL over The ISLAND OF LUzOy
The Rebeilion Growing In Magnitude -
Gen. Macarthur Preparing to Mobilise
Several Detachments of Troops In
Each DiatrtCt.

Washington, Oct. -Four killed and
eleven wounded, one MORALLY, are the
casualties in the American force re-
ported to the war department Satur-
day by Maj. Gen. Macarthur.
An examination of the casualty list
shows the extent of the insurgent OPP
erations and also gives an idea OF the
magnitude of the rebellion. Fighting
is in progress in Ilocos Norte, the
northernmost provinces of Luzon, and
in Albay, the most southern province
of the island. In addition, there is
fighting in the provinces of Laguna,
Batangas and Nueva Eciia, which are
within comparatively short distance
of Manila. The casualties give evil
dence that the insurgent operations
are not confined to Luzon. There has
been fighting also in Leyte and Sa-
mara, and Gen. Macarthur reported
Friday the loss of 81 men of company
F, Twenty-ninth infantry, in the is
land of Martinique in San Bernar-
dino straits.
As showing that the fights were
not entirely the ambushing of SEN
tinels, Gen. Macarthur reports that
at Tanauan. Batangas province, there
was killed Private John Niles, com
pany X, Thirty-ninth volunteer in
fantry, and wounded, Private John
Burket, of the same company and
regiment. At Badoca, province of
Ilocos Norte, Private John E. Dupre,
company E, Twelfth infantry, was
killed. and Privates John Manduka
and James A. Kennedy. OF the same
regiment, were seriously wounded.
At Cabanatuan, province of Nueva
Ecija, Private W. S. Mercer, company
NJ, Thirty-fourth infantry, was killed
and his commanding officer, Capt.
Cushman A. Rice, was slightly
wounded. Three men were wounded
in the Island of Leyte, two at Alang
Alang and one at San Miguel.
Army officers insist that the situa-
ton no longer admits of pacificatory
treatments; that the insurgents must
be taught sharp lesson, or embold-
ened by the success of their guerilla
warfare, they will mobilize in suffi-
GENTLY strong force to annihilate de-
tachments now holding small towns,
which are isolated from support.
Gen. Macarthur is preparing to mob
ilize several detachments in each dis
trict as soon as all the troops now
under orders to Manila arrive at that
point and can be distributed among
the islands.
Administration officials continue TO
insist that the insurgent successes
are due, not altogether to the courage
and skill of the Filipinos. but to the
moral support they receive from
Americans who make anti-imperial- |
istic speeches. Substantiating this
theory more reasonable Filipino cor
has been captured which |
shows that the present outbreaks are
for the purpose Of influencing the |
elections in the United States. +. San
1ico, writing TO another man, shows
hat he is urging all of the leaders
not to accept anything in the way of
peace proposals by the Philippine
commission. but 10 stand firm. He
says;
"If the reelection of Mr.. Mckinley
be accomplished and the revolution in /
,'hina he wiped out and the war in the
rransyaal take no new complications,
then will be the first TO accept the
peace that | believe to be necessary,
though il be at the cost Of acknowl-
,dging the sovereignty of the United
States, since consider that our forces
IRE now impotent to defend our
sacred and legitimate rights"
This Sandco is the man so often
luoted by Senator pettigrew in be-
,alf Of the anti-expansionists.