Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-13
AMERICAN FORCE
TAKES LECASpI.
,,..witnes, Gives an Account o.
v the Fighting There
VALUE OF wARsaIP'S AID
,.,a, Gunner. cover Perfectly
NV" ,ne Advance of Landing
Troops
tr.rlr Dispatched

m BOARD the steamer 'snu -.,s,,d
VI , D January 2s.-(core'ponu-
y ~, Of the Associated Press , ya'nD'
s'DP ,1s,n,ry aided by the gunooat
l''l ,,nle today fought their way. into
N''u ..,iye towns Of Legaspl and Aloay'
W. had I'VE men slightly wounded . sn
y w. dead FilIpinos had Deen
io '.,.d BY nIghtfall, and we are car
Gun ,0. dozens Of their wounded Shells
a ~ ne Nashville ignited two ware
, s' flied with baIed hemp These
80 could not be put out and S,OOo pales
pr. : total valuation Of sl2OVOO were
sss,royed by nightfall'
SHOOTING BLACKS LIKE RABBITS
,rsr the fghting was over and men
A,d lime 70 talk, an olilcer Saul inls
'S rbaf I'VE been waiting thirty year,
!, a. The shooting down OF BLACK men
IN they were rabbits 60,
Tbe distorted. shattered and bloody
,'IlNs ~ our former enemies lie In two
~. In Legaspls principal street, TWO
.i',i,g warehouses glare and roar IN
w. SsTkness. and the American soldiers
wy s,nmbllng through the village
s working to get settled for the
I'm, s.h, Companies II, +, G., y and {
n Inc Forty seventh came back on the
usnroek from Manila TO Sorsogon' fot
."ryeyance from Sorsogon TO Legaspi
80 companies We're transferred TO the
ri steamers Venus and Castellano,
,.eomnanylng the expeditions as trans
rer,s ana late yesterday afternoon the
"a vessels conveyed by the Nashville
,i,h General Kobbe on board sailed
,,,n sorsogon Bay for Legaspi. Sorso-
en- 4 on the west and Legaspi on the
sast side Of the southern extremity OF
Iu,on Island. The run between the
40 ports is about 10 miles BY sea-
aoueh not more than ten miles over
snd So the insurgent soldiers who
sbsndoned Sorsogon to US three days
An have had ample time 10 come over
n Legaspi and swell the ranks OF the
nrrlson here, granting. Of course. that
hey aid not prefer the greater security
q the mountains.
INSPECTING A HOSTILE TOWN.
Early this morning ithe Venus, close.
II followed by the Castellano, with the
Nashville an hour and a half behind
Aen. steamed into Albay Bay and
aree miles of Legaspi waited for the
rrhip Legaspi, on the coast, and
lbay a mile and q half inland are at
y base Of the Mayou volcano, On
D. southern edge OF Legaspl and at
ef left, as the ships steam In, there
kas steep hill used as lookout sta
ton. Here can be seen. with the aid OF
strong glasses, a Filipino flag There
IN no flags over the warehouses OF the
pNn and these two facts point 10
nobabe resistance TO our landing. We
have heard that General Panan. Chi.
ness half caste commands here. ana
that he will fight. At 1:45 the Nash
vile passed us and steamed close into
be beach. She examined the shore
and from the Venus We could see o
hng line Of black sand trenches TO the
right Of the town, also between the
stone warehouse In the center Of the
village there were other trenches and
heavy stone walls. The trenches were
crowded with men, some with rifles and
Uniformed, others in white. They
watched the actions Of our vessels
closely, but no shot was fired on either
SIDE The Nashville's inspection Of
Lgaspi was long and careful.
The English gunboat Plover came In
behind Us. this morning, and followed
he Nashville close TO the beach. Her
Big white flag swung out in the breeze
telling those on shore she was not Of
our party, but merely neutral and in
active spectator
ORDERS TO LAND.
At s;4s the Nashville came alongside
The Venus and General Kobbe mega
phoned 10 Major shipton, commanding
The battalion on board, Move your
ship into the first wharf and land your
men
There is deep water OFF Legaspi. and
casting steamers can swing their
Stems into any Of the several bamboo
COCKS IN front OF the hemp warehouses.
bll The captain OF the Venus demurred.
ne had seen the trenches lined with
flpinos' he had seen galloping officers
ewing orders concentrating their sol
dlers into positions from which they
would have his vessel under a cross
IRE II he landed at the wharf, and he
explained that Il was impossible TO get
mo lhls dock with less than one hours
uacking and hauling; further, that his
VEN lines had TO be taken ashore and
made fest TO sand anchors well upon
NE beach; that his crew would be
shol 10 pieces II he attempted to land;
~ snort landing there and then was
wy OF the question.
heantime boat from the Plover had
eone 10 the Nashville and from there
y me beach Her mission was to re-
move any Engllshmen who might be In
ue .oNn nom the danger OF the threat
eneu nghting, There were two English
men men IN Legaspi, but the Fillpinos de-
.ilhed 10 allow them TO leave. Then
vac Powers boat returned and during
me subsequent fighting the English
s ~ remained half q mile out Of
Why THE CAPTAIN DEMURRED.
a.. Iaplaln Bradley. quartermaster cap
NJ M ~ me Hancock, was on board the
saihNllle With General Kobbe. lie was
AZ ~. % The Venus to learn why that
ny eid not back into the dock as d.
W,N'.d' The Spanish captain OF the
' 'snss again explained how long this
p..asuon would take and Captain
,salsy went back to the Nashville to
ny q, Prom him II was learned that
n. sulpinos had removed the plank
~ ~ me docks, leaving only the bam-
~ suihgers this thev had seen from
we Nashville
"a, S'oh captain BRADLEY returned. say
q 'nat The landing would be made a.
sShl about half a mile down the
all 70 the north OF Legaspl and
Sel 90 yards beyond the end OF the
lsnSiy, sahd lntrenchments: that this
tour party would advance into the
tks and mat the Nashville would shell
az ,h tneihy works In front OF our men
Thsy came along the beach.
t'vi,,. mere was much hustle and ac-
o, ~ vi board the Venus as details
fou ~, ~ sharpshooters from each OF the
owr \, tsompanles were loaded into our
boat ,fee available boats. and the two
HEN I, 80 over from the Nashville to
AMERICANS on SHORE
bossa I men embarked from our star
70 tbs , aa, The side Of the ship exposed |
dred ya eneulys trenches, only six hum
TplenSS,sat as away The enemy missed a
Ton 10 o opportunity to do grea, execu-