The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-19
THE CAMPAIGN IN LUzoN.
General Otis Makes IA Detailed Re
port TO Secretary Root.

port TO Secretary Root.
General Otis cabIed the War Department
today Of important movements Of several
Of the divisions Of troops luder his com
mand in all battles the Insurgents were
defeated. Numbers Of prisoners were
captured, large quantities OF stores. am
munition. ard rifles taken. and a lot OF
Spanish prisoners we're released.
General Macarthur had 1hirty-fye rifles
surrendered 20 him at Florida Blanca. Col
oneI McRae captured three nsurgent Off
GERS and the wife of general Mescardo
at Mauibang and at Calarag he captared
ten insurgents. burned Their barracks. and
seven tons Of rice
The Thirty fourth Infantry surprised the
insurgents near san Jose and captured
lot OF live stock and six rifles. Colonel
Van Hcrn. Of the Seventeenth Infantry.
found a band Of robbers a. santa Cruz.
and in a hot fgh, killed seventeen and
wounded i've. capturing a l0t OF guns and
prisoners.
Colonel NlcRae charged @ strong position
at West Mabalacsr billing a Tagal lieu
tenant and four p-ivatss and capturing
the stronghold. captain. aad Jhir,y-aYe
rifles and ammunition.
General SchNan's layalT- is preparing 20
move eastward. from B,--teas. He has
released six Spanish ca- rs ff-y-fOur
privates. four civil employee, and eleven
friars, who were held Cy ae Insurgents.
Two hundred Spanish a.isoue-s have
reached Manila from .Cala-bl.
General Young. who hae ret been heard
from for some time. mas srlved at Vigan,
and ne reports a number OF Success mi
skirmishcs with the insurgents in the
mountains. General HuEhe- has cross ed
from The west coast OF Pauay 10 the An
tique River, where be foucd the insur-
gents. Re captured q rided cannon and
NordenfeliJ machine gun and pursued the
insurgents for some distance Only one OF
his men was wounded. The enemy lost
heavily
The heat is very oppressive. and the
soldiers are suffering from the hard CAM
uaign. General Ous dispatches follow
Macarthur rcpc.ts 18th instant that tAir,y-fve
rsls surrendered 90 Florida Blaues; that 90 N,ni-
haug, NcKae, THigd Infantry e1Ptarld three in
SIrgeuf CftCgrS. wife o. General NC~Cardo. com
siderable insurgeHt property ara liberated three
spanish prisoners, that 40 OI-TraE. captured ten
Insurgents. burned seven tons ~ nee, aud fr-gg-
gent barracks, that Sullivan, Ilirtv-fofrth In
t4Utry. near san jose sI-ptisc' lurlr.tuf force.
captured SIX rifles and considerable live gtuts-
that Lieutenant Noule, Third lufaurry. captured
near Malolo> one officer. twenty five mon. and SIX
-iGcs. that Van Horn. Seventeenth Infantry.
struck La5r0UeS ~ Santa Cruz, killed seventeen.
wounded five, captured thirteen and nine rifles;
Macarthur reports 18th instant strong MOUNTED q
position wcsI Natalacat, occupied bv General
kizuu and nifty men, captured yesterday hy No
Rae. Third Infantry. enemy left Ieuteuar. and
/ four dead men In trenches; N,Rae captured cap
:ain. one man, one lgndled and thirty rifles. sew
[ ersl thousand rounds Of amuLnitiCn. destroyed
arsenal. quantity Of rice. casualties one man
wounded. Bates reports that Schwau's column
cavalry ryhttiug at B4tangas, tJ move eastward on
18th. infantry now moving in that direction. enc
my retiring suffering loss in men and property.
our casualties few. mostly slight wounds. that
I portion MHcaJuH's troops VIII enter Lcmcry and
Iadl tomorrow, now meeting opposition in noun
I taiue which impedcs march SIX officers. ffrv-
/ -four enlisted men, four civil employees, eleven
friars. all Spanish prisoners released 10y Schwan
hundred reached Marila day before. via Calsmba .
Young at Nigan .cPortS number successful skirm-
/ ishes in mountains with remnants iusurgcnt or
ganization and robhe bands. with slight casualties
among his troops; hObbe expedition Randolph
/ Light battery, Forty-third and Forty-scventh In
/ faHtry conveyed 10y navy vessels Helena and
/ Nashville sailed for Alhay province and Samtar
/ and Leyte Islands Yesterday
Hughes reports from San JOE De Buena Vista,
western coast PaLIy. that crossed mountains
northwesjeTly direct ron from sen Joaquin South
| ern Panay. 18th. struck enemy crossing Antique
( River, capturing rihed cannon and NOrdenfeldt.
/ pursued insurgents through Antique, Egana and
Sibalom their capital and marched to san jose.
casualties one wounded; enemy Ices considerable;
| entire population fed 20 mountains; heat op-
prcssive OTIS.