The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-12
THE LATEST FROM
THE PHILIPPINES
Force and Diplomacy at Work
to Bring the War to
an End.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The following
cablegram has been received at the War
Department:
MANILA, Oct. 4.-Adjutant General,
Washington: First infantry to Marin
duque October 9Th, on Summer: General
Hare to command island with others to
push operations until instruction is
stamped out absolutely. He will have
twelve full companies of infantry for the
purpose. Anderson's first operations de-
veloped nothing. No reports since Octo-
Der %. MACARTHUR"
The above dispatch relates to reinforce
ments sent to the Island of Martinique.
with Captain Shields and fifty-one men
of the Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry.
were reported captured by the insurgents.
AT that time General Macarthur sent Col
onel Anderson and two companies Of the
Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry with
the Yorktown and two gunboats to the re-
lief of Shields and his command IL they
were still alive.
MANILA, Oct. 4-The new Philippine
Commission today appropriated $4,000
(Mexican) for the payment of sundry ex-
penses incurred by the military for the
benefit of the insular government during
September and also donated 81, 500 (Mexi-
CAM to the widow of the loyal and eff
Gent Filipino president of the town of
Santa Cruz, who was revengefully MUIR
dered by the insurgents. The purpose is
IL show the United States Governments
ib tention to protect its friends and faith
full servants, the Iloilos of Panay Island
| and the civil government.
Monday night, October 1st the rebels
killed Lieut.. Max Wagner of the Twenty
sixth Regiment of Volunteer Infantry
near Pavia, Island of Panay
detachment of the Forty-fourth Reg
iment at Bohol Island, one of the Visayan
group, has encountered force of the en-
envy, killing thirty of them. One Ameri-
lean wa5 killed.
WASHINGTON, Oct Ain accordance
with Instructions received from the War
Department, Gen. Macarthur, command
ing the troops in the Philippines, has
made arrangements for the prompt trans
portation from ] aku to Manila of the
United States forces at Tien-Tsin and Pc
king not included in the Legation guard"
to be maintained at Peking under the per-
sonal command of Gen. Chaffee. Nearly
1900 troops are to be withdrawn immedl
ately from Chinese territory and trans
ferred to the Philippines. -Four large
transports have been assigned to the
work of transporting the troops from
-Taku to Manila. These are the Warrea
with capacity of 100: the Sumner, with
a capacity of 40: the Indiana, with ca
pacity of 900. and the Garonne, with ca
pacity of $50.
Word was received at the War Depart
ment today that the Indiana has sales
from Manila to Taku. The other threo
transports are esther at the Chinese poN
O.. in the immediate vicinity. There are
also two or three large freight !. boa0
available for the transportation OF tns
heavy arms and artillery and the horses
and equipment of the cavalry and infan-
try.
/ WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-Don Jose
Abreu, yonng Filipino. who is gong 20
attend the Columbia Law School In Ne"
York and study American insueusloi.s !
. We ~ the wa Department today with
, letters of introduction to the Secretary
~ war Adiutant General Corhfn, ana
other prominent men OF Washington. ne
saws the present Filipino insurrection L
great mistake.