The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-24

= The War Department has given out the
report of operations of Brig. Gen. S. b.
81 Young, commanding a provisional cav
Airy brigade. which was composed at va
fious times OF portions of the Fifth and
Fourth Cavalry, the Macabebe Battalion
of native scouts. the Twenty second,
Twenty-fourth. Thirty-third, Thirty
fourth. and Thirty-seventh Infantry, be-
tween October IL. 1899, and January l,
1900. in northern Luzon, during which he
rode entirely around the opposing forces OF
Macarthur and Aguinaldo, breaking up the
boosted "invincible army" of insurgents
into small detachments, and thus enabling
Macarthur to move forward without Sc
rious opposition. The report is quite
lengthy, but the following is a resume. 1t
says:
1.-THE date from which the more interest
ing of these operations began is the 9Th
Of October, 1899, when General Young re-
turned from Manila after a conference with
Generals Otis and Lawton and rejoined his
command at San Fernando, Pampanga. At
that time General MacArthurs advance
post was at Angeles a point on the Ma
Mia and Dagupan Railroad about fifty
miles from Manila. where he had two troops
of the Fourth Cavalry. Light Battery Z,
First Artillery, and the Thirty second In
fantry. The Twenty-second was at Can
daba, the Third at Baliuag, and detach-
ment AT Calumpit; Wheeler with the First
Brigade was below Angeles. and Grant
with the Second Brigade at San Fernando.
The insurgents were scattered between the
Pampanga River and the railway, Aguin-
aldo with the insurgent Government being
at Tarlac. Young at San Fernando had
been intrusted with protecting the right
and rear of Macarthur, but he now pulled
out with Major Balances battalion OF the
Twenty second, the Macabebe scouts I'M
der Batson, and loves scouts under Cast
ner. moving up the east bank OF the Pam
panga. Two battalions of the Twenty
fourth the Mounted Battery, and the In
mounted Squadron of the Fourth Cavalry,
were at Mexico. but on the 18th they NOV
ed to Santa Ana the objective being the
capture or disintegratiOn Of Aguinaldos
army. the release OF the Spanish prisoners
known to be with him. and the possible
recapture Of Lieutenant Gilmore, Of the
Navy, and his party.
Storming Arayat.
Early on the morning Of the 18th Lieu
tenant Colonel Keller, with one battalion
Of the Twenty fourth Infantry. rushed the
insurgents works before Arayat, and by
of the city. This point, a town OF some
Is, 900 people ten miles east of BacoloT
point on the railway about fifty miles
north northeast Of Manila. was made q
base OF operations and the command re-
organized. being Joined by Balance and
Baldwin with their battalions of the Twen-
ty-second and an engineer detachment IN
der Lieutenant Cakes. San Pedro Maya
lang was taken on the 18th and later in
the day. Batson, with two companies OF
Macabebes. who had marched up the left
bank Of the river from Calumpit, Joined
the command. Cabiao. a town of some
10000 on the PamPanga, was the next OBJ
jective. and between Arayat and that point
the insurgents were strongly entrenched
The first fight was at Libutad, where a
front attack was made on the enemy's
position, which had been strengthened by
breastwOrks and a well-constructed block
house, and where a stubborn resistance
was made but the town was captured
without serious resistance and was en-
tered by Balances column about $50 in
the morning. In the afternoon of the same
day Balance moved forward on the road
TO San Isidro- At San Fernando. about
two miles out from Cabiao. the insurgents
were found TO be entrenched on both sides
of the river. A brisk fire was opened
on the column from both hanks, but they
were driven from the entertainments with
out loss, and San Fernando was entered
that afternoon.
THE overwhelming defeat OF the insur-
gents at Libutad and San Fernando and
the capture Of so large number OF them
al the very beginning Of the advance
seemed to have a marked influence in
disheartening them. so that little opposi-
ton was encountered until reaching the
works In front Of San Isidro. Hayes,