New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

| contact with our troops had not diminished but
| had increased, rather, the efforts of insursehI
| leaders.
MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Early in October the military campaign
opened in earnest. and Generals Lawton, Mac
Arthur, Young and Wheaton rapidly advanced
their respective commands into the enemy S
| country. Although heavy rains which made the
! roads impossible for wheel transportation ana
! artillery and the streams unfordable. retarded
! the movements, the troops pushed forward
! wet and often hungry, but always cheer1ui.
! There was an action or n skirrnish MS often as
| the insurgents made stand, but they were
| kept on the Aguinaldo abandoned ms
capital" of Tarlac, and his seat of government
became an ambuatory one. Within the next
four or five months his forces were dispersed
and he was fugitive, hiding in the mountains
and forests OF Northern Luzon. Many pages OF
General OtiG's report are filed with the records
OF these operations and every one of them
illustrates the energy. bravery and fortitude OF
the American soldier under most trying condi-
tiOns. After copious citations of telegraphic re-
ports from the commanders of the various col
umns. the record of General Young's winter
pursuit of Aguinaldo is presented. The dis
patches are full and most interesting. After
quoting a number OF them, General Otis con-
tinues:
from many which passed. indicate sufficiently
the nature and difficulties of this northern cam
paign which General Young conducted WINE
driving the force with Aguinaldo to the north
eastward, he hastened up the coast to nberatc
the Spanish and American prisoners who had
been sent by the enemy into that region during
several preceding months. where they were re-
tanned under Tagalo supervision. His troops
liberated more than three thousand of them,
following relentlessly all armed bodies ana de-
taChnents by which they guarded. The
Importance which the insurgents attached to
the retention of them may be understood from
the captured instructions sent 10 one OF Cnelr
chief officers November 10 from Tarlac
which are as follows
s r0d enemy to Ohf take T@
to.daV Think thev cannot break through Take
care OF our prisoners for therein lies our great
eS9g @ & Win aS a. sd fpe ifbdrew greatly S:s
Russia. Germany and Spain is q fact Before De
there is sympathy for our American Demo
Gratis already in our favor They are sure of Bry-
The secure holding of the imprisoned friars
likewise deemed most important. Three
hundred of them were collected in the Benguet
and Abra provinces and in the valley of the
Cagayan and through them the insurgents eX-
pected to extort favorable action from the Ro-
man Catholic Church authorities. The loss of
all these prisoners at this time was a great blow
to the aspirations and expectations of Agui-
naldo and his adherents, for they had for several
months been conducting negotiations with Spain
having in view a general release, but their de-
mandS eXOrbitant, extending TO the OInClal
recognition of their so-caed government and
the payment of q very large sum of money.
To these negotiations allusion is made in the
statement contained in the above cited tele-
gram that Spanish Commissioners try TO de-
ceive US etc.
A review of the telegraphic dispatches which
we have presented shows that the difficulties ex-
perienced by General Young's troops increased
greatly after they entered these northwestern
provinces because of the efforts Of the Tagalo
chiefs to incite the inhabitants to active hos
tility by every possible artifice. appealing to
their creed sUperstitions and race pre1udlces,
and by ruthlessly enforcing the demands whlch
they made upon them through robbery ana
murder. The dispatches show that our men
were gladly received by the mass or the people
upon entering the provinces that later por-
tion of the people under insurgent impressment
contributed in men and money to drive the
Americans out. and finally that the great ma
jority, gaining confidence united with our
troops to destroy the Tagalos and the robber
bands which they directed.
AMERICAN PRISONERS SHOT.
How the insurgents treated American pris-
oners is indicated in a report of General F. D.
Grant to General Macarthur. who transmitted
it to General Otis at Manila. under date of
January g. 1900 An extract from the report
reads follows:
General Grant reports that the five recaptured
American prisoners were placed in line, made
to kneel down, fired upon twice and then
boloed. This done at Camansi, just before
troops took the place, and General Grant
remarks that 1t was evidently ordered by Aquina.
The men recaptured were as follows: Com
missary Sergeant Christian Peterson, 18th In
fantry. wounded right thigh severe; Private
Edward H. Norvell. cook Company B. 10Th In
fantry, wounded left thigh and right groin,
| Infantry. wounded right leg and chest severe;
| Private Bown, Company B, 9th Infantry
| killed; Private c. c. Cook. Company B, 9th In
| fantry killed.
This occurred almost exactly year after the
| date Of Aguinaldo's instructions" for the cap
| ture Of Manila the last paragraph OF which ad-
monished his followers 'to treat well the prison
| ers and grant life to those OF the enemy who
| surrender"
HOPING FOR BRYANS ELECTION
A considerable portion of the report consists
Of reproductions of and extracts from proclama-
| tions and addresses issued by Aguinaldo and
members OF his Cabinet" In these documents
the services rendered to the insurgent cause by
its sympathizers in the United States are fire.
quently referred to in appreciative and grateful
terms. Aguinaldo and his cutthroat followers
had received assurances that American Demo-
| Gratis were already in their favor and that the
latter were sure Of Bryans triumph next cleo
ton On July B, 1890. Aguinaldo appointed a
resident OF Manila Chinese mestizo. his sole
and legitimate re representatives In that city, to
whom vas sent official communication from
which the following is an extract:
The news notices from abroad cannot be more
grateful and satisfactory for our cause letter
mas peen received from Seflor Regidor and in II
TINS notable compatriot tells US that it will be
stupidity on our part in these supreme moments
10 restrain the warlike spirit of our indepen-
oence after our people have favorablv Influenced
the opinion Of the press, of the renowned dipIo-
mats OF Europe and of America itself in defence
of our position. and that the recognition of onr
lndependence is an assured fact If we maintain
lhls attitude CT activity and energy
On June q 1890 Pedro Palermo q roa~obo- 20