The suburban citizen., 1900-11-24
MARTHUR PUSHES WAR
FilipinOs Also Recruiting for an Active
Campaign.
STONG EXPEDITION SENT TO SAMAR
Gen. Hare Intrusted with Command Of Forces
Sent to Oyerrun the Island and Capture the
Insnrgent Leader..Gen, Grant Has Sharp
Engagement with the Enemy Forty Miles
North OF ManlIa.

Engagement with the Enemy Forty Miles
North Of ManlIa.
Manila (By cable).-(hrst uncensor-
ed news by cablegram since the Amer
lean Occupation) Last week witness
ed a very considerable Increase in
rebel and American activity in the
field. Many skirmishes occurred and
several small engagements in Northern
and Southern Luzon. The termination
OF the rains permits resumption OF
operations on both sides.
The Americans are undertaking
series Of aggressive movements against
the insurgents, notably upon the island
OF Samar, against Gen. Lukban, whose
forces hold the entire island with the
exception Of three coast towns, each
Of which is garrisoned by two com
panies of the Twenty-ninth Infantry
and a platoon Of artillery.
The rebels are continually shooting
into the garrisoned towns, and our
forces have not been sufficient to re-
tallate effectively. Commerce in Samar
has been at a standstill, and most
OF the influential inhabitants have de-
parted. Gen. Hare has arrived there
with 250 men. He will bring eight
companies Of the Second Infantry from
the island OF Martinique, as they may
be needed, and will proceed energet-
cRlly to crush Gen. Lukban. Mean
while United States gunb0ats will pa
troll the coast to prevent the escape OF
the insurgent leader. Lukban still
holds three members Of the Forty
third Regiment prisoners.
The rifles which the party OF Can't
Devereaux Shields, OF Company +,
Twenty-ninth Volunteer Infantry, lost
last September in Martinique, at the
time Of the capture, have not yet been
recovered from the Fll!pnOs. All the
Martinique garrisons are being con-
tinued.
The Fourteenth Infantry which re-
Gently arrived from China, will relieve
the Twenty-first Infantry from duty in
Manila, and the Twenty-first will re-
lieve the Thirty-elghth Infantry in
Southern Luzon, the Thirty eighth In
fantry proceeding to the island Of
Panay to re-enforce the troops there.
The Twenty-eighth Infantry will re-
enforce the garrisons in the island Of
Mindanao, particularly at Kagayan,
where an armed truce between the
for months past.
Gen. Wheaton, commanding in the
department of Northern Luzon, Is
sending re-enforcements to Gen.
Young's provinces, where the natives,
under Gen. Tlnyo and Agllpay, the ex-
communica Filipino priest, ale
showing signs of restlessness, desert
ing the domiciles they have occupied
during the rainy season. and Joining,
under compulsion of fear, the insur-
gents in the mountains.
Notable among the weeks engage
ments was Gen. Grants advance with
Maccabebee and American scouts, upon
a rebel stronghold thirty-fve miles
north OF Manila which was defended
by 200 insurgents armed with rifles.
After skirmlshing and fighting for the
greater part OF a day and night the
enemy was dislodged from the noun
tain fastness and immense quantities
OF rice and stores with considerable
ammunition were destroyed. Fifty
Fillpinos were killed and many others
wounded. The insurgents carried off
their dead. The American losses were
eleven privates and one officer wound
ed and one Maccabebee killed.
Lieut.. Frederick w. Alstaetter, Of
the engineers, who was captured by the
insurgents in Luzon last September,
has sent, with the permission of his
captors, letter to Manila asking for
food, money, and clothing, which will
be forwarded to him by a native run
ner. His health is broken and his re-
lease prOblematlcal.
Gen. Macarthur has gone to Subig
Bay with Admiral Remey on the
United States cruiser Brooklyn, for
the purpose Of examining the locality.
1t is probable that 1900 marines, now
in Philippine waters, will be used to
relieve certain army posts rendering
the relieved soldiers available for other
and more urgent duties.
Although news and commercial mes
sages between Manila and points In
America and Europe are not subject to
censorship all messages between the
Philippines and the Orient are censored
as eretofore,