The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21

thu next day. BY this means the army
WAS kent On the NOV. and fully supplied
until the railroad could b" repaired.
Guarding Trains.
The first two days one battalion Of our
regiment MAS the guard for the train. hG;
on tn" third cay Captain Peed. with COM
p"ny ana twenty-five men from! Com
pauE T.. H. command uf Lieutenant ellis
ne, constituted IN. guard. In guarding
tt"Se teams. twenty five men constitute tho
advance guard. marching about 200 yards in
atNanC" ~ the train, with a CONNECTING file
81 soldiers marching at a distance OF about
w "ntN PAGES from each Other between the
advance guard and tn. main column. tn"
main column marches in single tile on each
size the bull train 1t an mteTv.l of len
PAGES. between each man, while the rear
guard with the same formation Of that
Of ihc advance guard reversed. with
about twelve mon, marches about Iv0 yard,
III the rear.
Al about : O'clock p. M. on November
u. orders wc:e issued for Company & TO
proceed TO CaluluI. Company l. TO Mexico.
Company - to 81. Ans. and Companies b.
N and VI 10 san Fernando. to garrison
those points ami relieve such Of he TWEEN
jy-iifth Infantry a. were on duty at thoS.
places. COmpani"s l. and I are in
Of Major CabelI. with headquarters al Mex
leo. The three companies At San Fernando
are in command vi Lieutenant Colonel
StTotner. while Captain Henry A. Reed IL
in command of the post AT CalGlu-.
At 10 o'clock in the morning | arrived
h"ra with my company. and relieved Com
pauy = of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. The
btNN - situated one lllle east bi tls ran
road. seven miles south Of Angeles, and
surrounded by large plantations of sugar
can" ana rice. The town contained a pop
u!Ition of probably l.JD inhabitants befJr"
II wa occupied 10y the Americans. IL HOW
has a population Of four or fiV. hundred
natives. who have returned to their homes
and every day adds to this number. and
many who have not yet returned have an
Piled for PERMISSION to 10 so. Many II
the Weather class Of natives remained in
III" American line when the arm advanced.
generally seeking refuge in san F.-u1uIl
some eight miles south. The other mdle
residents. constituting much the largest
number. it Is my belief. based on the best
obJaiiabl" evidence, were with the inSur-
or IND wen from our arms IN remote local
itioS No organized inSurgcnt fore. is
known TO b" in this vicinity. though thee
~ a force. variously estimated AZ from ~
I" l,"'. with headquarters n San Pedro.
ten miles distant at the foot Of Mount
Ar1vat. Several small bands. NUMBERING
from twenty To fifty. have been sometimes
heard of, but so far have not been come
UP with.
About two weeks ago an effort was madr
to trap one OF these bands. The cnmmla9-
ing officer here received word lha; a meet
!HE had been held the night before. n .
sugar mill two and A half ISii-I from hoe.
at which there were prcSCn. thirty rife
and twenty bulo -1en. This Information was
Immediately telcgraphcd General Grant,
commanding at Angeles. In ih- afternoon
Lieutenant Weaver mad" Z r""lnnD.-gt nCc
!, force in the vicinity of III sY.lr mill.
but without discovering III ar-senr' -: IL,
enemy. Al 9 o'clock that nielI' Colonel S:rli.
arrived from Angeles with ~" men. al a..
same time an OUTPOST rne-thirl II "a u.Ili
this side of tn. railroad. on The road ie2i-
ing to town. was fired upon. The pa.Tal
sent 10 the relief Of the outpost failing L.
develop tn" enerE. Colonel trll-'s r,H
marched TO Town. just a. II arrived ar
HEADQUARTERS. signal lights yer" ."nt ~
from the Vicinity OF the sugar mill.
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