Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-01-20

tranapOrsaslOu 20 Oh 1ng mali regularly
The Planet 10 Rnxiously awaited
here. Every sintell ixsnt msr is snI-
ious to know of the trouble in,Georgis
and recognizes the fast that theiPLAN-
xy is the only psps " that will give it
as it il. wish WI ss there to 90 down
to Georgia and rspI 'esent the R-sANHr.
lam ours truly, :
SanFerna nde. Lpzon, ?. 1.
Special $3.50 P. n. It is 'xumored
thas one ecompsBg OF, the Path twss cap
tured while outscourting this PM.
Later-Wounded SOLDIERS gong down
confirm the report.
Sergeant ] James Il. Ligatfoot. 90. K
desires to let his parents at Mitchell
Station, Culpepper' Co, Va, know
th &C he is we'll and hearty. He desires
the PLANET asa m,sdiun because his
letters TO them have not been s1susr-
ed
RAMBAE. p. L, Nov. OATH, 9a.
Editor of,the Richmond PLAsEr,
RichnondS Va,
Sir=-Bnclosed please fiBd the cap
ture of O'Dennell or the Twenty-dfth's o
all nisht march. which please publish
with best wishes of the Regiment. The
25th Izfsntry Ccolore d. foot sose::ten
weary arrived IN Bamban on Thursday,
Nov. lssh, and went immediately TO
quarters where 'a~-znuch needed and
welcome rest Was had. Next morn
ing the sun shown bright aud the boys
tired of their trudging she dsy before
took advantage OF their lag of by-ad"
miring the beautiful mountain scenery
Mount Arayat arose from the sugar
cane elsd prairie like q mighty giant,
slad in ita great loftiness presepting @
handsome Ratxral study. Every one
was delighted and wondering hSw far
was the mountain when the cry went
up thst party OF armed insurgents
had been captured ,snd were being
brought in
We turned in thine to see them be-
ing escorted into the presence or the
COLONEL. The party. consisted of an
insurgent captain, his wife and ten
men OF his company. They we're arm
ed with ten Remington rifies, which
were turned over 20 Colonel Burt whe
in turn paid them the baurty, $3.50 90
i Mexican moaey. The bsunty ordi-
l.aance is $40 per piece. Upon being in
I.terviewed Capt. Fernando said that he
had come from O'Donnell, o mountain
town of great strategic and natural i'm
portance to AgHinAldo.
OFFERED TO LEAD THEN.
DepositiDg his money with, and je-
slowing his wife to the care of the
Colonel, he offered to lead the Regi-
ment. After such an outburst of sim
ccritS the Colonel decided to try him
SO companies B, Lit. Martin r. Cspt.
alright; K. 1t. Bates, comprising the
2nd Battalion present, with two days.
rations, under command Of Capt. Leon-
haeuEer, were ordered to be ready TO
move of at dark, with little or no cere-
monY the column got OF at 80 p. ID.
taking bee-line for the great western
chain of mountains that parallel the
west coast of the island of Luzon. We
were soon in the foothills and after
crossing few streams we slowly but
surely began the ascent OF the noun
tains.
The scene was grand and the night
was beautiful. The moon shone bril-
| liantlY, casting out flood of mellow
light which shone out in bold relief
against the silvery clouds that formed
/ the background. We were first on a
mount and then in the valley and fin
ally we made the ascent and crossed
the East range of this great system OF
mountains and were now going down 8
path which Kan through field of sn-
gar cane. The tall cane almost inter
locked our heads forming q natural
archway. This path terminated abb
ruptly at wide swift flowing stream
which Lit. Schuck after much difficulty
found q fording through which the
dark column weded, filing sileAtly up
the hill which led to the heights over
looking O'Donnel an objective point.
CAPTURED THE TOWN.
Here we rested and formed skirm-
ishes. All being ready, forward was
the command and onward the column
moved. An outpost was found captur-