The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
THE MACABEBE SCOUTS.
INCiE SIu'> NEW IiGHTERS ~ IA
p~HIIIpPINEs,
They Ar. Brave, Good soldiers nhd isp"'
cinily Hnt.rs ~ the TagaloRs oid scores
Avenged by the Natives ind'r LIEUT.
Ent,un- Beginning Of ioung's March

cinlIy IIat.rs or the TagaloRs- ND scores
Avenged by ~. Natives tnd"r Lieut.
Eat.on-B~eginning ~ iouug's March.
MANILA. Nov -. ON the night 81 oct II, 10y
the light Of the moon, Capt u &, ballhi'e' III
commnnd of CompGuirs \, I, l. and u OF the 9
T. second Infantry took his mrn actosS TIE iHu
Granlc At Araynl, m buncncs 81 hity, transported
his collection Il n dozen ~ 50 buffalo ratt9 loaded
with ammunition and supplies 10 the other slde'
passed The camp " Ba,s"ns Mhcah'bH ana
marched down the road three miles The Maca'
bebcs shook ,hcnsl,r, out u their rap at mid
night. sllc ny fell in and pa'ucrrl ~ down 'hc
road IN Their bare feet These operations looked
small and unimportant a rcconnoiaSanc" r.
discover the strength ui the enemy, some one
remarked. But NJ. Ihr enemy had been recon
roiltcd In a few quiet expeditions q night ~ TWO
before Thi, was nothing less than the adNa ace
81 lnw,on'S column from Araya'. Gen Young
believes little In mArsnalllng his forces IN battle
array, and starting forward amid the blowing OF
buglc calls 10 rout such an enemy as VI" fiipinoS
have proved Themselves h. BE- ON occasions with
ont number in these operations In Lu'on VIM"
supplies were still Swinging into Arnyat and
things seemed h. b. IN about rs great confusion
~ they could possibly be-. balance ana Bdt'oh
wee ordered 20 walk forth and clear the ROAD,
The MacabebcS struck of silently into . trail
which they themselves had previously selected
Intending to reach 40 dayliShta point directly III
tho rear Of the trenches they knew existed al the
barrio Of I.lb,ftad, about six miles up the river
The Twenty second Infantry battalion was 20 push
forward at daylight AMI attack the entrenchmrn'S
from the front LoWr'S scouts, n band Of seventy
plainsmcn. good shots detailed from various regi
mcnts and some thirty Tagalogs who saw ser
vice with the Spanish army were 70 move aionS
on the OppoSi'e side 4 the river md prevent n re-
,.o., , ,no i,.u,ro,. lac svi,rip~ The whole
"'''" Wv ~ 81
scheme was frustrated by lhe ltCl thH' 'W' N'd'a
b~h,s missed their intended trail and found them
,a,,. -, J,,rrn, .,,.-,d T., ,dv,rc, directly an
s'N'N Nv ""s"N'' '"'~'"
inc fllnlh"N rhlrrh'lh'hlN hH' 'h' 'H'""'
tance gave the Macabpb "a q chance 10 show their
nr'uT' nv "'.' ~ ] ~ We, ~,
effort and tnclt debut N- lighters IN conjunction
with American tr.,p. Tn t. this time they had
a, mai, ,n,,.,,,s , ,iyht cx n,diti,rs ont
from the town Of Nacabrh", their hom" city.
Finding i, inp,s,ihlc 10 rr, 10 the rear ~ Libcr.
-, 80, ,.
TAI without url'U"n l''H' h"'N'' N"""E has
swarthy litllr onfrycS into sklrmlNh Inc ana ~
,le,ed nj, ,d,arro m,,u tho ulncr He NAV have
-, g.. ,., 49,. =, ..a,
had ms UlSglNlNEN hl lHSl' iW' 'leN NcI' N""l
dlsuelled when he saw his SkirmiSh line 90 swiftly
t,,wo,J cr,,rir- and an ,hc ,lcr, The rebels
I''""'' - "'' "
broke III" stiffness Oh the gray dawn by a 'olIry.
Click, went the chambers II the Nacabchcs'> car
hir.s ,,l 10, , ,,,,. - ,,,. -iv, avid ,sLc rncre
10 49,
was no Inclination 10 ialI ha'h' mn on the "'N'r
-, ~, .,,, g., r,,.l l,.h nr,o-l H.,
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