The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-25
IN SOUTHERN LUZON.
Mail Account of Operations Beginning
with the Year.

with the Year.
WASHINGTON, April A.-The military
situation in the Philippines. as shown by
the latest mail advices received at the War
Department, is summarized in the follow
ing statement, which was made public to-
day at the department:
ION the 1st of January. 1900. the insur-
rection in the part of Luzon embracing
the province of Manila and the provinces 10
the north of it had collapsed to the extent
that organized resistance to American con-
troll had virtually ceased. A different state
of affairs existed in Cavite, Batangas,
Laguna and Tayabas, the provinces lying
Immediately south of Manila. In this ter
ritory the richest and most populous of the
island, the birthplace of Aguinaldo and
the rebellion, the insurgent troops were
still intact. had in fact been strengthened
by accesssions from the north, and as re-
CARDS equipment, discipline and cohesion
were equal, If not superior. to any that
had been raised in support of the insurgent
cause. General Otis committed the task of
the destruction or dispersion of the forces
within this district to two expeditionary
brigades, commanded respectively by
Brigadier Generals Wheaton and Schwan
In and about the two towns of Bacoor and
linus, in northern Cavite, there were, and
long had been, insurgent bodies of consid-
cradle size, some of which had actually
beSieged our garrisons i'm those towns.
These insurgent bodies General Wheaton's
attacked
on Jan. last.
Further disintegration of the remnants
OF this force-givng ii, so to speak, the
coup de grace'-of supressing the insur-
gent troops i'm the remainer of four prov
iEces, and of restoring if practicable,
peace and order therein, fell to the lot of
General Schwan's brigade. In the course
of its campaign his troops covered six
hundred and fifty miles, fought thirty three
ccmbats and established permanent garri-
sons In twenty-one towns within this dis
trict. 1t set out on Jan. and it's work was
practically finished on Feb. s. Not that all
trary, our troops have had, and still have,
frequent conflicts with the robber bands
that were formed from the disintergrated
insurgent military organizations and who
emerge periodically from their hiding
places in mountains and thickets to pounce
on inadequately guarded wagon trains and
small parties. But concert OF ac-
ton cooperation a
very limited scale was ended on the latter
date; the control exercised by the insur-
gent leaders, except over their small i'm
mediate following was mnimized. and their
power for mischief materially reduced, IL
not wholly broken.
I'm the principal towns or centers of
trade and municipal governments military
forces, generally battalions. have been
placed. These forces operate within their
several spheres under their majors, for the
most part energetic young officers hold
ing lesser rank in the regulars, and when
ever necessary cO-OpeFdte unOer tn6lr
colonies. for the battanons of a regiment
are grouped in neighboring places.
ION the whole the outlook for the paci-
fication of this district and other parts of
I.uzon is favorable. In their conflicts with
our troops the Ladrones are universally
worsted. Their defeats will become more
and more serious as our troops gain the
confidence of the intelligent and property
owning class; and when the latter become
unwilling to submit our troops to their re-
treats, their doom will be sealed. To ac-
complish this object may take time and il
is possible some of the robber bands may
be able to maintain themselves during the
coming wet season, but their eventual de-
struction is regarded as certain"