Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-05-17
ARMY AND NAVY.
UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES.
1t is again reported that Cables will
shortly surrender. The remnants of
Ilnlo's army are surrendering.
Ascore of insurrectionists fired on the
town of Batangos, P. 1. No casualties
were reported. The few outlaws re-
naming in the province have been
nearly pacified.
Captain Edward H. Plummer, Tenth
Infantry, late Colonel of the Thirty
fifth Volunteers, has been reappointed
aid-de-camp to Major-G General Shafter,
a position he filled before his departure
for the Philippines.
The Commission touched at Marin
duque and fulfilled the pledge made
tnat II the insurgents surrendered mu-
inequalities would be organized and a
separate provisional government estab-
llshed at Martinique. A native was
appointed Governor.
General Sumner has returned to Ma
Mia with his column of 900 men, which
proceeded against the rebels in central
and eastern Luzon. He struck the
camp of the outlaw General Cables
three times, burned his outfit and scat
tered his forces to the mountains
The transports Indiana, Pakling and
LenoX sailed from Manila on the 10Th
ult. for Taku, and the transport Sumner
will sail for the same port in few DAYS.
These vessels will carry General Chat
fees army from China to the Philip
pines.
The Commission has established a
government at Sorsong, at the southern
end of the island of Luzon, and has ap-
pointed Captain J. G. Livingston of
New York Governor and Captain E. W.
Terry of the Forty-seventh Regiment
Treasurer. The conditions at Sorsong
are regarded as remarkable.
An order issued by the War Depart
ment hOnorably discharges a number
of volunteer officers. Among them are
MajOr-Generals Shafter and Wood and
Brigadier- Generals Barry and Barber,
to take effect on June 30th; Brigadier-
Generals Whiteside, Bell, Bird, Hare
Long, Balance and Bliss, to take effect
June Goth.
The men of the Thirty-ninth Volun-
teer Infantry became plain citizens May
9th, after three years of active army
service. When the final roll was called
forty-three officers and 7OS enlisted men
answered to their names. The muster
ing out ceremony took place at the
Presidio. The regiment was organized
at Fort Crook. Neb., but forty-seven
States and Territories were represented
in its ranks. While in the Philippines
the regiment distinguished itself by its
good work in the campaign that pre-
pared Southern Luzon for effective occu-
patton and pacification.
After careful consideration of the
situation the Administration has de-
cided to reduce the army in the Philip
pines to 10000. The opinion prevails
here that this plumber will be ample for
the present needs of the service in the
islands, and if conditions continue to
improve in the satisfactory manner
that has been shown in the past few
months the force may be reduced still
further. The expectation of the War
Department is that all of the volunteers
now in the Philippines will have left
the islands by the end of June, leaving
only the regulars on duty there. Fol-
lowing the departure of volunteers will
Manila in 1898, just after the outbreak
of the war, and their movement home
will continue until the force is reduced
to approximately 10000 men.
CHINA.
Districts along the line of march of
German troops returning from the west
have been largely deserted by the in
habitants.
A Russian lieutenant was shot dead
by German soldier during fracas on
the Taku road. The German fired in
self-defense, the Russian having struck
him with dirk.
The statement that the total indem-
nifty to be demanded by Germany from
China amounts to $685., 1000, 600 has been
officially confirmed. This amount in
cludes all private claims.
Sergeant Bretschneider and Trooper
Janisch of the German cavalry have
been condemned to death for the MUIR
der of two innocent Chinese while do
ing patrol duty at Pao Ting-fu.
1t is announced from a German
source that the French have withdrawn
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flu, thus leaving the Germans in pos
session of all the passes into Shan-si.
The result of recent Russian opera
tions in Manchuria has been the ami
hilation of two of the bands which
menaced the peace of that province and
the defeat and pursuit of third by a
Russian orce.
Reports of frequent disturbances in
many districts by disbanded soldiers
and bandits are held to show that there
will be disorders in every direction
should the evacuation of foreign troops
begin without arranging for the return
of sufficient Chinese force to maintain
order.
The reports of a secret combination
of disaffected elements in the Yang-tse
province for the purpose of organizing
general risings are receiving some con-
firmation. The Nankin Viceroy is very
anxious about this movement and has
asked the British Consul at Shanghai
to assist the Taotai to preserve order by
holding troops in readiness.
SOUTH AFRICA,