Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1901-03-15
ARMY AND NAVY.
UNITED STATES.

l ON1IED STATES.
General A. S. Daggett, recently APP
pointed Brigadier- General of the Army.
has been retired.
Private Eugene l.. lyon, of Company
A, Ninth Infantry, died at Tung Chow
on February 28th of pneumonia.
The insurgent, Colonel Cristobal has
surrendered at Naic, Cavite, with two
officers and twelve men. He handed
over twelve rifles to the Americans.
The Thirty-fifth United States Vol
unteer Infantry have arrived at Manila
from the province of Bulacan and will
probably sail for home March 18th OH
the transport Thomas.
Captains r. d. Evans and H. ID. Tay-
10y, having been advanced five num-
bers for their services at the battle of
Santiago, were commissioned Rear
Admirals, to date from February 18th.
Captain Draper, commandment at Ca
longapo, kept along the west coast with
eighty marines, capturing two insur-
gent officers and fourteen men, taking
twenty-six rifles and destroying Il, 900
bushels of rice and 104 caraboas.
The transport Logan sailed from Ma
Mia on March LIST with Generals Young
and Hare, twenty-five officers and 769
men of the Thirty-third Volunteer In
fantry, and twenty-one officers and 7S5
enlisted men of the Thirty-fourth Vol
unteer Infantry.
Rear-Admiral Bartlett Cromwell, the
cOmmandant of the Portsmouth Navy
Yard, has been selected to succeed Rear
Admiral Schley as commandment of the
! N fIa -fn n 81, L.,
will return home at his own conven-
fence during the spring or early sum-
mer and probably will be assigned to
board duty or placed on waiting orders
| until his retirement next October.
CHINA.
General Gaselee will lie offered the
| command of a first-class district i'm re-
cOgnitiOn of his valuable services in
| China.
The Japanese have decided to with
draw their troops during March, and to
replace them by 1000 fresh troops, 500
OF whom will be posted at Peking.
Germany refuses to withdraw her
military forces from China until that
country has guaranteed to pay all the
expenses OF the military expeditions.
Private Calvin of the Ninth United
States Infantry has been acquitted of
the, charge of manslaughter brought
against him for killing French soldier
who was endeavoring to pass post
where Calvin was sentinel
According to dispatch from New
Chwang, 1000 Russians engaged 10000
mounted Chinese near Shing King re-
Gently. The Russians retired to Mouk-
den. They lost one gun and twenty
were killed and thirty wounded.
From Corea, news has been received
by the steamer Olympia, that 5000 Box
ers had crossed from Manchuria and at
tackled and looted Incherg. A thou
sand COrean troops had been sent there
against them from Seoul and 500 from
Ping Yang. The Russians meanwhile,
had driven the Boxers south from Kirin
and occupied many Corean villages.
The Hopetown correspondent of the
London Times describes Colonel Plum
er's pursuit of General De Wet, which
has been continually hampered by the
heavy rains. He says that since Col
onel Plumer's attack at Wolvekruit, the
invaders have behaved like harried
hares. The report that De Wet had
crossed the river arose from some small
parties crossing in boat at Marks drift
where Colonel Plumer prevented the
crossing of the main commando and
took 100 prisoners.
The Ministers of the powers now meet
thrice week, but no business of great
Importance is transacted. They are
now going over local claims. The sub
ject of legation defenses is also being
considered, although this will be left
for final consideration until the United
States Government has reached a de-
cision as to the legation barrack ques-
ton, which the legation is anxious to
have settled Immediately in order that
the building may be constructed before
the rainy season sets in.
Carrying out the policy Inaugurated
by the State Department when it
changed its military force in China into
legation guard, the War Department
has sent orders to General Chaffee to
still further reduce his force. The Cen
eral now has under his command about
1900 men. Considerable discretion was
left to General Chaffee in the selection
of the troops to remain, and it is as
sumed at the department that the Pc
king dispatches announcing that these
consist of two companies of the Ninth
Infantry under Major Robertson is cor
rect.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Eighty men of Kitchener's fighting
scouts were attacked by superior num-
bers, and, after a prolonged fight and
sustaining twenty casualties, surren-
dered.
De Wet, in his fanaticism, is reported
as demented. 1t is said that he fiogs
everybody, and that Haasbroeck, who
has a commando, refuses to cooperate
with him.
The London Daily Chronicle says it
understands that, in view of the eX-
pected surrender of Botha, the military
authorities have already suspended con-
tracts with some firms for war supplies
The London Daily Telegraph says
| that numerous columns are still hunt
ing for De Wet. Colesburg is i'll a hub
bub, and the troops are marching off in
various directions to press the pursuit.
General De Wet lost heavily in men
and stores by his incursiOn into Cape
Colony, but he seems to have made
clever escape with the bulk of his COM
mando. Apparently Commandant
Hertzog crossed the Orange river with
him.
Fifteen hundred Beers, with whom
it is alleged, were General De Wet and
former President Steyn, found a spot