New-York tribune., 1901-12-23
TREA CHERRY IN MLND4NAO.
GENERAL DAVIS WISHES MILITARY
RULE ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ON THE ISLANDS

Manila. Dec. 22.-General George W. Davis.
commanding at Zamboanga. Island of Minda-
mao has requested that the Province of Misa-
mis-, Mndanao, again be placed under military
control. General Davis has proof that the re-
Gently elected presidente and vice-councillors
and the leading men of Cagayan de Misamis
guilty of treason in furnishing ammunition to
the insurgents within the last month. The
fiscal of the province of Misamis is also impli-
Gated
The evidence shows that all these men were
members of the secret Katipunan Society. Cen
eral James F. Wade, commanding the American
forces Cebu Island, concurs in and ndorses
the request of General Davis and reviewing
the situation in Mindanao. says he is satisfied
that the ends of justice. peace and good govern
ment will soonest be obtained by the restoration
of military control to the province of Misamis
and the overcoming Of all resistance to that
authority. It is expected that the United States
Philippine Commission will refuse this request.
as they did a similar application made by Cen
eral Chaffee concerning the province Of Tayabas,
Luzon. where the rebels have recently been par
ticularly active.
General Chaffee. speaking with the Correspon-
dent here of The Associated Press on the situa-
ton in the islands. said he considered conditions
in the Philippines to be hopeful. and that by
the end of February all the turbulent provinces
VIII have been pacified. General Chaffee excepts
the island of Samar. however. which will proba-
bly, require some months longer. There the
situation demands policy of rigid starvation
and the giving of food only to those who sur
render who stay IN the towns
The closing of the ports in Laguna and
Batangas provinces. in Luzon. has had most
salutary effect as the measure has resulted in
touching the pockets of the Manila Fipnos who
have been aiding the insurgents. The former
anxious for peace and are working to
that end. In order to hasten matters. these
FiliPinos viii cooperate with the forces under
General Bell in Batangas and Laguna.
Captain John s. Parke, jr.. with thirty
Of the 21st Infantry. encountered sixty insur-
gents last week Alaminos. in LaEuna Prov
ince. Four of the enemy killed. several
guns were captured and their barracks was
destroyed.
General Bell. who is in command of the Amer
lean forces in Batangas Province, Luzon, has
praised Lieutenant James D. Tilford, who, while
scouting with Troop D of the 1st Cavalry, rout-
ed an insurgent force in that province. Lieu
tenant Tilford located a rebel stronghold on
top of a hill near the town of Batangas. He
surrounded the enemy under cover of night and
attacked them at daylight Their surprise was
complete. Nineteen insurgents We're killed while
attempting to escape. Lieutenant Tilford capt
ured sixteen rifles and five hundred rounds Of
ammunition
Two priests have been arrested in Batangas
Province They charged with aiding the
insurrection They We're found TO have hidden
behind the altar of their church appliances for
counterfeiting money. They charged with
manufacturing Mexican silver dollars to pay
the insurgent soldiers.
Inspector General breckenridge has returned
to Manila from a tour of the provinces
The public schools OF Vigan. in Ilocos Prov
ince, Duzon have celebrated the fete day Of Jose
Rial, the Filipino patriot, who shot by the
Spaniards. Seven hundred school children
marched in procession and were addressed by
the Governor Of the province. who told them TO
kiss and bless the American flag, which brought |
them that liberty for which RiZal had died.
A detachment of scouts of the ID Infantry also |
had small engagement with the insurgents. in |
which they killed nine men and captured four.
Lieutenant John D. Hartman, of the 1st Cav |
airy. during expedition which lasted several /
days. encountered the enemy six separate times |
without losing of his He destroyed |
several barracks
Every effort to decrease the expenses of the |
American army in the Philippine Islands is |
having little effect, owing TO the increase of |
army stations due partly TO the activity of the |
insurgents the island of Samar. in Batangas
and Tayabas provinces and in other places, and |
also to the establishment of municipal govern
Inents in many towns, which has made neces-
sary the sending of troops there TO preserve
order