The Washington times., 1901-10-23
THE UPRISING In sAmAR.
Rear Admiral Rodgers Announces
Active Insurrectiop.

Rear Admiral Rodgers, commanding me
southern squadron, yesterday cabled the
Navy Department that an insurrection
has broken out in Samar and that the
entire naval force under his command is
being concentrated there to suppress the
insurgents. The success of the Fflipinos
in their two previous attacks upon the
Ninth Infantry appear to have encour-
aged the insurgents to further military
activity. The American authorities have
had many warnings. and the uprising does
not come as a surprise. Rear Admiral
Rodgers despatch is as follows:
"Cavite, Oct. o.
Secretary of War. Washington:
ACTIVE insurrection in Samar. New
York leaves today for Catbalogsn
with 800 marines. to return at Bassey
army. Nearly all naval force concen-
trated on Samar patrol. Services
Arethusa and ZafirO. two GOLFERS,
RODGERS"
The naval force under Admiral Rodgers
is composed of the following vessels:
Flagship New York; Annapolis, Don Juan
De Austria, Frolic, Cuba. Luzon, Manila.
Princeton, Vicksburg Yorktown, Arayat.
Basco. Cardoqui, Alava, Leyte. Mariveles.
Mindoro, Pampanga, Panay. Paragua,
PiscataqLa, Quiros, Samar Urdaneta.
VillaIobos, Wompatuck. Auxiliary, Celtic,
Glacier, Arethusa. Iris, Nanshan, Pom
pey. Saturn. Zafiro.
The northern squadron, comprised of
the following vessels, is in Chinese wa
ters: Kentucky, Helena, Monadnock. Mon
terey. Monocacy. New Orleans, and VIII
mington.
In spite of the serious import of the de-
N.1,
the Navy Department apparently does not
view the matter with unusual concern.
Rear Admiral Crowninshield said that the
force available in the Philippines is am
pie to cope with the situation, which he
does not believe to be acute.
Rear Admiral Rodgers report shows. 1t
is said at the Navy Department. that
General Chaffee has determined upon an
active campaign against the Samar rebels
and has called to his assistance the naval
force in the southern waters of the Phil
ipplnes. 1t being his purpose to put
strong Gordon around the Island of Sa-
mar to prevent the Insurgents escape to
the surrounding islands. Ii is also shown
that, while the naval vessels will patrol
the island waters, the army force is to be
strengthened by 800 marines and War
department officials believe that General
chance viii soon order additional troops
To the island for the purpose of severely
punfshtng the insurgents
Mail reports received yesterday at the
war department from Manila tell of the
capture in the Island of Samar by Captain
jackson of the First Infantry, of the wife.
mother, and child of General Lucban the
notorious insurgent leader. Lucban's Dri-
Vate correspondence was also captured
and Lucban was wounded in the raid but
made his escape.
The correspondence shows much discon-
tent among the natives of Catbalogan. The
men involved in this spirit of unrest had
been supposed to be loyal to the United
states and were treated in n friendly man
them being selected for official positions
AS result of the discoveries made, how
ever 100 arrests were made and the con-
spirators taken to IloilO. It is said that
several Europeans engaged in business In
Samar were also involved with the insur-
gents.