The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 21, 1899, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUE DAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1899, C0C0000C00O0000C0O00OCO0C NEWS FROM THE CAMPS f"000nrD : FUNSTON AND METCALF ANSWER ACCUSERS gooooooooooooooooooog SsNEWS FROM: § THE FRONT: Cooco0oCcCC0OOQCOO 00000300000000000000000000000000000000O00000000000000000000000000000000 ©C0000C0000000CC0O0O0QCO FUNSTON AND ACCUSED METCALF BY SOLDIERS Sensational Charges Made in Affidavits By Men of the Twentieth TOPEKA, Kan.,, Nov. 2 The Topeka St Joury g prints 3 f aft ' atements by n f the Twentiet davit is nc t wet a Kansas. prome e story was in gated last spring b . De C. Wor r, & member of t with the Calooc e and the he engage- it for acts of he was not through which laiming cre s whe LAWTON, A G CM wenty-8 t given any a There al and son & X an't ac s because he was not $ o = the War tment. are sur- % - lonel M whom & very reles 5 ¢ belicf that the charges were not true, but o ¥ ding the matter, of which he had not heard hing S yort. In view of the high rank of the officer & x the alleged crime cont he am- mpany! ted that the officials will take & sction with & view to ascertaining the accuracy of the published & Ge 1 Funston 1 few last night spoke lightly of the charges. < 1 do not care to n this matter,” he said. “I believe the & « the work ers of the Twentleth Kansas whom Col- 3 Le and 1 recently to severely discipilne. Colonel g f t arted two days ago. 5 wi Colonel Metcal? was abso- & disproved after tigation at Manila last Major Mailory orders by General Otis. Ma hut there was ng in the charge. The matter is now in the at [ have never courted any notoriety n the O 0T D00 THREE CABLEGRAMS FROM GENERAL OTIS WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Three cable dlspatches were received at the War De- partment to-day from General Otis. They | are all dated po-day, but recelved at dif- ferent times. The first, recelved at 2:15 ., says MacArthur's advance within five miles of agupan, to whieh point railroad intact from excepting Tarlae break. The north- troyed, but rails recovered ‘ rolling stock destroy ne. ¥ either Lawton's or Wh men in Dagupan, No report from those offi- | ors ¥ #hould hear to-day. Roads be- | coming pre for transportation, and ™ n Jome 1o Lawton's front E h thr es Twenty-fifth 1 t 1 and cap ¢ w y nt foree at o1 n - road station i Furce - their south en back affairs in islands and was received at we tions at | ame 1 States ves over to Captain Vi el in harbor etration sguin for troops ing offh permis: ional, Jea two there Le dispatched trom Jolo boanga must be reint no provisy members insurgent gover i Southern Mindanao, be ew government formed, which cal nited States troops. City Cottabao, Burigao, northeastern point Mindanao, portance; troops Will be sent to these points when avaflable, Hughes moving in Panay with two eolumns; insurgents have retreated from southeastern portion of island The following relates to movements far- ther nort MacArthur's advance entered Dagupan to- | @ay: ascertained that Wheaton's troops had | until juter; September Cottabao district, fcations during the war n was not due lation of Generals MacArthur | reports r ¢ with such men 1 things as they b firing line, who 1 to re their » 4 ¢ Department acquisition ¢ stine and the Man ro commandin from Jolo. Thej f insurgents at Mer m of Zamboang: imy at rtance from jatch intimates that embarrassed by the un- el 1 ity of providing a garri- speedily for Zamboanga. It has been gested that that difficuity might be met by garrisoning Zamboanga with a battalion of marines, one of whick is un- derstood now to be available in this coun- try and ready to sail at short notice for Manlla. —— DANGEROUS PURSUIT OF AGUINALDO’S ARMY MANILA, Nov. 20.-Only fragmentary h Manila of the operations north, which, when the story s known, will prove to have been the most remark- able campaigning the Philippine war has known. General Lawton's division Is pread thinly over the territory beyond San Jose, where the telegraph ends. Gen- ments of ecavalry d sweep into the is being shoved forward to hold the tow: The cavalry takes in & country whose natural difficul- s are increased indescribably by trop- making rivers of crecks and swamps of fields. Wagon transportation is supposed to have been practically aban- he American troops living on cap- and the little produce the levies have left. Major Samuel M. Swigert’s squadron of the Third Cavalry Is reported to be en- gaging a greatly superior force at Pozor- rupeo. northeast of Dagupan. These troops have fought three engagements and are now holding their position, wait- ing for reinforcements. It is believed at headquarters that this force is covering the retreat of the insurgent leaders to the Binguet Mountains; that the insurgents planned to retreat northeast, along the Layug road, which is stocked with store- bouses, three of which the Americans have had to draw upon en route, and that only the insurgent advance force had passed Layug before the American oeccu- pation, the main body of Aguinaldo's army being within our lines. The major- ity of those insurgents may disorganize und poge as amigos when the Americans overtake them. Among the scraps of news obtainable are stories of the hardships the American army Is meeting with. It Is ~eported, for | camp was instance, that General Lawton narrowly escaped drowning while fording a swift river, when Lieutenant Luna and two privates were lost. Captain Henry A. Leonhauser, with a battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, Is on his way from Bamban to O'Donnell to take the insur- gent cartridge filling works there. A Filipino captain, who surrendered with four men to Colonel Andrew S. Burt Twenty-fifth Infautry, d 24 vy and volunteered to guide the fon. Governor of Neuva Visaya has . like many other Filipinos in . that the administrailon of his cannot change too quickly, and is coming to Manila to tell Major General Otis of his loyalty and incidentally to re- quest that he be retained in office under the new regime Admiral Watson has ditional credible report Gllmore and five received an ad- that Lieutenant of the captured of the United States gunboat wn were at Tarlac November 10. nt Gilmore was living in a Fili- ieral’s hou cruiser Baltimore started for Lin- ar Admiral Watson Jurpose Ling Castine occupy extremity he busines Cc d of Mindanao, ly Chinese, W requested ander 8 Very of \d protect them ommander Very and, although « received, it appears he had ge contract on and telegraphed to Major General g the pre were available art of the force from one of the temporarily. The an was to have Brigadier G 5. Bates establish the he of troops cept by with- But none Irawing j reighbor islands there when the rrived neral new ¢s returns from of the Moros for the asing under General administration. The of the Datos Jakal- alnst the Sultan will i through the pacific nerican officers. have seized a smug- d from Iloilo tc d to be run by dis- soldiers. eral Bates bound is on now on board the month's trip ), 10 observe the met British in the govern- lans. STORY OF DES’TRUCTION OF A BANDIT VILLAGE WASHINGTON, Nov. 0.—The War partment bas made public a report n W. A. Byrne, Sixth Infantry count of the attack and de g an ton of a bandit village in the I stta aistrict, isl of Negros, he aceount a very intere: chapter of the American occupation of the Phillppines. This band of marauders was rench in the fastnesses of the itains. They w weli organized and All pre had made t atteck. On ail sides which it w supposed could be reached by troops the iarded by block houses. Cap- 1 Byrne, with something over 100 men, it out to destroy this bandit camp. He & aware that It was necessary tc sur- them, and this could only be accom- hed by approaching from the side which seemed impossible of ascent. The march was difficult and the approach to camp was performed in the night. It rencn=d in the early morning and at t d. The bandits largely out- the Americans and were fight- behind cover. For two hours a very desperate engagement he pluck and valor of the Amer- & enabled them to secure the The number of bandits Kkilled exceeded the American force, 10 means of ascertaining wounded. those way c<caped, hind them. village s was the property a4 aw The men h ntain fought without their breakfasts against uperior odds, and upon an almost un- ywn ground. In closing his report Cap- n Byrne sa “In ng for a reason for the appar- ent s of this expedition too much credit cannot be given to the officers and men under my command, and every one of them acted as though he was person- ally responsible whole affair.” Lieutenant Colonel W arri k suec for the success of the ynn, commanding [ the Stxth Infantry, made the following in- | dorsement of the report, which s con- curred in by Generals Smith, Hughes and Otis: “I consider it a remarkable perform- his part and that of his command w of endurance, perseverance rage under most trying cir- cumstances. For Captain Byrns 1 strongly recommend, for distingulshed gallantry and rallylng the men on the bridge, a medal of honor; for Lieutenant Nesbitt, & brevet of captain for coolness and cour- age displayed; and for Sergeant William J. Chuck and Sergeant J. W. Swan, cer- tificates of meritorious service.” This report contains a graphic descrip- tion of a perflous undertaking most suc- cessfully executed, entitling those par- ticipating to all the honors hereln recom- mended. In recognition of his serviee Captain Byrne was made lieutenant colonel of the Fortleth Regiment, U. B. V. 1 -t WHAT WHEELER WOULD HAVE CONGRESS DO in the nd cool cou MANILA, Nov. 20.—General Wheeler has decided not to return for Congress. He is writing a lettef to President Mec- Kinley, with a request that it be for- warded to the House of Representatives. In the course of an Interview with a correspondent of the Associated Press he sald: “Congress, 1f it occuples the first day of the session In passing a resolution de- claring In unmistakable terms that the soverelgnty of the United States is to be maintained in the Philippines, thus ais. pelling Aguinaldo’s delusion that the anti-imperialists can assist him, will be performing a sacred duty. Such a reso- lution would save the llves of many American soldlers and of thousands of deluded Filipinos; would avert famine, suffering and desolation from these islands and would render unnecessary the expenditure of hundreds of millfons of dollars.” A iocgials AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Secretary of War spent over two hours with the President to-day discussing his annual report, on which report will be based some of the most important sections of the President’s message to Congress. It is understood that this sectionof the message + governorship of the Mo- | It will be carried out | They murdered all the | | | will be held open as long as possible, awaiting developments in the Philippines which may change the status of the situa- tion almost any day. The other sections of the message are nearly completed, but to finish the message before Congress meets will call for a large amount of hard work. Owing to this fact it is probable that the President will not be able to go to Nashville to participate in the welcome home of the Tennessee Regiment. No definite determination has been made, however. 1If the trip is undertaken it will be made in the briefest practicable time. There were a number of callers at the White House. Senator Platt joined the President during the latter's morning walk and called at the White House with him. Secretary Long called to pay his respects on his return from the West. With him was Senator Lodge, who had quite a long visit with the President. Senator Cullom, Senator Clark and Rep- resentative Fowler of New Jersey and presentative Loud of California were among the other callers. SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DIED IN PHILIPPINES ON, Nov. 20.—General Otis led the following death report to the War Department: Acute dysentery, November 12, Jacob Teesler, a diarrhoea, E. O, Cran- November chronfc dysentery, No- enther, Company B, Infantry; November 15, Reginald Company M, Thirty-sixth Infantry; mber Ignace Romanoviscl, sergeant, vember 11, Thirty-fitth Herson, N Charles Third Infantry; gastro-enteritls, musician, Company E, Sixteenth anshot wound, while resisting ar- ber 13, James Murphy, A, Twenty-seventh Infantry; vi b Willlam E. Curry, Company K, Sixth ¥; mccidental gunshot wound, Novem- rman Lewis, Company K, Fourteenth : endocarditis, Thomas Roach, Com- Infantry; typhold £ auer, Company C, Twen- v: John Larrowe, Fourth In- ficlency, November 11, John Company C, Thirteenth Infantry; ap- November 9, James H. Hill, Com- eteenth Infantry; pulmonary tuber- 2 ber Henry Ninaire, Com- Twentieth Infantry; drowned accl- y in river at Oten, vember 9, John K. Woodard, artificer, Company L, Eighteenth antry. — FORTY-FIRST INFANTRY STARTS FOR MANILA NEW YORK, Nov. 20, and soldlers cl of the playing * United 20.—With flags flying . and with the band fantry on her deck .eft Behind Me,” the transport Logan steamed down the ¢ to-day and out to sea on to the Philippines. The Govern- gave its ald to the godspeed by sending orders th port down the ple who had o the soldlers off. From the time the Logan left her anch- orage in the upper bay at 3:15 p. m. until she passed out of Sandy Hook and was well on her way she was accompanied by a flotllla of tugs. Some were Government tugs and some had been privately char- tered, but all of them were loaded with mothers, fathers, relatives and friends of the departing soldie They cheer: and waved all the w down the bay, while the strains of “Auld Lang Syne” and Che Star Spangled-Banner” came in an- swer from the regimental band of the transport. Some of the soldlers’ friends were still on board when the vessel had weighed anchor and started, but they were taken Aff by the tugs before the transport passed out of the Hook. — FILIPINOS PLAY THE ROLE OF AMIGOS MANTLA, Nov. under 20.—Thirty insurgents major escaped from Bayombong about ten minutes before the entered. Others, it is sald, s into the river and now lay amigos, Many Spanish prisoners escaped from the Filipinos are at Bayo among them the former governc provinces of Tarlac and Zambales. There Is also quite a large colony of former Insurgent ofiicers col- lected at that point, {“~luding Major ¢ who acted as intery * for the pino commission headed by eneral jandrino which visited Manila in ptember. Ortiz has donned the amigo clothing and announces that he has bandoned the insurrection. The Spaniards say that the new in- surgent capital is Bengaet, and that the American prisoners are at Camitin. They report having seen Lieutenant Gil- more and his p in the north. AMERICAN TROOPS DRIVEN BACK TO IMUS MANILA, Nov, rev Mani At Imus y smoothbore « silenced by th In the course —There has been a activity south of in Cavite Province. the Filipinos fired a but this was soon American artillery. of the mornyng Major Cowles, with a battalion of the Fourth Infantry and two guns scattered the enemy from the districts around Imus and in the direction of Peres das Marinas. The Americans could not pur- sue the retreating Insurgents because their ammunition was exhausted. The Filipinos were under the command of General Mariano Trias. Two columns, one from Imus and the other from Bacoor, converged on the Zapote bridge, where they found a de- serted Filipino camp. Two troops of the Fourth Cavalry, four companies of the Fourth Infantry and two guns of Captain Riley’s battery pro- ceeded to Annaboo, south of Imus, and came upon the enemy entrenched at that point. They scattered the Filipinos, but as the latter were subsequently rein- forced the Amerlcans returned to Imus under fire, seven of our men being wounded. The scouts found fifteen dead insurgents at Annaboo. Spies report that the Insurgents are coming into Cavite Province from Ca- lamba in Laguna Province and the other southern provinces. The Insurgents have smoothbores and two modern can- non. sl TO PROVIDE FOR SPANISH PRISONERS MADRID, Nov. 20.—An official dispatch from Manila says that 800 Spanish pris- oners have been sent to the province of Panay and that the Americans have con- sented that a vessel with food and cloth- ing shall be sent to the: o e MORE TROOPS AWAY. Men for Four Transports Are Marched Aboard at Fol- som Street. Four transports left Folsom street wharf vesterday afternoon laden with troops for Manfla. The soldiers came down early In the day, but It was late in the afternoon before they were all aboard the troopships. Nine companies of the Forty-fourth Infantry went aboard Continued on Page Beven. follow the trans- | | | | | ever, DAGUPAN OCCUPIED BY AMERICAN TROOPS General Otis Now Prepares to Devote His Energy to the Death or Cap- MANILA, Nov. 21—10:40 a. m.—The gunboat Helena has arrived here with the officers and crew of the wrecked cruiser Charleston. Al! are well. s O QD 4D40404 SO ISF 040 404040 404040 4040 4040+ 040404049 CALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLING-, TON HOTEL, WASHING Nov. One of the important objectives of present campaign in the island of Luzc at Mangatarom (or ) we has been aclieved by the occupation of Bayabang. General MacArthur is the city of Dagupan on the Gulf of Lin- or the attack, his for being gayan and the consequent possession of | P the rallroad connecting that point with lé¢, and Dagupan . Mantla by the American troops. By theac- | & battalion of the Seventeenth Infantr quisition of the railroad General Otis has P4 two troops o lry 18 WIKIL € succeeded in driving a wedge in between ©ral MacArthur below Dagupan. the Insurgent forces and has insured the IEE TR an pr«:’mptplranbp(vrlallon of reinforcements ) § QTIS TALKS OF and supplies, and is now ready to devote THE PHILIPPINE WAR +O+SHO 0+ bles. to the west, although there are re- ports of insurgents concentrating at San Miquel de Camilang, ot Panique pre- pared 18- The Tweifth Infan all his energy to the death or captu 14 Aguinaldo and the men with him according to officlals of the War De cd between Durban, province of Tar- ADVERTISEMENTS. | THE DOMBY i EVERY PAIR STAMPED “Chas. Domby, Regent Street, | ondon.” | We are sole age for this cele | brated Shoe, and buying them in large juantities are enabled to sell them at { the popular price of $4 per pair. They lass shoe, made of y French kid, the new English last, with the latest style | coin toe, patent leather tip and hand sewed soles. The soles ars medium thick, but soft ar xible as a tu The to the are superior shoes sold el style and quality where for $5. |{OUR WINDOWS DISPLAY THE STYIES | OF THE SEASON. | Save Your Cash Checks and Get NOLAN BROS., PHELAN BUILDING, . this ought not to be a difficult mat-| VINCENNES, Ind., Nov. 21,—J. 8. Otls ter, for they assert that Aguinaldo is not | is in the city. He is & brother of General at Bayombong, but is In the province of | Otis, the present Military Governor and ambeles, to the westward of the rafl- A 1its road and bordering on the China Sea, en- | orccof Of military operations in the | deavoring to concentrate the detachments | Philippines. When asked for his o driven into that territory for thé purpose | 2% to when the war in the Orlent would of making another demonstration agalnst the an forces. General Otis bas he War Department cfficiais say, his ability to handle the situation with his present force, but before December 1, hen the effects of the rainy scason will be brought to a close he said: You must ¢ me the Philippines situation, or to the eral's work. The fact is, one paper may quote correctly and another will chan, the interview rather innocently or other- ave disappeared, he will ha wise for political ends, and that has of his reinforcements at M brought stern orders from my brother, | e will be able to put into th General Otis, - War Department to reinforcements have not yet keep mum Philippines. We are second cousir Otis of the L “I bellave to Editor Harrison Gray s Angeles Times. that January or at least F ruary 1, 1900, will the end of the Phi ippine campaign. at time Aguinaldo will either be run to d sen. T and General Otis in a dispatch to the department to-d: shows that he Is embarrassed for want of troops on ac- count of the premature occupation of Zamboanga by the naval forces. The War Department officlals say that the occupa- ., : 3 fight fs simply an Indlan cam- ‘"'f:"h'fr A r‘“,'l"d‘”)“"“ there Is | | ion Generals Wheaton and Lawton i pai g _"“" e are fine commanders, and I am glad tha Som a0 Seneral Osis) otherwisd the discretionary orders, until now with | mander Very, commanding the Castine, | hoiq, to turn over the direction of the would not have taken the place, it 1 said. On the other hand, naval cfficials point to the fact that General Otis say that one of the contending insurgent factions at Zamboanga secured the city and turned it over to Commander Very, and If it were true that the Insurgents had taken the place then Commander Very was jus- tified In taking possession and protecting it from destruction. They doubt General fleld operations and resultant responsibli- ity from the Manila headquarters to Gen- erals Lawton and Wheaton, is now pleted. This will relleve Brother | of a great burden and will certainly be effective. I am glad to learn that General Funston to return to the battlefield. He is simply another Custer in appear- ance and action and possesses strength Otis’ assertion very much, remembering | fore it. General Wheeler is a great his dispatch concerning the capture of fighter, but is about 5 years old. He will Iloilo, and assert that Admiral Watson s be allowed to chase the enemy later. Our statement is correct, that Commander greatest disadvantage is that we have not had enough troops over there to garrison the towns as they are taken, which is ab- solutely necessary since we are required t all peaceable appearing Filipinos endlies. When the 25,00 troops on the ocean reach the lslands it wiil enable us to garrison the towns captured and the Insurrection will soon be a thing of the past.” Very, with friendly natives and Moros combined, captured Zamboanga. Now that Zamboanga has been taken 1t Is proposed to garrison i, and If necessary marin wlill be sent to protect it until the arrival of a military detachment. It is a cfty of | 22000 and dominates the entire southern half of Minlando, and it was here that the Spanish troops took station after with- drawing fiom Manila and Iloflo pending | the arrival of transports which conveyed | them to Spain. | CO-OPERATION WITH AGUINALDO ALLEGED STOCKTON, Nov. 20.—Alva Udell, claiming to be the confldential corre- spondent of the Filipino Government, has given to the Associated Press agent here printed documents purporting to be the correspondence between Aguinaldo and iy MACARTHUR’S ADVANCE FORCE ENTERS DAGUPAN MANTLA, Nov. 20.—General Mac- Arthur's advance force entered Dagupan | this afternoon. The Americans found | that no insurgents had been there for four | days. The Thirty-third Infantry was probably in Dagupan yesterday, leaving last night. No Insurgents have been seen anywhere near the rallroad. 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