Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1899 — Page 1

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imiTisfi troops i siJ.vtMED nv THE REVERSE OF MONDAY. Holding Ladysmlth Arcalnst the Combined Armies of the Transvaal and Orange Free State ANOTHER ARTILLERY DUEL GIXS OP NAVAL BRIGADE PITTED AGAINST BOER nATTERIES. Fighting; in FrogresM Tuesday Xicht When the Last Dispatch Was Sent from the Town, BULLER HURRYING NORTH SAID TO HAVE LEFT CAFE TOW'X FOR THE SCENE OF WAR. Straggler from the Gloucestershire Regiment nnd Mrar Mules Reported to Hare Reached Ladysmlth. t s GENERAL WHITE CRITICISED HIS OFFICIAL REPORT OX THE LOSS OF PART OF HIS ARMY. Over 2,100 British Soldiers Killed, Wounded and Captured Since the Beginning: of the War. LONDON. Nov. 2. The breakdown of the Delagoa cable route, combined with the monopolization of tho available telegraph lines by the government and British staff officers, Is responsible for the fact that nothing further has arrived from South Africa. The government has received dispatches rectifying the casualty lists. These will be published to-day. Up to midnight nothing had been received concerning Monday's casualties. Tho "War Office force Is working under great strain. Captain Pcrrlott, stair capiam xo xne military secretary, ha3 just died, his end being hastened I w unTioiv 9 ml nwrftfirlf. ..... . . I 11 was uiinuuccu .ytsiciudjf in u. special dispatch from Ladysmlth that the Boers again closed around that place on Monday night, sending shells Into the British camp. The two guns landed from the British cruUer Powerful opened Are on the Boers at dawn on Tuesday. Tho Boers brought up more guns, fcut some of them were silenced. It Is added that the Boer loss must have been heavy. The garrison of Ladysmlth Is described as being in good spirits and confident, and the troops are said to bo full of fight. Tho artillery duel was still In progress on Tuesday night. A special dispatch from rietermarltzburg, Natal, dated Tuesday morning, says: 'Stragglers from the Gloucestershire Regiment are arriving at Ladysmlth. A number of mules with a portion of the mountain battery are also coming In." A dispatch from Capo Town, dated Oct. 3L delayed In transmission, says: "Guns of tho British naval brigade have knocked tho Boer forty-pounder clean off Its platform and have silenced the Boer gun3 on Hepworth hilL Tho Boers abandoned their position." An unconfirmed &tatement Is published that General Sir Redvers Buller has left Cape Town for Ladysmlth. A belated dispatch from Ladysmlth, describing Monday's fi.?ht, says: 'A couple of squadrons of Hussars had a narrow escape from disaster early In the day. They found themselves suddenly confronted, within easy range, by an overwhelming force of Boers, who tcerr.cd to spring from the bowels of the earth. The Hussars were splendidly handled and were extricated with only one man wounded." VICTORIA TITIES WHITE. The Queen is credited with expressing sincere pity for Sir George Stewart White, and the officials arc In no wise? Inclined to judgo him harshly. So far as the public is concerned, however, while gratification Is felt at the manner In which the isolated battalions surrendered, there la still severe criticism for General White and Lieutenant Colonel Carlton for allowing the column to get out of touch, for the absence of proper scouting and for not retiring when the ammunition was lost. In favor of Lieutenant Colonel Carlton the explanation is hazarded that he believed It was imperative to the success of General White's operations that he should hold the position at Nicholson's Nek. " The Morning Post comments severely on the British contempt for the enemy, as shown by the belief that the large Boer force at Acton Homes could bo held in check by Carlton's small column. It points out that even if tho British troops had been supplied with ammunition, they could have held out only a few hours longtr, inasmuch as they wer; in the most complete sense detached, and because nobody, apparently, at Ladymltli bad any Idea of their distress or took any measures to rescue them. "The column was hacrlflccd," says the Morning Post, "because It was sent Into action tagged and blindfolded. It had neither scout nor patrol. Twelve hundred men were thrown away for !ack of cavalry, which would not have be-en missed from another part of the tie! d." , The Standard, which comments in similar ttrms on "the fact that General White

made no effort to extricate, the column from the Impossible situation Into which he had thrust It," draws a sad picture of the men "hoping for relief and then realizing with bitterness of heart that yome one had blundered, that they bad been forgotten by their general and his staff and that nothing was left but surrender and Imprisonment at Pretoria until the end of the war." The Dally 'Chronicle says: "It'is evident that somebody blundered, but more details aro required before the blame can be apportioned." The Times says: "The dangers of Sir George White's plans are patent even to

civilians, but it Is not Impossible that the Cape boys In charge of the mountain bat tery, who quite recently were suspected of disaffection, may have been tampered with by the Boers. Otherwise such a large and comprehensive stampede is a very extraordinary occurrence from such a slight cause. General White's whole movement, so far a? it can be understood from present information, Is open to criticism, especially In the complete absence of communication with the main body." The morning papers comment with the greatest satisfaction upon Canadians' suggestion regarding the "sending of a second contingent to South Africa. BRITISH CASUALTIES TO DATE. Over 2,000 Officers and Men Killed, Woandcd and Captured. LONDON, Nov. 1. A careful calculation of tho British losses in all the engagements since the outbreak of hostilities, excluding the casualties among the noncommissioned officers and men in Monday's disaster at Ladysmlth, which aro thus far unknown here, gives a total of 916. to which probably 1,200 will need to be added when details regarding the Ladysmlth reverse are received., This total Is made up as follows: Officers. Killed M Wounded t;i Cap:urcd Men. 137 131 Totals 133 7 The War Office to-day Issued the following additional list of fifty-eight casualties suffered by General Yule's force from the time of the battle of Glencoe until It joined tho force of Sir George White, the list being included in the above statement: Mlss- ... . .Killed. AVounded. Ing. King's Rifles 4 12 c si rsmre ji gim nt.. 1 o Ginnery i i Mounted infantry .. 27 Tho last mentioned were attached to the squadron of the Eighteenth Hussars that was entrapped by the Boors after the battle of Glencoe. They were undoubtedly capturd with the Hussars. FOUGHT LIKE TRUE BRITOXS. Gen. White Report of the Loss of Some of His Brave Soldiers. LONDON, Nov. 1. The British War Office to-day made public a dispatch received from Ceneial White describing some of the operations of Monday. It follows: Jidysmlth, Oct CI, 7:10 p. m. Took out irom Ladysmlth a brigade of mounted troops, two brigade division of Royal Ar uuery. tne isatai j?ield Battery and two brigades of infantry to reconnoiter in forte the enemy's main position to the north and, if the opportunity should offer, to capture tho hill behind Faruuhar's farm, which had on tho previous day been held In strength by the enemy. In connection with this ad vance a column, consisting of the Tenth Mountain Artillery, four half companies of the Gloucesters and six companies of the Koyai Irish Fuslleers. the whole under Lieutenant Colonel Carlton and Major Aye, deputy assistant adjutant general, was dis patched at 11 p. m. on the 20th to march by night up Bell's spruit and seize Nicholson's Neck, or some position near Nicholson's Neck, thus turning the enemy's right flank. "Tho main advance was successfully carrled out, the objective of the attack being found evacuated, and an artillery duel between our field batteries and tho enemy's guns of position and Maxims is understood to have caused heavy loss to the enemy. The reconnolssance forced the enemy tc iuuy disclose his position, and after a strong counter attack on our right, the Infantry brigade and cavalry having been repulsed, the troops were slowly withdrawn to camp, pickets being left on obser vation. Late in the engagement the naval contingent, under Captain Lambton. of H. M. S. Powerful, came into action and silenced with their extremely accurate fire the enemy's guns of position. "The circumstances which attended Lieu tenant Carlton s movement are not yet fully known, but from reports received the column appears to havo carried out the night's march unmolested until within two miles of Nicholson s Nek. At this point two bowlders rolled from the hill and a few rifle shots stampeded the infantry am munition mules. The stampede spread to the battery mules, which broke loose from their leaders and got away with practically the whole of the gun equipment and the greater portion of the regimental small am munition. The reserve was similarly lost. "The infantry battalions, however, lixed bayonets' and, accompanied by the personnel of the artillery, seized a hill on the left of tne road, two miles from the Nek, with but little opposition. There they remained unmolested until dawn, the time being oc cupied In organizing tho defense of the mil and constructing stone hangars and walls as cover from lire. At dawn a kirm isning auacK on our position was com menccd by the enemy, but made ro head way until 9:30 a. m., when strong rein forcements enabled them to rus.h to the at tack with great energy. Their lire became very searching and two companies of the Gloucesters In an advanced position were ordered to fall back. The enemy then pressed to Miort range, tho losses on our side becoming very numerous. "At 3 p. m. our ammunition was practically exhausted, tho position was captured and tho survivors of the column fell Into the enemy's hands. The enemy treated our wounded with humanity. General Joubert at once dispatching a letter to mo offering a safe conduct to doctors and ambulances to relieve the wounded. A medical officer and parties to render first aid to the wounded were dispatched to the scene of action from Ladysmlth last nisht and the ambulance at dawn this morning. "The want of success of tho column was du to the misfortune of the mules stampeding and consequent loss of guns and small arm ammunition reserve. "The official list of casualties and prhoners will W reported shortly. Tho latter are understood to havo been sent by rail to Pretoria. "Tho security of Ladysmlth Is In no way affected." The gloom caused by the disaster at LulyKmlth wa., in a measure, relieved by toduy'.i story, gWing an account of the heroic stand made by tho decimated battalions until thlr last cartridges were gone. The British nrrve was momentarily shaken by General White' u."e of the word "capitulate" in his first telegram. But now that it U knowi that thft fllouces ters n nd FueIiCoiitluurd ou Second Page.)

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MAIICOM'S SYSTEM OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY TESTED AT SEA. ItM Practical Utility Demonstrated on Hoard the Crnlnor Xetv York nnd Battleship Massachusetts. VALUABLE TO WAR VESSELS Dl'HIXG EVOLUTIONS OR WHEX EXGAGED IX SCOUTIXG DUTY. Dcfccts of One Feature Xot Remedied Because the Inventor Has Xot Secured Ills Patent. METHOD OF TRANSMISSION DESCRIPTIOX OF IXSTRUMEXTS AM) JIOW THEY ARE OPERATED. Five of the lluvtuliuii Islands to Have Wireless Commnnlcntlon Instead of Submarine Cables. NEW YORK, Nov. L The cruiser New York, flagship of Rear Admiral Farquhar, and the battleship Massachusetts returned to their anchorage off Twenty-third street. North river, after being employed for three days in evolutions for the purpose of dem onstrating tho working of the Marconi sys tern of wireless telegraphy under various practical conditions. The operations are under tho direction of a board of three naval officers appointed for the purpose, namely, Lieutenant Commander J. T. Newton, aboard tho New Y'ork; Lieutenant J. W. Blish, with the instruments at Navesink, N. J., and Lieutenant F. K. Hill, aboard the Massachusetts. Marconi was handicapped by incomplete Instruments, which had been brought to tho United States simply for the purpose of reporting the international yacht races, and was unable to give the government board as thorough a demonstration of the capa tilities of the apparatus as he would have wished, tho regular Navy Department permission for a government test having been made too late to allow a change of plans without Interfering with his contract. But the result cf the working of the three sets of instruments employed In the tests of the past three days was enough to show the govtrnment board that there Is a practical utility in the system which would be of inestimable value to naval vessels during evolutions of any kind, and especially when on scouting duty. The. members of the government board will bo obliged to call attention to the fact that during these tests it was possible for any instrument located within the circumscribed radius of transmission to destroy the effectiveness of other instruments at any time. While the Massachusetts, for In stance, was telegraphing to the New York the operator at Navesink sent a message at the same time, and the result on the receiving side of the New York's set was a mass of unreadable characters caused by the two series of electrical impulses reach ing the instrument at the same time. This was done deliberately. Mr. Marconi said that be could prevent this interference on tho part of a third station, but that he would not demonstrate it during theso tests because he had not yet received his patents for that feature. THE INSTRUMENTS. Mr. Marconi allowed a representative of the Associated Press to make a minute inspection of his instruments. The method of transmitting and receiving messages by his system, as now used, may be briefly ex plained as follows: A wire runs from the earth, or water when aboard ship, to the instrument and thence to the top of a mast. A powerful alternating current is made to flow up the wire by means of an Induction coil, which i3 mado alive by closing a keysimilar to an ordinary Morse telegraph set, except that it is much larger. While the key la closed the rapid alternating currents pass up tho wlro and set in motion electrical waves in all directions. A rapid opening and closing of the key produces a dot and a dash Is made by holding the key down a longer period. Thus the characters of tho Morse alphabet aro made and any telegraph operator can read what is sent or received. When an Instrument Is not In i;se for transmitting a switch disconnects the key and attaches a receiver, which is likewise collected with tho mast on the earth. The electrical impulses sent out by any other station aro caught by the wire at the mast and conveyed to the receiver, where they magnetize in an extremely slight drgree a small bar, enough to cause minute metal filings near by to cluster about it. This closes another circuit, which works a recording Instrument like the old-fashioned telegraph register and sets a tmall hammer, called the "tapper," to thumping agajnst the glas tube which holda the bar and tilings. As soon as the sending operator releases his key and stops tho electrical impulses from flowing from his wire, the attraction of the bar for the filings ceases and the thuinpii.g of t!ic "tapper" causes them to fall back into place. This opens the other circuit mentioned, and the marker on the register drops back from the paper and at the same time the "tapper" stops. The short and sustained impulses- from the sender thus cause dots and dashes to be marked on the paper by the register through the delicate but exact work of the "coherer." A practical use of the wireless telegraph that pleased all the officers aboard the New Y'ork, especially Rear Admiral Farquhar and Captain Chadwick, occurred to-day. While the New Y'ork and Massachusetts, the latter astern, were putting out to sea this forenoon, the Marconi operator on the battleship called the flagship up and clicked cut that there was a man overboard. The message was taken to the officers, who were clustered aft, trying to make out why the Massachusetts was heaving to. The battle-ship's lifeboats were rapidly lowered and were soon pulling a race for the rescue of the unlucky "jaekle." Signals were sent aloft notifying the flagship what had occurred, but during the ten minutes occupied in displaying the message Rear Admiral Farquhar had been in constant communication with the Massachusetts by wireless telegraphy and had learned that the man overboard had caught the life buoy thrown by the sailor whose duty It is to watch for such occurrence's, and was, therefore, not in much danger. Rear Admiral Farquhar ordered the Massachusetts to report when the man had been li.-ked ud and half an hour later, while

those on deck were watching the return of the port lifeboat through their glasses and wondering which boat had succeeded In getting him, the receiver In the instrument room recorded that the starboard life

boat, which had been hidden from view from the New York, had made the rescue and had been hoisted aboard. Btyond the simple test of the ability of the instruments to transmit and receive messages the government board's programme called for long-distance transmission and interference tests. On Monday afternoon the New York hovered about the Sandy Hook lightship and the Mabsachusetts steamed Off to the cast at about twelve knots. Constant communication was kept up between the two members of the government board on the two shins, the Instruments working without a hitch until the battleship had proceeded about thirty mile. Then the recording of the impulses from the Massachusetts by the receiver aboard tho New York btgan to grow weak er and at thirty-six miles became unreadable. Mr. Marconi expressed his regret at his inability to show the board transmission at eighty miles, which would have been possible with more preparation. Five suc cessful interferences were made on that day by the Massachusetts while the Navcsink station was sending to the New York. IX PLACE OF CARLES. Harm I la it Islands to Be Connected by Wireless Telegraph System. NEW YORK, Nov. l.-Telegraphlc com munication by SIgnor Marconi's wireless system is- to be established between five of the Hawaiian islands by a company of Americans. Frederick J. Cross, of the firm of Catton, Neill & Co., engineers, of Hono lulu, who is now In this city, has closed a contract for the American Company In Hawaii. Although many engineers regarded the connection of the five islands by cable as impracticable because of coral reefs, on which a cable is soon covered with coral growth, breaks being frequent and repairs exceedingly difficult, the American Com pany had about decided to attempt it, as the needs of telegraphic communication had grown most urgent. Then they heard of SIgnor Marconi's achievements and Mr. Cross was sent to this country to view the workings of his system. He found the Marconi system would cost much less and be more, practicable in many ways than a cable. Regular telegraph business will be done by the company installing the wire less system. The distances over which com munication will be established will vary from eight to sixty-one miles. nUDrtfA 1 rXO 1 UNll W ULL, THE VICE PRESIDEXT SHOWIXG RE MARKABLE VITALITY. Able to Take X'onrlshment Yesterday and Anxious to Hear the Xevrs Messages of Sympathy. PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 1. Vice President Garret A. Hobart's wonderful vitality stood him in good stead to-day, and. notwithstanding he took little nourishment, he was unusually bright this evening and asked Mrs. Hobart to read him the newspapers. Ho wants to keep up with current affairs, and when he awakens from a sleep he generally asks those near him if there is anything new. To-day he showed signs of weakening. An occasional spoonful of bran dy and milk and a little grape juice were given to him in the morning. All day long crowds of people gathered In front of the newspaper offices, where the bulletins were posted. There was another gathering of sympathizing friends about Carroll Hall, but none except relatives was allowed to see the patient.. Dr. W. K. New ton spends most of his time in the Hobart house and he is now the only physician In attendance. Eminent specialists aro direct ing the treatment through Dr. NewtonThns( who havA nnssert nn thA ra r n rp Dr. W. II. Johnston, of Washington, who n-.,i ...1 - r tr.i t v ., was called when Mr. Hobart was first taken ill in Washington and who also visited him at Long Branch with Dr. Newton during the summer months; Drs. Janeway and Bull, of New Y'ork; Prof. Osier, of Baltimore, and Dr. Delafield, of Columbia University. Telegrams anel messages.of sympathy have been received, as well as flowers, from all parts of the country. Among thoso who sent telegrams i of inquiry to-day was United States Senator Fairbanks, of In diana. Senator John H. Gear, of Burling ton, la., sent a telegram and a large bunch of pink roses accompanied it. Senator Ba con, of Georgia, sent expressions of sympa thy and United States Senator Sewell, of New Jersey, sent a letter in which he ex pressed hope that the patient would re cover. Through the trying crdeal Mrs. Hobart bears up surprisingly well. She remains

with the nurses most of the time in the v were native born and 0,151 foreign born, sick room with her husband. Few, if any, In Point of color 56,154 were white, 6,000 colcallers can see her, and nearly all are met ored and twenty Indians, at the door by Carroll Hall or Hobart Tut- The following recommendation U mnri

tie, brother-in-law of tho Vice President. All of the bulletins to-day were sent direct to President McKInley, who sent word from the South on Monday to have the news as soon as possible. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Vice Presi dent was beginning to doze just as Mrs. Hobart had finished reading the papers to him. The patient was then resting quietly, and the only thing feated by the physicians was an attack like that on Tuesday morn ing. It is feared he may go off In one of them because he Is bec.m!ng weaker as the time goes on. Mr. Hob irt continued to rest easily, and a comfortable night is antlci pated. Mrs. Hobart to-night sent the fol lowing telegram to President McKInley: "Mr. Hobart passed a restful day and cwnlng. Ho sends love to you and 2Jrs McKInley, in which I join. JENNIE T. HOBART." BOUND BY ft NEW TIE. North and South Xovr Connected by LonK-Distnnce Telephone Line. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 1. The long distance lines of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company connecting tho North and South were formally opened to-night. President McKInley from his office in the hlto Home in conversation with Col. Robert J. Iiowery, president of the Lowery Bank Company, congratulated the city of At'anta and tho South upon having computed this new commercial link which blndd the country clost-r together. During the evening communication was held with New Ycrk. Baltimore, Washington, Chicago and other points. DROWNED IN NICARAGUA. United States Engineer Lose Lives In a Flood. Their MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Nov. 1. EI Commereio, of this city, publishes a dispatch from Castillo announcing the drowning at Muc;mca Falls, on the San Juan river, during a recent flood, of Mr. Clark, an American engineer, and other members of an engineering party working In that district under the direction of the United States canal ccmmLudua,

TOTAL IS 99.160

X EARLY 100,000 SOLDIERS XOW WEAR IX G FX CLE SA3PS UXIFORM. Annual Report of Adjutant General Corbln. Glvlnfr Interesting? Information Abont the Army. OTIS TO SOON HAVE 65,725 MEN HIS REIXFORCEMEXTS THE BEST SOLDIERS EVER EX LISTED. Tribute to Patriotism of Volunteers Who Served Beyond Their Time In Our Xew Possessions. ALL ARE WORTHY OF MEDALS RECAPITULATIOX OF CASUALTIES IX THE Y EAR EXDIXG JURE 30. Place Seekers Rapped for Criticising: the Staff Organization CivllScrvlce Examinations. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 The annual re port of the adjutant general of the army Brigadier General Corbln, to the secretary of war was made public to-dny. Aside from the strictly technical recital cf all the de tails of a busy year In military life the re port gives much Information of an Interesting general character and submits numerous recommendations for the betterment of the service. General Corbln sums up the military forces row in tho service of the United t1 1 A Regular army 64.5S6 Volunteers .34.574 Total 13,160 The regular establishment consists of ten regiments of cavalry, seven of artillery and twenty-five of infantry. The volunteer es tablishment consists of one regiment of cavalry, twenty-four of infantry and a Porto Rico battalion. The distribution of these troops up to Oct. 1 last was as follows: United States 34.229 Porto Rico 3.36.1 Cuba . 11.1S7 Philippines ..32.315 Kn route to tho Phi'ipplnes 17.0W Alaska 4-i9 Hawaiian islands 4C6 General Corbln adds the following to this summary: "It W expectied that by Dec. 1 next,' all the Infantry regiments of United States volunteers, shown above as In the United States, will have sailed for the Philippine islands. These, with the troops now there, will glvo a. total strength of 2,117 Officers and C3.60S enlisted men (an aggre gate of 65,725.") TW service of many of the troops after their enlistment had expired causes General Corbln to say In his report: "The patriotism of the regulars and volunteers who enlisted only for the war with Spain by willingly and actively serving after the expiration of their terms of service, calls for evidence of appreciation on the part of the department. To this end It Is respectfully recommended that each officer of the several volunteer organizations and each enlisted man who continued in service in the Philip pino teIands after t,ie 2d of March, 1S39. until I honorably discharged, hp- nwnrHoH cniiahi.. inscribed medal." TUB NEW REGIMENTS, As to the newly-organized regiments he says: The reports and insnections of tiio regiments since their organization nhn them to be efficient and possessed of excel lent material, both in officers and enlisted men; in truth, it is not too much to say mat better volunteer regiments have never been organized." General Corbin also pays a tribute to the officers of the now colored regiments drawn from the noncommissioned officers of the colored regiments In the regular army or from those who saw service in the war with Spain, and says it is believed the best equipped men of our colored citizens have been commissioned. uuring the year there have htvn 62,1 enlistments and re-enlistments, of which 52 I JVfW . . " - - 9 for extra pay or officers servlne in our now possessions: "The pay of all offlrpw the grade of brigadier general should h in I creased at least 33 1-3 tier rpnt n. unA rlllfv in rv.K , ..i vuua vi in our new possessions Most of these men have families that they are unable to have with them and are therefore, compelled to .maintain two establishments. Also that provisions be made that all officers below the grade of major general, who retire by reason of age or wounds received in action, shall do so on the next grade above tho rank held by them in the regular army on the date of their retirement." Of the criticisms on the staff organization of the army General Corbin says: "Much has been, written of late concerning a better staff system. Ours may be and doubtless Is open to improvements, but it should bo borne In mind that the present organization is the result of years of legislation, born of the best thought and labors cf our best military men. and has stood successfully the test of all of our war3. The criticisms of our system are too often the result of disappointments. Seldom has there appeared In print a criticism .whose author has not been a long-standing applicant for a place in one of the staff corps or departments. The suggestion that our staff officers are not experienced In the duties of line officers is not borne out by facts." A YEAR S CASUALTIES. General Corbin's recapitulation of casualties in actions and deaths in the regular and volunteer armies between May 1, 1?0S, and June 30, ltt, shows a grand total of 10,076 men. The casualty list alone aggregated 3,154, cf whom thirty-five officers and 45$ enlisted men were killed and 197 officers and 2,764 enlisted men were wounded. The death list, numbering 6,619, was mado up of 121 officers and 6.39J enlisted men. Of this total but thlrty-e ght officers and 4S5 enlisted men were kllied, the remainder of the deaths resulting from various causes, Including the following: Wounds, ten officers and 192 enlisted men; disease, 1C5 officers and 5,311 enlisted mn; accident, fix officers and 209 men; drownings, three officers and eighty-eight men; suicide, two officers and fifty-two men. and murder or homicide, flfty-twa cnlbtcd men. Ia tho

regular army the total casualties In actions and deaths amounted to 4,155, and in the volunteer establishment to 5.921. In the casualty list tho regulars had 127 omcers

and l.fcoS enlisted men killed and wounded and the volunteers 105 officers and 1.3GC en listed men killed and wounded. In the regular army, between April 3), 1?9S, and June 30, ISC. SIT enlisted men were discharged by sentence of general court-martial and 2,945 enlisted men deserted. Three officers of the regular army who were killed also held commissions in the volunteer forces. In which they are Included in the above r capitulation. COURTESIES BY BRITONS. The report dwells on the courtesies shown our troops by the British government officials while stopping at Gibraltar and else where en route to the Philippines, and pays this international courtesy will long live In the memories of both parties to the spontaneous exchange. The report speaks of the unsatisfactory conditions in Hawaii In relation to land for military uses, saying: "Sales of government lands and leases of crown lands have ontinued to the present time and there is very little of either class left in immediate control of the government. Should this action be permitted to continue It will result in embarrassment to the United States. It Is urged, therefore, that certain tracts bo taken without delay from the control of the Hawaiian government and secured to the future uses of the United States and have them declared as reservations for military purposes. Recommendation is made thai military officers serving abroad as military attaches be given increased rank and pay. As the increase In the army calls for an additional number of Military Academy cadets to fill vacancies it is recommended that the President be authorized to appoint ten annually and that two be appointed at large from each State. Satisfaction is expressed that "army canteen" embarrassment has been removed fron the War Department by the action of Congress In establishing certain restrictions. Recommendation is made that noncommissioned officers be given additional pay In order to attract to these places a worthy class willing to stay in those grades, and that twenty-five years' service as an enlisted man shall be sufficient to admit to the retiied list of enlisted men. The condition of tho artillery service, especially of the seacoast, the report describes as not altogether satisfactory. It Is believed the time has arrived when the artillery branch of the service should be recognized and the field artillery separated from that engaged in the coast defense. It is recom mended that the regimental organization of the artillery be abolished and that a corps of field artillery and of seacoast artillery be provided for, separate and distinct from each other. In a resume General Corbln says: "The icgular army is now practlcclly at a max imum, as are also the volunteer regiments. The work incident to all these changes. brought about by the acts aforesaid, involving the enlistment of 238,500 volunteers, the Increase of the regular army from 26,000 to 62,003; its subsequent reduction, anel then again Its increase to 63,000, necessitating on the same, to say nothing of the complete military record of every ccflicer and man of this force, threw upon this office work, the magnitude of which cannot be understood until undertaken. That this work has been done with accuracy and In telllgence Is now history. All credit is uue to the assistants and clerical force cf the office." The report also calls attention to tho fact that not a single life had been lost by ac cident incident to travel In the coursre of all the transportation to the Philippines. In conclusion General Corbln points out an omission of the law in failin? to iroIdc chaplains for the volunteer regiments and recommends that chaplains be provided for as soon as possible, as the presence of cne with each regiment is deemed very neces sary. Subsistence of the Army. WASHINGTON, Nov. l.-The subsistence of the army during the past year, accord ing to the annual report of acting Com missary General Weston, cost $27,054,646. These expenditures. It should be stated. however. In addition to those for the army proper, include computation of rations to prisoners of war, relief of destitute Cubans, relief of sufferers from overflow of Mis sisslppl river and Red river, relief of peo pie in the mining region of Alaska, Issues to Indians, etc. The value of stores lost by accident, by waste, transportation, etc., dur ing the year for which no one was held re sponsible was $169,411. Supplies lost for which responsibility was fixed amount to J1.816, nearly all of which has been collected. There was a large Increase over previous years in stores condemned, due to incidents and accidents of service during the Spanish war. The casualties in the subsistence depart ment. General Weston says, attest the efficiency of the department at the critical points where the services of its officers are at their maximum value. Allusion la made to the failure of the am y reorganization act of March 3, 1S99, to provide for an increase of the subsistence department commenburate with the general increase of the army. . THE CIVIL SERVICE. Annual Report of the Commission's Chief Examiner. WASHINGTON, Nov. l.-Chlef Examiner Serven, of the Clvll-servlce Commission, In his annual report made public to-day, says 48,503 were examined for entrance to the government service. Not quite 75 per cent. of the candidates passed. The commission has decided to abolish the Internal revenue boards of examiners and examinations form erly conducted by them win hereafter bo conducted by examiners sent from Washing ton. Owing to the Increased demand for special teats the ordinary examinations for custom house and Internal revenue branches and fo? first-class postoffices will be held btreaf ter only once a year. It is pointed out that out of a total of 4,414 appointments to tho departmental and government print ing services 7SI were women, and that of the 24,213 women who have passed examina tions during the last ten years 3,473, or over 14 per cent., have been appointed. The re port recommends the establishment by the committee of a standard of general intelligence, which could be considered as a pre liminary test. CARRIAGE OVERTURNED. 31 r. Drynn Was Bruised In Going; to Deliver an Address. OMAHA. Neb., Nov. 1. In order to meet an engagement to speak to-night at Ravenna, W. J. Bryan was driven across country from Loup City, twenty-two miles, three relays of horses being employed. When about five miles from the start the carriage was upset over an embankment and Mr. Bryan and the other occupants were thrown out. All were more or less bruised, though not seriously. At Ravenna Mr. Bryan spoke In a lumber yard for an hour, with the tem perature at 12 degrees above xero and the water in a pitcher on the speakers stand freezing. Assistant Secretary of War Melkeljohn also addressed a large audience In the Ravenna Opera House at the saxuo hour.

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AGUIXALHO AXD HIS SOLIHERS FLEEIXC. TO THE HILLS. Lavrton's Cavalry tilvln Them Xo Rest nnd Striking Hard Whenever There Is Opportunity. MANY ARE SURRENDERING AXD TURXIXG OVER THEIR ARMS TO THE AMERICAX FORCE. Y'ounjr In Command of One Column of Lnwton'H Troops nnd Parker and Hays Leading Other Detachments. CAPTURE OF BRASS CANNON AXD LARGE QUANTITIES OF UIIC AXD OTHER FOOD SUPPLIES. Members of the Philippines CommlM Ion Report to the President Desire of Mohammedans. MANILA. Nov. 1. All signs show that General Y'oung's rapid advance Is demoral izlng the insurgents northward. Prisoner! report them to bo fleeing to the hills. Thers are many deserters and sick men and tht former are taking their arms to the Amer icans. The cavalry's rapid movements ara a puzzle to the insurgents, who think tht Americans in striking so many places must have overwhelming .forces. Agulnaldo Is personally conducting the campaign. He is asking the people for rlco and is trying to replenish the army with recruits, but without success. General Y'oung's column en tered Cabanatuan. north of San Ieidro, yesterday morning. Colonel Parker, with two troops cf the Fourth Cavalry, took possession of the deserted town of Allaga. Captain BaUon captured a telegraph operator and his es cort, finding a telegram to Agulnaldo from an insurgent colonel reporting that General Lawton was killed In a recent fight and that his body had been sent to Manila. The operator added that six hundred insurgent were approaching Aliaga from Taxlac. Batson placed his scouts In ambush awaiting them. Colonel Hays, with four troops of the Fourth Cavalry, charged the towns or Talavera and Cobal, dispersing 150 In surgents, and pursued them four miles. They captured two brass cannon and a quantity of ammunition, including many I lotchklss. shells. Captain Ration took a storehouse and quantities of rice, sugar. corn and forty bull cans. General Hughes, commanding' In the Vlf ayan district, has sent In an encouraging report. He says the Island of Negros Is novr more peaceful and orderly than for twenty years. The planters are pursuing their busi ness undisturbed by the bands of brigands, who had long levied tribute on them. The Americans have scattered the brigands and propose to pursue them until they are effectually suppressed. The British steamer Lebuan, of HongKong, 500 ton, with a rrlze crew from the United States gunboat Castlne on board. ha9 arrived here. She waa captured while running the blockade off Zamboanga. She had unloided her cargo of merchandise. WAXT AMERICAX GARRISOXS. ' Mohammedans Offer to Salute "Old. Glory on One Condition. WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Mall advices to the War Department Indicate important ne gotiations in the Mohammedan section of the archipelago outside of the much-discussed territory of Sulu. Through the efforts of Mr. K. Engelskjon, a gentleman of Norwegian birth, who enjos's the confidence of the Tagalo chiefs in Mindanao, overture! of peace have been made to General Otis at Manila. Mindanao is almost equal In area to Luzon, being one of the two great islands of the Philippines. The Moham medans there number 150,000, and Spain ha maintained little more than nominal sovereignty. Thirty of these chiefs held a conference with Mr. Engelskjon at Zamboanga and drew up a form ef treaty propoMn? terms of peace. They have suffered greatly from the Inroads of the Moros and offer to submit to the authority of the United States on the sole condition that sufficient Amer ican garrisons be established In the island to protect them. These proposals were submitted to General Otis on the arrival of Mr. Engelskjon, but what action has been taken Is not yet known. An escaped Spanish prisoner from the Insurgent lines north of Manila has arrived at Angeles. He confirms the report that the insurgents are running short of Mauser ammunition and are unable to refill cartridges of this class. 'He teays, however, that they are well Fupplied with Remington ammunition, which they manufacture for themselves. They also manufacture dynamite and powder from petroleum and salt, which is shipped to them from Manila and taken Into their lines at night. Of the fourteen American prisoners held by the Insurgents at Tarlac the rebels claim that four have accepted commissions In the Insurgent army. Two Scotchmen named McKInley and Macintosh have escaped from the rebels. They say the insurgents claim to have 250 American prisoners scattered throughout various town, but they know of none personally, excepting Lieutenant Gil more and his fourteen sailors. The insurgents say, however, that they have two American officers In contlnmcnt betides Lieutenant Gilmore. Colonel Smith, at Angeles, has fent to General MacArthur a placard in Spanish, which was found nailed to a tree outside the line. It was an appeal to the colored troops to join the Insurgents in the fight for freedom, and referred to "Your brothers, Sam Hose and Gray, whose blood calls aloud for vengeance." THE PHII.IPPIXES COMMISSI!). Its Members Make Verbs! Reports to President McKInley. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. The members of the Philippine commission. Admiral Dewey, Professors Schurman and Worcester and Colonel Dcnby. will make a preliminary report to the President Ik-fore the end of this week, and It I und-rs-tood the report will be immediately glvn to the public. This report will be prepared at the request of the President as a result of a conference between the President and the commission at the White House to-day. The President ucrtionally summoned the commlsslonert