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Show Bcatb of Eawfon pauses' Sorrow Manila,-Dec. 20. Major General Law- ! Ion's body was brought from San Ma- j r teo to Manila this afternoon, his -staff j mid a squadron of cavalry acting as escort. es-cort. It was found necessary to bridge the river. The funeral will take" place frorn his late residence here, a mansion formerly occupied by a Spanish, gent-raj. " The b ody has been placed temporarily in a vault in El Paco cemetery, where nwny of the American soldiers; have been interred, in-terred, and a guard of honor will be maintained. "When. Mrs. Lawton and her four children shall 'have completed their arrangements for returning to the United States, the remains will be ta-. ta-. ken on a transport with an escort of oilicers for iinal interment, as is thought probable here, in Arlington remetcry. t General Lawton"s death has caused universal sorrow in Manila. No American Ameri-can officer had greater popularity among all ranks, and in his dealings with the natives he commanded their respect and conlidencc to a remarkable degree. The mayors whom he installed in the neighboring towns are arranging to attend the funeral in a body. Work of Lawton. To his executive ability and personal leadership is chiefly due 'the brilliant execution of the plan of campaign in North .Luzon, which has scattered the insurgents from San Isidro to the Gulf of Lingayen. That section of the island is-land which had to be traversed during the very worst season of the year pre- sented difficulties considered by all ac quainted with it to be almost unsur-mountable, unsur-mountable, but General Lawton thoroughly thor-oughly covered the programme assigned him. When he reached Taug and found . that the other division had not arrived he went through . to Dagupan on his own responsibility, and although he imposed im-posed great hardships upon his men. has invariably shared their lot cheerfully. cheer-fully. . Thirteen Americans Wounded. Thirteen Americans, including three officers, were wounded in the engagement engage-ment at San Mateo, where - General Lawton was killed. Captain Breckinridge's Breckin-ridge's wound is not considered dangerous, danger-ous, although the bullet penetrated his arm and side. It is estimated that the insurgents numbered 500, and that half of them were armed with ritles. The Americans Ameri-cans numbered 1,300, but the" command had been much depleted by sickness. The wagon train found the roads im-. im-. passable and was obliged to return. The ' insurgents retreated to the northeast, leaving six dead. They have other forces near Taytay. This region, although' close to Manila, has proved the most difficult from which to dislodge the enemy. It is now f reported that the insurgents intend to concentrate at Santa Cruz, La Guna province, and in the district east of La Guna de Bay. The American secret service reports that Aguinaldo has joined the Mar-quina Mar-quina lorce. |