| Show INTEREST IN WASHINGTON War Department Warriors Rearrange the American Troops Washington March 30Vlth the American forces within three and a half miles of the insurgent capital interest in-terest In the military movements north I of Manila has about reached the culmination culmi-nation point It was stated at the war department today that the march of three and a half miles mIght take all of today in vIew of the successive lines of rebel entrenchments and the strong earthworks which It is believed the re elshae thrown up Immediately around the city 11f J J a Ii Iii In that event the storming of thc city itself would not begin untlltomor row There is i no certalnty however that thc short distance may not be compassed early today so as to permit per-mit an assault late today or during the night General Corbin inns of the opinion that the attack would begin today Major Simpson of the mIlitary information infor-mation bureau hadmade afinal readjustment read-justment of the AmerIcan position showing just how the appPOach to the insurgent capital will bc executed It shows the brigade of Hale stretched out on the right and that of Harrison Gray Otis on the left Each brIgade In this advance line is made up of seasoned sea-soned volunteers with four batteries of the Third artillery these being the only regulars But just back of them and midway between the two advance brigades Is the strong force of Wheaton Wheat-on which has been kept from the ardu Ious I-ous work of the last few days and held I as a sort of battering ram It is made up mainly of regulars the Twentysec ond Infantry and the Third infantry as well as one regIment of volunteers the Second Oregon which has seen some of the hardest fighting of the war It Is said the reserve force of Wheaton will be heard from when the main assault as-sault begins Hales advanced column on the rIght 15 made up of the First Nebraska FIrat South Dakota First Colorado and the First Wyoming Otis advanced column col-umn on the left Is made up of the Twentieth Kansas FIrst Montana four batteries of the Third artlllery the Thirteenth Minnesota and the Tenth Pennsylvania The Minnesota regiment was sent forward from the waterworks esteray to strengthen the advance line of the final assault |
