Show t ED D OF WAR FAR OFF I Hope of Putting Dwn Philippine sti a Insurrection Fading r ENEMY IS STILL ACTIVE THIRTY THOUSAND REBELS SCATTERED IN ISLANDS SCATEE I ISLADS t Whereabouts of Thess Forces Denie Tes Unknown to Amercnsutle fors to Capture the Leade United States Soldiers I Need of Provisions w york Dec 7 dispatch to the Herald from Manila says Hope of ending the Insurrection and halting mitary operations In the Philippines which seemed so bright a few d sago s-ago has again faded Into the uncertain uncer-tain future Much has been accomplished During the last fes nooks the campaigning ha been alWQt phenomenal In dreadful dread-ful weather through a devastated country across swollen rivers along roads that were Impassable for wagons artillery and in sone cases for cavalry the advances or the troops have ben so rapid and In so many directions that they have often been beyond the ml tan telegraph lines and operations have necessarily been Independent conducted by the field commander The army is rightfully proud The insurgents have had a series of routs and disaster The slaughtet has been great They have lost a large quantity of supplies and munitions of war and more than 1000 or their armed men have surrendered or been captured cap-tured during their retreat In the last few weeks Their government has been scattered or captured What of i I fs at liberty Is in flight A portion of Aguinaldos family are in our lines AgUinaldo himsel Is a fugitive Pessimistic View Taken Notwithstanding all these things there Is no reason for an extreme optimistic op-timistic vIew of the situation Nothing more Is herd of having the rebellion stztmped out In the course of a few days > That sort of talk only lasted while the Insurgent leader was slipping slip-ping way last week Field command era now thing that the end Is still afar I is admitted that little Is definitely known of the present strength or whereabouts of the insurgents Asln aIdes entire army Is estimated at from 2000J to 3000 armed men scattered throughout the Islands There are 45000 American soldiers now in the Philippines Philip-pines 35000 being In Luzon These are already 0 greatly scattered by the recent re-cent operations with thc exception of those In Mania where 12000 are concentrated con-centrated that they seem like a mere handful Still we hold less than one third of the area of Luzon but what we have is the most desirable territory Indi catons are that Aguinaldo escaped to the north with a much larger body of trQops than was at first slpposed This I force reported at from OO to 3000 men was originally recruited In the northern provinces and the men are reputed to be god fighters Distribution of Troops Not one of our columns Is In direct contact with the enemy I Is a game of bide and seek and a weary game it is i HEre Is a statement of the movements move-ments of the various field commnmtn Gereral Young with his small terre of tired men andotninmals Ic i sloly fol lots mg the insurgents oto the llUT tams toward Banguci and has pot been heard from ron a weolt I Captain Jam B rwln with the Fourth cavalry Is suppssd tu be 1Id ins Dayombpn in Nimeva Vzaraya There is no IlfJrmat as to what in I Ilmrt nts are n lte nOIthern alley I ueneral Lnnor Is now coinIng south I I toward San Islore hence he trill push his column lretly south on San MI I I gueland Norrawtrl to moflt this mfri I can column JJ t atwarJ front 130 I I cad I IS hi In lliJn to vt tit i rebel Piar info the ruigion nrth of the lake I I I General Wheaton Is In Tayug Most of his troops In the vicinity are garrl I sonlnS nearby towns General IaArthur Is on the railroad I at Bayambang I Colonel Bell Is following westward Into thc mountains the remnants of i General Alejndrlnos troops estimated at 2800 mep I Burt Fe moving with a small com I I mand from Odonnel estward over i the mountains to Iba on the coast General Grant is moving from Flor I I Ida Blanca southward to Balanga Ba I taan Jrovlnce I Set of Active Campaign i i Cavle province will be the seat of an active campaign when enough troops arrivc to shut off all avenues of escape unless an unepected surrender I I OCCUrs All the 65000 AmerIcan troops I ill be easily absorbed in active cam palulng and The garrIsoning army cannot Continue Its hiresent exertions Jr excrtons I another month with the poor toad found i in the country without much illness I r It Is the general opinion that the live known Insurgent organizations or I more than 2000 men each l trill at the j I diI dat present rate be disintegrated into I guerihla bands within thirty das I I I is the impression of the military utlorite6 that 20000 men 1 be suf fcient to garrison Luzon a few months I I hence Field ofcers and others insist however that unless the natives sur I ren iei thltlr arm Luzon must be gar renJer town by town whie protection must be guaranteed to the natives now on the fence until a reaction in favor I fa-vor of the Americans begins |