Show MOVE ON SANTA CRUZ I 1 gen lawtonw lawtons Lav Law tons plan to capture the town sunday WHAT HIS TACTICS WILL BE 1 I 1 I 1 djs command which consists I 1 of 1500 picked men will in all AH probability bo be divided into squads of twelve under non commis commas cloned officers and then move on filipinos pinos like old time frontier righting fighting with indians rebels I 1 about manila are repulsed manila april 9 a m the ex 01 of 0 men under maj gen glenly IV V lawton law ton which started marled last lard night with the iho intonti ii of 0 cros crossing S ills La laeuna guria vl du bay I 1 iho 11 town 11 L 1 of santa cruz on tile the eastern c shore ot of the haklo and then sweeping the count coun liy fly to the south consists of two hull bull alli picked chosen from tile the vailous t mountain buttery gatens squadron three troops of the fourth cavalry Tap pans battalion ot of tits tile fourteenth infantry Cantry ln lincks battalion of oc the first idaho In fanty and lot IrBin battalion of tile hillst north dakota under gon cion king tile flotilla of oc twenty vsnow lowed hy by duzs and convoyed conveyed by the gunboat gunboats gun boats boas La lacuna gunco do df bay lillan lad and preceded pieced cl by tile the launda containing ilen cen law ton ten and gen klic total stalled led from sin pin pedru ill Mit abati catl on tho the aher 11 1 1 ar i 1 il nit ving toward liva tji elile lahe nt its is miia sitting IT tt it wai lol a alc plc ile taij asque isque the oven all in ili bagh and carried rations tor for ten days w I 1 tit th the I 1 I 1 gh test I 1 na ut I 1 rn niril nt gen lawtonw lawtons law tons plan was to reach santa cruz this morning at daybreak to capture or destroy any rebel run ngu boaty boata or shipp irom or take the iho town Igind tand fillo then en t to 0 herour our tho the country to the south a I 1 or oc iho lake jake A distance not yet t explored pl orcel hy by the amei leans the tactics u will III be those of 0 the old time frontier t fighting anti and it Is blo that the command will be ba divided in inton to leads squads ot of twe lyco under noncom non com commis I 1 is cloned officers in gen lawtonw lawtons law tons absence the second division Is temporarily commanded by gen on lne whose lines extend from born the beach near malate south of oc mantis la jUla to tile the shor of 0 laguna do de bay beyond palig a 26 distance of about seven miles I 1 th the withdrawal of the eighteen companies constituting tho the expeditionary force mado r a gat gap in fit the lino line from tile the beach to Cull Cullo cull ull just southwest of san pedro macall which was wag subsequently illiad by tile the fourth regular infantry the rebels on the exile me right lad had evidently been informed ot of the withdrawal ot of tho the troops and they attempted to lo sneak through fitter after night nightfall fail but were met with a warm deception and fell back in ili dle disorder jord ism or on discovering that tho the line was still intact AN IMPORTANT CITY santa cruz leading town in country I 1 yet untouched washington april 9 the war tie department part ment authorities look for important news from manila tomorrow announcing noun cing in ILI all probability the cap lure ot of tile the city of 0 santa cruz a lead ig to t n tin in country its as yet untouched by the h amei 1 I lean forces and now in the hands ot of the filipino forces N no 0 rep report t of oc tho the movement of gen I 1 I 1 law wn tons 1000 incisi has been made to the war var department but tile the associated press announcement occasioned no surprise for the move Is looked upon fl aa 0 one ne of tile the natural steps in gen offos carefully laid plans against the insurgents santa cruz Is it a place of considerable importance in several respects it la Is the capital of oc the province of 0 la uuna guna and hns has a population according to the best available information here L of f considerably more mor than persons regarded as aa likely that gen lawton already hat has ruined gained posse possession esio a of f this thia stronghold hold for it Is 14 but a a short h 0 jo journey lorney over tho the bay Lol lagoon goon ov a f resh fresh water wa sea m aich comes almost up lip to manila itself which Is folly eight miles nil away front from santa 1 feua I uz the details of tile the dispatch that gen itu ton Is assa es saying ing the formation of squads squad of twelve mm men each arid and w will ill make a thorough i of tile tho ground before making a definite attack upon the city it Is felt it hero re that I 1 loco c u will ill be only a show of oc resistance resistance by the natives and whether they actually surre burrt rider the town or abandon it to tl the I 1 e boul live waid d the campaign against th the 0 place will servo serve as an object it lisson sr on of the determined policy of our forces in he island bour anta nta couii artiz la III apparently an opening wedge for lh iho country beyond from it leads highways lit in all directions to manila by going around the shores of bay Joa gonn ind and to the important point of Ba balangia Balan tangas gaa and the well aft ad canted province ot of fay ihas whose capital city Is 1 i located rhinely ono none miles flora mantis gerl geri lawton lavton however finity not lint con coil template liny material mate matet ilal ial udy imi bon beyond L idita simla cruz at this almo inc as tile the region to the south Is it very lork broken ken country covered with mountains mo and the rainy section season 14 coming on bo that its ills purpose may be ba inan ly lo 10 9 gall gain an all iid ad vun tagi ut or oil our r for tile the decree aiom Agui aguinaldo rialdo madrid abill 9 the following dis halcli from matilla manila Is 14 published hei here e has issued EL a decroi in ing g that the Spanish shall be tho the official language throughout the archipelago ond and protesting pio pi denting testing against the amei lean pretension to fogec tile use of 0 on tile natives iwho aho vho do not lint know it |