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Show TOOK A DAY OFF. General MacArthur and lilt Men Tak. a Much Needed Ite.t. Washington, March 30. A dispatch from Manila, under date of March 58, says: General MacArthur and hit army are resting on the plain beyond Marllao, after three days' scrambling in tho brush, fording rivers and charging charg-ing trenches In the blazing sun. The men are tired, but aro In splendid spirits. The heat Is Intense, bolng 00 degrees on tho coast and fully 100 degrees de-grees In tho Interior: it made the Americans suffer a great deal. A detachment of ninety-six Filipino prisoners were escorted Into Manila today. Their appearance aroused great Interest as they were marched from tho railroad depot to the prison. The rebels have unloaded about 500 men from a train, hslf a mile In front of General MacArthur's forces, with the object of reinforcing the Fllllplno garrison at llulacan and Oulgulnto, on either side of the railroad leading to Malolos. The engineers are repairing bridges, the rebels having failed to destroy the Ironwork, and the railroad Is kept busy hurrying supplies to the front. The country at Malolos Is level with frequent streams and patches of wood, but there are no more jungles. Tho American troops will advance at daylight, taking four days' rations with them and having 200 rounds of ammunition In their belts. They expect ex-pect to take Bocaue, on tho railroad to tho cast of llulacan, tomorrow. It It a difficult position, protected by largo streams. |