The age-herald., 1898-12-31
No Division of Governments in Either
 Cuba or the Philippines.
PERMANENT LINE OF TRANSPORTS
Administration When the Emer- gency Appropriation Was
 Introduced in Congress.
BY ARCHIBALD W. BUTT

Washington, December 30.-(Special.)- One flag and one authority is to be the tenor of all oloers to representatives of the United States in the newly-acquired terri tory. There is be nc division of govern | ments between the United States and in- the Philippines.
 The United States will not pay the Cuban soldiers nor will it lend the money for their payment The emergency fund of three mil lions which is carried in the deficiency bill is not made available for the purpose of paying the Cuban army in order to secure it's disarmament but is is to secure a per manent line of transports especially for the
 Pacific.
 This is the purpose of the fund and it
 was put in the bill in this ambiguous way
 for a certain purpose. Had the real pur-
 pose for which the money was appropri- ated been given out, the bill would have been fought, and by the navy.
 Friction Between Departments
 For some time there has been consider able friction between the navy and the army due largely to the criticism of the navy by the army in front of Santiago, when every effort was made, but without avail, to have Admiral Sampson enter the harbor. Instead of the navy taking the feet as it is now shown that it should have done, as it lay in the harbor, it held off until the army drove Cervera out for Schley to capture and for Sampson to claim all the credit At any rate there is not the
 best feeling between the two branches of
 service, and there is much to be said on both sides. The chief point at issue now is the transport system. The navy speaks de-
 risively of the army. The naval authori- ties say that it is an unheard of thing for
 the army to have vessels of it's own, not
 only commanded by army officers, but manned by soldiers dressed in a unique navy uniform differing from that worn by the American tar will not add to good will. VIII Not Add to Good Win Having begun the upbuilding of navy for it's exclusive use, and fired with the ambition to enlarge it, three millions are now appropriated to put 1t on permanent basis. Had the object been made known at the time there would have been friends of the navy in congress who would have fought it, but 1t was slipped into the bill as an emergency fund. This is quite a coup for the army, but it will not add to the gen. eral good will between the two branches of the service.
 In the meantime, the war department is putting itself in a position to hold and de- fend the new possessions at all hazards The secretary argues that it will be neces- sary to have transports for the army and under the direct orders of the army. There has transpired much of late to give the ad- ministration uneasness. The methods of the Cubans are dispeasng to the govern ment, while the condition in the Philippines is such as to cause the administration to halt in it's policy of mastering out the vol unteers.
 There is much indignation expressed at the white house over the determination of the Cubans to float their flag sida by side with the American flag.
 Virtual Recognition
 The reason put forward against this is
 the same against the policy of paying the Cuban army, namely that it is virtual recognition of the Cuban republic. The president says that only one flag must float over the American army and that flag must
 bear the insignia of the stars and stripes. From this time there will be no division of authorty. General Brooke has been or dered to have the flag sent up at every point where there is an official and that flag alone.
 The same will be done in the Philippines. Whether by peaceful representations to the insurgents or by rorce of arms, the Ameri- can flag must fly over every town in the archipelago and in each town the American authority must be looked upon as supreme. Hurry orders are being sent out to the commanders of regulars which are to be sent to the Philippines and there will be congregated there 30,O00 men as soon as they can be transported. This is taken to mean that no time will be lost in making the authority of the United States supreme in the archipelago. and if there must be force used in making the Fiipinos under stand that there can be but one govern ment, it will be used.