The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-14
CONDUCT OF THE WAR.
Republican Campaign Books Effect
i've Reply to the Democratic ClamOr.
Washington Special to St. Louis Globe

Washington Special to ST. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The following from the Republican cam
pagn book, just issued, is an effective re-
ply to the greatnclamor now being raised
about the conduct of the war:
As a summary of the work of the War
Department in the prosecution of the war
the following list Partially indicates the
many difficulties that had to be contended
with. The work of the adjutant generals
department has been to muster and order
to their stations to be precise, 216 400 volun-
teers and 2490o for the regular army. This
with a reduced force, as many staff officers
from all of the departments had been pro-
NOTED and ordered to the field. The chief
engineer reports an expenditure of S. $780,
OO0 for harbor defenses building emplace-
ments of heavy guns mortar batteries and
mines.
The surgeon general has had the enor-
nous work of fitting, sipa hospitals and or
ganizng the medical corps. employing male
and female nurses, contract surgeons. being
surgeons who employed from civil life,
besides those commissioned as corps, di-
vision and brigade surgeons, furnishing
medical supplies. and answering the de-
mands from all over the country, and from
camps at Santiago, Porto Rico and Manila.
The work done in this line is almost be-
yond comprehension The commissary gem
eral had purchased and distributed up to
Aug. 1, 1l0,sO7 ,235 pounds of rations. which
nave been transported and distributed to
all armies in the field here and at San
tiago. Porto Rico and Manila, besides the
distributed among the desti-
master generals report is too
ions y eve even an approximate idea of
MS WoIk. IN the way of transportation to
Honolulu, Manila, Santiago and Porto Rico
and return home there were sent 81, 63S men
with. artillary, equipment and supplies. BY
ran III this country there were transported
800 officers. 233, $50 enlisted men also 20 40 40
ANIMALS besides thousands of wagons ar
tlllery and other quartermaSter commits
stores.
total number of articles of clothing
ana i camp equipage distributed to the army
py the quartermaster's department has
been 6,274.4SS of which only I, few articles
GO can .ot be mentioned, as follows: Blankets.
2S4 .106; canvas field uniforms, SO, 200: shoes
pairs, 1873; undershirts, 1856 965: tents
f1s.l42, etc The total weight of food and
proximately 800 tons.
Added to this is the large fleet of trans
ports chartered and purchased, the manage
ment of the same in conveying troops. sup
plies and ammunition. The paymaster
promptly paid the army, and is deserving of
corps provided most efficient service. fur
nishing cable, telegraph, telephone and sig
nal services to the different commands in
the field.
In answer to a query. Senator c. K
Davis, of Minnesota, thus briefly summar-
ICES what the United States has gained by
the war with Spain: THE war with Spain
has taught the American people their own
strength, has raised them to higher plane
OF patriotism: has appeased their discon-
tent and distrust of their own government;
has consolidated the North and South; has
settled and made obsolete many financial
heresies has made the United States an ac-
tual naval and military power; has demon
strated the necessity of securing our share
OF the enormous markets of the Orient, and
has enforced from foreign nations a respect
for this government not heretofore shown
by them.
The action of the President in not recog-
nizing the Cuban republic is made a source
Of congratulation, as follows:
If the resolution introduced by Mr..
Bailey, or reported by the minority of the
committee on foreign affairs of the House,
had prevailed the complications growing
out of Cuban affairs would have exceeded
any entangled situation known in the last
century. The pecIle of this country will
certainly trust to the wisdom Of President
Mckinley and the leaders of Congress who
so wisely provided for the emergency which
we have Just passed, in solving the prob
lens of the future in the settlement of the
complicated questions growing out OF the
war;