The herald., 1898-05-30
ENDANGEk LIVES OF MEN WHO
MAKE THEM
MANILA BLOCKADE effective
The Need of More Soldiers Expected
3 to Result in a Third Call for
Volunteers


. ing in the Philippines the same game .
!, . of offering home rule that failed in .
. Cuba. The Spanish governor at Ma o
. Mia is making desperate attempts to .
. bride or coax the rebels to drop their
. quarrel with Spain and make common .
. cause against the Yankees. He is Of .
fering to grant every concession de-
Q manded by the rebels short of indie o
. pendence, and to the leaders he has .
. . rendered brides and offices. Two .
. priests were the first emissaries to .
- Aguinaldo. They offered him 10000 .
. gold ounces and provincial govern .
. orship if he would abandon the rebel
. lion and fight beside instead of against .
. the Spanish. .
'.Tell the governor" was the rebels .
. answer, that I will take that and as .
Q much more after courtmartial him .
. for murder" .
. He sent the priests back. first eau .
. tioning them not to return to the rebel .
Q camp. Next two prominent merchants .
of Manila, to whom the rebel chief .
. was under obligations for assistance .
. given him in years gone by when he .
Q needed 1t, were sent to use their infiu- .
. ence in the Spanish interests. Aguin- .
. aldo refused to see them and ordered .
their imprisonment. For the sake Q
of our old friendship l would spare .
. your lives" he sent word to them, .
0 but your crime is not against me, and .
as my officers decide SO must be your .
fate.' .
. A second delegation came on the .
. same errand and shared the imprison- .
. ment of the two merchants. 1t is not .
Q believed they will be executed, as .
. Aguinado wants to impress on the .
Q Americans that the rebels are civil .
. lied men, fit to be trusted with the .
. government of the Philippines. .
. Nearly all the Spanish provincial .
. governors have been removed and ma .
. tives appointed to their places in con- .
sonance with the governors policy of .
. reconciliation. The insurgents are .
. drilling and preparing to act with the .
. American troops, the first of which .
. are expected about June IA. The Phil .
. ippines are now we'll armed with rifles .
furnished by Americans, and have .
. plenty of ammunition. The blockade .
. of Manila is complete, and starvation .
Q is only question of time. The Span .
. ish soldiers are mutinous and uneasy. .
Q The rebels have taken St. Thomas, .
. killing all the Spanish officers they .
Q could find. The third class Spanish .
. cruiser JIl Cano. about the only Span .
Q ish warship remaining afloat in Phil .
ippine waters, lodged into Iloilo the .
. other day and lodged out again before .
. Dewey could plan to catch her. .
Montijo's Troubles
. LONDON, May 3O.-By the Associ- .
Q ated Press) The Hong Kong cores .
To Nol1
Q United States Consul O. F. Williams .
Q does not think Admiral Montijo will .
Q be courtmartialed. .
Q Williams also says that Aguinaldo. Q
Q the insurgent leader, had his men at .
. Cavite in a good state of discipline. .
Q They are provided with plenty of RI .
. fies and ammunition, and are expect .
ed to do good service for the Ameri- .
. cans in attacking Manila. The Ameri- .
Q can troops from San Francisco are .
. expected to arrive there June 14th. .
The Monterey Coaling
Q MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD, .
. May 29.-(By the Associated Press.) .
Q The coast defense vessel Monterey Q
. came out of the dry dock today, and .
for the next two days will be engaged .
in loading coal. Besides filing the .
bunkers, all the available space on .
deck will be occupied by coal. New .
hydraulic pipes are being put in the .
turrets and towing bride Is being .
. rugged to her bow. This is s.new de- Q
vice, the invention of Foreman Fur .
long, and is so arranged that the tow 9
line can be slipped at a moments no. q
tice in case of a sudden storm. The .
Monterey will not be ready to sail Z
. before the endof the week. Work on Q
. her consort the Brutus. will probably 9
be finished about the same time. Z
More Soldiers Needed
WASHINGTON. May 2s.-(Special Z
to The Herald) A third call for vol Z
. unteers is likely to be issued within q
the next two weeks. Military authori- Z
. ties are convinced that there is to be q
demand for troops which cannod be Z
met with the force available under q
. present conditions. 1t is evident that Z
. the regular army cannot be increased Z
to the desired strength of $4,000, and Z
the war department will consider itself Z
fortunate II the regular army attains Z
force of 100000 Army officers are q
perplexed as to why men are not will Z
Ing to enter the army establishment. Z
No regular term of enlistment has been q
. provided. and regulars now entering &
the army can do so Professionally, with Z
the understanding that they need serve Z
only during the war, and certainly not Z
longer than for two years. During the Z
last two weeks 1t has become obvious 4
that the military forces for invasion q
and occupation will have to be much I
larger than was expected. A con- I
sentative estimate by an officer COM 4
petent to Judge provides: First an q
army of one hundred and twenty Z
thousand for Cuba; second, an army I
of sixty thousand for the Philippines; Z
third. an army of thirty thousand for I
Porto Rico. Taking into considera- 4
tion the probability Of augmentng the I
regular army to slxty-two thousand, I
the disabilities certain to occur in the I
field, and the necessity OF maintaining I
large reserve force for home defense q
and to replace those who become III Z
Q while away. the third call for volun- 4
teers is practically certain. I
Orders to Merritt
NEW YORK, May 2a-The state depart
--ant has mailed to General Merritt hi,