The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-31
HIGH PRAISE OF GEN. OTIS.
cor. POPE CoMMEyDS ms COSDTCT
~ THE pHILIPPTNES.

lie Has Accomplished without Prejudice.
WAsHiNGroY. Oct. 30 Col. James W. Pore.
Chief Uuartsrmaster OF the Army In the PHI.
ippines. Is in the city
Il have formed my conclusions concerning
Gen Otis almost entirely from my acuuain.
lance with him since | went to Manila. %
said Col. Pope to-day. II went
there in the first place with Gen.
Merritt and remained in the islands
after tn. departure Of that officer consider
Gen. Otis n really great man. and believe
that others will srs him in that light
when they are able to look at what ho
h-A accomplished without prejudice
lie has been c"nsurrl in n pti'ess manner
for things that 40 mortal man could 10
blamed for lin hnI been required to man
age an eMrire. both in mita'v and
civil capacitS to nght most difficult
kind q war 5000 miles from his
nearest base Of supplies. aud to change
armies AT the sane time. " no time.
az he has said t. me several times.
has he tat an available force
Of moro than 10000 Rcn. and he
could not use all OF them. nor haIf Of them. for
fghting. MANY were in the hospitals. SIN
more had to ue keit near and IN Manila fpf
REASONS which shall state later on.
The personnel Of the army in the Philip
PINES has been argriv mi understood have
United states. !pr | am regular mysr.f.
But the frEH'tlS WHO were sent I"
Mauia were COMPOSED largely ui raw
recruits ml'y ~ yer cent? | think. had had
no previous military training. The
volunteers wcrr well trained soldiers
and most 90 Them had had at
least six months Of the best rSueri.
enc" in warfare. | do not hesitate
to say that the volunteers who were in the
Philippines we'" the lest soldiers ever saw
ra%n., e,raS too hs". E %, i a., although ,
''''" ','r ~ ~
'n'tH was n'c'S-"'I' E''"l "r'I
md .hittjnw "f troors The mon haJ f.
become nr"IIm",rl, and thew haI to learn
ran 10" wa. 'y ntv,I "n f., sw y" borsn,
in III. middle Of tn. stream. but GEN otis had
No. choice. rs the tarm Of enlistment u the
volunteers had eXrjrtL
Then Gen Oti] ha' had to keep a very
~.Ee I,''"" o. '''S ','' ~ ,I .','"a'' ",'''
lh' re"S"n '"i 'h'S - ""'" - "'pr'''''o
unle" one understands fully the Filipino
'"",'o.s' ,'1, I'' ,'''S , IJ,', ",,Iu
anI '''f thsr' ron,I I,ye E,'n '', 'am'
hsHnSs,l'"'',n "''.'u' 'h', !, WIS ht'es-
sfr' to Es'' N ih'M %" ,h a.. '"rI, ,m
ne must nrrserN" ana WIN a NI,n"d 'Eehr
Ims th'h wTu1 nr nn cay I'm IN
AZ I" WOW" n' THTi'@""' n"' Tor
inc ure'aul .oh IaN"h hh ven. l.' .,,-,
that rp+" E1" a"l "TS has jyr1 ' r"ssI oTSr
,he aoAnunnmshi "l trrI,h owns wnirh hnd
n"En ca i, ute, y, ''1 hil,eIy"n .o' &C. no cor
Understood Il" "ltuHi ''n or WiluiS mISrerfr-
s S II AK s'nEH ',", hhT n4Sh "'nn'
Why did we take them IN I'll" lirIt r'Hret
Lho't Sap'm . Was "i'Vl,' an 'h',I!SmL
ths tInp.nos. n"t the tow. J til" tli-
thmm "Ihe e nhe"f wv f. vet rhn tn,,,@ ",.S
so ana J." "m,am t, oL mn me-, al
sp"lleInims oven moro N"'"'".e ''lN the rep'IS
VIZ mad. no difference to II. in strategic
WAS Mas really bette to lave tn"m for IN
healthy, and in s"mH the sirknos1
a. 3 nor ' cspt Th!S w @h"a ni amGst
u ia'', nIirSy M,r'c a." m,'n as '"Ham"
had retaimnI trnm w"i.J w.
Inn onr "'"rntl"nI Even NOR
as matt"r"f fact .w""iino' be- the esghtasi
tromes to reraS" any OF then TINS has teen
IaWs II, IIsc,' t,t 'i''
make i worth whti" to E"y them Dntl}e. We
i"ndS, and now ho'J San .iir" "a" i'F-
Gon 81. has %een crit cr.c I because he has
n" MOI pnr NV" NE "e,I h'mhs".'' some hnvn
eh ih "'e mH III IwHtcE nm, i. 'oEHr",Is
,tn beat il no,
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nil. H. I,r,.Hb M, ,t,1,,, 7'H'o 'mi l5' .
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WA, ~ ,,s az "lHP r'UINr.
thsy Are rot th,rr Thers ,,, '.ithnnH nnnHiImn
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Sr.r "'''' '"'" '"c' t''' "'h the
"Nnd ,icn uH. has a weii.cq,..p,el ,.,e.
sha f tir - n".' 10 uIfrt
t"r" nnmn, ,,ni "'ufiHNr F"It ana
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,mtni, - ~" i"'i n"IIne mem he
,anHrp Ills '". u" W'.,L not
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Jaw and he j.. M. hrs. mem ever
~, ''" ~ - ''' ""'"e'' ""'A'"E H'"h ever
MI ,v,. ,har, ,shor c,, Wheel, -
,rn wa 'm ne Tr, Wm"h zen, mh+r"r cam
~ ~, III ~" ni'v,.'' e,Meeeu nm ana rs
''t ouneS' ~ "ene" !" go 10 me
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