The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25
TO Capture AGJ|NA[DO.
An Important Conference at Lake
Champlain to Lay Plans to
Trap the Rebel Leader.
INSTRUCTIONS TO OTIS WILL FOLLOW.
the Army win BE Moved Upon the
Rebels in Three Directions-Our Soldier
Boys In the Philippines Saving Their
Money.

Washington, Aug. 23.-Secretary Root
has gone to Lake Champlain, where he
will confer with President Mckinley
and Prof. Schurman, the head of the
Philippine commission, who has just
returned from Manila. At this confer
ence the Philippine situation will be
fully gone over, and the president and
Secretary Root hope to secure such in
formation from Prof. Schurman as will
enable them to give definite instruc-
tions to Gen. Otis for the fall CAM
paign. Both the president and the
secretary are especially DESTROYS of Sc
curing from Prof. Schurman reliable
information upon the character of the
country in which the American forces
are obliged to operate, and the pros
poets of capturing Aguinaldo by divi-
sion of forces and the following out of
movements now in contemplation.
Both the president and the secretary
are firmly convinced that if the capture
of Aguinaldo can be effected the rebel
lion will speedily collapse. So believ-
ing, they will use all the available mil
itary force-that is to say, the 10000
men which Gen. Otis will surely have
by November at the latest-for the ac-
complishment of this purpose.
Aguinaldo is shrewd enough to sus-
pect the intentions of the United States
in this respect, and he is now sending
small Tagal forces to the other islands
to stir up strife, in the hope that he
may be able to divert a part of the
American force from Luzon and thus
lessen his danger. His plan is patent
to the administration, and little heed
will be given to the uprisings in the
smaller islands until the chief object of
the American campaign-the capture
of the rebel chief-has been accom-
plished.
The desire of the president and the
secretary is undoubtedly to have the
American forces move upon the rebel
chieftain from SO many directions that
escape will be impossible. Ifone Amer
lean army could move upon Aguinaldo
and his men from Manila, another from
the direction of Lingayen bay and a
third from the direction of Baler, he
would hardly be able to evade de-
cisive engagement or surrender.
Soldiers Saving Their Money.
Washington, Aug. 23.-Within the
past IL months more than $1,000, 900
has been sent to the Philippines to pay
the troops. It is noted that at least
one-third of this amount has been de-
posted by the boys with the paymas-
tiers, and a great deal of it has come
back to the United States to the fami-
lies of the soldiers. The men are en-
couraged to deposit their money. be-
ing allowed interest by the govern
ment at the rate of four per cent. per
annum. All the soldiers are now be-
ing paid the increase of 20 per cent. au-
thorized during war time. This brings
the pay of private soldier up to SIG. SO
a month. The men are paid every two
months, as it would be inconvenient to
attempt to reach troops in the field
more frequently than that. The pay
master generals department sends
money to the Philippines in lots of
about 81, 200, 900. Gold coin and subsid-
larry silver are used extensively. It
was found that the destructive white
ants of the Philippines would eat the
green backs, and now the boys get
their SIS in yellow metal, with SLIGO in
silver.