Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-07-06
MORE MEN NEEDED.
Many Thousand More Mer
Needed to Conquer the
Philippines.
Otis Unable to Hold Towns
Captured and Insurgents
Flock Back.
Volunteers Anxious to Return
Home as They Consider
Force InadeQuate.

Home as They Consider
Force Inadequate.
A speclal cable dispatch from the Chi.
cago Records staff correspondent now
at Manila gives the situation there
plainly. In an editorial comment the
paper scores the management OF the
campaign in the Philippines as INSULT
cient and that cruel error has been
made IN not sending large number OF
additional troops to the field and that
in 40 months since the capture of Man.
ila, there has been no realization at
| Washington Of the true situation in the
Philippines" The correspondent says in
part:
Manila, June 26. via. HongkouR, June
30-The rainy season in Luzon is now
practically on, though the. e..worst rams
have not yet begun. The situation here
,s still unpromislng.
Gen. Otis in bis official reports asserts
that the situation here is promising, out
in reality there has been little change in
the last mouth.
1t is represented by the military au-
thorities that ma ters are moving on
prosperously and that the Filipinos are
sick and tired of the war. The lnsur-
gent army is represented as pack Of
brigands under robber chiefs. and these
leaders are said to be quarrellng among
themselves, beirR unable to hold their
forces together much longer. They cay
that the war would be brought to close
promptly it the wet season would bold
of little longer. They say the num-
ber Of troops now at hand is sufficient
for every purpose.
So much for the official military view.
The officers in the 6eld know
that tho Filipino troops are aggressive
and full Of epirit. The thoughtful men
in Manila know that the rigid pfsss con-
sorship and the Washington bulletins do
not in the least strlke terror to the bosom
Of ARuinaldo and bis men. The out
look at the present time ls more gloomy
for the speedy ending Of the war than
ever before. The plan OF making raids
on the country and then Withdrawing
the troops again. leaving the natives
who have shown ihem friendship to be
terrorlyed and prosecuted by the return.
ing insurgents. IS proving very harmful.
The insurgents still have a good Or
ganizatlon, and their resources are not
materially impaired. The failure to
sweep the fertile rice country above San
| Fernando to the coast has left immense
resources IN the hands Of the enemy.
Therefore they can continue the war in.
definitely while left in possession of this
valley and OF important ports OF the is
land. .
The volunteer regiments OF the 9Th
army corps are being rapidly sent home
on transports from Manila, and when
all OF these are gone the military force
10 the islands at Gen. Otis disposal will
be exceedingly smsll, IN all about 10000.
or this number 4,5O0 are at Iloilo. Cebu
and otter stations among the southern
islands. Scarcely more than 5000 troops
will remain in all the Philippines for
aggressive operations against the lnsur'
gents This force is entirely too small I.
More than twice the present number
OF troops, including volunteers. are need
ed here. There should be several regl-
ments of cavalry, properly mounted and
we'll organized pioneer and engineer
corps. The building OF good roads
through the island ls Indispensable to
the pacl6cntion of the country. There
are now 1000 men IN hospitals. Sixteen
Thousand roops are 10 garrison at Man
lila, Cavite aud the smaller towns, go that
before the volunteers retire from the ls
land there are only about 5000 men
available for active campaigning.
There should be at leset $4,000 troops
in the Philippines in order that every i'm
portsnt town should be garrisoned. Out
RACES against persons and property have
been numerous in those ports, and
many claims, in consequence, are being
prepared against the United States gov
erument by citizens Of foreign nations.
The oppression Of Spanish taxation
ought to have been removed from this
island months ago by the present gov
erument. The business stsgnation will
continue here until all the important
ports OF Luzon are occupied by Amerl-
can gsrrisons and thrown open to COM
merce.
The members OF the American peace
commission realize that their work has
been failure. The supreme court,
composed Of natives and Americans