The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-29
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= Than The criticisms Of The Volnuteer
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ed the men, VIII the following resell
9 May Of The Ren expressed thsnsslvs
II freely.
q Sergeant Wheeler, Troop C. FoGr,
K cavalry. said: "The campaign Ia
N de bat little progress More troop
are needed to gauisoa and hol
captured territory. OTIS has los
j. standing with bis officers Asd nsa
He should give way 10 al older Gensrs
1.-THE Val Is to Be bought 70 = ssccessi1
close in the bear future. He Is Ger
{ tAinly not the rghi man fOt the place
J. NJ Fatrell, COMPANY +, Eigb
{ ieebIh United States InfaniEy: Nv,
have made DO he4dEay in the Pbh.
iPPInes whatever. We have no Gen
D.. srAl and not enough men, aud those
; Se have r nG allowed 10 light; 81
What can you sTPect' tell yoa ID.
boys were dsgasted when, By quick
work. General LaEt0a surrounded 8
body Of insurgents and had them NJ bis
mercy; then orders came from O.is to
come back. OTIS Is the mar to blame
The English language contains no word
which expresses bis ineOmPeiency sae-
qaaisly. send = General TO the island
if you would conquer them"
Martin Hendeek Company T. United
States Infantry: ''o,is is a dead one,
and We have 10, enough men in the
Philippines With General LAYTON in
command W would (, after = year's
fighting, be in 5 wOrse position than al
the beginning Of the campaign"
John W. Hall, Thirteenth Infantry
Every private in The Eight corps will
tell you the sane tale about this man
Otis. The boys want to 6ghi, and they
simply 90 frantic when they get =
chance at the FlipinOs. But Otis
won't let them fight, and they must
obey orders. LaEton is the man
wanted at the head Of the Philippines
Clarence S. Curtis Utah Battery:
"Almos; every American 10 The Phil
iPpines believes that OTIS is the wrong
man for the job
John Felger, Eighteenth United
States Infantry: Everything seems
to be at q staBdsilll. The enemy is
always ready, aud our boys can go
outside their tents and pick up a fight
almost any day. Otis won't allow rs
to advance and he does not want to
end the war, i, appears"
W. J. CLARK, Third United States
Artillery ''Ots has disguised both
officers and men. II the war Is to be
ended soon President Mckinley will
have to get a better man than Otis to
do the job. The meu have los, all
respect for OIis, who seems To be a
rank counterfeit"
c. W. Spells, Fourteenth United
States Infantry; 1.-The situation IN the
Islands is as bad as it could be. The
boys are dissatisfied because Otis will
not allow them to fight the Filipinos.
Oils has m srepresented the situation
entirely. We have accomplished
nothing. Something must be done IL
We are going TO conquer the Islands"
?. l.. Baxter, Twelfth United States
Infantry; 1 am sorry to say that our
campaign in the Philippines has been
! 3 total failure. We have accomplished
nothing, and Agunaldo is gaining
ground daily. We will not quell the
ihsurrection in fifty years at the present
rate. | blame Otis tor the condition
there, as he will not let the boys treat
the natives as they deserve, but insists
on treating them as friends who are 10
be Paeifed rather than fought. He is
neither n thing or the other, but
Oily dallies around"
George Baker, Company F, Second
Oregon Volunteers: Otis ~ to blame.
Send Miles or Lawton there to take
command and the war will be ended
speedily; otherwise il will drag along
for years
Joseph S. Walthall, Twenty.thir d
United States Infantry: 81 was with
General Lawton on the firing line one
day when we had about 1900 Filipinos
hemmed 10 and al our mercy. General
LaWton was just about to give orders
to charge, when an orderly rode up
with a dispatch for him. General
Lawton read it and then said to one Of
ms staff "Otis orders us to retreat TO
Manila. This is the third time be did
50 when had the googoos caught.
What's the use Of trying TO do any
thing when you have such a man over
your General Lawton hit the nail on
the head. Otis is afraid something
will be done. lie must be relieved
before we a beat the Filiplnos."
Luther Davidson, Fourteenth United
States lniairy eve are making no
Roadway In the Philippines, aud /
think the condition Of affairs is due TO
Ols's incompetency. We need q great
many more men to garrison the towns
we capture"
W. X. Burrier, Eighteeth United
States Infantry: 81 am glad TO get to
my native land, away from a bungling,
egolistical ass such as Otis. His man
agement Of the Filipino campaign has
been criminal. He should be recalled,
and If they dared our officers would
say the same thing"
w. +. Striegeler, Eighteenth United
States Infantry "0tls Is hardly COM
petent to command a regiment, and TO
put him In charge Of a campaign 10 a
foreign land is criminal. Many lives
have been sacrifi sed because be would
not tear himself away from his dinner
table and hustle. Send 100, 900 men
and General Miles to Manila, and the
Instruction will be quelled 10 three
months. But the politicians seem 20
want to drag the war along a little