The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-01
FAVDRS NCESSANT WAR
Gen. Lawton Says Working Glasses
Should Be Protected and the
Insurgents Punished.
HE IS IN FAVOR OF GUERILLA WARFARE.
American GunbOats lombard and
Ruin the city of ZambonngH-Thc
Port of Sulu BIOckaded-Gen. Otis
Says Thirty Thousand Men Are All
He Needs.

New York, May 30.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Manila says: Gen.
OTIS says. contradicting the general i'm
preston, that the campaign against the
Filipino insurgents will be prosecuted
by the American forces with the ut
most aggressiveness possible during
the rainy season.
Gen. Lawton is of the opinion that an
early settlement of the present troubles
and the close of hostilities depends
largely upon the Americans giving
rigid protection to the working classes
in their peaceful occupations, while
waging incessant war against the
armed forces of the enemy from this
time forth by means of guerilla war
fare.
He will show the insurgents by Wig
orous action on the rivers, lakes and
mountains that their belief that our
troops cannot campaign in the rainy
seasons or in the mountains is untrue.
MutiInte American Dead.
New York, May 80. - A special to the
Herald from Washington says Infor-
nation received here in private letters
from officers serving in the Philippines
state that the Filipinos show no re-
spect for the American dead. In one
instance an officer who was on the fir
ing line says he was shocked to see
three bodies of American soldiers, who
which were brought within the Ameri-
can lines badly mutilated. The ears
of each of the corpses had been re-
moved, the noses cut off and the hearts
torn out.
Philippine Courts RccstabIished.
Manila, May 30. - An order has been
issued reestablishing the Philippine
courts which have been closed since the
American occupation. 1t revives all the
Spanish system not conflicting with the
sovereignty of the United States.
Zambonngn Burned.
New York. May 31.-A dispatch to the
Journal and Advertiser from London
says: A special dispatch from Labuan
announces that severe fighting is re-
ported between Americans and Fill
pinos on the island of Mindanao. The
principal city on the island, Fam
boanga, has been bombarded and
burned and is in ruins.
The same dispatch reports trouble in
Sulu. The Americans have blockaded
the port. A British steamer was de-
MED admission and was escorted sea-
ward by the United States gunboat Cas-
tine.
Army should Number 10000.
Washington, May 31.-The Post says:
Gen. Otis has informed the war depart
ment that he will be satisfied if the
army under his command is kept at
maximum of 10000 The president will
give him this number. The situation in
the Philippines was the subject of an
extended conference Tuesday between
the president and Adjt Gen. Corbin.
Its Present strength.
The present strength of the army in
the Philippines, including volunteers,
who are still in the service, is $4,000.
When the volunteers return some 1900
regulars will remain, or 6 1000 less than
the number estimated as necessary by
Gen. Otis. The reenforcements now en-
route to Manila, or under orders to de-
part. will bring the total regulars up to
the required figure, but as there will
be considerable loss through sickness
ii is proposed to decrease the COM
panies now stationed in garrisons in
this country to their minimum, and in
crease the companies in the Philippines
to their maximum. 1t is believed that
this arrangement will give Gen. Otis all
the men he requires. without disar-
ranging the army, as it is at present dis
tributed. 1t can be stated on authority
that until Gen. Otis asks for an addi-
tional force there will be no enlarge
| ment of the army, not even to the ex-
tent of recruiting the $4,000 natives
provided for in the army reorganization
bill which passed the last congress.