Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-22
MAY SOON COME HOME
Urgent Demand for Release of Vol
unteers in the Philippines.
Secretary AIEer Says the Request
VIII he Complied WitI-FiliDinos
said to he Making overtures
for Peace.

for Peace.
st. Paul, Mimi, April 1S.-Gov. Lind
Monday sent n message to the legisla-
ture urging some action looking to-
wards the speedy return from Manila
of the Thirteenth Minnesota velun-
teers. He states that all appeals to
that end addressed to the president
and to the war department have been
| ignored, save in few individual cases
that were influenced by partisanship.
He asserts that the volunteers are
being held contrary to law, and that
he has been notified by Col. Ames that
the regiment desires unanimously to
return home.
| Pettigrcw Writes to President.
Washington, April Ex-senator Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota, has written
a letter to the president requesting the
return of the South Dakota volunteers,
now in the Philippines. He says that
under the law they are entitled to come
home, and that they should not be re-
tained against their will. The senator
says he has received requests from
119 members of the South Dakota regi-
ment asking to be discharged and sent
home.
To Return War Service Men.
Washington, April 1s.-Secretary AL
ger saws that it has been decided to
permit the volunteers in the Philip
pines to return home as fast as trans
portation can be furnished. They were
enlisted for service during the war
with Spain or until their services were
no longer required, but upon the rep
resentation that they desired to re-
main as long as there were actual hos
tilities no steps were taken to hasten
theil muster-out. The action of Gov.
Lee, of South Dakota; Gov. Lind, of
Minnesota, and other influential men
has caused the administration to de-
eide to return all the volunteers. Per-
mission was sent Gen. Otis a few days
ago to furnish transportation for the
individual members of the various vol
unteer organizations who desired to
: come home and muster out, but Secre-
tary Alger announced Monday night
that this order has been enlarged, and
, that now all the volunteers will be
brought to the United States as trans
, portation can be furnished. The Sec
retary would not undertake to estimate
when the last volunteer would leave
Manila under this arrangement, but
: considered it matter of only few
months.
a Troops to Be Sent Home.
S Under the orders issued for the re-
e turn of the volunteers in the Philippines
5, the following organizations will come
home:
+ Troop of Nevada cavalry, companies A
!, and D of California artillery, and B Utah
. artillery, First Wyoming, First California
1 First Colorado, Ist Idaho, Fifty-first Iowa
= Twentieth Kansas, Thirteenth Minnesota
First Montana, First Nebraska, FRS
=. North Dakota, Second Oregon, Tenth Penn
sylvania, First South Dakota, First Ten
e nessee and First Wyoming infantry volun
# teers and the First and Eighteenth compa
MES of the volunteer signal corps.
"a About 5000 regulars are now unde,
s orders to proceed to the Philippines.
u FiIipino's Plan for Peace.
Manila, April 1S.-Gen. Lagarda, on,
IS of Aguinaldo's most trusted lieuten
'e ants, in an interview says that a com
5. mittee of % leading Filipinos have me
It and discussed plans for establishin!
v peace on substantial basis. This con
le ference of natives, he says, has resulted
,r in the formation of a set or list of con
A. ditions they consider reasonable foun
d dations for peace terms.
d The first plan is TO allow the Filipino
1t as nearly complete autonomy as po:
1t sible.
re The second plan is to send a delegf
ton of Filipinos to Aguinaldo after
p conference with the American peac
ly commissioners to explain to him wha
as concessions the Americans are pr,
lie pared to make.
The third plan contemplates assn
OF ances from the Americans that all of
1 ces not held by Americans will |
US given to natives to the exclusion of TO
eigners.
id The fact that Legarda makes IL
statement that Filipinos have consi'
lg cred peace proposals leads to the bell,
ne that Aguinaldo, if not prompting II
IS. matter, is cognizant of what is beiI
tn done. The conference with the Amer
can peace commission is practically a
ty sured.
~ The Beef Inquiry.