The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-02

found crowded with prisoners who had beer
confined for long periods without trial, and u
charges against them. These unfortunate,
have either been tried or set free The court,
| have been To- n great extent recognized. ant
! their proceedings simblincd ana expedited
| The writ Of habcas corpus has been intro
Al the time OF change OF sovereignty the
! island was In condition Of great disorder
: md Tor a considerable period bandits collected
! In the mountains and committed depreciation.
: and maintained themselves by rohbing the
! peaceful inhabitants. These have been dis.
! thoroughly restored. A number Of attrmn,s
| have been made to secure general pnrticipa.
| ton by the people IN mpnicirnl elections and
tho reform OF municipal governments The
results in this respect have not been very sat-
isfactory thus FAR Further experiments in
the way OF municipal elections arc now In pro.
TRANSPORT srr ;cE.
The TRANSPORTATION Of such large bodies oi
troops between Manila and the United States
has made necessary the creation OF large
fleet Of ocean TRANSPORTS and the great length
OF the voyage has required tho exercise Of spe
cial care in the sanitary arrangements and pro-
visions for ventilation. cleanliness and COM
Tort The experience acMired since the COM
1S!R. has enabled the Quartcrmastcrs Depart.
ment to make STEADY Improvement In these re-
spsGs and II Is EpstblyinG to mote tnnt the
,cally without loss of life, disease or injury to
On Nov. 30 we had 3 vessels owned by the
United states engaged inthe TRANSPORTATION
state states Snd ne FhilipPines; Is vessels
the, same. service and IL vcssels chartered
and fitted up by us engaged in the. trans
making a total transport nect in the Philippine
service OF 81 steam vessels. The immediate
the chartered TRANSPORTS are now being sur
rendered as they sncccssiiyely return, TO the
home port and the 4 ct will bo reduced within
o short time to the vessels owned by the
Government with the possible addition ot
right to purchase on advantageous terms
Not less than ten vessels will be- required for a
considerable time 70 come in thc, regular SER
vice between San Francisco and Manila.
In performance Of the obi cations assumed
under the nth and sixth articles uf the trruty Of
Of war on the capture OF Manila, and ali other
persons made prisoners Of war by the AmcrI-
can forces, or released from the hands Of the
been returned to Spain. with the exception OF
such individuals ~ may not have desired to re-
turn to spain, and prisoners released from the
past few weeks. The cost Of returning the
prisoners from the Philippines incurred during
the past year mas amounted to SHOS,JS3 40.
HEALTH OF THE ARMY.
The health Of the army from the beginning
81 the spanish war has been remarkably good.
The deaths from al causes including casual
volunteers. for the fourteen months from May,
lSS TO June. lsa,A. inclusive. were U.Ui1'
o to an fnn TH Of
disease during the whole period were Mt an
annual rate OF but 23'GS per thousand.
these were as follows:
Sdi,o,s No.@ RH' PER
United state. .......................'3,5 .a..i
Philippine, ............................ 1890
For an army largely drawn from n cold
climate and Transported suddenly 10 tho
tropics, mainly composed OF new recruits not
trained To care for themselves in camp or on
the march. and a great part OF which was
stationed in u malar!al country or luartcrcd
III and about cities infected with yellow fever
and especially adapted to the production OF
reflects credit upon all the branches OF the SER
Vie. engaged in clothing. feeding and caring
Tho total deaths in the army OF the Philip.
pines for he ten months from Jan. /. lSst1. 10
period covered by the war with The Insurgents
have been Of those Killed in battle and dying OF
wounds and other injuries. AZ those dying
oil disease. 5ob-makihg "A total ot Si3.'
iSsULAH GOVERNMENT.
A large section Of the report Ia devoted To
I he subject OF insular government IL quotes
from the Treaty Of Paris: The civil rights
the territories hereby ceded to the intel
States shall be determined by Congress-" and
assume. for do not think that It cnn be
disputed. that all acquisition o,
territory under this treaty was ~" exercise OF
because II was a nation. and for that reason
was endowed with tho powers rss.ntiaI 10
national life and that III. i'nii"i states hns ali
the powers in respect of the territory which il
har thus acquired. and III" inhabltants OF that
territory. which any nation in the world bns
In aspect OF territory which il has acouir"J;
and the United states III" former mr., snh,nn,
20 me c9mplete sovereignty OF the latter. con-
y bicb NAV ho ,w Sa n'.i,W,pns oNcept nose
Ia, H., 'nn, ~ '"unn w ,nr tIeny OF c"-slon:
ave them tIsn,eJ nv s, a.' nave no r,Rnt TO
renteI NJ IL ,r a., 80 -, -, 20 nave mem
II. Tn,aa5 ", ,"rr',oi.es OBVIOUSLY hell by
,ssert ieu,l riuh, u mnne h,,m 'rnat"u' or 20
on.tit,,ISn ,rhtih 'a.,t ~ p'TN,s'hlS OF tne
,emnIa ~ H. TEnni,,nI S"S '.hl"iishru Tor inc |
noet tbe cnpditnps oX,r ' m, anu 10
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