Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-11-04

Chicago, Oct. 3O-Here are soma Co
ures made seven months and a half af,er
our campaign against the Fihpinos be-.
gan:
say 1t Is OIL miles Angeles, we hold
possession OF the railroad up to that noint
we can fairly claim to possess the land
nall mile on each side of the track
we have possession OF the wagon road
ana, let us say, a hall mile ON each side
rom San Fernando through Bacolor 10
santa Ana, eight miles, with four to
Ouaga. We have a road from Malolos TO
Ballnag, ii miles northeast. We can
clam ii square miles here, we have Ma.
mia, out as far as the water works. five
miles away. That gives us, say 25 miles
around the city.
Then we have the road and a half mile
each side down Is miles to linus. Then
we have Calamba and some other points
ON the lake that General Lawton captured
before he was ordered back These towns
are not approached by road, but by boat
across the Laguna de Bay, and we only
control the land they stand on. Sum
ming up our total possessions we find we
have III square miles.
The island OF Luzon contains $4,000
square miles.
Outside of Luzon the instruction seems
to be growing.
The insurgents hold ports in Mindanao,
the next largest island to Luzon in the
Philippines, and said to be intellectually
rich in gold and silver mines, iron and
copper ores, coal and other minerals, be-
sides wonderful forests OF hard woods.
No Americans have dared venture there
as yet, as General Otis has sent no troops
to the island. Engishmen and Germans
are prowling about the island, getting
all the concessions they can. 1t is sad
several prospecting parties are at work.
General Otis reports conflicts between
"the robber bands and American sol
diers in Negros and Cebu. The Nine
tenth, the Eighteenth, the Sixth and one
battalion of the Twenty-third infantry are
now in these islands fighting the rob
Der bands" who dig trenches and occupy
towns and make night attacks after the
fashion of the insurgents in Luzon.
A late report from Cebu is that 10000
robbers were menacing our forces and a
collision was imminent.
The next campaign is going to be differ
ent from the last. We will get out of the
fiat, open country, into the mountainous,
thickly wooded country. Ii we do not end
the war here, we will have to carry it
into the high, rocky mountains OF Luzon.
1t will be no violation of state secret
to say that the first object of the next
campaign will be to take the rest of the
railroad from the hands of the insur
gents. The insurgents ought to be firmly
convinced by this time that we want the
Manila and Dagupan road, as we have
fought along that line seven months.
They know we want it and they also
know we are going to get it, for they are
already tearing up the track, burning
the ties and burning the rails north OF
Angeles.
The country east of the railroad, north
of Angeles, is more like it is south of Ma
Mia, except high and broken. West of
the railroad are high mountains that will
offer the insurgents better opportunity CT
retreat and escape than they had in the
low country.
With the taking of the railroad, we will
have cut off the provinces OF Zambales,
Paggasinan, Tarlac, Pampanga and Ba-
taan from the main part of the island and
can lay claim to good deal more country
than the precise amount of real estate on
which our army is now holding
Another great need of the army is light
draupht steamboats, for use in the many
lakes and rivers in Luzon. There Is hard
" a place in the world where an army
could use river steamers to greater advan-
tage.
With almost $4,000 miles of territory
from which to draw supplies, and with
boats coming in without any opposition
from Hong Kong, Japan, and from Ten
trail and South America, and Australia
the insurgents are probably doing well as
far as supplies. are concerned.
Bring Home the Dead.