Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-05-18

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the naval guns, but as soon as they
passed beyond the plane of fire were
volleyed at from long lines of dons In
the streets Of Malate. Then the troops
swept on over the second line. Mean
while Macarthur led his brigade against
q line of blockhouses and trenches
screened by woods and swampa Heavy
underground lined all the passable
roadways and was filed with Span
iards. Most gallantly the land flank
was cleared in this manner. and in
short order the American army was in
possession of all but the walled part Of
Manila.
1t has been said that the Americans
wished to get Manila before hostilities
were suspended between Spain and the
United States. Perhaps the Spaniards
there had heard from Santiago, too, and
were impressed by the news. Still, the
sudden display Of a white flag on the
walls of the capital Of the Philippines
Immediately after the dash Of Greene
and Macarthur must be taken as evil
dence that they felt themselves over
matched in prowess. though not in
numbers Manila fell, and Greene and
Macarthur were the heroes of the fight
Over Greene and Macarthur In the
capacity of division commander during
the attack on Manila was General T..
M. Anderson, who is now there at the
head of another division. Macarthur
1ao1a Tho dixy;a;o,, x,,h;,h <~~,lx fo,,s1,
Anderson Is also an old soldier eai
fought gallantly all through the war.
He enlisted as private in 1851, and be-
ing an Anderson Of the Kentucky fight
ing stock Immediately received a com
mission in the regular army.
Away by himself at Iloilo, General
Marcus P. Miller upholds the white
mans burden just where Aguinaldo
dared the Americans to land under pen
atty Of his attacking Manila. Miller is
an old artillerist of the civil war and
appears to be heavy gun in his present
position. The insurgents can't move
him. II is worth while to stop now and
ask how the country would like it IL
this crisis had to be met with tyros at
the head Of the army. That would be
the situation today but for the military
spirit born of the civil war and kept
alive in the breasts Of citizen soldiers.
When 1t is remembered how the stand
ing army was reduced at the close OF
the war, and the number Of applicants,
1t becomes clear that all who got there
and succeeded We're born soldiers These
are the leaders at Manila.
The two Otises, now in the Philip
pines, are types Of the horn soldier. Ma
jor General Elwell 8. Otis, the COM
mander. entered the regular army after
serving as volunteer three years He
first began as captain and retired with
the brevet rank of brigadier general. A
wound received in battle prevented Otis
from resuming the practice Of law, as
it crippled his power of speech. and he
entered the regular army in 1866. AS
lieutenant colonel. colonel and brigadier
general, he served with credit on the
plains and attained the position which
is the laudable ambition of every capable
soldier when he was sent to the Philip
pines as chief Of an independent force
And there is another Otis of the same
make up among the fighting generals of
the Eighth corps This is Harrison Grey
Otis, the soldier editor. who left the
volunteer service at the close of the
civil war after winning several promo
tions for gallantry. In the Twenty