The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-25
ALL CoNDEMN OTIS.
Soldiers Back From Manila Denounce
the General

San Francisco. July 25.-Forty-one nom
commissioned officers and prlvates, m n
| America-Naru from Manila via Hong
Kong. One and all unhesitatingly and
! unsparingly condemn Major General f. S.
\ Otis management of the Philippine cam
| paign and assert that both regulars and
| volunteers have nof aith in him. They
( charge that General Otis incompetency
| is the one leading topic among the men
I is in strange contrast to the devotion and
regard shown for generals like Lawton
They make the serious charge that Otis
cablegrams about the situation in the
Philippines are often misleading and in
some instances SO different from the act
They make special mention of Otis dis
patches about the Americans killed and
wounded, ana N the language OF one OF
either 'e1 No OF Fa 6IIEPPRREeq IN T0 oT rs
Harry W. Essman OF II Indianapolis, who
said: The men in the Philippines can
talk They are afraid to Now that l
as I saw and understand things. Otis is
cerned. They firmly believe that he is
the wrong man for the place and have
lost all faith in him and respect for him.
He plays favorites with vengeance He
keeps a favored regiment, the Twentieth
regulars, H hdllla, anQ oIueIs Llte Vii Viii
line The regulars have Krag-J orgensen
rifles. OF the volunteers, some twenty
fields. The FilipinOs are equipped with
Yards yards The range of. the spTingAeld is
500 yards. There are plenty of krag-
but for some reason Otis refuses to give
them out to the volunteers. The men
otis campaign has been a failure. be-
cause when a town is taken 1t has 20 be
it. The natives cOnstrue such action as
a sign of weakness and COwardice- They
see our troops repeatedly fail back from
rfS ana i1 I9M 9lI f6ese Ponies Of
tn hDlE Ct nF- a nf
!71 5tl'i men have offe1 Wondered w5v Otis
never shows himself in the field. He is
housed in a Manila palace with hundreds
of guards around him and is as dictatorial
and arbitrary car.
"All the talk about the war soon being
brought to an end by Otis is ridiculous.
He has not the ability to conquer Agun-
HAS NOT CRIPPLED AGUTNALDO.
Sergeant r: e Bitcoe of battery G, Third
''Otis is generally considered by the SOL
war. He has accomplished little or moth
ing. He has not crippled AguinaldO in the
least. Some other general in whom the
men have confidence should supersede
Sergeant J. A Lewis of battery G, Third
artillery, said:
against General Otis. Something is wrong
in the management of the campaign
ing head The troops generally seem to
be dissatisfied. 1t is not their fault that
little or no progress toward. the Subju-
cation of Aguinaldo has been made"
Sergeant Leon Chick of battery Fl, Third
artillery, said:
"Otis should be recalled without delay:
The troops would be rejOiced to hear of
his recall. They have lost confidence in
him. A new and more capable general
is needed: also more troops. Aguinaldo
is far from being whipped"
DR.. Fred. Carpenter, of the Fifty-first
Iowa hospital steward. says:
''Otis is not big enough man for the
place he occupies. He has by no means
a firm grasp on the situation. Aguinaldo
is very much alive and much fighting will
Corporal John Allen of the Twelfth in
fantry says:
otis should be recalled. He has made
a mess of the Philippine campaign. The
men don't believe in him any more"
Corporal A 3. StrOck of the Twelfth
infantry said:
No; General Otis has not the mems
confidence any longer. The situation i'm
pera tiVely calls for an ADLER man