The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-12
OH NO! NOT FOR WORLDS!
GEN OTIS is NOT TO BE EITHER RE-
CALLED OR INUNDATED.
Gen. Miles has Indicated to Sec
retary Root His Willingness to
Take Command Of the
Philippine Campaign.

Washington, Aug. There
is to be more whipping OF the de-
vii around the stump. That is
the sum and substance of the
semi official leaking as to the in
tention Of the administration in
the Philippines. Gen. Otis is
not to be either recalled or humi-
lated. on no! not for worlds
the administration has such abb
solute confidence in him, that il
intends to let him sit in his office,
at Manila, and worry over the
ten cent, details of the gov
ernment of such portions Of
the Philippines, as recognize our
authority. But another man is
to be putin command of the army
which ia to do the fighting, That
would be so thoroughly charac-
teristic of the Mckinley adminis-
tration that it is generally ac-
cepted to be true of present in
tentions. OF course, those in
tentions, like many others have
been, may be changed before be-
ing carried out. Statements diff
fer as TO the man who is to COM
mand the fighting branch Of the
Philirnine army, some saying
mat Il viii be Lawton and others
that it will be Miles. Gen. Miles
has indicated TO Secretary Root
his willingingness to take COM
mand Of the Philippine campaign,
but there are several reasons why
he is not likely to 60. The first
and most important of which is
the evident intention OF the adj
ministration to leave the supreme
command nominally in the hands
Of Gen. Otis. Gen. Miles could
not serve under a subordinate
officer.
"Nc new secretary Of war has
been asked to pass upon ques-
ton oil law, but he has not said
that he will do so, notwithstand-
ing all the talk about that being
what he was taken into the cabi-
net to do. The question involved
is whether the secretary of war
has right TO authorize officers
who are favorites, to draw speci-
fled sums, in addition to their sal
ary and regular allowances, to
be used to "maintain the dignity
Of their positions. During AL
gers recent visit to Cuba, he
authorized Gen. Brooke to draw
$500 a year in addition to his
pay as major general; Gen. Lud-
low, who made a break last week
by suppressing a Cuban news.
paper, So, 900 year, in addi-
ton TO his pay as a brigadier gen.
eral; Col. Bliss, collector at Ha-
vana, 5000 in addition to his
salary as colonel, and Maj. Dav-
is, Sanitary officer at Havana,
So, 500, in addition to his salary
as major. Alger directed that
these allowances be made from
the Cuban revenues. Only fa-
yorites Of AIger were authorized
to draw this extra money, no such
authority being given to Gen.
Fitz Lee, Gen. Leonard Wood,
and other officers who would seem
to have quite as much dignity 70
maintain as the officers on duty
at Havana. 1t has been pointed
out to Secretary Root that Sec
ton 1853 Of the Revised Statutes,
which fixes the pay of army Of
ficers, contains this positive Ian
guage: "No allowances shall be
made 10 officers in addition to
their pay except as hereinafter
provided. - The provisions re-
| ferred TO are for the care of Off
GERS horses, the payment for
quarters, and for travel pay, but
there is no where a word about
any allowance to maintain Dig
nifty" tits a very clear that AL
ger exceeded his legal authority
in making these allowances. but
whether Secretary Root will say
so is a horse Of quite another color.
Democrats hereabonts have