New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-25
ARMY OFFICERS INTERESTED.


The interest aroused IN the Army by the mes
rage was strangely enough. fully as active as
that manifested by the Navy, and was more
notable, because up to this time Army officers
have assumed to minimize the Importance of
naval cooperation in dealings with and against
the Tagal insurgents. In the Army. however,
there Is much more detailed daily information
from General Otis regarding affairs at Manila
and other points at which troops have been
landed than there is In other Government de-
lartmeIts, and apparently much more than has
been made public. The foreign consuls in
Manila an1 other allen residents there are
naturally brought into closer relations with the
Army officials In that city than with the Naval
ohoers In ,he harbor. and If complaints against
The destruction BY Are Of foreigners property
ave been accompanied by intimations that un-
sss the American troops can afford sufficient
lotecton these consuls or others viii feel COM
'eled 10 ask the naval representatives Of their
Hyeregns 70 send a force ashore 10 avert the
cangers which menace them II would he the
Var Department authorities IN Washington
Who would be informed quickly and fully OF the
acts while Admiral Dewey II he followed the
PRECEDENT he long ago established. could scarce
Be expected 10 go extensively into details in
cable cispatcnes 70 the Navy Department.
n fact. brev.ty and pointedness have been
among the chief characteristics Of Admiral
DsWeys dispatches from the date OF that which
announced the result OF the hattie Of Manila
VI May 70 The two which were received from
an today, the second one saying merely
Yorktown arrived. Charleston and Petrol
easlng around the pn..rp're Islands. Affairs
i~,+o
* cipher words All Dewey's reports COM
Oasd in the lat twelve months would scarcely
"inpafe in the number Of words with any Of
"a, r-I dozen from otner naval officers OF less
AK WHO Wera stationed in the Atlantic during
'"s war with spain
Any Officers however. are reluctant about
cuss.ng scnc Of the recent dispatches from
ygst,aa' Ous' which IL has been deemed mad
r-,o'e 70 make public beyond saving that the
s,ss.sA Whose interests are Predominant 70 a
a. 49,, Slent ID and near Manila than those
mr., nation save the United States have ex-
tuss d INST arnicab.e and even helpful atu-
sre ~aaOiaDiv lI the case OF the railroad own
rsyo,. nose bus ass has suffered more from the
''Ah al other enterprise in the Islands
mt STATE DEPARTMENTS VIEW
- Hs Slate Department II IS unequivocaly
- ' 'hat up 20 th.e moment there has been
f,,.,. ,.''Islon Of purpose on the part Of any
c,,,' Ooyernmert t. file any claims for Pc
ei,,. i-! remuneration for the property Of their
s,1S destroyed in the fires and fighting at
tonal ;aani-a or Iioilo In any event interna-
sgb,c, 4" IL nearly as well established on this
ss Co.'S a. me statutes, and If IL can be shown,
tie 11.s IN " Washington do not doubt, that
ID -I-Cah forces during the disturbances
e9usu Ihng - protect foreign interests
for nrs.h WIN their own there can be no basis
rgbf ,~S..s either a claim for damages or
to-4sV Vtt4heht naval officer Of high rank thought
f.rtbss "a "a Dewey should be asked for some
eyen,Ts Rp pai iuculars, and intmated that 1t would
WIS Lr.s De round IN the one hand that more
Esh4d Ia 10 the Government than was pub
used ~ '-e had conviction that Dewey had
ing tbn "ofd political" adyisedly after reject
code ,,o,Im LIN moral effect" which in the Navy
olsrs.SS .SSu'o not have added 10 the cost OF the
NaJra- u was Ike Sigsbee's request when the
sboris "as destroyed that public opinion
csuee ~. suspended II Admiral Dewey had
ton h. 'r apprehension Of ATTEMPTED interven-
Which ,as,"t s"t nave spoken Of military reasons"
i Ia r,t.Ieo the Oregon's presence "at once"
Son eyis, teiy known here that no military rea-
The As,ott' Cc-oay FOR increasing the strength OF
te-sbin -, squadron by the addition Of q bat
ttrictlt WHiCh would at all compare with the
battle stt'' ',aiy considerations demanding more
Of the .ps r,ps 10 commission on the Atlantic coast
ere co,,,.'ea ,.'ea states, and the naval strategists
at,on -. SHaIly lamenting the excessive deiibor-
and o,h Nohgress in providing for the arrnor
tuck 80 essentials Of the Kearserge the Ken
s Aiihois, the Alabama and the Wis