The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-06

II ly guarded the historic position of tt
" United States by the following declare
d ton:
. Nothing contained in this conven
u ton shall be so construed as to reouir
: the United States of America to depar
:, from Its traditional policy of not in
u truding upon, interfering with, or en-
tangling itself in the political cues
tlons or policy or internal administra
ton of any foreign State; nor shall
anything contained in the said conven
ton be construed TO imply a relinquish
ment by the United States Of America
! Of Its traditional attitude toward pure
ly American questions"
Thus interpreted, the convention fol
the pacific settlement of internationa
conflicts, may be regarded as realizing
the earnest desire of great numbers OF
American citizens, whose deep sense OF
justice, expressed in numerous resolu-
tons and memorials, has urged them
10 labor for this noble achievement
The general character of this conven-
ton, already signed by the. delegates
of more than twenty sovereign States,
further commends it to the Favorable
action of the Senate of the United
States whose ratificatior ~ st;,,
awaits.
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"iio 10y A'e. "i'iiuai inessase' anu
A Ana,, 90 80 ~ oe ,ooo ~ ~. oos ess ~
80
war, consisting of s4.s84 regulars and
110,202 volunteers, with over 5000 vol
unteer officers, has been discharged
- ~ ..e CO.. e..i.itls 90 o ~ .ne VIZ
serving in the PhiJippjnes ana 651 ne
tbe reruIars who >vara antitlad In ba
mustered ont otter tho ratifc.tion NJ
the treaty. Of peace They Voluntarily
remained at the front until their nlaces
could he filled Nv new troons Tbav
were returned home in tho order in
which thev went r. manila and arr
now all Of them ont Of the service ana
in tho ranks ne c;tizenshin recor-
mend that the congress- nrovids sne.
o;o1 ,oodal of honor. for +ba vol,,n+aerc
reaulars sailors and marines on durv
IN the Philinnines who voluntarily re-
manned IN the service after their, termc
of enlistment had expired.
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gave aueiioli,y ~ increase tile resuiAr
army 10 l''aAll',lfl not eHceeulns %
IVY et nan ilien. anu " enlis. lorce
ol 'o'ooo voiun'eeis ~ pe ISL uiteu iloni
the country az IA ny virtue Oh Inns
au.iioilty tne resuiai army mas peeh
increased i " .ne nu,iiueI ~ oi'0s' en-
ii'.eu ii'eii aau -'-Eo . s'iiu AeW
volunteer resiiiieiits nave peen orsaIlz-
eq assresallhs s'ooo ENLISTED men, anu
l'o-f oi'iceis'
TWO of these volunteer regiments are
made up OF colored men. With colored
line officers. The new troops to take
the places of those returning from the
Philippines have been transported to
Manila to the number Of 5S1 officers and
26,3 2o enlisted men of the regular army
and 594 officers and 1858 enlisted men
of the new volunteer force while 504
officers and l4,ll9 men of the volunteer
force are on the ocean en- route to Man
la.
The force now in Manila consists of
905 officers, and 30,57S regulars and 594
officers and 1888 of the volunteers,
making an aggregate of l.4o9 officers
and 1906 men. When the troops now
-tiaNi oiQClS SHttH lSctNAl 4NAdhilp viz
orce in the Archipelago will comprise
,05l officers and 63,AS3 men, The MUS
er out or the great volunteer army or
,anized for the Spanish war and the
raation of new army, the transport
alton from Manila to San Francisco
# those entitled to discharge, and the
of the new troops to take
heir places have been work of great
magnitude we'll and ably done, for
Which too much credit can not be given r
he war department.
During the past year we have reduc- I
d our force in Cuba and Porto Rico. I
n Cuba we now have 1884 officers and S
o 79e enlisted men; in Porto Rico, 81 G
Ulcers and 2,S55 enlisted men and $
attalion of 400 men composed of ma L
i've Porto Ricans; while stationed n
throughout the United States are $40
Ulcers and 1877 men, and in Hawaii s
? officers and 1873 enlisted men.
The operations OF the army are fully o
in the report of the Secretary 1
( War. I cannot withhold from of t
GERS and men the highest commenda- p
on for their soldierly conduct in try n
lg situations, their willing sacrifices G
)r their country and the integrity and G.
bility with which they have performed G
nusual and difficult duties in our isl q
nd possessions. Is
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