Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-02
FUNSTON on THE FILIPINOs.
They VIII Have TO lie whipped
Volunteers Leaving Manila.


MANILA. September 1-s:1O a. MOI
the troops about to return to the United
States, the Kansas men will leave on
beard the transport Tartar, the Wash
ington regiment on board the Pennsyl-
vania, ana the Nevada cavalry on the
Ohio. Ali three departures will occur
within the next week. Eight hundred
men Of the Kansas regiment will return
and 200 will remain at Manila, 80 Of them
re. enlisting
Three officers and 80 men Of the Kansas
regiment were killed and 10 officers and
men died from disease during the small
pox epidemic while 20 members of the
regiment were wounded.
OF the Washington regiment. So men
are embarl1ing, while officers and 2b
men viii stay, most Of those remaining
re-enlsting in the new regiments being
formed here. One Of the officers OF the
regiment was killed, one wounded. and
one died from disease. Twenty-four Of
tho men were killed, 12S were wounded,
and died.
FUNSTON DISABLED.
General Frederick Funston and Mrs.
Funston are with the Generals regiment.
General Funston has undergone an opera
ton necessitated by an injury received
through n fail from his horse while lie
was serving in the Cuban army with
General Gomez.
In the course OF an interview General
Funston remarked that he would not
mind staying in LuZon. He dslikes war.
but inasmuch as there Is fighting, he
would like to remain and aid in bring
ing II to n close.
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Speaking of the future. he said: "The
only solution of the problem will be
through whipping the insurgents. / do
not think they will surrender. When we
begin active operations against them on
a large scale In the autumn we will scat
ter them into small bands. and / think
when the soldiers composing these bands
see that they are persistently pursued,
they will throw away or hide their arms
and return TO the pursuits of peace. n
year hence small bodies Of armed men
will be able to go anywhere in Luzon.
The island has always been infested with
bandits and was never safe for Euro
peans to travel in. Probably after the
end of the fighting the highwaymen viii
be more numerous, because the members
Of Aguinaldo's army, who have lived for
years with gurs in their hands. have ac-
aured a taste for bush life, and would
rather continue as highwaymen than re-
turn TO work.
CAVALRY NEEDED.
Cavalry IS greatly needed here. The
country, when dry, is superb for cavalry
operations. The insurgents have none.
one Of their strong points is their ability
to retreat rapidly. Cavalry would over
take and hopelessly scatter and punish
them, and could subsist largely on th9
country. When cavalry is once here II
should be given chance TO go ahead and
not be kept in towns for guard duty.
Our greatest successes have been gained
when the regimental commanders have
been allowed TO quickly follow up the
advantages gained In battle. Small bodies
of Americans, operating freely and COM
manded by officers OF dash and energy
could badly break up the enemy. The
capture of Aguinaldo by cavalry would
be a less difficult proposition than the
capture of the Apache chiefs in Arr
IONA"