The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-06-23
Pin HIS D o M N IA III.

PLAN HIS M Y n IA Eli.
Campaign Against Aguinaldo 70 Be-
as3i come More Aggressive.
The Cabinet said IL Have Decided to
Push the War5in the Philippines
EtslS With Increased vigor-Fresh
s;GtaN 1t,sE7t Troops Arrive.
York, June l19. --4.According to
a Washington correspondent OF. the
Journal and Advertiser, two important
decisions were made at the meeting of
the cabinet held just before the pres
eident started for Hbly yoke, referring to
the campaign in the Philippines. .
First, that in view Of the strengthen,
Aguinaldo in the north as developed
in dispatches from Gen. Otis, the ag-
gressive campaign against: the rebel
chief must be renewed with yigor.
Second, that the army and navy must
cooperate to maintain a tight blockade
of Luzon in order to prevent the land
ing Of SUPPLIES of any character tf for the
ii In RENEWING the campaign against
Aguinaldo, the president is pursuing
the same policy as that now in opera
ton against the rebel forces in! the
SOUTH, 49, r,rss,y,ei> :. ~ tf,,as;.L T..
h. President Mckinley expressed sur
prise, that, the ins,irgent forces should
be able, apparently: to procure mex
haustible supplies of arms and ammu-
milton, and directions were cabled to
| Admiral Watson Incorporate with Gen.
Otis in trying tofprevent the landing of
munitions of war on the island of Luz
zon.:t ,|lFrssE j i =. ~ - I
A blockade of the island was report
ed established some time ago, but every
encounter with the insurgents demon
strates that they still have abundant
supplies. 9~rt5..' =" 49,.
Would Ask for Volunteers.
Washington, June 10.-lt is the gen.
eral opinion of army officers in Wash
ington that developments during the
last two months have shown conclusive
" that the military officials have I'M
derestimated the task which confronts
Maj. Gen. Otis in the Philippines. They
hold that it is also evident that unless a
much larger force is sent out the strug-
gle must be continued for long time.
When all the men now under orders
reach Manila and the three additional
regiments decided upon have been en-
listed, Gen: Otis will have about 1000
men-3,000 more than he has said he
needs, but a force in the Judgment of
many military authorities, far too small
to make rapid progress against the in
surgents. It is evident that few more
regulars can be spared from the small
force retained in the United States un-
less volunteers are enlisted to replace
them. and the president is being strong
ly urged to call for an adequate force of
volunteers.
Statement by Corbin.
Many military experts say it is too
big risk not to call for volunteers. 1t
is true, they acknowledge, that Gen.
Otis has said he does not need more
men, and he ought to be the best judge,
but it is also true, they assert, that the
predictions of Gen. Otis have not been
borne out by the. progress of the cam
paign, and that all officers who have
returned from the Philippines agree
that the force asked for by Gen. Otis
win not, be sufficient, ,Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin said that Gen: Otis would be sup
piled with every man, every rife, every
equipment that he might ask for, and
added:f He has stated repeatedly that
10000 men would be sufficient to con-
troll the situation, and he knows more
about it than people who sit at their
desks in the United States and attempt
to state the number of troops he should
have"
Wide Territory to Cover.
The Island of Luzon is 41,000 miles in
area: OF this vast territory the Amer
lean troops control the city of Manila
and strip of territory across to La
guna de Bay. They also hold the rail-
road and strip of territory on both sides
to Calumpit, and then the road con-
Meeting that point with San Fernando,
where Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
are established San Fernando is
about IS miles from Manila. 10 the
south of Manila Gen. Lawton has adj
vanced along the coast about ten miles,
and it is expected that he will soon re-
turn to the city, and the country over
which he passed will again be occupied
by the insurgents. At Iloilo, on the
Island of Panay, where revolutionary
army is established, the American gov
eminent has the Eighteenth infantry
and .Bridgeman's battery of artillery.
One battalion of the, First, Tennessee
regiment, which was also at Iloilo, has
been sent to the Island of Cebu to assist
abattalion of the Twenty-third in main
tanning order. Two battalions of the
Twenty-third are at Jolo. On the Island
of Negros this government has two bat
talions of the First California. The
number of islands in the archipelago is
variously estimated at from 1900 to
1000, and the aggregate land area is
placed at ia 1856 square miles. The dis.
tribution Of American, troops, conse-
luently, while as great as could be ex-
pected under the circumstances, GER
tainly does not meet the situa alton.
Fresh Troops Arrive.
Manila, June 49,. 1o:45 a. m.-The
United, States transport Sherman,
which sailed from San Francisco May
"a, with 1880 men and Is officers under
command of Brig. Gen. Fred D. Grant,
has arrived here after smoothvoyage.
~ a5as: ynf Passed Away. s, .f,'c...,