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The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-13
HOUSE WILL BE BUSY.
No Time for Anything but the Zig
Appropriation Hills.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The house
Will have little or no time during the
remaining three weeks Of the session to
devote TO anything except appropria-
ton bills. Yet there are a number Of
measures of great Importance which
will press for consideration Much
pressure is being brought upon the
committee on rules for another day for
the passage of the public building bills,
to which the house last week devoted
two days IN committee of the whole
and the request will probably be ac-
ceded to, but hardly during the coming
week. The announcement of Chairman
Cannon that there will be no time to
consider the steamship subsidy bill and
the Nicaraguan canal bill settles the
fate of the former. The friends Of the
latter are to try flank movement by
attempting to attach the canal bill to
the sundry civil bill now under consid-
GRAFTON. AS it will be the only chance
the bill will have at this session its
supporters Will make a desperate fight
Time must be given for the considera-
ton of the bill for the government of
Hawaii, but it also for the present
must give way to the appropriation
bills. Five of the annual budgets still
remain unacted upon by the house and,
as they are the most important of the
bills, it will require practically all the
remainder of the session to pull them
through and consider the conference
reports upon the other appropriation
bills as they are brought in. This will
undoubtedly prove to be the case If the
opposition shows disposition to de-
bate the various propositions as
they are brought into the arena. And
this seems altogether likely.
The threat of an extra session ap-
pears to hold no terrors for the Demo-
Gratis and Poulists; indeed, some Of
them would apparently welcome 1t, es-
pecially if it We're called to increase the
size of the regular army.
tomorrow the consideration of the
sundry civil bill for amendment under
the fve-minute rule will be resumed.
Its scope has been SO enlarged and
complicated by the attempt to place
the canal bill upon It as rider that II
IS difficult to predict how many ad-
dltlonal days will be required to pass
1t. The whole question Of the receipts
and expenditures of the government.
the deficiencies and the possibility Of
a bond issue is likely to be thoroughlv
ventilated.
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to the exclusion of the appropriation
lrlis is pursued both the army bill and
the appropriation bills will have to
fail. l do not believe the senate will
agree to the passage of an army bill
this session. So far as 1 am informed
we, on this side, are willing to grant
temporary increase of the army, but
do not believe many Democrats would
consent to the permanent increase Of
the standing army"
1t is not absolutely decided that the
committee on appropriations would
voluntarily retire in the interest of the
army bill. They may. however. step
aside for Il few days in order to give
the promoters of the military measure
an opportunity to test the temper of
its opponents. There are at present
only two appropriation bills before The
senate. so that the time for the expert
ment Is not unpropitiouS. These are
the agricultural and military academy
bills, and both can be disposed of In
very short order unless there should
ne txtraneous OPPOSITION to them. This
is not likely except as an eXpediept to
stand off the army bill.
The army bill has not yet been pre-
sented to the senate, but there will be
an all day session of the military af-
fairs committee on Monday with the
hope of concluding the consideration of
the bill in committee and Of having it
ready to report on Monday or Tuesday.
The probabilities are. however, that it
will rot set into the senate before
Wednesday,.
Another question which bids fair to
provoke considerable controversy is
that involved in Senator Hawley's no
tice of a motion for the reconsidera-
ton of the unanimous consent to Sem
ator Mason's proposition to vote on
the McEnery resolution at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday. There are very few instances
on record in which effort has been
made to deviate from a unanimous
agreement, and there is little doubt that
Senator Mason will strenuously resist
this attempt.
An effort will probably be made Mon
day to dispose of the contested nomina-
tion of Mr.. Ewart to be judge of the
Western district of North Carolina,
and it is expected the senate will go
into executive session early on that
day for that purpose.
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AGONCILLO
GAVE WORD
Continued From First Page

their semi circle, until now 1t spreads
fan-shaped. from four to ten miles
around Manila, the water works being
the most distant point.
1t Is now known that the Filipino
loss Is fully $500 killed, with wounded
vastly In excess Of that number, and
thousands are held prisoners. All this
has been achieved at the cost of 65
Americans killed and 276 wounded.
There are % Americans missing and
unaccounted for.
No fewer than ten of the native VIII
lages have been surrendered or been
captured. Several have been DESTROY
ed because their houses harbored men.
frequently dressed in female attire,
who shot from windows and roof tons
at the Americans. Many guns and a.
ton of ammunition have been seized.
AS might have been expected. there
mas been looting In the outskirts. but
1t has not been general. and has been
done in direct violation of orders.
The only incident that has broken
the quiet of the day followed the ar
rival OF the German first-class cruiser
ka1serin Augusta. When she saIuted
Admiral Dewey this afternoon a. re-
port spread Rapidly that the American
Warships were bombarding Malabon.
Today crowds have visited the scene
of last weeks fighting All the roads
from the city were thronged with We
hlcles. But beyond burned villages
and new mounds in the fields there
was little to be seen. A close inspec
ton showed that most Of the eneny's
dead had remained at their posts to
the last. as the bodies were usually
surrounded by empty cartridges, while
IN the trenches. wherever there were
no dead. there was little and often no
ammunition
Among the distinguished prisoners
captured in Manila since the outbreak
OF hostilities are Capt. A. G. Escamillo,
Agu1naldo's private secretary; Capt. e.
+. Veraguth, Col. Martin de Los Reyes
and Senor Tomas del Rosario, a mem
per of the so-called Filipino congress
In session at Malolos. Other Filipino
officers are also in custody.
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GEN. CORBIN'S DEPARTMENT
Hardly Adequate to the Task of
Mastering In an Army

AdJutant generals department, Brig.
Gen. III. c. Corbin, adiutant general.
U. s. A, In charge:
rms department, which was organized and
framed TO take care Of a small regular army
was required to rapidly provide for organ
Zlng and mastering in 250 600 soldiers and
within six months to muster out 1O0 0OO The
economy or previous years, by which nearly
every article Of equipment not Immediately
needed by the army was disposed of and no
provision made for emergencies, rendered I'M
mediate effective expansion of the army i'm
possible.
In the organization Of the army FOR active
duty provision was made for eight CORPS.
seven Of which were fully equip ,si and
placed in the field. The suggestion has teen
made and opinion given that 1t would have
been better to have organized the army and
equipped the troops in each Of their states
before they were concentrated and mobilized
into brigades, divisions and codps, but the
war department. had not the officers 10 Eend
10 each state<to organize, muster, feed end
equip them. nor had 1t officers Of sufficient
rank to command, drill and discipline the
troops while In state camps Early removal
OF troops from state camps had the advan-
tage Of avoiding the disturbing influences
of home locality.
There were about 250 regiments. battalions
ana separate organizations in the army,
from only twenty-five of which came COM
plants, aside from those affecting the med
lcal department. Investigation has shown
that most of these complaints were because
OF lack of supplies not obtainable at first or
were due to the inexperience of officers in
command. not. SO far as we can discover,
from any intentional neglect.
1t was found necessary to go outside and
appoint officers from civil life. the selections
being frequently made from officials who had
had experience in the national guard, grad
yates from military colleges and schools and
citizens whose business or professions fitted
them for the positions for which they were
selected. The testiony shows that they were
honest and manifested a desire to become
efficient in their duties No one has been
court martaled. and but few dropped as in
competent.
The adjutant general testified that there
had not been a deficiency of one dollar re-
ported on the part of a volunteer staff Of
ficer, and that he wished to make it mat
ter of record that in the distribution of many
millions Of dollars during this war there
was yet to be made the first charge of de-
faleation against army officer, regular or
volunteer.
There have been very few complaints
against this department. The records and
testimony show that 1t has been prompt in
its work and has added greatly to the eff
ficiency of the army.
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GOT HIS MELONS,
And He Was Fined for Resentins
the Theft.

From the Washington Times.
The maddest man in twenty states
was in Washington last week. He
comes from Charlotte, N. c., and every
time he sees postage stamp he wants
to lick somebody
1.-THE postoffice department Is a durn
fake" said he, "an' I'd like t. lick the
whole outfit. I'm q law-abidin' citizen,
but ] don't stand for no domineerin ),
an I got no use fer laws that's un-
Just.
Tell y how it was, an 1 want you t.
show these people up. Y see, I'm a re-
spectacle farmer an my melons Is the
talk of the country. I hev sometimes
course I'm proud of them. Well, one
day I seen that some doggone robber
had been in my melons, an I sot out t
ketch him. The robber KEEP on gettin'
melons, though, an I never seemed to
be around when he was.
"Well, one afternoon I was a-layin'
down close t the road a-smokin', when
along comes the mail carrier with his
wagon. He he'd a bag of mail with
him, an I wondered if he had some
thin for me.
"Well, what does the mail carrier do
but look all round carefully, an seein'
no one, he gets out, shins over the
fence an dumps four fine melons In
his wagon an drives off.
"Well, thinks I, I hev' found the rob-
Der, an next afternoon I lay fur him
In the sarae place. He gets out, an
jest as he was puttin' my melons in
the wagon I grabs him an gives him
the alfiredest Hckin' he ever got. I
pounded him an kicked him an tramp
ed on him, an then I let him go with
q warnin.
'SNell, next day who comes to me but
the sheriff, an he he'd a warrant fer me
for delayin the United States mails.
I was taken up to the court house, an
although proved thet the mail carrier
he'd delayed the mails t. steal my mel
ons, they said as how I was the one
who delayed the malls by holdin' the
mail carrier an lickin' him. An they
fined me $50, which I had t pay er go
t. jail.
Delaying the malls, indeedi Durn
sich a department. The
I? ? ? 2"
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" All BOARD
WHITEW ASH
Continued from First Page.

every proper demand made upon him by
commanding officers.
No testimony mas been presented showing
Intentional neglect of duty, nor any attempt
TO serve personal interests. The charges
made that the secretary of war was primarily
interested in contracts. purchases and other
contracts OF the war department have been
thoroughly examined and found baseless.
In the judgment of the commission there
was lacking in the general administration of
the war department during the continuance
or the war with Spain that complete grasp
OF the situation which was essential to the
highest efficiency and discipline Of the army
me commission has refrained from crid-
cislng certain of the heads of bureaus for
not having acted with foresight in preparing
thelr several departments for active war be-
fore war was actually declared, because it
mas appeared that the national defense fund,
provided by the act of March 8, 1898, was not
maae available for use except for the navy
ana Tor coast defenses and the expenditures
lrcldent thereto until after the declaration OF
war.
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BABY DEGENERATE.
siS-Year-O1d Boy HopeIessly Devoid
of Moral Sense

iS-Aenr-O1d Boy HOpeIessIy Devoid
of Moral Sense.
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Little Tom Tit" will pass the rest of
nis boyhood in the New Jersey state
reform school al Jamesburg.
Little Tom Tit" is six wears old h,,.
his nature and disposition are reversed
10 those of wild beast He is a bahv
degenerate, born without morals and
IS .he more shocking because his intel
hgence is thoroughly developed
Satan would rejoice to adopt "IJttIe
Tom TIT as a foster child; the angels
must weep when the boy begins to
talk. He splits words to sandwich
oaths, and tries to steal everything that
is not nailed down.
Ills name is Francis Moulton. The
ponce A'cknamed him Little Tom Tit"
len days ago he was arrested as an in
fant1le tramp. His parents can give
tried to control him. But Little Tom
lit prefers to wander by night, to
sleep wherever he finds shelter. to beg
his food, to steal anything he can carry
away.
No sooner was he landed in JaiI than
the police saw they had to deal with a.
tartar in knickerbockers. He Is abso-
iutely incorflglDle,and constantly pourS
out torrents Of oaths so blood -curdling
that other prisoners, men, beg he may
be taken out of their hearing,
Truth Little Tom TIT does not
know. He can be coerced only by
shaking big whip at him, and then
he yells until people living near the
jail fear murder is being done.
The boys father seriously suggested
to a policeman that he take Little Tom
TIT home and chain him in a room.
That's the only way I can keep him
at home" said the elder Moulton, ''Tve
| tried every other means"
Too cruel" said the police, but they
did not know what to do with the child.
He has committed no specific crime for
which he might be sent to prison for
long term. and the rules of the reform
school deny admission to children un-
der eight years of age. In this guam
dairy Judge Endicott decided the rules
Of the school must be broken, and Lit
tie Tom Tit" will be sent to the reform
school today.
''The boy is not fit to be at large"
said the experienced Judge, who is
amazed by the evil youngsters deprav-
ny.
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CAMPS POORLY SELECTED.
Not Many of Them Were Ideal in
Character or Location.

Camp Thomas, Chickamauga-Ch Chickamau-
ga Park is not adapted to the accommoda-
tlon OF more than 10000 at time. On June
81 there were 5S.54S men in the camp The
water supply was unsatisfactory, the water
ltself reDugnant. Some of the wells became
contaminated. The sanitation of the camp
was very imperfect and at times decidedly
bad" The troops were not we'll located.
olnhs were not deep enough or sufficiently
removed from the mems quarters. On
'ne e.v,n whole , the camp ann was unsatisfactory.
camp was undesirable" and that it was
not abandoned too soon
camp Cuba Libre, Jacksonville Fla-In
snis d eainp-its arransement and general con-
not an ideal climate in which to camp men
during the summer months
Fernandina, Fla.-Charges Of corruption
cation Of this camp. They were investigated
carefully and found to be without founda-
ton.
-, Miami, Fla.-This ground was selected by
recommended by him. 1t was abandoned
July 81. having been found In all respects
unsuitable.
Tampa, Fla.-This was not intended for a
permanent camp, but merely as a rendezvous
for troops en- route. The water supply was
excellent. however, and, barring the extreme
heat of the weather. the camp was quite ac-
ceptable.
ilization camps for troops going to the Philip
pines. The men were somewhat crowded
there, and a good deal Of sickness prevailed,
chiefly measles; some typhoid also appeared
Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point-On the
whole 1t may be said that Montauk Point was
an ideal place for the isolation Of troops who
had been exposed to or had yellow fever, and
for the recuperation of those greatly debli-
tated by malarial attacks of marked severity
The time allotted for preparation was alto
gether too short, and a consequence the
camp was occupied long before it was ready
Because of this and because of the great
number Of sick and convalescents and of those
on the ground who were unconnected with the
army, there was much confusion, some lack
of proper attention to matters Of sanitation
and to the sick and without doubtful cases
Of distress it may be neglect. But after all
there was much exaggeratiOn in what was
written and said, exaggeration at times in
tentionally, generally the result of unfamil-
iarity with the life of the soldier and with
the appearance of large number of sick and
broken-down men brought together In lin
tied space.
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VIEWS OF GEN. BRAGG.
Says War With Spain Has Democrat
lied American People.

FOND DUE LAC, Wis, Feb. 12.-
Cut all the telegraph wires from here
to there, move to the front and kill
every Filipino who has dared to fire
on the American flag, all Of them If
necessary, claim small island for a.
coaling station and then leave them
to themselves
Gen. Edward s. Bragg expressed his
opinion Of the Philippine situation IN
this manner today and added: "Any
one who has ever commanded troops
would know that you cannot allow a
lot Of savages around a camp waiting
to get a chance to shoot your men.
I They need to be chastised.
1.-THE Spanish American war has de-
moraliZed the people Of the United
States. 1t has debauched all the old
settled principles of government upon
which a government to be successful
must rest. We have cut loose from all
the old landmarks and traditions of the
fathers of our country, and with the
charlatan tricks of scheming politicians
drawn a.-veil over and crushed the
wound stuck at the foundation Of re-
publican government"
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INSPECTOR GENERAL.
His Department Was Not as Eff
fic1ent as 1t Should Have Been.

Inspector generals department, Brig
Gen. J. G. Breckinridge, inspector gem
eral. U. S. A, In charge: -'f-a-
The commission finds that the inspector
generals department was not as efficient as
it ought to have BEEN There seems to have
been question as to the authority by which
inspections were to be ordered On at least
one occasion. May IT. the secretary Of war
Instructed the major general commanding the
army to inspect certain camps, viz, those at
Chickamauga. Atlanta New Orleans, Mo-
bile Tampa, Miami and Key West. The
major general did not act upon such instruc-
tions. stating 1t to be his place to order in
spections.
Furthermore. the commission finds that
although several of the officers Of this de-
partment were assigned to duty in command
of troops In the field. still competent officers
were left in charge of the department in
Washington to perform such duties as were
assigned to them The organization in the
field was ample and the inspectors made re-
ports to the commanding officers to whom
they had been assigned Those reports were
often not acted upon and were not forwarded
to the war department.
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ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES.
Gen. Otis Makes Report of Them to
Washington.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Gen. Otis
today reported the following additional
casualties. Some. including the men
Of the Thirteenth Minnesota, have
been already reported:
Fourteenth Infantry-Wounded: Privates
Bernhart Hensel. William RANSOM Compa-
ny d.
First Idaho-wounded: Private Koesokela,
Company A.
, Utah Artllery-wounded. Private Charles
s. Hills, Battery B.
Third Artillery-Killed: Private Theodore
Good, Battery X.
Tirteenth Minnesota-Wounded: Privates
James Hartley. William c. Fitch. Compa-
ny D.
First Montana-Wounded: Private Mallory
Thomas, Company X.
First California-Kir1ed: Private Anthony
Nelson Packard, Company c.
Fourth Cavalry-Wounded: Private James
Thorson, Troop E.
Twentieth Observation-Disclosures Alex
ander NJ. Mitchell, Company B
Private Frank Gott, Company l. First Mon
tana reported missing yesterday, reported to
his company commander. Otis.
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rood FOR THE ARMY.
The Vegetables Issued Were Often
of POor. Quality.

Brig. Gen. Charles P. Eagan. COM
missary general. U. 8. A, in charge:
The commission has carefully investigated
the subject of the condition, quality and
quantity of the food supplied to the army.
Almost without exception 1t has been shown
by the testimony taken that wherever the
troops were ordered, whether to the various
camps in the United States or in Porto Rico,
Cuba and Manila. the rations prescribed by
law were on the transports and at the camps
with the soldiers.
So far as we have been able to ascertain,
there was but one occasion, that Of day in
front of Santiago, when the troops were seri-
ously short of rations;. these having been sup
piled, but thrown aside when the men went
into action. The condition of roads and lack
of transportation prevented prompt reissue.
At times the vegetable ration was not Of
good quality, the potatoes and onions being
spoiled Condemned by a board of survey,
such vegetables were destroyed and an equiv
alent part of the ration issued. Some trouble
occurred because such vegetables and other
damaged food were disposed of without the
warrant of the board Of survey This was
done through ignorance their officers not
knowing what was necessary to be done.
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HOSPITAL SHIPS.
Vessels Sent with Wounded From,
Santiago Very Unsuitable.

The steamers Seneca and Concho were
used as hospital ships for the return Of sick
and wounded from Santiago in July. Their
condition for this purpose was very un-
suitable
Owing to the lack Of necessary transports
the means of land transportation during the
Santiago campaign were also painfully def-
cient. ~ --F .a.- cs--+
Gen. Shafter testifes that he could carry
no more on his transports from Tampa; that
he realized that he would have very few
ambulances, but that wagons could be used
for transportation both of the wounded and
OF supplies, while ambulances could be en-
ployed only for one purpose. Gen. Hum
phrey testifes that more land transpor-
tation was taken simply because the vessels
were fully loaded.
1t Is plainly evident that this army of
1000 men, disembarked in the face Of an
enemy in a hostile country and rapidly
thrown forward against a we'll armed force,
was painfully deficient in land transporta-
tion, but, in spite of the absence of this
almost absolutely necessary portion of the
equipment Of we'll trained command, 1t drove
the enemy before it, captured their outposts,
pushed them behind their main defenses,
drove their fleet from Santiago bay to alb
soute destruction as it faced the navy of
our country, and finally, after most gallant
fighting under a tropical sun, amidst most
adverse circumstances captured a strongly
fortified city and received as prisoners of
war over $4,000 Spanish soldiers.
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guns and horses, would be paced on one yes
sci and its ammunition ON another. The
Second. Seventh and Seventeenth regular in
Iantry We're each divided up. and portions In
each case sent on three different vessels The
Meet OF transports arrived safely at Daiquiri.
put the failure to provide full and sufficient
number of lighters for Decentralization OF
troops. supplies and artillery caused delay
anxiety, annoyance and danger and had there
been serious storms or had the landing been
opposed by vigilant and well trained force
OF the enemy the result might have been far
different.
ARMY CONTRACTS
contracts covering millions Of dollars were
made by the quartermasters department dur
ing the period between April l and Oct l.
and, although Indefinite charges have from
time to time been made of fraud or Of col
fusion, no evidence has been produced before
although the parties making them have been
invited to appear.