Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-02-09
THIRTY-EIGHTW WE'RE KILLED.
American Casnalitfes In the Fight
with AEuinnldo.


Washington, Feb. S.-Thc most i'm
portant news in Washington yesterday
was the ratification Of the peace treaty
and the receipt of lists of casualties
from Gen otis. Prompted by the gen
erals promise Of the previous night to
send in the list of casualties at the
earliest possible moment, the friends of
the soldiers at Manila besieged the
war department by telegram ana word
OF mouth for information from the
scene Of battle in the Philippines. The
list was long in coming. explained by
the cutting Of the telegraph wires
vented earlier reports from the division
commanders. In the meantime came a
short cablegram from Admiral Dewey
which caused some temporary cOmmo-
tion by creating the impression that
hostilijes had been renewed by the
Insurgents. Up to the close OF office
hours, however. nothing had come
from Gen. OTIS 10 confirm this intOrma-
ton, and such cahlpgrams aS did come
from him touched upon other matters
entirely, so it was assumed there was
no fourlatioD in fact for the appre.
IcnsiCn.
Gen. OTIS list gives names Of thirty
eight killed and l39 woul.4yG. Tie men
Were from the following regiments:
Tenth PENNSYLVANIA. First Montana.
First Colorado. First South Dakota,
Third artillery, Fourteenth infantry
Sixth artillery, First Idaho, First Coli-
forria and First Washington. The fol
lowing are the casualties in the First
South Dakota:
Private Horace J. McCracken. ii.
killed; Private Fred Il. Green, |. killed;
Private William j. Lewis, |. killed:
Private Benjamin Phepps, X, wounded
in right thigh: Corporal Eugene Stew
ems, X, wounded in right thigh; Private
Frank G.. McI.ain, wounded in right
hip: Hiram Fay. wounded in right
knee: Corporal II. Osgcod +. spra1ned
knee: Private \. Haskell, |, slight
wound in neck.
AS to the change in conditions
wrought by the ratification of the
treaty there is Il
Variance of Views
and Adit. Gen. Corbin and Second As
sstant Secretary Adec. Of the state de-
partment. were giving the matter at
tenton with the IDEA Of being able TO
send full instructions for his future
guidance to Gen. Otis Immediately.
The extreme view on one side is that
until the Spanish government ratiiles
the treaty it is not of legal effect. Ac-
cordir TO that view. therefore. the
United States government Is estopped
from proceeding beyond their lines at
Manila for the time. BY the other en-
trcme view the United States govern
ment is free to do just as 1t pleases III
the entire group of islands. and WILL
therefore. proceed At once TO complete
the military occupancy OF theisialius.
Perhaps there is justification for this
last view in the fact that the FllipihoS
were Spanish subjects nominaily when
they broke the terms of the protocol
and thereby released the United states
from it's observance. The medium
view. and that which is likely To De
followed is that Gen. Otis Is 1ustineu
I'm doing anything that is necessar" 10
protect his army and all American ana
foreign interests in Manila. even
though this obliged him To assume 'he
offensive and to go outside OF the oia
lines in pursuit Of the insurgents VINO
may be seeking to reorganlZe ana re-
coup from their late defeat Win an III
tention Of attacking again CT even
threatening the Americans.