The evening times., 1899-08-30
otis Must BE Recalled.

What does the President say TO the state
ments of the Rev. Peter MacQueen, of Bos-
ton. who has spent six months on the fir
ing line in Luzon, and is just home?
Mr.. MacQueen says that Otis is not COM
petent. He never saw the firing lines
and has no personal knowledge of the ext
gencies of the situation.' In my six
months stay / found not one man who
would say that Otis is a competent officer.
There are few who desire his retention
as Civil Governor, but for financial reasons
only!''
How do you like the ring of this, Mr.. Nc
Kinley? Mr.. MacQueen states:
/ have the most positive and convincing eyi.
dence that if General Lawton had been permitted
TO carry out his desires the 10Th Of Marcfl the
war would have been practically ended Aguinai-
do MAS, with the flower OF his army, at Malolos,
and Macarthur In his front. There was only
one route by which Aguinaldo could escape.
Lawton desired 10 execute a movement by the
right flank and take Agunaldo's army in the rear.
The insurgents then would have been between
Iawton and Macarthur. Aguinaldo could not
have moved off BY his night flank owing 10 the
bav, and his left flank and would have been
covered by Lawton, while in his front was Mac
ATthUT's brigade.
In was a movement that could have been easily
executed. BQI IL WAS not ItIlhAtASo hAbia
/ do had ample time TO escape. After lac bad done
/ SO the order TO advance Malolos was issued.
In the san Isidro campaign General Lawton
fought twenty-five battles IN twenty days march
/ ing 100 miles, destroyed 59a.edD pounds OF nce
1 and established civil government IN TWO towns
| After one battle counted 400 dead Eilipinos
! At san Rsgael General Lawton with part Of
! his forces, cut his way through the centre %
the insuTgeut forces under Gen. Grcgorio Pillar.
I After gaining their he deployed his men II
line OF battle and soon had them in retreat
Al this time General Lawton was SIX miles be
| yond Angat, the terminus of the field telegraph
/ line shortly after he began his dash for th'
insurgents centre telegram for him was received
from General Otis in Manila. II wa not deliy
| cred. Then kilograms from OTIS began pouring
| in, all to this effect: Where is the commanding
1 general?'
Five of those kilograms were received, but
| not a courier had the heart TO deliver them
General Lawton brought up his brigade OF $50
men and had the Filipin0s in tuii Tout when tn
queries from General Otis became so importunat'
that courier galloped to the front and deiiVere'
them. /,
front with his army, where he ought to be-"
A construction OF impertinence might be places
on that but not on the ground can have N
conceution of the provocation, for General Law
ton seemed to realize what was coming. II wa
| NOT long DELAYED. Immediately after the repll
| had been received General Otis telegraphed
Withdraw your command six miles TO Angat.
| I viii not say how this order was received a
| field headduarters-- General Lawton had movet
his entire brigade, artillery and wagon trains
had routed the enemy and now had TO release tn
1 fruits Of his victory.
The sole cause of the issuance of that order b!
| General Otis was his receipt OF message 10 IN
effect that representative from Agulnaldo wa
on his way to arrange for an armistice. The rep
resentative arrived in the form Of second lieu
tenant General Otis refused 10 treat with nin
| and ordered General Lawton to again advance o
San Rafael but, of course insurgents wer
! found Now this Is not matter of hearsay; !
! came within my personal knowledge and is
| matter of record.
The reverend investigator has plent,
more to relate. and it is equally sensa
tional; but the foregoing is sufficient TO
present purposes. What is the Admin
istration going to do about it?