The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-11-04
OUR SITUATION N MANILA
The Present Campnis.-Ths situn-
tien Of Our Forees-RailFeaa cap-
turea-The Insurreetisn Grsvvs
Outside Lussn EsHana-meAhers
Pientifai-ssea.bsass needed.

Chicago, Oct 30 Here are soma fe.
ures made seven months and 4 half after
our campaign against the Filipinos BE-
gans
Say 1t i 81 miles Angeles, We hold
Possession Of the railroad up 70 that point.
We can fairly claim TO possess the land
half mile on each ode Of the track.
We have possession Of the Wagon road
and, let US Aay, half mile on each aide
from San Fernando through Bacolor to
Santa Ana, eight miles, with four 70
Guaga. We have road from Malolos to
Balinag, II miles northeast. We can
claim II square miles here, We have Ma
nila, out ~ far ~ the water works, Ave
miles away. That gives n, say Is miles
around the city.
Then We have the road and half mile
each side down Is miles TO ImnA. Thea
we have Calamba and some other points
on the lake that General LAwton eapturea
before he was ordered back. These towns
are not approached by road, but By boat
across the Laguna de Bay, and Ne only
control the Land they stand on. SUM
ming up our total possessions, we find We
have III square miles.
The Island Of LuzOn contains 5000
square miles.
Outside Of Lunon the insurrsction seems
to be growing.
The insurgents hold ports in Mindanao,
the next largest Island to Lnzon in the
Philippines, and said to be inealenIably
neh in gold and silver mines, iron ana
copper ores, coal and other mIneralA. BE-
sides wonderful forests Of hard wooda
No Americans have dared venture there
as yet, as General Otis has sent no tTOops
to the island Englishmen and Germans
are prOwling about the island, getting
all the cOnceazions they can. IL l. said
several prospecting parties are At work
General Otis reports CONFLICTS between
Nthe rObber bandsS and American sol-
dien in Negroes and Cebu. The Nine
teenth, the Eighteenth, the Sixth and enc
battalion Of the Twenty-third infantry are
now in these islands fighting the arO6-
Der bands" who dig trenches and occupy
towns and make night attacks after the
fashion Of the insurgents in Lunon.
A late report from Cebu i that $1,000
robbers were menacing our forces and
collision was imminent.
The next campaign 10 going 10 be differ.
ent from the last We viii get out Of the
Cat, open country, into the mountainous,
thickly wooded country. II we do not end
the war here, We will have to carry it
into the high, rocky mountains Of Lnzoa.
1t viii be no violation Of q state secpet
to say that the 1irst object a the next
campaign viii be to take the rest Of the
railroad from the hands Of the insur-
gents The insurgents ought to be firmly
convinced by this time that We want tha
Manila and Dagupan road. a. We have
fought along that line seven months.
They know we want Il and they also
know we are going to get il, for they are
already tearing up the track, burning
the ties and burning the rails north Of
Angeles.
The country east Of the railroad, north
Of Angeles, is more like it h south Of Ma
mia, except high and broken. West Of
the railroad are high mountains that viii
offer the insurgents better opportanity Of
retreat and escape than they had in the
low country.
With the taking Of the railroad, we viii
have cut of the provinces Of ZAmhales,
PaggasinAn, Tariae, PamPanga and Ba-
tam from the main part Of the island and
can lay claim to a good deal more country
than the precise amount Of real estate on
which our army il now holding.
Another great need Of the army d light
dranght steamboats, for use In the many
lakes and rivers in Luson. There b hard
ly place in the world where an army
could use river steamers 10 greater advan-
tage.
With almost 5000 miles Of territory
from which to draw supplies, and with
boats coming in without any opposition
from Hong Kong, Japan. and from Cen
tral and South America, and Australia.
the insurgents are probably doing well -
far a. supplies are concerned