The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-11

lne health Oh lille Oub VI eNSlt leh Sau-
casians. The Otis campaign has been
a severe strain on the men. He has
kept them an unnecessary long time in
trenches, while be,was trying to make
up his mind what to do next. hide.
cision is the strongest characteristic of
the man..
D. Ferguson, eli the Philippines
were to be of any value to this country
the mistakes of Gen. Otis might be in
a measure overlooked, but it is adding
insult to injury TO require men to fight
for no good results. l don't believe
that l pei cent. Of The men will re-
enlist, and not more than J per cent.
will live i'll the country under any cir.
cumstances. The Filipinos are a worth
less lot.
100, 900 MEN NEEDED.
Corporal A. W.. Fass, k-Ihe peo-
pie of the United States may make up
their minds to one OF two things: they
must reliuquish all hope Of ever gaining
a foothold Oh the islands, or they must
maintain au army of loo, 1000 men con.
stantly i'll the field for years to come.
eergt. j. Il. Forsyth, M-The wal
is prolitless to us, the merchants of
Manila being the only persons to reap
any benefit. The mass OF the Fllipinos
are degeneratcs and will never be amen
able to the good influence of civiliza-
ton.
]. L. Green, M-The Islands are not
worth lighting tor and place = love-
estimate upon the natives. AgTGe ut
most our country should not think of
holding more than a coaling station,
say at Cayite.
f. c. Kunkle, C-Most of the men
have more respect for Aguinaldo than
they have for Otis. They call the lat
ter an old ''mollycod,n
Joseph Miller, D-Cayite might make
a good coaling station for this country,
but for the rest of the islands, it will
not pay to bother with them.
Sergt. NJ. n. Jones, B-Tue islands
may be as rich as some folks tell US, but
l have lived there oyer a year, and I've
seen no evidence of the richness unless
it be the richness of filth and feyeIs.
NJ, r. Smith, corporal, Al would
not give five cents for the whole group
of islands, and l am sure we can never
lick the Filipinos as long as that old
woman Otis has anything to do with
the management of affairs.
Robert Barnett, Al wouldn't trade
one township in old Pennsylvania for
all the archipelago, You may say we
will have to fight twenty years before
the islands are ours. Otis has probably
made more mistakes than any other
man who eyer wore shoulder straps.
William Copeland, K-I would not
take the Philippines as a gift, and l
favor carrying on the wal only because
our honor is at stake. We may lose
more if our Government leaves that old
lady Otis in command. Living there is
out of the question.
John Byers, K-The Philippines are
not worth a 177G cuss.
William Collins, Ave never could
induce any of our " people to live
there on account of the miserable eli.
mate and the Objectionable natives.
f. W. Enos, K-Otis has imagined
that by suppIessing the truth he could
fool the people into the belief that lie
was accomplishing wonderful results in
the Philippines. He may have fooled
some of the people, but the soldiers
know very well what a big failure he
has been.
j. A. Hoffman, K-One of the worst
features Of the whole business is the
trouble that is sure to arise with for.
eign countries o n or later if wehold
the Philippines.
Charles Henderson, A Otis has
equalled the record of the Spaniards in
sending out misleading and untruthful
dispatches concerning the situation. |
have not a very high regard for the
Filipinos, but they apparently have out
witted our commanding general,
G.. r. Miller, C-The savage monn.
tain tribes will always be in revolt even
after the more peaceful natives have
been subdued.
II. I. Cunningham, D-The Pbilip.
pines are useless to us. We have too
much good land at home which we
might develop at less expense. Otis is
a poor excuse for a general.
j. A. Gatfney, K-Some day the peo-
pie of the United States may under.
stand the situation in the Philippines
but not as long as Otis has charge If
the army and the cable. Why did not
he ask for men pnOuph in tba hao;rDa.-.