The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-04-14
Mnshinptnn LETTER.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent
Washington, April, Bird 1899

an end; Aguinaldo is fugitive, his
capital is in our possession and his
army is reduced to bands of scattered
bushwhackers, with little probability
of being able to get together i'm suffice
lent numbers to put up another battle
against our troops. When the cir
cumstances under which this cam
paign was VIGOROUSLY fought, are
considered, it reflects as much glory
upon the officers and men wo particl-
pated therein as any in which Amer
icans have been engaged
Fighting in Samoa, which was at
first thought to seriously endanger
the friendly relations between Germa-
ny and the L. ;. turns out have been
blessing in disguise. At no time
since the joint treaty for the govern
ment of the Samoan islands was en-
tered into, by Great Britain, Germa-
ny, and the L. s., have affairs been
entirely satisfactory to anybody con-
cerned. The fighting has brought
'"'"S9 w " ioOuoi anu tuS NhIet gov
ernments have agreed to appoint a
Joint High Commission with author
ity to settle once for all the permanent
control of the islands.
There is IA solemn reminder of the
Cuban campaign in the $50 caskets
Theoretically sealed, now lying in
tents temporarily erected in beautiful
Arlington cemetery. These caskets
contain the bodies of merican SOL
diers who lost their lives in Cubr, and
more are expected by tomorrow after
noon. Later in the week, n Military
funeral will be held In honor of the
brave dead, in which President Nc
Kinley and all of the troops nearby
will participate, and, in order to give
all government employees an opportun-
ity to join in this last tribute of honor
and respect to those who gave their
lives for Old Glory, all of the depart
ments and public offices will be closed
at noon on the day of the funeral.
There are about three hundred bodies
in all, to be inferred In Arlington,
where so many of their brave com.
rades rest.
1t has been decided by the War De-
partment that the volunteers now in
the Philippines shall not be mustered
out as long as they are needed. This
refers to organizations; Gen. Otis Has
discretion AS to the mastering out of
individuals who have good reasons
for wishing to return home, and spec
ial orders have been cabled him to
send all sick and wounded men home;
also to mark the caskets as well as
the graves OF all dead soldiers, so that
there Will be no trouble about recogni-
ton when it becomes feasible to bring
the remains home. The decision to
keep the volunteers in service in the
Philippines, although in accordance
with the provision in the Army act of
the last Congress, would probably not
have been made, if the men had not,
through Gen. Otis, asked to be allow
ed to remain in service as long as
there was fighting to do. This
decision makes it certain that the
thirty-five thousand volunteers, au-
thorized by the Army Act will not be
enlisted. unless something unexpect-
ed at this time shall make their servi-
ces necessary.
Not another cent, and no consent to
the Issuing ola single bond, was the
short and conclusive answer given by
Secretary Hay to the two Cubans sent
to Washington by the Cuban Assem-
bly, with a resolution asking that this
government either increase the 50 600
900 it has sent to cuba to be advanced
to the Cuban soldiers as fast as they
give up their arms, or give its consent
to an issue of bonds by the Assembly,
to raise more money. President Nc
Kinley Endorsed the answer and said
that 1t must be accepted as the end of
the matter. These Cubans are not to
blame for going to Washington on
such FOOLS errand; they had been
led to believe that the American Syn
dictate, which had offered to take all
the bonds, at about half the face val
ue,-had "pulp enough with Presi-
dent Mckinley to gain his consent to
the issue of bonds by the assem-
bly,. They will return home with
the knowledge of wide difference
between the purchasable Spanish Off
Gals, Cubans had been accustomed to
dealing with, and American officials.
Things will not begin to move smooth
ly in any of the late Spanish possess
sions, until the same knowledge has
been acquired by the natives.