The state herald., 1899-10-13
'CONQUEsTs BY OTIS.
NOT OF A PERMANENT CHAR
ACTER.
He Orders the Capture Of Towns and Then
Abandons Them-This Performance Re-
pented Often,

John T., McCutchen, the trust
worthy correspondent of the Chicago
Record, sends the following suggest
I've list Of conquests made under Cen
eral Otis orders:
Pasig has been captured three times
and abandoned twice.
Guadeloupe has been captured four
times and abandoned three times.
Mariquina has been captured six
times and abandoned six times.
Canita has been captured twice and
abandoned twice.
AntipOlo has been captured once and
abandoned
Morong has been captured twice and
abandoned twice.
Santa Cruz has been captured once
and Abandoned.
Pagsanjan has been captured once
and abandoned.
Longos has been captured once and
abandoned.
Paete has been captured once and
abandoned.
N0valiches has been captured twice
and abandoned twice.
San Mateo has been captured once
and abandoned.
San Jose has been captured once and
abandoned.
Norzagaray has been captured once
and abandoned.
Augot has been captured once and
abandoned.
San Miguel de Mayuma has been cap.
tured once and abandoned.
Mexico has been captured twice and
abandoned once.
Bacolor has been captured twice and
abandoned once.
Macabebe, the only town friendly TO
the Americans. was taken and desert
ed and allowed to be burned by the
natives.
Quingua was taken twice and aban-
doned once
Guagua was taken once and aban-
doned.
This list is not complete. but 1t shows
what a lot Of unnecessary work has
been done and what lot of lives have
been needlessly lost just because Otis
stubbornly persisted in sticking to his
original statement. Many of the towns
enumerated have no strategic import.
ance and need not have been held. but
n great many others, like San Isidro.
and the rich towns In that district.
should certainly have been garrisoned
IL we nau tnc men 10 spare.
Otis now claims to have n territory
sixty miles long-from linus on the
south to Angeles on the north-but he
neglects to state that in two-thirds OF
this distance ii Is as much as your
life il worth to get quarter OF mile
Off the railway track. Attacks are fire.
quently made right In the heart of the
section which he claims is pacified and
conquered.
In conclusion. l think Otis is trying
to do too much. He works sixteen
hours day. and is usually sure to re-
fer TO that fact when he gets to talk
ing. One man cannot possibly fill the
Jobs of civil and military leader. and
attend to all the petty details. Otis Is
conscientious and honest In financial
way. He does everything he can do to
save the governments money. and de-
serves great deal of credit for II. hut
he isn't going about putting down the
insurrection In the right way. md I
doubt whether he ever will succeed I'M
less he gets SO many men that the In
surgents will he smothcred to death.
think he should he relieved OF the
military end. mt least. II not all. Of the
Job. Bates or T.awton or Macarthur.
I believe. wonld make good military
commanders II given rein. don't
know much about Wheeler. hut II
strikes mo that he would make bet
ter brigadicr than commander In
chief.
AguinaIdo will try to hold out. I
think. until after next years election,
hut I honestly believe that the cam.
paIgn beginning late in October. II Will
managed can finish II all IN In four
months, or before March list.