Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-06-29
FORCE is TOO SMALL.
Otis Needs More Troops in Order to
Subdue Filipinos.
A Member of His StaT Declares the
Situation Is SeriOus-E. Tint
Miles In to he Sent to the Phil
ippines Is Denied.


Capt. McQuesten made close study
! of the conditions of the Philippines
| situation. He is of the opinion that
! it will take from 100000 to 900 sol
diers to properly subdue and hold the
! islands. He also says that the peace
commission was an absolute failure,
and that its work from the start was
without effect. He strongly supports
! the military government Of the islands,
| except that he thinks more men Will be
necessary than has been estimated.
DIR. Schurman knows that the COM
mission is a failure and is coming home
in July. added Capt. McQucstcn.
"Unless troops thousands Of them. are
sent to the aid OF our men there they will
| be driven back into Manila in the course of
| the next few months, during the rainy sea-
SON. Our men simply cannot stand the
! climate. Fifty per cent. of them will be
| incapacitated by sickness and the terri
| tory overrun will have to be abandoned
Manila win be in state of siege again.
our officers and soldiers have accom-
| plished wonders and have proved them
| selves the best soldiers in the world. But
nothing decisive has come Of it, because our
men were not in great enough force
| "One of the great dangers that our men
have to face is the climate The new
| comers will be at a disa. vantage. because
| the volunteers who are returning home are
Injured to the climate This Will make more
t men t'isn he
| lief the FiIintnos think they have the
Americans licked already.
| "One solution of the situation might be to
| enlist colored men from the gulf states, ana
| this might settle some of the race questions
of that section. These men would be bet
ter able to stand the climate cohdltlohs
| around Manila. and it has been proven that
Il want to say a word for the western
volunteers, They make the finest soldiers
IN the World ana their HshtlhS qGaIltles I lI.tls
a. 49,, hda an5 bordiv thinI[ that the
plan to enlist three skeleton regiments
from the volunteers no" III tIie ~
w. m,.' ~ ~ e. ott,.4n,, - -. ~; ,a+ the
kind of men who want to STAY and fight an
insurrection for money or the fun of light
ing Mia. ~. . n. Son.
Wasbirgton Iuna % There is abso-
Ir+eIv no truth in tbe renort that Gen.
,filas hos r,oda onplica+ior fo,. ~. seeks
oesiuprnen+ to tho command of the
| ,r,ny in tho pbiIinninee Can't Francis
atichler aid de camn to Gen. Miles. said
that Gen. Miles had not souoht the
command and that no intimntion had
paesed throurb tbe office of the com
mond;po. gener,I that he 1vould he des-
ionated 10 succeed or supersede Gen.
Otis. Gen. Otis has given entire satis-
faction to the president and the secre-
+arv of war No chono. wou!d be made
in tbe command o+ Manila without com
sultino the president and notbinn has
ye+ occnrrad IN co,,ea bi,, tn lose com
fdence in Cen Otis Strono prneeure
is beino hrounht unon tbe nresident IN
increase the army in the pbilinnipes
but he is SUSTAINING Gen Otis ana has
en- fo, rof,,.od 70 ;rnora b;s ,,aoo,,-
roapdo+io,e
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| "h"s Z" the s"hmps.
Manila, June 22-Ihc lnsurgent army
has taken TO the sWampS and hills be-
yond linus. The largest force is sup
posed to be in the neiShborhood of San
Francisco de Malabon, holding posi-
ton more toward the lake or toward
the coast, according as eNigences de-
mand. Gen. Wheaton returned to linus
Wednesday,, bringing three men who
were wounded in Tuesdays fighting.
The heavy rains that fall nightly make
| campaigning uncomfortable. The roads
| ase still good. but the rice fields adj
| joining them are pools OF water. The
| FiIipinos will not fight unless they can
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