The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
.|NSURGENT POWER
MUST Be CRUSHED
Shafter Says No Other
Course Is Open.
MEANS A HARD CAMPAIGN
1T WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE
INDIAN WARS.
America Destined to Lose Heavily in
Life and Treasure Before The
Filipinos Are Con-
quered.

Ihere was an air of suppressed ex.
cltement about army headouarters
yesterday. Every one. from Maior
General Shafter down to the civiIion
employees, was eager to hear the Ia+es+
news. AS fast as the b,,1Iotirs ao,1
tanning accounts of the fighting ana
casualties We're received they vgere
eagerly seized upon and read. General
Smarter, when asked for his oninion of
the present situation at Manila. said.
AS far as am able to Judge fro,,,
the press dispatches that I have rood
there has been hard and severe f7eb+N
ing. TO me the situation presents h,,+
one aspect: 1t Is now simply question
oI campaign against AguinaIdo
lhere Is no doubt that he will have to
pe utterly crushed, but at what cost of
life to our forces it is simply impossible
10 form even an estimate, for am not
familiar with the ground or the nature
OF the Notifications. In wav this
VIII simply mean a new style of Indian
warfare for our troops. The loss al
ready has been heavy and before we
are in complete possession of the
Islands many more of our brave men
doubtlessly will have to meet the death
of a soldier.
L have received no news from Wash
1ngton that leads me to believe that
any more troops will be sent here for
embarkation, but, OF course, I cannot
tell what the next few days NAV brine
forth. The War Department evidently
is awaiting developments, and while. in
my opinion, General Otis has sufficient
1orce with which TO cope with Aguin-
aldo, still future developments NAV
| show that more troops are reouired
and in that case they may be sent
from this point. I do not believe the
campaign would be a very long one
but this is merely conjecture on. NV
part.
Major r. H. Noble and Captain e H.
Plummer, aids de camp to General
Shafter, who saw active service in
Cuba, discussed the situation in a clear
and logical manner. Both are of the
opinion that the present campaign NAV
prove to be a costly one in many ways
besides the loss of human life. 1t is
evident from what they have to saw
that our troops will Immediately begin
an aggressive campaign against Aguin-
aioos forces and this will of a neces-
sity mean loss of life to our men, as the
Americans will be forced to attack for
titled positions
Marius L. Seemann of the Fourteenth
United States Infantry, who was killed
at Manila on Sunday in an attack made
on the insurgents lines by his regiment,
was native of San Francisco He
lived at e12 York street with his sister,
MIS-. u. N. Jensen. He was just 20
years or age and a fine, manly fellow,
pelng sober, Industrious and steady in
MS habits. Prior to enlisting for the
Mar young Seemann was plumber and
worked at 1lO Seventh street. His
iatner, VINO is a rancher, lives in Hum
polot County. Only recently Mrs. Jen-
sen received letter from her brother
saying he thought the Fourteenth
would be sent home after serving a
year or so in the Philippines. His sis
| ler was looking forward with great
pressure TO his return, and ever since
ne left has kept his room prepared for
MS nome coming, which fate has de-
creed shall never be.
Arthur Osborne of the same regiment,
who is wounded, is native of San
francisco. He is a brother of Teddy
Osborne, proprietor of the Ferry sa-
loon. and of William Osborne of the
FIRST California Regiment Both OF
tnese young men worked for their
brother prior to enlisting for the war
Arthur was well known by the people
OF the water front. Since he has been
In Manila his brother Teddy has been
paying him his full salary, which he
has sent to him regularly every month.
Mr.. Osborne does not know how seri-
ously his brother is wounded but he
does not think he is dangerously hurt
or the fact would have been mentioned.
William A. Rogers Company III, First
California Regiment, who is amons
those wounded in Mondays engage
ment, is San Francisco boy. Before
the war he was in the employ of the
Southern Pacific, and had an excellent
reputation for sobriety. industry and
l honesty.