The Arizona sentinel., 1899-10-14
BACK FROM MANILA.
Walter s. Ingalls, Returns to His Home
 in Yuma.

Walter $. Ingalls, returned Wednes day from the Philippine Islands, hay ing arrived in San Francisco the week before on the transport City of Para MT. Ingalls, year ago last summer joined Company F, Twenty-third Regular Infantry, U. s. A., and month later was at the fight and sur render of Manila. He served his country we'll while on the islands and for his attention to business was an inspector of licenses in the city ol Manila.
 MT. Ingalls, says the interior of the islands is entirely undiscovered and that there are great fields there for American industries. All the farming market and development are 300 years behind the times, but it needs only the magic touch of American industry 10 make the isl ands teem with wealth and luxury.
 The natives as rule are peaceable but are incited to rebellion by leaders who would rather fight than eat, when there is no danger, and MT. Ingalls, states that fat bribe placed in the right place would end hostilities.
 Most of the fault found with Maj Gen. Otis is by the volunteers and the chief kick is as to his Lumane manner of warfare, inasmuch as he has tried to defeat the Filip1nos by kindness. He now sees his mistake and is pre- pairing for vigorous campaign against the little brown rebels and expects to restore peace in the islands within the next four months.
 Walter says the soldiers gre all in healthy condition, the ratiOns good and the climate not at all oppressive. However, he is glad to get back home among his family and friends anu they are glad to have him back.
 The following letter printed m the San Francisco Post in reply to state ments made by Army Secretary Pey- ton will prove of interest:
 Editor Post: Replying to the statement made by Army Secretary Peyton of the Brotherhood ot St. Andrew, contained in dispatch from the East 1 wish to make the following statement as one of the"45 900 drunken rakes and g. mblers from ia and around Manila: :"
 First, the charges made by MT Peyton are defamatory and utterly false. There never were 45,OO0 sol diers (some of the sons of our best families that we have in America) in and around Manila at any time dur ing the past six months beginning from the date that MT. Peyton had residence in the islands,
 As to the $40 saloons-the author of the article did not count correctly by any means. There were not more than 300 liquor licenses, counting can- teens, many of which have since been abolished. I helped to complete the the report for the first six months of the License Bureau, being License and Market Inspector for the city of Manila from October 12, to May 15, 1899.
 At my request I was then permitted to rejoin my regiment and to perform those duties for which I had enlisted. I have had letters that were written to an interpreter asking hIm to do what he could to get liquor licenses for natives, written out and signed by Spanish priests of Manila. I have since seen interpreter and priest talking together and have had the interpreter ask me to use my influence in securing certain licenses for natives.
 As for there being more saloons new than there was before we took Manila, l often received ten applica- tions for locations in one block. would grant two, perhaps, out of these, and often none. Many of those grant ed were tor saloons under Spanish rule
 MT. Peyton speaks of the morals of the Tagalos there. Had he i vesti ga ted the matter before he made his statement he would have discovered that, quite contrary to his declara- ti0n~, the race is corrupt in every sense ol the word and unfit for soldering. W hen the TagalOs were examined Tor soldiers fifteen out oI every 300 passed. 1 also assert that the church friars invarlably excited the natives against the Americans and gave Us false in formation. Many a priest has been found dead on the battle field, as he fell while leading the insurgents to an attack, MT. Peyton should be more careful in his further statements and give the soldier his just due.
 WALTER s INGALLS,, Ex-Private Company F. Twenty-third
 Regular Infantry, U. s. A.
 $1OO REWARD, S1OO.