The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-12
IEU PLAN Of uMPha.
NACARTwUR AND LAWTOX To TAKE
THE FIELD IN TWO DIVISIONS.
Of the seheuDe-TAs wartime C~vps
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- Bot Nonanosby - Command

NEW YORK. Sept. IA special 10 the
Herald from Washington says.
Considerable progress has been made oy
Mai. Gen Otis upon the plan OF campaign
he will inaugIrase Immediately upon the
beginning OF the dry season. To prevent
similar preparations being made BY the
insurgenis. and perhaps a. forernnner TO
the comprehensive operations 90 occur
when the conditions permit. an offenxve
movement by the commands of Maj Gems.
Macarthur and IAwton will begin at once
II had been expected that this movement
would have begun last week. but EVIDENT
ly either the preparations have not been
completed. or the elements have prevent
ed. for up TO this time. % far a. the
department has been advised. nothing has
been done.
The ofYsciaIs are In hourly expectation.
however. OF advices showing that the
columns under command Of the officers
named have begun a new campA gn
against Agvinaido's troops. Gen. otis
proposes TO divide the army Of s4.sss COM
batants and the mountain batteries and
dynamite guns which he viii have In De-
cember into two divisions, commanded
by Macarthur and Lswton. One Of these
will operate 10 the north OF Manila ana
the other 20 the wsss and south. Esch
division will operate In two military prov
fnces TO be defined ~ Gen. OTIS. but there
when dsssrasis. It u szpscted hat each
commander viii have six brigades under
HIS COMMAND. the remainder OK the troops
being employed 10 garrison Manila ana
other seaport towns thrcugh wnicn tns
insurgents are receiving supplies.
The navy and marine corps VIII De 40
Ing effective work. II - understood 70
be the intention Of the administration 20
enforce blockade OF the Pniii2pine porls-
This action has been considered upon rec-
ommendatlon OF Rear Admiral watson.
who has called attention TO the amount
Of supplies which the insurgents have
been receiving. The blockade whien VIII
ter 30 A. 20 prevent any OF the foreign
nations scixing upon the blockade. TX u
were formally declared "a prefsvt for
the recognition Of the Hhihprinso . pei.
iiGerenfs Gen. Haywood com. an.ant OK
Of the marine corps. said today that ne
expects there viii be more than 30 men
under Cob Pope's command within the
next few months. There have been con-
situations between Rear Admiral Watson
and Ger. Otis respecting the operations
20 be conducted by the marines, and IL 10
understood here that they VII be given
the province Of Cavite IN which 70 oper-
ate. Cavite is the hotbed Of lnsurrrc-
sfonists, and the work Of the marines WI
have to be supplemented by the army,
but the use OF Col. Pope's command VIII
make possible the Concentration OF prac-
ticaIly the entire military force IN sub
jugating AgunalGo.
II is apparent from the plan OF cam
paign prepared by Gen. Otis that MS duty
win be more Of a supervisory and supply.
ing character than anything else He VIII
remain in Manila. sending supplies and
troops to the front and keeping the TWO
divisions in the best possible CONDITION.
OF course, Gen. Otis viii be charged with
the responsibility. but IL In evident that
the administration Is quite satisfied 70
trust the conduct Of the field operations
TO Gems. Macarthur and Lawtcn.