Arizona republican., 1899-07-12
ARMY FOR THE pHILIppINES
Far. -.SIShtfd P,liCY Has ProVsd d
 Troops Necde Without Delay.

The suspension of active military
 operations in the Philippines. re9der- ed necessary by the rainy season has brought before the country the neces- sity of additional troops in the archi- pe,ago and the country finds the ad- ministration ready. wIthoGt excitement oc- haste, to increase the trCo3s under General Otis ccmmaud to 4O.GG0 men. and to keep the American army in the east at this figure unJ1i the need for I force of this size has ceased
 This action and these re-inforce1neilts follow no change of policy and no new decision It is the result Of the set ted plan and purpose adopted last March by the administrdtiC-' to pre- pare an army equal to any neck likely to arise. The Spanish war provided for it's immediate ard summary dis charge when peace came. No man ell listed for the war but had to 90e given his formal discharge at it cl0se. and the army stood again. aS ill April. 1898. at 2T.50o men.
 | regular army of 65.0O1 men was plainly necessary. and the possible si2- mand eXiSt,d for :;-5. eco volunteers rc-- nfited by the compromise army lF.ll M under which this force of 109.G90 men c5ui,l be raised and it's organization ef1ecteG-a task only second To that faced q yelr ago. \ call could he is sued and the couI.l'y launched i'll the excitement Cf raising 1Ca000 men.
 with all the pressure" fer places and commissions. or the work could go on silently. systematically. without hurry CT hustle and without disturb ance to trade or industry. until Fhe force was cOmpi5 ted.
 This Tsan. adopted last March. has been followed for nearly four months. and now that the troops are w;lnled the troops are ready. From the troops discharged. re-enl:StmentS were ac- cepted of picked men. New enlist mems have gone CT aJ the rate of 1.000 a week In all about 3S.C00 have been en isted in the regular army. and it is now full
 Its regiments have been brought to their full strength. and WtH be kept there. The ruinouS and wasteful pol icy T-a .ticed il the past of forming new re@imsnta1 organizations. while cd and veteran regiments were mere skeletons, has net been followed. The Esw men have been fs-l into old reg fments. When these were full. aS they are now. volunteer regiments are be ing organized. and these are being SO lected with the same care and will he Off;cered from men Wis0 have seen service in the past year and whose record juStIfieS 9 commission.
 This far-sigbeed policy has provided the army which is now needed. and furnished the troops demanded with cut delay CT excitement. Instead of aI hasty levy such aS was unavoidable q year ago. and whose haste worked every flaw and failure n the Spanish war. there has been for four months past the slow. steady. systematic ere atiOn of q naw army. pCw C't 65.0G0 men. and which can 1la carried t9 ICg.-l eco by the same methods. As this work. comes to be known appreciated and understood criticism will dfSap- pear. If there has been. as there may have been. error in not sending en8ucth troops earlier to LuZGu the error was shared hy General Otis cn the ground l who has had all he asked. Nor iS it i likely that raw leV;eS thiS spring wou1d 1 have lOne more than repeat the illness 1 and 1nprtality of Cuba q year,aeo. Raw troops S-cc1n.5 In the tropics Mon sent there if they are to he keut free | ice. must begin their tropical CIT l from illness and kept ready for Sery- lee. must begin their tropical cam | p3t@n picked. drilled. disciplined. ard | taught 'Self-cara. This course has been | followed. and it will pace in Manila | an army equal nPXt October to :he i task cf promptly pacifying the cnly | area resisting the authority of the nited States Philadelphia Press