The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-02-09
TH1RTY-E1GHT WE'RE KILLED.
American Casualties I'm the Fight
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American casualities in the Fight
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washington, Feb. S.-The most i'm
portant news in Washington yesterday
was the ratification Of the peace treaty
and the receipt Of lists OF casualties
from ON Gen. Otis. Prompted by the gen
erals promise Of the previous night to
send In the list Of casualties at the
earliest possible moment, the friends of
the soldiers at Manila besieged the
war department by telegram and word
of mouth for information from the
scene of battle in the Philippines. The
/ list was long in coming, explained by
the cutting Of the telegraph wires
along the American front, which pre-
vented earlier reports from the division
commanders. In the meantime came a
short cablegram from Admiral Dewey
which caused some temporary commo-
ton by creating the impression that
hostilities had been renewed by the
insurgents. Up to the close Of office
hours, however, nothing had come
from Gen. Otis to confirm this informa-
ton, and such cablegrams as did come
from him touched upon other matters
entirely, so it was assumed there was
no foundation in fact for the appre.
tension. =
Gen. Otis list gives names Of thirty
eight killed and 139 wounded The men
were from the following regiments:
Tenth Pennsylvania, First Montana,
First Colorado, First South Dakota,
Third artillery, Fourteenth infantry,
Sixth artillery, First Idaho, First Cali
forria and First Washington. The fol-
lowing are the casualties in the First
South Dakota: -.-
Private Horace J. McCracken, II,
killed; Private Fred E. Green, 1, killed;
Private William J. Lewis, l, killed;
Private Benjamin Phepps, X, wounded
in right thigh; Corporal Eugene Stew
ems, X, wounded in right thigh; Private
Frank G.. McLain, wounded in right
hip; Hiram Fay, wounded in right
knee; Corporal H. Osgood, +, sprained
knee; Private A. Haskell, L, Slight
wound in neck.
wrought by the ratification of the
treaty there is a '1''*s.7ss s.ss<s.
Variance of Views -.
and Adjt. Gen. Corbin and Second AS
sistant Secretary Adee, Of the state de-
partment, were giving the matter at
tention with the idea of being able to
send full instructions for his future
guidance to Gen. Otis Immediately.
The extreme view on one side is that
until the Spanish government ratities
the treaty it is not Of legal effect. Ac-
cording to that view, therefore, the
United States government is estopped
from proceeding beyond their lines at
Manila for the time. BY the other eX-
IRENE view the United States govern
ment is free to do just as it pleases in
the entire group of islands, and will,
therefore, proceed at once to complete
the military occupancy of thelslands.
Perhaps there is justification for this
last view in the fact that the tIlipinOs
were Spanish subjects nominally when
they broke the terms of the protocol
and thereby released the United States
from it's observance. The medium
view, and that which is likely to be
followed, is that Gen. Otis is justified
in doing anything that is necessary to
protect his army and all American and
foreign interests in Manila, even
though this obliged him to assume the
offensive and to go outside OF the old
lines in pursuit Of the insurgents who
may be seeking to reorganize and re-
coup from their late defeat with an in
tention Of attacking again or even
threatening the Americans.