Evening journal., 1899-03-18
NO PLACE ToR WOMEN AND CHIL
DREN

The Secretary OF War has announced
ihat hereafter the families Of officers
and enlisted men of the army will not
be permitted to accompany the troops
to Marlla. 1hes announcements =
made in consequence OF q despatch
from General Otis, which is as fol-
lows:
''MAnila is not a safe place for Off
GERS families. Great difficulty expert
ence1 In caring for women now here,
and their safety is one OF the chief
causes OF anxiety Officers families
should remain in the United States"
1hts desraItoh and the decision
wihidh fo.aowed it is a rude shock TO
mary persons who were looking for
ward TO a trip to Manila in tine COM
Portable government transports as
hollday excursion. The steamer Grant,
which has RECENTLY arrived at Manila,
carried a large number OF women and
children They went at the expense Of
the government. provided with every
comfort and luxury. The transport
was fitted up and victualed as a first
class passenger steamer. II went via
The Mediterranean sea and the Sulez
canal, stopping at Gibraltar, Malta
Suez Alden and various places OF in
terest, after the manner OF an excur-
sion party This parity Of ladies and
.lhelr families. IL was said. would start
the first American colony in Manila
Scloo.s would be organized and there
would be dehehtGul homes. The colo
nists would enjoy the strange sights Of
his far-dls,ant tropical land in the
arl rp0dos. ani then, before the sojoum
became irksome. they woucd return
home across the Pacific ocean, thus ac.
compMshing the tour Of the world in a
moss domccraLIIs and inexpensive
manner. 1t was to be a wide and
ohaImiEg departure from the unevent-
ful lie OF the army Officers family,
whose only adventures have consisted
in moving from one dreary and DESC
late ARMY post on the rlains to an
other.
) III, lis Likely that the arrival of the
'fcst American co.ony" at Manila was
Followed hy speedy dlsilmsion. The ma
lJiyes did not receive the Americans
With open arms as deliverers They
found themselves in an enemy's ooun-
p tgy. The "arrow that nieth by day" is
an ever presenn danger. and to this
danger is superadded the "pestilencC
that wa.keth in darkness" There IL
c-Ga.ant danger from treacherous saw
ages, and the presence Of thousands o
S American troops in the oity, according
. 10 General Ctis, cannot insure safety
4 Officers families. he says, should re
4, main in the United States DANCE
ircm assassins is not the only obstacl
e to the anticipated Mfe Of ease and en-
o jcyment in the tropics. There is sal,
u 10 be an almost complete absence o
Ne uhose convcn!enCcs for housekeepin
=, and various appliances of civilization
which our people have come to regar
T as neoessaries OF life. Domestic ser
Ne wants are inefficient and exasperatiue
& the Climate hot. enervating and IN
s. heathy, and the earth and air teen
n ing with every insect and creepin
thing to make life a burden
Put what a commentary II is upO
n- cur imperialism and benevOience an
g. Liberation Of The oppressed from tn
D. bondage CT Egyph So bitter are OF
N t-leficiaries against us and so implai
abe that fifteen or twenty thousang
UT 1roops In one town cannot make II
- safe residence for our women. Ho
many troops, in all conscience. win
require 10 hold the entire archipeaag
- with its scattered millions of.peop.
and to keep them, by the persuasion
'n the bayonet, and the machine gun,
lsubjeLtion to our heneficent rule? An
when the predicted war with the O
I'M bans begins, then viii the oyerfiowiI
al lscourge be upon us.-Baltimore Sun.
ed "a very bright paper win be to-mo