The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-02-11

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portant news in Washington yesterday
was the ratification of the peace treaty
and the receipt of lists OF casualties
from Gen. Otis. Prompted by the gen.
erals promise OF the previous night %
send in the list of casualties at the
earliest possible moment, the friends OF
the soldiers at Manila basieged the
war department - 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. III the meantime came a
short cablegram from Admiral Dewey
which caused some temporary comlno-
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 oths-:' matters
entirely, SO it vas assumed there was
no foundation in fact for the appre
tension.
Gen. Otis list gives names of thirty
eight killed and 1879 wounded. The men
we're from the following regiments:
Tenth Pennsylvania, First Montana,
First Colorado, First South Dakota,
Third artillery, Fourteenth infantry,
Sixth artillery, First Idaho, First C0li-
forria and First Washington. The fol
lowing are the casualties in the First
South Dakota:
Private Horace ]. McCracken, II,
killed; Private Fred E. Green, !, killed;
Private William ]. Lewis, l, killed;
Private Benjamin Phelps, X, wounded
in right thigh; Corporal Eugene Stew
ens,k K, wounded in right thigh; Private
Frank G. McI.ain, wounded in right
hip; Hiram Fay, wounded in right
knee; Corporal H. Osgood, +, sprained
knee; Private A. Haskell, /, slight
wound in neck.
AS to the change in conditions
wrought by the ratification OF u
treaty there is a
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 n side Is that
until the Spanish government rat1ties
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 eS-
IRENE view the United States govern
ment is free to do just Cs 1t pleases IN
the entire group Of islands, and will,
therefore, proceed at once to complete
the military occupancy of theislailds.
Perhaps there is justification for this
last view in the fact that the Fi!pinos
were Spanish SUI iects nominally when
they broke the terms Of the protocol
and thereby released the United States
from its 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 60 outside of the old
lines in pursuit Of the insurgents VINO
may be seeking to reorganize and re-
coup from their late defeat with an IN
tention Of attacking again or even
threatening the Americans.