The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-07-21
OUR PHILIPPINE VAR Il FAIL
IRE.

The Philadelphia Times is an ex-
pansionist journal, but it ia not afraid
to tell the truth, even when it might
seem to bear against the cause it IS
advocating. y few days ago one of
it's accomplished Washington cores
pondents quoted veteran army
officer as saying that the country has
been treated TO encouraging dis
patches from Manila concerning the
valor of our regular and volunteer
troops, who have never lost battle.
The officer added:
"The army went forth TO accomplish two OBJ
iects. FIRST to destroy and disintegrate Agu-
nado's army. secondly, to occupy the terri
Ioiy The result is that Aguina lido 5 army has
not been destroyed, and the territory has not
been occupied. Our army won all the engage
ments, but Aguiuado h's won the campaign.
That is the plain truth, MS viewed by military
men. Aguinaldo lost ali of the battles, but
his army was never surrounded and it is us
strong today by recruiting as IT was when the
war began. General otis has conducted a
campaign which Ia now known TO have been a
failure. No military man can call his CAM
paign success. There has been no such en-
peDsive aud disastrous campaign since the
second battle of Bull Run. There has been TO
campaign which has been such n diSappoiut-
ncnt to military men since the first battle of
Bull Run.
GENERAL Miles remains in Wash ngton with
out command. He never lost battle and
never failed in campaign. He is to he kept
in Washington. no matter how many of our
men are Killed, and no matter how long the
war may be continued. General whceIer,w who
never fought savages, is sent to the front in
his old age. General Miles, who has won Il
score of campaigns against savages, is held in
washington ana Kept from the enemy"
Tho army nffi,.ar rafnrral fn than
goes on to criticize the administration
for running the war in the interest of
contractors. Horses will be sent to
the Philippines, he says, but they will
go from Chicago, 5000 mikes, if Alger
retains his hold on affairs. Acclimated
horses could be bought cheaper in
Australia, 5000 miles from Manila,
but if that were done the contractors
of this country would raise howl
and they must not be ignored while
millions are available.
"Thi. war in the Philippines, he ad!s,"is con.
Quoted on the same business basis which i'll,
duccd the War Department to bring troops
IRON CUBA to New York instead OF landing
them ut Key West or Tampa. The con.
tractors wanted to carry the soldiers rs many
miles as posi- bic. Consequently they brought
forty thousand Hen from Cuba and Porto
Rico to New York. That was good fat til ,ng
for the steamships. Then the men Were carl ieu
by rail to points in Southern STATES. Thus en-, h
soldier OF the forty thousand WIS carried up
wards of Il thousand mles further than Was
necessary. The steamships and railr ads mace
money by it, That is the way hi" Philippine
campaign has been carried on. That is the
way II will be continued.
"General Miles would not Issue orders to the
soldiers in the interest of steamships and
railroads. He would not issue orde in the
interest of contractors tor food supplies. He
would not buy beef i'll Chicago or Omaha when
lie ould get il on the spot. He would issue
oriers only in the Interest of the government,
in the interest OF the soldiers aud tor the pur
poses of military success. Therefore he was
kept out of the Spanish American war I'm II
his skill WAS necessary TO save lis from natlona
disgrace. He will not be sent to the Philip
pines, unltss it shall be to avert disasters
which are already portentuusly imminent"