Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-17
MORE TROOPS NEEDED
Not Enough Men in the Philippines
to Conquer the Natives.
OUTLOOK NOT BRIGHT
General Lauton's Assertion That One
Hundred thousand Men We're
Needed l. Realized Church
Assisting the Fillplnos.

Manila, June r. Norresponce OF the
Associated Press. More soldiers" Is
the demand which Is coming to General
Macarthur from every department Of
the island Recent events have worked
10 vindicate General LAwton's Judgment
that 100, 900 troops would be- needed 20
establish sovereignty over the Philip
pines Until they attempted TO hold
provinces OF 200 or 5000 hostile people
with regiment or two. the American
commanders hardly realized the size Of
the Filipino armies. The present force
Is not large enough TO garrison more
than half the important towns and IN
some Of the most important instances,
among them Cebu. PAnAy, Leyte, Samar
aud the great Mohammmednn Empire
of Mindanao only the commercial ports
are occupied.
The church has become troublesome
factor in General Young's territory. Ag-
, lipay. the priest who has proclaimed
himself archbishop. is IN the field ~ u
general. His forces attacked Captain
Dodd Of the Third cavalry at Batoc.
wbercImorc than 200 Of the Elipipos
were slain. Aglipay commanded IN per-
son and there is an improved report that
he was among the killed. His followcas
fought with the rccklessness Of Moham-
medan fanatics They approached the
Americans IN three lines, with an adj.
vance guard Of women arranged with
the expectation that the Americans
would not fire upon them.
General Young. who Is holding several
mountain provinces of Lu1on with four
regiments. expects severe work during
the rainy season. For some two months
after his bewildering invasion Of the
north the insurgents were paralyzed. but
finding ample opportunities 70 reorgan-
lac. the insurgents have aysiled them.
selves Of it, The troops have worn
themselves and horses 10 the limit of
endurance. charging the mountain trails
and striking the Filipinos where they
can geto u the track OF an unurganl1ed
bank Hundreds have been slain. but
the work has been like sweeping away
mosquitoes which swarm down upon a
new spot.
After the women n line Of bolomen
aud others armed only with wooden
swords. no more dangerous than police.
mems clubs, aud behind the bolomen
the riflemen Happily the women threw
themselves flat on the and sought shell.
ter at the first fire. 80 that few Of them
were iniurd. The soldiers thought that
they we're men dressed in women's
clothes The onslaught Of the bolomen
was like the descent OF the Mahdi's fan.
Atics upon Kltchner's squad at Khar.
toum.
General Young has evidence that the
priests Of the region have been sending
church contributions 10 Aglipay. Two
prominent priests ARE In Jail charged
with aiding the Instruction and will be-
tried by military commission Surveil'
lance Is exercised over the finances OF
some II the larger parishes.
Some Of the American generals think
that the instruction could be- materially
crippled by the establishment OF "A st
Helena for tho Filipino leaders, ban
ishing them to some island
where they could not give mora
aud financial support of the re,
bellion Guam is advocated as posi-
bio aud advantageous residence foi
captured officers aud civil officials
Archbishop Chappelle isa supporter o.
the idea. He believes the policy q
leniehcy Is wasted upon Asiastios VIII,
fail 10 understand the motives for II.