The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-01
GENERAL OTIS SUCCESSOR.
From the Manila Correspondents OF the IndianaI

From the Manila Correspondents OF the Indisnap-
oils Press
Meet General Macarthur in the field at the
head Of troops or in his office directing the az.
fairs OF American colonization, and he will inn
prcs you the same--as man who Is profoundly
conscious Of the weight OF mems lives He will
not slap yeu on the back and make good fel-
low OF you-no not even II you are war cor
respondent OF international renown. In the cold,
clear arteries Of legitimate news Macarthur will
be your friend. II he has led charge into
big ''nggsr" town under trying odds II he has
personally directed a campaign In satisfactory
aud successful manner. he will tell you about 1t,
not Withholding his own name; but II you at
tempt TO sound him upon matters OF his own
ego, Macarthur loses interest in you at once. d.
Macarthur will never be subjected to the poig.
nanty adverse criticism, cruelty unjust in most
cases, which his predecessor suffered. And this
will not be wholly because ho did not deserve
such criticism. The secret Of it Is no more or
less than this; Those who In time to come will
be sufficiently intimate with Macarthur to write
or tell others about him will be SO impressed by
the force OF his character that truth alone will
be possible. The general has a way OF making
one see that he is right. What great soldier Of
today, who has had the eyes Of tn. nation turned
on him, has covered his human sides with such
3 buttress OF strenuous virtues2 Macarthur has
yet to show men and women his human side.
lie has not had time. IIc has been too busy in
achievement 1t is his way. Macarthur achieves
and achieves, with every fiber straining. lie has
paid so little attention to the angle in which the
public regards hIm that be Is hardly better
known that any brigadier Of volunteers in the
service. And Just he has been picked out
to command what is really the whole army. lie
was chosen because his ability compelled the
choice, and made any other impossible in the
eyes OF his superiors in Washington.
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1t did not stand In the way Of his achievement
when he was colonel OF volunteers In "a, and
still In his teens His Is not mere animal braY-
cry, but that finer product which Is in the grip
| OF a wakeful brain and which makes the white
| man king Of the world. thousand soldiers
scores OF times have seen him display that beau
| tiful element OF manhood which is best called
courage. saw him at Bamban, and have new
! er seen nsld glass since which has failed to
| bring tho face and figure Of the general to my
mind General Liscum was struggling with com.
panies Of the Ninth and Twelfth In the river, and
Lieutenant Davis had fallen on the back, struck
with q hauser In place which causes no pain.
| On the opposite shore the live trenches Of
Che rebels, and the white smoke Of the Relnng
tons hung moveless on them. And the air was
full OF the yells Of white men and black and the
| horrible sounds OF fight. All the while Mac.
| Arthur stood on the bank OF the river In full
view t the enemy, with the field glass in one
| hand and directing the fire with the other
On the march, In an office, under fre. night
| and day. that brain Of NacArthuTs Is straining
toward the achievement OF the greatest good pos
sibls In his calling. Ruthle.sly. relentlessly, he
| sacrifices things In proportion, 30 long as their
destruction bears toward the final desired attain.
| ment. Though his courage has been displayed a
| hundred times before men who appreciate, II Is
his brain which impres.es the stranger, which
| plans the campaigns, which admits OF no error
l ~ omit, ~.
which schieresl The loss Of private's tin Gun
or thu unwise expenditure OF some company funds
do not WORRY Macarthur. His civilian clerks
and his subordinate officers straighten these mat.
| ters out II Is the ronderous and significant az.
| tntrs OF war, army and state which try the vast
| patience OF this man. lie has the comprehension
which scans IN glance the tremendous field Of
| his hbors; he ha. the acumen to mold a mass
| OF details toward the end OF national good; and,
best OF all, he has the strength OF physical man.
| hood to support the tense striving OF his higher
| powers. In word. he Is the man for the place.