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MACARTHUR IN COMMAND.
Gen. Otis Says His Good-bys and
Sails from Manila on the
Transport Meade.
THE BANDS PLAY AND GUNS BOOM.
American Troops Landed on Island
of Marinduque and Four Towns
Taken Without Opposition-Few
Armed Insurgents Flee to Noun
tains-Garrison Left on Island.

Manila, May 1.-THE United States
transport Meade sailed for the United
States at five o'clock Saturday after
noon, with Maj. Gen. Otis and two
aides-de-camp on board.
The warships in port fired major
generals salute as the steamer raised
her anchor
The governors launch left the pal
ace at four o'clock, carrying Gen. Otis
and Gen. MacArthur's stats to the
Meade. The Twentieth and Four
teenth infantry, drawn up ashore in
front of the city wall, presented
arms, and the bands played "Auld
Lang Syne,' while shore battery
saluted
During the morning the supreme
court judges and many officers called
at the palace to bid farewell to Gen.
Otis, who kept at work with his ac-
customed energy until the moment
of leaving.
Since the beginning of the insurrec-
ton Gen. Otis has kept at his desk
from early morning until midnight.
He has never been seen on the Luneta,
like the other officers, and only two
or three times has he been seen in
society, and these occasions were
semi-official receptions. The general
leaves the army admirably organized,
provisioned and clothed.
Take Another Island.
Manila, May 7.-Col Hardin's expe-
dition recently landed two companies
of the Twenty-ninth infantry on the
island of Martinique. The troops
have already taken four towns with
out opposition, the few armed insur-
gents encountered taking to the
mountains. Leaving one company to
garrison the island, the expedition
proceeded to Masbete.
The cable to the southern islands is
broken and details of the recent
fighting are not obtainable at present.
Asked to BE Relieved.
Washington. May THE order is
sued by the war department Friday,
relieving Gen. Otis of the command of
the division of the Philippines and
assigning Gen. Macarthur thereto,
concludes as follows:
ION completion of the transfer of the
command, Maj. Gen Otis, accompanied by
his authorized aids. will repair to San
Francisco, Cal, reporting upon arrival to
the adjutant general, United States army, |
for the further orders of the secretary of
war.
Maj. Gen. Otis is relieved from COM
mand only In compliance with his own
expressed wish. The president directs
&c lat.
of that officers distinguished and sue
cessful services in The Philippine islands
fif both -rivfI and military Al ss1tl1is
They entitle him to gratitude and honor
from his country. ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of War"
Gen. Macarthur, in addition to his
duties as division commander, will eN-
ercise the authority of military gov
ernor of the Philippine islands.
sustains Otis.
Washington, May fudge Advo-
cate General Lieber has given an opin-
ion to the secretary of war to the
effect that Gen. Otis, commanding the
division of the Philippines. acted fully
within his legal authority in order
ing the dismissal of Maj. George w.
Kirkman, of the Forty-ninth volun-
teer infantry, and three other officers
IN execution of sentences of courts
martial on conviction of various in
fractions of the articles of war. This
opinion carries with it, by implication,
the idea that a state of war exists in
. the Philippine islands, as otherwise
under the army regulations the gen
eral commanding in the field would
not have final jurisdiction in a court
martial case involving the dismissal
Of an officer of the army