The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-22

war and have not allowed the whole truth
to be sent to the papers"
At this question the Generals face dark
"ncd and I saw that | was ON delicate
ground. He answered. however. saying.
Il have tried to- have the truth sent hofAe
and hav" interfered with the correspond
ents as little as possible
How about the charge that You have in.
! creased the numbers Of the Filipino dcadc''
THAT is not true" was the repls. r
have always heen conservative III my re-
+, ports of "ir engagements. and have usually
reduced the figures to he on the safe side.
have "iv.n orders t" III" officers that they
must send out reliable men tn count thu
dead after every engagement. and have
done I'll! / could to arrive at the exact
! truth"
, With this the interview closed and ths
General went back to his pap..fs.
The Hnrdc~t-W "rkrd Wan in the Array
As to General Otis's administration I find
her, quite a difference of opinion among
the civilians and ais" among the officers OF
the army. He has strong friends and num-
crous critics. Some of the Generals saw
privately that they think the war could lie
settled with one or tw" short tiashing ram
paigns. while others. closer, perhaps. in the
counsels OF the administration believe that
the present policy is the only one that viii
result in permanent peace.
I find no question. however. as to- General
ctis's honesty of purpose ana his fidelity :"
his duties. He Is the hardest worked man
in the army. He rises at IN every morI-
ing. and lay 80 has finished his hrcakfas.
,y .J.;-., =. tI. af.A,. "a, Ia ,,i.- to-.
two miles away.
Hero he works steadily till I2:5a. when he 4
drives home for lunch. returning before .
O'Clock To his desk. He keeps at it J"m
then ON until : aud always takes q stack of
papers ard documents hrme. when he
leaves for the day. He has an hour ,r so
for dinner. and then works until II ard
often until midnight. Within the pas. few
weeks he has been playing :. -lnc or SO %
billiards after supper for exercise. but OUT
side of this he has had no rest or rccrca-
ti"n. He never drives out for pleasure.
calls upon nobody and does not attrrd
either public or private functions. He is
possessed hy tn" demon nf perpetual work
and is {, very ii"nd for details. lie wants
to know everything. and. ! am told. there
are precious few things which go ON that
he does not know.
During nav interview referred to- .ha
charge made that he devoted tn" much OF
his strength u little things. He replied
that such kurwi''ig" WAS necessary to the
success au,: economy of his administration
and that h" had to- know all in order tn act
promptly and il. the right way. .
At tn" same time it is evident that 10
couii handle the big things more easily IL
he devoted himself entirely to them arG,
left the carrying out of his plans to his SUBJ
urlinItcs. He has good men about him. :
His right hand and chief of staff is GcncralN
Theodore Schvtn. one "f tn" abIest and !.
hravest OF the officers of uur army. who
has just mad" a new record for himself
by his dJshine campaign through that hot
bed of the insurrectos. the most dangerous
of Southern Lizpn. General
SchHau is an aumirer of General otis, and
he thoroughly approves of his policy. The
two In"I are i'll some ways much alike.
I;rth say they would rather he fighting in =
the 'icl! than AT work here in Msuiis. aud
from what is known ot their characters,
doubt AIT they both speak the truth.
FRANK G. CNiPENTER.l