The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-16
Correspondence OF the Associated Press


MANILA. June 12-"More soldiers" is
the demand which is coming TO Gen. Mac
Arthur from every department OF the is-
lands. Recent events have worked to
vindicate Gen Lawton's judgment that
100000 troops would be needed 10 estab-
lish American sovereignty over the Phil.
ippines, Until they attempted to hold
provinces OF two or three hundred thou
sand hostile people with regiment or
two, the American commanders hardly
realized the size of the Philippine islands.
The present force is not large enough &c
garrison more than half the important
towns. and In some most important is
lands. among them Cebu. Panay, Sa-
mar, Leyte and the great Mohammedan
empire of Mindanao. only the commercial
ports are occupied.
Serious Work Ahean.
The Moros are a cloud on the horizon.
The officers best acquainted with the con-
ditions in Mindanao and the Sulu islands
tell the Associated Press correspondent
that they consider serious fighting there
inevitable. If il comes. the two regi-
ments which are scattered in small gar
risons. some of them hundreds of miles
apart along the coast of Mindanao, an
island nearly as large as Luzon. may
have serious work. The Moros are fight
ers by natures do not fear death. have
many guns though of Anticipated makes,
but do the best execution by lying in the
thick jungles and cutting down soldiers
who pass through with their terrible
krises and spears.
Like Brushing Away Mosquitoes.
Gen. Young, who is holding seven of
the most mountainous provinces of Luz
zon with four regiments. expects severe
work during the rainy season. For two
months after his bewlldering invasion OF
the North In December. the insurgents
were paraIyzed With few of the troops
to keep an eye on the villages and pre-
vent recommendation, the paralysis, the
general believes, might have been made
permanent. Finding ample opportunities
to reorganize. the insurgents have avail
ed themselves thereof. Youngs troops
have worn themselves and their horses
down to the limit Of endurance In march
ing about the mountain trails, striking
the Fnpinos wherever they could get
track of an organized band Hundreds
have been slain. but mucn of the work
mas btth IKE pihNiiS away tAipNNAitoS
which swarm down upon new spot.
The Church becomes Factor.
Gen. Tinlo has a nomadic command
whose warriors can hide their guns and
become amigos II II suits their inter-
ests. As few OF them wear uniforms.
and the people combine to shield them
from detection, the Americans are greatl,
handicapped. The church has become
troublesome factor In Young territory.
Aglipay, the priest who has proclaimed
himself archbishop Of the Philippines and
communicated Archbishop Nozaleda. Is
in the field as a general. His forces at
tackled Capt. Dodd Of the Third cav
airy. al Batos. when more than 200 Fill
lplnos were slain. Agipay commanded
In person, and there Is an unproven re-
port that he was among the killed. His
followers fought with recklcssness.
women Placed In Front.
THEY approached the Americans IN
front the advance guard ~ women, ar
ranged with the expectation that the
Americans would not FIRE upon them. sf-
ter the women a line of holomen ard 9TH
ers armed only with wooden swords no
moro dangerous than policemen clubs;
behind the bolomer came the rlfemen.
Happily the women threw themselves nat
upon the ground aud sought shelter at
the nrst FIRE, 80 that few OF them we're