The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-24
RELENTLESS VAR 70 Be
WlGED on THE FIIIPIH0S
DETERMINATION TO CRUSH THE
REBELLION BEFORE HEAVY
RAINS CONE
Some Thirty Thousand Volunteers Viii
Be Landed in San Francisco Witt
in SIX monshs After the First Of
January Next

I NEW lOah- NOss1UcE "a SpSCl1l
TO the Sun from Washington says:
Orders that have gone forward to Gen
eral Macarthur 20 crush the Tagal III
sUrgents contemplate a four mouths
campaign OF the most vigorous charac-
ter. in which 10000 American soldiers
viii participate. 1T will be a very
active campaign was all Secretary
Root would say. but enough is known.
which may be properly published. OF
the War Department plans TO show
there is every reason TO hope for the
termination of the struggle in the
| Philippines before the end OF the dry
season.
In addition To the encouragement
through the blow struck at the Filipino
cause by the Endorsement of President
Mckinley's administration at the polls
on Tuesday. the War Department got
news to-day that will insure keeping
larger American force in the field N
the coming aggressive campaign than
was believed 10 be possible Quarter
master General I.udington had the sat
isfaction of reporting to the Secretary
of War and the Adjutant- General that
he had succeeded in making arrange
ments for bringing home all the volun-
teer army, $4,000 strong, within the
period of three months, and ii would
therefore not be necessary TO begin the
withdrawal of the volunteers from the
Philippines Immediately in order TO ia
sure the presence OF all of them within
the limits of the United States by June
SO, 1901, when, according to the act IF
Congress creating the volunteer army,
they must be mustered out.
Owing to the scarcity of transports
the plans of the department contenI.
plating starting the first returning vol
unteers from Manila for San Francis
co early this month. The belief that il
would be necessary To do this was very
discouraging to the administration.
ut there was apparently no way to
avoid that course, as with the present
fleet of transports and all vessels in
sight that might be secured, it wouli
take at least six months to complete
the Withdrawals. The officers of the
quartermaster's department have been
very active lately and have succeeded
in securing enough additional vessels
and so arranging schedules as to make
it certain that every volunteer will be
out of the Philippines within ninety
days after the first volunteer organiza
ton has sailed from Manila.
Under the Army increase law the
volunteers must be discharged by July
1. 1901. 1t is the intention of the War
Department to land every volunteer in
the United States and muster him out
of service before that date. Beginning
the withdrawal about January LIST 30
600 volunteers will all be landed at
San Francisco within six months be-
tween that time and July 1st This
will leave about 10000 regulars in the
Philippines. During the Chinese trou
bles 10000 regulars were sent from
this country and Manila in the expects.
ton that they would be required to as
| sist in the capture of Peking. but the
relief of the legations made their pres
I ence in China unnecessary. All the
troops sent from the United States.
with about two-thirds of the soldiers
from the Philippines and all the ma-
rines that participated in the Peking
campaign were sent to Manila
There is a confident belief that the
Tagal insurrection will be crushed
completely before the end of the DRY
season. The Administration. it is I'M
| derstood, will not ask Congress to pro-
ular and volunteer forces now in ser
vice. The present Army. regular and
volunteer. consists of about 10000
men. 1t is estimated that $4,000 men
will be sufficient for all purposes in
the near future. and from what is said
by men familiar with the subject. prob
ably not more than that number will
ne asked for.
General Macarthur has been advis-
ed that he will not be hampered by or
ders from Washington, but has been
told to strengthen weak garrison and
to strike vigorously at every Tagal
band of guerrillas. General Macarthur
has. it is said. been directed to listen
to no more amigo" excuses. but to
crush groups of insurgents, routing
them out of their abiding places and
making every effort to secure arms
and ammunition