The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03
PHILIPPINE CAsTTATT7Es-

Secretary Root, Of the war department,
today sent to the senate, In response to
resolutions of inquiry, an extended report
of soldiers killed and died of wounds in
the Philippines. He also gives the number
OF those who have gone insane and have
committed suicide since 1890.
Whereby is appears" he states, that
the number of insane and the number of
suicides have not been increased by serV-
ice in the Philippines, but remain sub
stant1ally the same number per thousand
as In the period of peace prior to the war
with SPAIN
The casualties in the Philippines from
July l. 1883, to May "a, 1900, according to
the report, were: Deaths, regulars, &c
officers and 920 men; volunteers Al officers
and o54 men; wounded, regulars, 81 Off
GERS and 721 men, volunteers, 81 officers
and Lib men. The number of insane SOL
dters admitted to the hospital at Wash
1ngton from the Philippines to May "a,
1900, are: Regulars, Al; volunteers, IT,
of which 10 have been discharged as re.
covered and Al still remain, 1 discharged
unimproved and l sent to hospital. The
number of insane soldiers from the Phil
| ippines now in the United States hospital
at San Francisco, to be sent to Washing
ton, are: Regulars, 8; volunteers, 4; held
at San Francisco, diagnosis not confirmed,
regulars, 6; volunteers, IS.
THOSE AWFUL sUNDRIEs.
The president today sent to the senate
second report from the secretary of
state showing the appointments to the
Paris exposition commission and detailed
expenditures from Jan. l. 1900, amounting
to $211, ,853. In his report Secretary Hay
quotes from a statement of Commissioner
Peck, which says:
In making appointments efficiency and
fitness have been the essential considera-
tions, and party affiliations have been sec
ondary matters. OF the expenditures
there have been salaries paid, $50, 139; trav-
cling expenses, $4,000; miscellaneous ex-
penses, United States, $33, OOC6 miscellane-
Gus expenses, Paris, $3.50 temporary
services Of draughtsmen, $4,000; kilograms
and cable, 81, ,S6S; miscellaneous service of
temporary employees, United States, $4O5,
and miscellaneous service of temporary
employees, Paris, s321S; paid transport
companies for tickets, $1,956; insurance on
buildings, 1874; construction of buildings
at Paris, $61, POL"
The statement shows the salaries and
travelling expenses of members of the
commission and It's officers and employees.
COEUR D'ALENE REPORT.
The report on the Occur d'Alene inves-
tigation will be submitted to the house
committee on military affairs on Monday
and will probably be made public then.
The majority report is being prepared by
Representatives Dick of Ohio; Capron, Of
Rhode Island, and Esch, of Wisconsin,
and the minority report by Representa-
tives Lentz, of Ohio, ard Hay, of Vir-
ginia. The majority report is expected
to acquit Gen. Merriam and the United
States military authorities from respon,
sibility, holding that they were there to
maintain order, with the state officials
directing affairs. The minority report,
on the other hand, will be an arraign-
ment of the United States military
authorities, holding that they could not
and did not vacate their functions to the
state and that they were responsible for
the treatment Of imprisoned strikers.