The age-herald., 1901-07-13
GEN. MACARTHUR
 ID GENERAL OTIS Their Correspondence in the Philippines is Interesting THE FORMER TURNED DOWN Gen. Otis Opposed the Issuance of a Proclamation Offering Amnesty
 to FiIipinos Who Would Sur.
 render in Certain Time.
THE FORMER TURNED DOWN

New York, July 12-A special to the Tribune from Washington says:
 "The unabridged report of General Macarthur, covering his field of opera tions before he relieved General Otis as governor general of the Philippines on May 9th last year, which has been published in Volume VI. of General Miles annual report presents some in- teresting correspondence. The first of these messages Is as follows:
 Limited States Military Telegraph, Bayambang, November g. 1899, s:15 a. m:
 "'General Schwan, Chief of Staff. Manila.
 "'The so-caled Filipino Republic is destroyed The congress has dissolved The president of the sc-called republic is a fugitive. as are all of his cabinet officers, except one in our hands. The executive department is therefore entire- ly broken up The generals are separated without any power or conference or con- centrated action. The authority under which an army was kept In the field no longer exists. The army itself as an organization has disappeared. As con- sequence of these facts which are now of historical record the men who profess to lead small bodies for the purpose of guerrilla warfare must act without even the shadow of authority from a de facto government, and their operations from this time on will be the result of in- dividual whims.
 !" Tn other words, men who now try to continue the strife by individual ac- ton become simply leaders of bandits. In this view how would 1t do to issue proclamation at an early date onering complete amnesty to all who surrender within a stated time, with payment of 30 pesos to every soldier who gives up rife and declaring with emphasis that after the date fixed the killing of Ameri- can soldiers will be regarded as murder, and that all persons concerned therein would be regarded as murderers and treated accordingly.
 Such a proclamation would have the effect of forcing the generals to consider the expediency of continuing a hopeless struggle which would commit them ire vocably to death or to lifelong eXpatria- tion and, think would have a powerful influence at time when it is apparent that most, if not all, of the leaders are more or less doubtful of what course to pursue. This is a suggestion for your personal consideration to be presented to the department commander at your dis. cretion.
 (Signed) MACARTHUR
 ITO this General Otis ordered the fol- lowing reply sent:
 
 " United States Military Telegraph, Manila P. l., December 9, 1S99 Il 30 a. m.
 "'General Macarthur: Our telegram announcing your policy received Your recommendations concerning proclama- tion cannot be carried out; legal difficult ties of an international character. ap- parently not understood by you. forbid No further advice on this subject de- sired by the commanding general
 (Signed) 'Schwan, Chief of Staff'
 "On June 21, 1900, General Macarthur who had succeeded General Otis by di- rection of President Mckinley, issued his amnesty proclamation to the Fili- pinos.
 Another instance of interesting cor respondence between the two generals Is shown in a telegram from Macarthur reporting the capture of a part of Dagu pan railroad. It was done so quickly that the Filipinos did not have time to destroy the property and General Mac Arthur said that was due to the action of Captains Harry A. Hegeman and Carl L. Stone of the Thirty-sixth regiment of infantry who took two locomotives and acted as engineers. He recommended the two officers for brevet promotion. General Otis in replying called General | MacArthurs attention to the law to the effect that in order to be entitled to a breyet the officers act must have been within the presence of the enemy or as the war department interpreted it, within the range of the enemy's guns
 General MacArthur in reply said: I would remark that the position of the war department amounts to declaration that the more decisive the victory the less chance of recognition of meritorious ser vice. The act was not only in the presence of the enemy, but by all methods of fair construction, was within the range of the enemys guns. Rather than have these highly meritorious officers humiliated by the publication of this correspondence, l