Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-08-13
THE PHILIPPINES.
LONG JOB AHEAD
10 PURIFY THE ISLAND.

Gen. Macarthur Says In Annual RepOrc
That Fall Military and Naval Estab-
Iishaent Mus, he Kept Up FOR Years TO
Co,ne-senate's statisiicai Facts-Habid
increase of LoathsOmc Diseases.
Gen MacArthur's annual report
Towering the period from Oct ! up to
July when he relinauished command,
has been received and the brief sum.
indicates it to be highly interestirg
cant at present, be says, the moulding
force in the islands must be we'll
Organized army ard navy. ANY
thing" be says, "in the immediate
future calcL lated to impeCe the &C,
Itivitv or reduce the efficiency of these
will not Only be men
ace to the present, but put in Ieop-
arcy the entire future Of American
possibilities in the archipelago.
general Macarthur says the capture
| of Aguinaldo may he regarded AS the
most momentous single event OF the
|ytar. .
| He reviews the policy of the Fill
pinos who were hostile to the Ameri-
cans, saying that their action since
the practical collapse of the irsur'
rection had been perplesiCg prob
len. With the disbancment Of the
il surgent field armies the Filipinos
organized desperate resistance by
barding the people together in sup
port of the gueriIlas. This was car
ried out by means of separate com
|lnittefs, no collected contributions,
inflicted punishments, and carried on
a considerable opposition to the
Americans.
Gen Macarthur reviews TIE manner
10 which operations were carried on
against these guerillas, and says he
hopes the policy adopted VIA in time
Ironciliata the natives and make them
fries dly to the United Stslas, The
education of people N times past made
them suspicious of governmental
Der ficence. and they evidently looked
upon the leuieht attitude OF the
United States as indicating weakness.
General Macarthur says that the
proclamation issuei on Dec 20 firmly
declared the infection Cf the Unltei
States to hold the islands End have
the laws obeyed, had good effect,
Iacd the secret resistance was nuch
ab-tei.
Statistically the report shows that
lOct lst the army occupied 4l3 statiors,
which Ct necessity Increased to j02
stations. every command being IN
Icantact ith some hostile force. There
we're 1926 conflicts Of lL0re or less
Imomeut in which the casualties we're :
Americans Killed, 49, wounded, 400
lcartured IS. missing. 20. Insurgents,
IkiiIed, 2S5i; wounned, 3; capt red,
i3T2: SURRENDERED !, 2O9 BE speaks of
1.-The good service Of the army, and says
las result Of the cu-OI eratiCn between
the army ana the people who have
accented the Invitation to combine for
mutual protection, the armed insur'
rection is almost suppressed.
There is special report upon the
''native polcen organized last spring
ana the Maccabete courts, back OF
which are represented to icing a high
state of efficiency ind the latter cred
tied with important service in the wal
loperAtion there.
His report is also accompanied by
one from Gen Greerl sf II the nedi'
cal service, who represents loathsomf
disease occurring among the soldiers
with fearful rdIIdlty. FROM Septem-
Der of last year to AIril OF this year,
period Of only eight months, the
Increase was from S.97 PER cent Il
20 IL per cert. As consequence OF
, lthiS alarming growth OF venereal dls'
,sses in the army, Col Greenleaf rec
ommerds that part Of Manila be sci
apart for harluts, and that the vice be
Ilicepsed and regulated by the author
ities urueT a system of medical super