The St. Louis Republic., 1901-11-27
URGES NECESSITY FOR SYSTEM
OF HIGHER MILITARY TRAINING.
Makes I'm portan Recommendations in His
Annual Message the President Reviews Developments
Philippines and Cuba - Some Reforms
Needed-Army Establishment.
UNJUST SYSTEM OF THE RETIRING ARMY OFFICERS.

sity Of securing some reciprocal ARRANGEMENT un.
| der which a concession shall be made from the
\ tariff duties imposed by the United states
| upon the principal Cuban products.
| Retirement of Civil War Veterans.
beg TO call attention 10 the discrimination
! the civil War remaining in the army of The
! inited states as compared with their comrades
| IIoL reaching the point of retirement per
mitted to retire at grade next higher than that
| which tney have reached upon the active list
| ask that a similar provision he made for the
N,teran ofhcers OF the army whose service has
, vars and the war with Spain. There are not
very many OF them. None OF them can enjoy the
tion OF them have rendered conspicuous Service
10 the country in higher grades as volunteer Of
lcers than they would receive the retired list
II hder te such A provision considerable nunbcr
service in the tropics and must soon retire 1t
@ T%uid be very gratifying If their long and faith
q, Ihree othcels Of high rank, who have rendered
Of rrl5,i STTxiGe IN independent commands
sratIicns' have renamed practically without Ie-
Major General Wesley Merritt, who commanded
ne nlst military expedition to the Philippines
and captured Manila. retired as Major Genei al
Major General John r. 'ns sr6ose Sst Ss1 @ho command
go co ,he army and conducted the military Gov
@ Gon until December. 1893. will retire as Major
SensRs Ss hs Esi hws Fl !Huy = ,s 9eA III"
81 6stat ,sr honsr 10 his country the enormous burden
the Philippines viii retire as MaSr Genarai i,i
ei, The 18th Of MaIcl next
i9r bis selvtce under the existing law esceSi tbs
ersI I az CIls from the ranking Brigadier CEN
NJ, NJ tetame the Junior Major General on t;eneraI
1sts nse; ;flIts retirement. 1 recommend. as .i,rht
these rTaI ei me ohlieations Of the country to
G,nt oiIGtl rs that Congress authoIiza the Prcsi
'ei fnt Generals. '' " i4eu
Civil War Records.
o,tni great work Of compiling and pubisbinv the
mics in the OF the Union and CONFEDERATE ar
commence updSr SI., 0I me rebellion. which was
@ aoluihe OF which was published just twentx @ ysa r
s and pas5 Eesr been completed BY
index completed Sork Sf the 20, general
total of the work has been nn 8 fkstGaeS The
from time % te iins ny 9f 81 the army officers detailed
the work i believed that IN psfen an5 ,S6r H5h
ectar, research and care and accuracy have char-
f,up 10 the survivors OF the great confict but to
cost GENERATIONS VIII more than justify the
The Army In the Philippines.
,ss 'he fer, date Of my last report tNovember 30
authority in the Philippines had prsctcaiIv tar
minated. minated. and the Filipino insurgent forces had
approaching brigandage. To suenessrti,,c closely
ssnd asanst ,hs condition and to suppTess it, c0i to
habahts eesatsh osai sp ciTi aarsG royern I'm
forces to aq ,d necessaed the distribution
continued until maximum Of oe stations nas erGse1 w1e
strategic point m the b town and
guerTiIla insurgent bands obtained FUNDS and
vicinity Of their operations The % people IN thus 5ns
Sen sIa to me support Of these guerllas had
battle battle had been disarmed and Immediately re-
that it might make friendly neighbors Of the n,,
roe,s oes; put ri on the contrary they seemed suspl
an evidence OF weakness. II was, therefore, de-
the tG sp iSe aK d to the Of
government Of occupied places. Notice OF this
mtar S 70 @ issued fui
explaining the law. supplemented by letters Of
operations. 1t was followed Immediately by the the
deportation to the island of Guam Of about fifty
officials. insurgent agents. sympathizers and agi-
tators The details OF the proclamation. letters OF
are embodied in the report of Major General Mac
Arthur submitted herewith.
1nsurgent Leaders Captured.
The field work of the army was continued with
renewed vigor from each of the 600 stations and
tire archipelago with such telling results g that.
With the exception of Lukoan In Samar and
gent leaders. with their commands. cap
These field operations were prosecuted notwith-
snd IaiSr the ,o Nit from the Philippine,
army, comprising regiment Of cavalry and
, I~enty,1ye W, regiments Of infantry. total Of
transfer across 5000 miles Of sea 10 San EraS
CISCO where they were mustered out OF service
loss. 'e' '' 'A"' was accomplished without
The most important single military event of
Asuinaldo. successfully accomplished by Brga-
dier General Frederick Funston, L. s A. under
the supervision and guidance of his department
and division commanders. Major Generals Whea-
ton and Macarthur. Soon after his capture Agui-
naldo voluntarily subscribed the oath OF al
legiance and issued proclamation to the Fill
pino people urging the termina Of hostilitie.
that lasting peace might come TO them under
the glorious banner of the United States His
such prominent Filipino leaders as Tinio Agli-
paw Trias. and Cailles. with their entire follow
ing.
Recent Disturba nces UnimpOrtaut
The operations Of the field forces were so Wig
orous and unrelenting that more than l. 900 con-
tacts occurred between troops and the insrr-
gents from May 1890. to June 30 1901 in which \
the insurgent casualties were: Killed ASA: '
wounded 1.1s3; captured. 6572; surrendered, o. 4
OPS; with total Of e93 rifles and nearly 300 900
rounds OF small-arms ammunition captured and /
surrendered. Our casualties during the same pc |
riod were: Killed si5: wounded. 400: captured. j
lis; missing, 20.
! cannot speak too highly Of the work Of the |
army in the Philippines The officers and men
have been equal to the best requirements not |
only of military service hut Of the civil admin |
fstration with which they were charged all its
details from the date of our occupancy In August
1898. until the Inauguration of a civil Governor on
the Fourth Of July. 1901.
The recent disturbances in Samar and South /
srn Luzon are of minor consequence and he /
the troops. Small disturbances OF this character
are. unfortunately to be expected, but will he |
controlled and guarded against by every means /
possible