The San Francisco call., 1901-12-07
MARTIAL RULE
IS NECESSARY
General Chaffee Reports
on Affairs in the
Philippines.
Military Governor Gives the
Reasons for Guerrilla
Warfare.

1
partment has made public the first an
nual report of Major General Adna R.
Chaffee, military governor of the Philip
| pine Islands. General Chaffee sums up
the situation in the Philippines from a
military point of view by stating that
/ the provinces of Batangas and Laguna,
in Luzon, and the islands of Samar. Man
dora. Cebu and Bohol, constitute the area
now disturbed by any, embodied force of
insurgents. He says that to the physical
character of the country, to the nature
of the warfare of the rebels, who are
amigo and foe in the same hour. to the
humanity of the troops, which is taken
advantage of. by the rebels, and to the
fear of assassination on the part of
friendly disposed if they give information
TO the American forces is due the pro-
lengatioR of the guerrilla warfare.
Commenting on the plan of gradually
replacing military with civil admlniStra-
uOn General Chanee says:
The withdrawal OF interference with
civil affairs does not contemplate with
| qrawal OF the troops from their stations
trary, this should not be done hastily and
when undertaken should be gradual and
more in the nature of concentration than
! reduction of force or abandonment of any
| considerable area of territory.
! He therefore recommends tnat there be
| no further material reduction of troops
! before January, 1SJS The governments
! which are being neutrality-suspicious. and
municipal-General Chaffee says, are both
new and untried, and there is but one
! certain and reliable method of ascertain
! ing the progress of the Fflipinos in self
i government, namely, observation by the
! army. On the subject of the military gov
! ernment iof the city of Manila General
Chaffee says:
Order Reigns in Manila.
'In the government of Manila for three
years If the military have done nothing
more. it is everywhere apparent that an
! excellent foundation has been laid and a
! turbulent and hostile community brought
to observe the laws and individually be
/ orderly. This has been done without un-
/ due harshness or severity of treatment of
I the inhabitants"
In anticipation of a partial concentra-
| ton OF the troops in the Philippines next
! year General Chaffee submits estimates
/ of cost for the construction of barracks.
He recommends that a permanent post
be constructed at once in the vicinity of
Manila for garrison of two squadrons
/ of cavalry, two batteries of artillery and
! two full regiments of infantry, together
/ with a hospital and storehouse. the whole
to be under the command of a brigadier
: general He gives $500, 900 as rough es-
innate of cost for this project and says
that 100000 should be available immedi-
ately in order to take full advantage Of
the dry season for the construction of
permanent quarters at other points which
may be determined upon. During the
/ that $1,000 900 will be required.
Slaughter in the Ninth.
General Chaffee devotes a good part of
his report to the terrible disaster which
! befell Company c, Ninth Infantry, at
/ Balangfga, Samar, and which, he says.
was largely due to overconfdence in as
sumed pacific conditions and in people
] 'who to a great extent as yet are strang-
! ers and unappreciative of our humane
/ policy of liberty of beliefs and actions. -
I - showing since
| June 10 last, the date of the last table
submitted by General Macarthur. up to
/ September 10, 361 Filipino officers and 1888
men surrendered to the American military
and twenty-SiX officers and 4S9 men were
captured
In an appended report General J. P
Sanger. inspector general of the Division
of the Philippines, in speaking of the dis
cipline of the troops in the aslands, notes
commendable absence of eXcesses and
serious infra actions of the regulations, but
says that there is great room for i'm
proVement in the matters of dress, de-
meanor and show of respect in saluting
superior officers, the criticism applying to
officers as we'll as soldiers.
Judge Advocate General GroeSback says
that the suppression of brigandage in
the Philippines most probably will be one
of the trying problems of the future. II
the military arm was left free to deal
be no doubt of their final suppression. but
the incoming of civil authority compli-
Gates the military situation.
Great attention is paid in appended re-
ports to the subject of the prevalence of
venereal diseases in the army of the Phil
1ppines and the vigorous measures taken
10 Segregate diSSoEute women and by rigid
physical inspection, guard against the
spread of such diseases.
With his own report General Chaffee
! submits those of the commanders of the
military departments in the Philippines
and of the heads of the several staff de-
partments.