The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-01
Circulation Statement.
Tho Army Concentration Sin.

At last tEa Amy bill agony Is over.
ard q single stroke Of the pen makes
Mr. Mckinley master Of imperial leslons
aggregating any number from fifty eight
thousand TO che hundred thousand men,
according 10 his personal viii and pleas
ure The legiOus are only on paper as
vet. but recruit sng viii be pushed and
it is hoped al The White House that most
Of the volunteers in The Philippines will
re-eRl5st as regulars Some of them may,
especially # the Administration is care
fuI to keep them in Ignorance OF the fact
thai the post exchange has been aboi-
ished.
Among other interesting features. the
Army Reorganization bill provides for
the enlistment Of a considerable force o.
FIIipInos 10 shoot their errin6 brethren,
and thus bring them 10 a sense Of their
inEratiuude to the United States We do
not pretend TO criticise this provision as
necessarily wrong or unwise- Il the in
surrection can be suppressed By the -se
of native raw material. il should lie used
Or. If YEorotes or MorOs would promote
the end. they should be rcsOTted 20. Il
Is a question. though. whether or not t IS
altogether safe 10 arm and train ten or
twelve thousand TagaIs, VINO possibly
misht desert some dne day and appea r n
the field against Us. Spain organized
Filipino troops. and enc of the native
regiments was considered The hest
equipped drilled. and Sc Up military lody
on the island under the old regime But
one morning il got up and shaved. and
had breakfast, followed by coffee and a
Manila chero0t. after which il murdered
its Spanish officers and marched of in
excellent order 70 join the rebels IN the
jungle.
IN general way. British experience in
India tends TO show that it is feasible
and cheap 10 fight natives with other nA-
tives- When We speak OF natives, We use
the term IL its generic and not its seo-
graphical sense. To the Anglo-Saxon pco
PIE ali coIored races are "naLIges' Of Cre
sort or another, and 1t IS -nmateria
which sort. This truth brings IS to tht
proposition that, as long as we a-e COINS
into the native soldier business. we nigh
as well do so generally and IN Wal
which ought to suggest Itself 10 cur ma,
tionaI authorities.
IT, as We learn from the Scriptures, II /,
possible TO turn swords into pIowshares
and spears into tuning forks why might
it not be equally possible in these latter
days. to transform raiding Crazy Snake
Indians into American SCOTS and Agui-
naldo hunters2 Our gentle aborigines
love 10 fght-so well indeed tFat some
ethnologists think they must original!
have come over from Ireland Peut Up II
reservations, where all their natural in
stincts and activities are violently sup.
pressed. Il is no wonder the poor Great
ures go Wild once in a long while Whe1
they do. i IS had for the settlers on tht
border. wherever there IS any border left
How much better of all parties cnncerrel
would be II these poor savazes could Ii
taken 20 the Philippines. there TO fgh
for the starry banner which has EeeT
such paras0l Of protection 10 them al
home, Association with the TaEaIs. al
Of whom are Christians. would have the
effect OF converting The Indians, aud per
haps, convincing Them that for real use
fitness IN he brush. The 5oiO * to lie pre-
ferrsd to the ordinary everyday scalplne
knife OF commerce In any case ! 0 would
get the action he likes. and two or three
thousand Of him would make things live
Her for AguInaIdo md his merry men
than i've times The same number OF
whites.
Inasmuch as sc seriously fear that the
Administration is going 10 have trouble
In sprr1rTng recruits of --.y Kind 81 r.--.r4-=
10 US 10 suggest 10 The President the de-
sirabiiity Of cnlisJiug five or SIX regiment
OF Chockraws. Cherokee. ChTpregas
Creeks. and Sioux for service beyond 81,
seas.