Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-03
WHEELING, ". VA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 1901

those manlreStlng loyalty Dy SuDScIGD-
ing to an oath of allegiance are to be
spared from the hardships of war, and
that only those remaining disloyal are
to be visited with the
Harsh Treatment of War.
The War Department authorities
say that offenses against the articles
of war, excepted in the proclamation
of amnesty, refer to murders and like
~depredations. Only recently five Fill
Pine officers were executed for such
offenses. 1t is not known here wheth-1
err Aguinaldo was responsible in any
case for such offenses though from the
fact that Gen. Macarthur allowed him
to take the oath of allegiance, 1t is as
sumed that the commanding general
Ices not hold Aguinaldo to be charge
able with a violation of the articles OF
war. 1t is believed Gen. Macarthur
will keep the ex-leader under his eye
and avail himself of the good offices of
Aguinaldo in loyalizing the remnant
of the i%nsurgent forces.
Should the capture and submission
of the Filipino chieftain mark the be-
ginning of the end in the Philippines.
as is expected, the effect upon the
American naval reservation in Allan
tic waters, will be a considerable re-
duction of our naval force in the far
east. There are at present about fifty
seven of our naval vessels on the Asia
tic station-a greater number than ever
before has been modified there and
including some of the finest battleships
cruisers and ironclads in the Ameri-
can navy.
A good many of them will be now
sent home to form
Nucleus for New Sq~uadrons.
1t is possible that the European sta
ton, with headquarters in the Mediter-
ranean will be revived and also that
the recreation of the old South Pacific
station will follow.
There has been a marked shortage
of officers to fill important assignments
in this country, owing to the drain
that came from China and the Philip
pines, so that the homecoming of so
many of the vessels will be welcome.
The Oregan and Newark both of which
have been in service in the east for a
great while past, already are setting
sail for the United States, where they
will be completely overhauled and re-
paired. Other big vessels on the sta
ton ARE the Brooklyn, Admiral Rem
ey's flagship, the big battleship Ken
lucky, which however, has arrived just
recently on the station and therefore
is not likely to be one of the vessels to
return, and the protected cruisers New
Orleans and Albany.
"Aguinaldo's taking the oath of al
~legiance," said one member of the cab
met to-day, emphasizes the import
ance of his capture. 1t makes more
clear that the instruction has
About Reached Its End.
and f~oreshadows the early complete
general acceptance of United States
sovereignty and authority.
"a comparatively small number of
Filipinos are still in arms and the eff
feet of Aguinaldo's action on them is
obvious. From now on we will press
forward organizing the best govern
ment we can suited to the needs of the
Philippines. Aguinaldo's submission
will have a considerable bearing in his
favor, in the determination of the mat
ter of what to do with him.
THAT will not be decided for some
time and Gen. MacArthus and the
Philippine commission meantime will
deliberate carefully over the question
before reaching any conclusions"