Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-17
AFTER THE GUILTY.
Those Concerned in Philippine
Frauds Must Suffer.
Col. Woodruff, ManiIa's Head Of Sub
sistance, Not Implicated.
Lieut.. Boyer and Capt. Barrows 10 Be Trjct
..0th:r Suspected.

Manila. April 1.-THE chief of staff
of the insurgclt Gen. Mascardo has
surrendered at the town of Marivaies
in Bataan province of LuZon. He said
that MaScardo's band OF folio Ncrs.
now greatly diminished, are in Il Sad
way.
II is intimatcd that an official an
nouncement regarding the disposition
Of Aguinaldo will soon be made.
y court martial has been convened
and viii meet, tomorrow. to try Lieut..
Frederick Boyer, who is charged with
the em1czZlcment of commssary
stores Capt Frederick J. Barrov.s of
the :cth Vol. Inf, who YVES arrested
under similar charges. will be tried lat
or. \ civilian named Fletcher. accused
OF unlawful conversion of commissary
stores, will be tried by the provost
court. tomorrow.
Speaking of the conmissary scan
dals, a prominent army officer said to
the representative of The Associated
Press that he had every reason to be-
i;cTe that Col. Woodruff. head of the
subsistence department at Manila. was
not implicated. He said that Col.
Woodruff was one of the ablest men in
the service and that his honesty was
unqUestioned.
He asserted that Col. Woodruff was
ignorant OF the fact that Harold NJ.
Pitt. manager of Evans & &C, the
army contra ctors, was leasing him the
house in which he lived for n much
less rental than Pitt paid therefor. Up
on discovering this. Col. Woodruff i'm
mediately vacated the house. Pitt is
alleged to have said that Capt. Read
of the commssary department deceiv-
cd Col Woodruff. who thought Capt.
Read TO be thoroughly honest.
The irregularities in commissary
matters We're first attributed to Capt.
Reads unfamiliarity with the COM
missary work. Col. Woodruff was re-
luctant to believe that frauds We're be-
ing perpctrated. but the facts discios-
ed caused him to give Capt. Read a
most severe reprimand and to begin
on investigation. which may involve,
according to the prominent officer pre-
viously referred to, the cxamina ton
of Capt. Davis. who was the deoot
commssary before Capt. Read. who
was sent home on sick leave.
Cehu. Island of Cebu. April 1S.-
Judge Taft. president of the Philippine
commission. says that Mgr. Chapeile,
the Papal delegate to the Philippines.
told him the friars were not to return
to the provinces and that only Sutii-
cient number of them were now II,
Manila to act as instructors in colleges.
This disposes of the troublesome frlar
question.
Cebu is the first island to be visited
by the commission upon which the in
surrection is still alive. 1t is unsaf" to
leave the city of Cebu without an arm
ed escort The delegates from the
towns of the island who are now here
are anxious for the establishment OF
a provincial government which Trey
believe would assist in ending the in
surrection in Cebu.
Washington. April 16.-Secretary
Root. today. cabled Gen. Macarthur
asking for additional information con-
crning the reports Of frauds in Man
LA. it is expected that a reply Will he
received. tomorrow. While definite in
Macarthur heretofore to make Il
searching and complete Investigation.
il Is understood that the requests Tor
Investigation were ii a character TO
imply that the department expected
such an investigation should be maze.
Nothing definite has been received
from Gen. Macarthur about the aiieS-
cd frauds. although reference mas beeh
made to the investigation in capie-
grams received. The first dispatch on
the subject from Gen. Macarthur saiu
there had been eXagEeration IN the
press reports. but the persistence Win
which the reports have been reiterat-
ed and the news dispatch. today, CIV
ing names and specific amounts nave
indicated to the department oi1lclhis
that perhaps Gen. Macarthur was nov
advised fully when he made his i'rst
report. 1t can be said that the depart
mont intends to have all the informa-
tion possiblc on the subject and Cen
Macarthur will be expected to push
the trials and make complete report
of any and all wrong dong.
Ma Tor George +. Davis. whose name
is mentioned in the dispatch from Nall
ila as being credited upon the DOCKS OF
Evans & Co. as having received $1,000
is in Washington. To an Associated
Press reporter he would say nothing
whom asked if he desired to reply to
the assertion. He was called upon by
the war department. however, for an
and to an officer sal"
mat he knew nothing about the mat
Tor tIe was closely questioned and said
that he never had any money from the
firm, of contractors mentioned. NAG not
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