Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-04-15
LETTER.

AoS SAoR
Washington about the president and
cabinet worrying over what shall be
done with A~guinalIu. Nothing could
be further from the truth. There has
been no w,rry and no occasion for
any. A~guinalIo is a prisoner Of war
and as such is likely to receive the
same kind treatment given others
from time to time captured. Whether
he will be allowed to recover his lib
erty by taking the oath of allegiance
to the U. s. or will be kept in confine-
ment in the Philippines or elsewhere,
will depend largely upon future rec
concentrations made by our military
authorities in the Philippines, and
those recommendations will doubtless
be influenced by the attitude of
Aguinaldo himself toward American
rule on the islands. There is nothing
in the situation to cause any worry
in Washington, or elsewhere.
The insinuation that the president
and Secretary Root were not disposed
to give Gen. Funston proper credit
for capturing ~Aguinaldo, is fully
answered by Funston's promotion,
and by the following cablegram sent
to Gen. Macarthur by Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin: "The President instructs
me to express his high appreciation
of the gallant conduct of Gen. Funston
and of the officers and men of the
army and navy engaged with him in
the Palanan expedition. The secre-
tary of war personally joins in this
expression"
It is very confidently expected by
the president and Secretary Root that
the improved conditions in the Philip
pines will make it unnecessary to re-
cruit the army to the full strength
authorized by congress. No orders
will be issued to stop the recruiting
until Gen. Macarthur and the Taft
commission have been fully heard
from, but both the president and the
secretary of war are fully determined
hat no more men shall be recruited
than are considered absolutely neces-
sary to meet the conditions, and both
Will be extremely gratified if the total
of the army can be kept far below the
maximum fixed by congress. Neither
wishes for a large army unless it is
necessary.
Judge Boyd, of North Carolina,
former assistant attorney general,
vas in Washington when the
news of the collapse of the
attempt to impeach the judges of
the supreme court of his state was
received. Speaking of the matter
Judge Boyd said: "There could have
been no other honest verdict. There
vas never any ground of %impeach-
ment in the first place, but the places
of the judges were wanted, and it was
thought that they could be ousted
by impeachment proceedings. What
seems strange to ME is that the trial
did not attract more attention. If
there had been an impeachment sof
judges of fanny other state in the Union,
there would have been columns of the
story printed with pictures of the
judges, Of the senators who formed
the court, and of the principal lawyers
in the case. There were many inter-
and even dramatic features in
the trial"
The entire exhibit Of the post Office
which will be the largest
and most complete ave shown any
for the Pan-American EXPOSE
has been shipped to Buffalo.
Mr.. G. B. Orcutt, of Elizabeth, N. j.,
president of the Newport News (Va.)
ship building company, who is in
Washington for the purpose OF. signing
contract with the navy department
for constructing the Charleston, which
10 to replace the cruiser of that name
wrecked in the Philippines, speaking
IF the great prosperity of the ship
building industry, said: 1.-The total
under construction in our yards
will represent a cost of nearly
s28, OOO, 900, when completed. About
,ne-third of this is merchant work,
the other two thirds are for the
90 Jernment. The Korea, building
or the Pacific Mail Co., which was
.'ecently successfully launched, is the
argest merchant vessel ever con-
in this country. Her sister
hip, the Siberia, should be ready for
aunching in about two months. The
hips we now have under construction
the b~attleships Illinois and Mis-
ouri, one sheathed battleship, two
'rmored cruisers, one protected
'ruiser and the monitor Arkansas. In
to the two Pacific mail
teamers, we are building four steam
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