The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-08-15
GEN. M'ARTnUR's REPORT
ON The PHILIPPINES
Gives an Account Of His Operations
for a Year in Archi-
pelago.
MUCH REMAINS TO BE DONE
DISARMAMENT of the Organized Army of
tho Filiplnos Did Not End Trouble
Hopes for Good Feeling
Ultimately.

| Washington, Aug. 10.-The annual re-
| port of Major General Macarthur,
| dated July A. 1901, the day that he re-
| linquiShed command of the division of
the Philippines, has been received at
| the war department. The period COW
| cred by the report is from october l,
| 1900, when the last report from General
Macarthur was dated. He reviews the
| policy OF the FilipinoS who We're hos
| tile to the Americans, saying that their
! action since the practical collapse or
| the insurerction has been a perplexing
| problem. With the disarmament of
| organized desperate resistance by band
ing the people together in support of
| the guerrillas. This was carried out
| by means of secret committees, who
| collected contributions, inflicted pun
ishments, and carried on a considerable
| opposition to the Americans. General
Macarthur reviews the manner in
| which operations were carried on
against the guerrillas, and says that
| he hopes the policy adopted will in time
| conciliate the natives and make them
| friendly to the United States. The edu-
cation Of the people in times past made
benelicence, and they evidently looked
| upon the lenient attitude of the United
| States as indicating weakness. General
| Macarthur says that the proclamation
| issued on December 20, firmly declaring
| the intention of the United States to
hold the islands ana to have the laws
| obeyed, had a good effect, and the Sc
cret resistance was much abated.
A considerable portion of the report
| is devoted to the field operations of the
army, showing that on October l, 1900,
| it occupied Alb stations, which was of
necessity increased to 502 stations,
every command being in contact with
some hostile force. He speaks of the
good service Of the army, and says as
a result of the cooperation between
the army and the people who have ac-
cepted the invitation to combine for
mutual protection. the armed insurrec-
ton is almost suppressed.
General Macarthur gives the follow
Ing statistics from May 5, 1900, to June
80, 1901 During which time there We're
l. O26 contacts between American troops
and insurgents), which show the cas-
ualties on both sides:
Americans-Killed, 245; wounded,
400; captured, 118; missing, 20.
Insurgents-Killed, 1854; wounded,
1,193; captured, 6,572; surrendered, 49,
095.
During the same period the follow
ing material was captured or surren-
dered from the insurgents:
Rifles, 1888; ammunition, 296,365
| rounds; revolvers, 1863: bolos, 3,516;
cannon. 122; cannon ammunition, 1920
| rounds.
At the date Of the present report
| there was no embodied rebel force in
Luzon above IT, Pasig river. In the
department Of the Visayas all was
pacified excepting the island of samar,
| and In the department Of Mindanao
and Jolo all the rebels had submitted
and been disarmed. In southern Luzon
| disorders still continued In several
| provinces, but were diminishing in
force. Serious questions will arise
| from time to time, General Macarthur
says, in Mindanao and Jolo, the adj
justment Of which will depend largely
upon facts and knowledge Of Moro
character.
General Macarthur says that Sin due
time, and beyond any question, If
bcneficent republican institutions are
permitted to operate with full force,
the Filipino people will become warmly
attached to the United States by
sense of self-interest and gratitude. In
the meantime, the molding force in the
island must be well organized army
| and navy. Anything IN the immediate
future calculated to impede the activity
or reduce the efficiency Of these instru-
ments, will not only be a menace to
the present but put in jeopardy the
entire future of American possibilities
in the archipelago"
General Macarthur says the capture
Of Aguinaldo may be regarded as the
most momentous single event OF the
year.
The capture dispeled the growing
tendency to idealize Aguinaldo's per-
sonality and to surround him with
mythical legends of invincibility,
which millions of natives believed to
be true, and which ultimately would
insure success for the rebellion. Aguin-
| aldo was the incarnation of insurrec-
| ton. His death would have magntied
the legend which surrounded him,
while his capture has dispelled a great
deal Of the fictitious value he had
General Macarthur reviews the va
rious supply departments of the army
and speaks Of them in the highest
| terms. OF the navy he says:
THE cooperation Of the navy has
| been cordial, constant and effective.
Many important transactions have
been almost entirely dependent upon
naval support and assistance"
General Macarthur speaks of the
great confusion regarding money me-
dunn in the Philippines, which is char
acteristic of the eastern world, and ia
vors the recommendations Of Colonel
E. H. Crowder, military secretary, for
a coinage system to meet the condi-
| tons existing in the islands, which is
| summed up in the following:
Il. The American gold standard to be
established by authorizing the coinage
| Of peso containing 1873 grains g fine,
| to be represented in the circulation by
coins containing such multiple of the
| standard peso as may be regarded as
most convenient of mintage
'2. table Of equivalents, to be de-
clared by law, between Philippine gold
| money and United States money in all
| it's various forms, including national
| bank notes, on the basis of to THAT
| is to say. one United States dollar
equivalent to two Philippine gold pesos
as here prescribed.
49, A subsidiary Filipino coinage en-