The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-07
SITUATION IN PHILIPPINES
FIRST ANNUAL RERORT or MdJOR
 GENERAL CHAFFEE.


 Warfare Due to Nature Of tho Countr,
 and Treaohery of the Iusurgents. l Washington, Dec 6.--The war depart ment made public the first annual re-
 port of Major General Adna K. Chaf l fee, military governor of the Philip pine Islands. to-day. General Chatfet sums up the situation in the Philippines from q military standpoint by saying that the provinces of Batangas and | Laguna, in Luzon and the islands of Samar, Mindoro, Cebu and Bohol con- stitute the area disturbed now by any embodied force of insurgents. He says that the prolongation of guerilla warfare is due to the physical charac- ter of the country, the treacherous ma ture of the warfare of the rebels, the humanity of the troops, which Is taken advantage of by the rebels and those who sympathize with them, and the fear of assassination on the part of the friendly disposed if they give informa- tion to the American forces.
 Commenting upon the plan of gradu- ally replacing military for civil admin istration General Chaffee says:
 'The withdrawal of interference with civil affairs does not contemplate with drawal of troops from their stations to any considerable extent; on the con- trary, this should not be done hastily and when undertaken should be gradual ,I iy,t 1A ,fo fro tio, than reduction of force or abandon ment of any considerable area of terri tory"
 He therefore recommends that there be no further material reduction of troops before January, 1903 The civil governments which are being or ganized-provincial and municipal General Chaffee says are both new and untried and there is but one certain method of ascertaining the progress of the Fiipinos in self government name ly, observation by the army. On the subject of military government of the city of Manila, Geenral Chaffee says:
 Tn the government of Manila for three years, if the military have done nothing more, it is everywhere appar- ent that an excellent foundation has been laid and a turbulent and hostile community brought to observe the laws and individually be orderly: this has been done without due harshness or severity of treatment of the inhabit- ants"
 In anticipation of partial concen- tration of the troops in the Philippines next year General Chaffee submits es- inmates for the construction of quar- ters and barracks. He recommends that a permanent post be constructed at once In the vicinity of Manila for the accommodation of a garrison of two squadrons of cavalry, two batteries of artillery and two full regiments Of infantry together with a hospital and storehouse, the whole to be under the command os brigadier general. He gives S500,000 as rough estimate or cost for this project, and says that S200, ,O(0 sl olld be available immediate ly in order that full advantage may be taken of the dry season. For the con- struction of permanent quarters at other points which may be determined upon during the fiscal year ending
  is required.
 General Chaffee devoted considerable of his report to the terrible disaster which befell Company c, Ninth infan- try, at Balangiga Samar. This, he says, was largely due to over confi- dence in assured pacifed conditions and in a people who to great extent as yet are strangers to and unappre- ,ative of our humane and personal liberty, beliefs and actions" American soldiers, he says. fail to between real and assumed on the part of the Filipinos. A table shows that from June 10, last, l he date of the last table submitted by l General Macarthur, up to September l B. 361 Filipino officers and 3,69S men | to the American military | md 26 officers and 494 men were cap- l ured.
 In an appended report, General J. , Sanger. inspector general of the di- ,ision of the Philippines, says of the discipline of the troops in the islands hat there has been a commendable bsence of excesses and serious infrac ions of the regulations, but there is 'reat room for improvement in dress, and signs of respect in salut- ng superior officers, the criticism ap- lying to officers as well as soldiers. Judge Advocate General Groesbeck avs that the suppression of brigand- ge in the Philippines will be one of he trying problems of the future like y If the military arm were left free Q deal with the marauders, he says, here would be no doubt of their final suppression, but the incoming of a ivil government complicates the situa- ion very considerably.
 Great attention is paid in appended aports to the subjects of the preva- ,nce of venereal diseases in the army [ the Philippines, the vigorous meas res taken to segregate absolute wo- len and rigid physical inspection, for uarding against the spread of such iseases. General Chaffee also submits the re- orts of the commanders of the military apartments in the Philippines and i lose of the heads of the several staff apartments. S5,OOO Pension for Mrs. Mckinley. !,