The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-12
The First Annual Report of Maj.
Gen. Chaffee. Military Gov
ernOr, Made Public.
AREA OF DISTURBED DISTRICTS.
Recommends That There Be No Fur.
ther Material Reduction Of the
Troops Before January, 1908.
Since June 10 361 Filipino officers and
3,633 Men Surrendered, and 26
Officers and aga Men Have
Been Captured.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE war de-
partment made public the first annual
report of Maj. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee,
military governor of the Philippine Is.
lands. Gen. Chaffee sums up the sit
uation in the Philippines from mill
tary point of view by stating that the
provinces of Batangas and Laguna. In
Luzon, and the islands of Samar. Min.
doro. Cebu and Bohol constitute the
area now disturbed by any embodied
force of insurgents. He says that to
the physical character of the country,
to the nature of the warfare of the
rebels, who are amigo and foe in the
self-same hour. to the humanity of the
troops, which is taken advantage of
by the rebels and the inhabitants who
sympathize with them and to the fears
of assassination on the part of the
friendly disposed II they give informa.
tion to the American forces, is due
the prolongation of the guerrilla war.
fare.
He recommends that there be no fur.
ther material reduction of troops be.
fore January, 1903. The civil govern.
ments which are being organized
provincial and municipal-Gen. Chat.
fee says are both new and untried and
there Is but one certain and reliable
method of ascertaining the progress
of the Filipinos in self-government,
namely. observation by the army. On
the subject of the military government
of the city of Manila. Gen. Chaffee
says:
"In the government of Manila for
three years, If the military have done
nothing more 1t is everywhere appar.
ent that an excellent foundation has
been laid and turbulent and a hostile
community brought to observe the
laws and individually be orderly; this
has been done without undue harsh
ness or severity of treatment of the
Inhabitants
In anticipation Of q partial ccncen.
tration Of the troops in the Philippines
next year Gen. Chaffee submits esti
mates of cost for the construction OF
quarters and barracks. He recon.
mends that permanent post be con.
structed at once in the vicinity Of Ma.
nila for garrison Of two sQuadrons
of cavalry, two batteries Of artillery
and two full regiments of infantry, to-
gether with hospital and store house
the whole to be under the command OF
a brigadier general. He gives $780,.
900 as rough estimate of cost for this
project. and says that 100000 should
be available Immediately in order to
take full advantage of the dry season
For the construction OF permanent
quarters at other points which may be
determined upon during the fiscal year
ended June, 1909. he estimates $4,000.
900 is required.
American soldiers, he says, fail "a
discriminate between real and assum.
ed friendship on the part of the Fill
pinos. A table is submitted showing
that since June 10 last, the date Of the
last table submitted by Gen. MacAr
thur, up to September 16. 361 Filipino
officers and 1888 men surrendered to
the American military and 26 oficers
and 494 men were captured.