The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-09
REPORT OF
 MACARTHUR He Tells of the Philippine Conflict. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE 245 Americans and 1854
 RS Us Killed in Year. Capture Aguinaldo Did Much to Dispel Growing Tendency to ard the Chieftain 2- Invincible.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE

Washington, Aug. S-The annual re- port of Major General MacArthur, da- ted July 1. 1901. the day that he re- hnQuished command of the division of the Philippines. has been received at the War Department. The period cov- cred by the report is from October l, 1900. when the .ast report from Gen eral NacArthur wss dated.
 He reviews the policy of the Filipi- nos who are hostile to the Americans, saying that their action since the prac- | teal collapse of the insurrection has been a perplexing problem. With the disbandment of the insurgent field army, the Filipinos organized desper- ate resistance by banding the people together in support of the guerrillas. This was carried out by means of se- cret committees who collected contri- buttons, inflicted punishments and carried on a considerable opposition | to the Americans.
 General MacArthuE reviews the man. ner in which operations were carried | on against the guerrillas, and says he hopes the policy adopted will. in time. l conciliate the natives and make them | friendly to the United States. The ed- ucation of the people in times past
 
 mental beneficence and they evidently | looked upon the lenient attitude of the l limited States as indicating weakness. General Macarthur says that the proc | lamation issued on December Zotn' | firmly declaring the intention of the | Tinted States to hold the islands and | to have the laws obeyed, had good effect and the secret resistance was | much abated.
 | nf hn | Is devoted to the field operations or the army. showing that on October 1, 1900, if occupied AS stations, which was of necessity increased to 5O2 stations, | every command being in'seontact With sbme hostile force. He speaks or the good service of the army and says as | a result of the cooperation between the army and the people who nave ac- cepted the invitation to combine TOT mutual protection the armed lnsurrec- ton is almost suppressed.
 General Macarthur gives the lol- lowing statistics from May 5. l9oO' to June 3O 1901 during which time there were ,026 conflicts between American troops and insurgents), which show the casualties on both sides:
 American killed. 245; wounded, 49o; captured, 11S; missing. 20.
 Insurgents killed, 2,S54; wounded, l. 193; captured 6,572; surrendered, 23V9o.
 During the same period the follow ing material was captured or surren- dered from the insurgents:
 Rifles. 15,693; rifle ammunition, 2s6,S6o
 rounds. revolvers, S6S: bolos, 3,5l6; can- non. 12; cannon ammunition, 1O,27O.
 At the date of the present report there was no embodied rebel force In
 Luzon above the Pasig River. In the
 department of Visayas all was paclhed excepting the island of Samar ana m the departments of Mindanao and JoIo
 all the rebels had submitted ana peel'
 disarmed. In Southern Luzon disor-
 ders still continued in several prov inces. but were diminished in force. Serious questions will arise from time
 to time. General Macarthur says, Tn
 Mindanao and Jolo, the adjustment oi which will depend largely upon facts
 and knowledge of Moro character.
 In this connection General MacAr-
 thur says:
 "It is respectfully submitted that the
 ye.v gratifying conditions herein brief lv recanituIatcd have not been brought
 about entirely by the hand of ProVl- dence. Neither must the attitude of
 the neople who have declared for peace
 ar even that of the leaders of the Fed raI Party be attributed entirely to un-
 reserved ro-Americanism. It would therefore be not unsafe to assume these
 conservative forces as constant fac-
 tors. the friendly operations of which
 can be relied upon, irrespective of ex- ternaI influences. In due Hime and
 beyond any question If beneficent re- rublican institutions are permitted to onarate with full force, the Filipino peozle will become warmly attached nc the United States by a sense of self interest and gratitude. In the mean l time the molding force in the islands must be a well organized army and navy. Anything in the immediate fu-
 ture calculated to impede the activity or reduce the efficiency of these in , struments will not only be a menace tc | 1 inc present, but put in jeopardy the ent re future of American possibilities in the archipelago"
 General Macarthur says the capture f of Aguinaldo may be regarded as the ) most momentous single event Of the f year, Speaking particularly or ASulh- f aldo he says that the important imme-
 diota results and the remote cOnse- onercee make it the important event
 which he characterizes it. The capture 7 disnelled the growing tendency to ideal
 ize Aruinaldo's personality and to sur f round him with mythical legends oi inyinciblty which millions of natives p heleyed to be true. and which ulti- l mately would insure success for the f reheuion. Aguinaslo was the incarna- tion of ;he instruction. HIS deatf 8 would have magniied the legend whicf 2 surrounded him. while his capture has
 dspelled a grea: deal of the fictitious !. value he had.
 General Macarthur speaks of tn , great confusion regarding q none. = medium in the Philippines, and recon a mends d gold standard coinage and na
 tional banks.
 Accompanying the report of Genera
 MacArthur are reports of other of - ficers.
 e Col. $. w. Groesbeck Judge Advo n cate says that since September 1, l90l !. seventy nine natives have paid wit g the death penalty, the debt of murder if arson, assassination and treachery
 while elghty-nine others sentenced fo