Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-16
TROOPS TO RETURN
REGULARS TO BE SENT BACK
FROM PHILIPPINES.
THOSE DESIRING MAY STAY
Several Thousand Given an Opportun-
itv to Come Home July New
Troops to Take Their Places
Army to Be Reduced to 4o'ooo-
Process of Raising Revenue.

Washington, May 14.-By direction
of the secretary of war instructions
were yesterday cabled Macarthur 70
send TO San Francisco at the earnest
convenience the 4vnowing organlza-
tions of the regular army: Four
teentb. Eighteenth and TWenty-tnlrd
regiments of infantry, Fourth regi-
ment of cavalry, Twenty-ninth, Thlr-
tieth. Thirty-second and Thirty-thlrd
companies of coast artillery; First,
Eighth. Tenth, Twelfth and Thlr-
teenth batteries of field artillery.
Macarthur IS instructed to. transfer to
other commands all the men in the
above organizations in their first en-
Iistment having more than one year %
serve; also the men wishing TO remain
in the Philippines. All men Of other
organizations having three months or
less to serve, not intending to enlist,
are to be transferred to the returning
organizations 1t is expected that the
movement of these troops will begin
soon after the first of July, by which
time the homeward movement of vol
unteers will have been completed. I
is the intention ofthe department. to re-
place the Homecoming regulars as far
as military conditions in the Fnll1p-
pines require it with troops recently
organized in this country under the
provision of the army reorganization
act. These movements are Qredicated
on the policy of the administration tt
reduce the army in the Philippines tc
10000 after the return of the volun-
teers.
For Raising Revenue.
Manila, May 14.-Military officials
generally are seconding the civil set
Elements of affairs in the provinces
with the notable exception of the prov
ince of Bataan, where major VIM. II
Vose, commanding the sixth artillery
has sought to enforce his own ordi
nance to collect taxes and has not au
thorized a civil government in the
province. Gen. Macarthur has or
der I'd Major Vose to cease unauthor
lied assumptions of authority. The
United States Philippine commission
finds the internal revenue collection:
in most of the provinces, not sufficien
to support a provincial government
until the beginning of the collections
of land taxes, year hence, and appro
priations of $4,000 to $4,000 will b.
made from the insular treasury il
favor of several provinces. These ap
preparations will be considered to b.
loans. In addition, provincial law
will be amended to require a sedul;
of one peso from all males over eigh
teen, half of which will go to the prov
ince and halt to the municipality.
The treasury at Washington has be
gun the payment of sundry army ex
penses, including rents and rewards
for surrendered arms, formerly bornt
by the insular treasury. tits considers
certain that Col Charles A. Woodruff
chief commissary officer, had no con
nivance with the contractors frauds
The appearance of his name is eX
planned by the fact that the latter pail
renting agents portion of the rem
for Col. Woodruff's house, above thu
price which was named to Colone
Woodruff. This amount Woodruff OF
fered to refund when he discovered il
having in the meanwhile left tn,
house, but, the agents declined to &C
cept it.
There have been several minor CAP
lures and surrenders in Cavite, Batar
gas and Tayabas provinces. A nun
Der of camps and quantities of SUP
plies have been destroyed. A civilian
Sylvester G. Fletcher, an employee o
the depot quartermaster, has beer
sentenced to five years Imprisonment
in Bilibid prison for selling govern
ment bacon and coffee The trial O
Commissary-Serge Henry Wilson
on the charge of stealing supplies be
gan yesterday.
AT a conference recently between
Brigadier General Funston and Ge:,
Lacuna, in a province of rTeuva Eel
Lacuna promised to collect his force
and arms and surrender as soon a.
possible.