New-York tribune., 1901-09-04
MACARTHUR PLEASED.
GENERAL SAYS THE FILIPINO is A GOOD
FELLOW, AND THE TROUBLE
WILL SOON BE OVER.

Major-General Macarthur. recently returned
from the Philippines. came to town Monday
after reporting officially his arrival to the War
Office in Washington. He seen at the Wal
dorf-Astoria last evening where he will stay
until his departure for his home. Milwaukee. in
a few days The citizens of Milwaukee are plan
ming a great reception for him on September IL.
There will be a street parade, in which the local
Grand Army posts, business mems associations.
fire companies and other organizations will take
part The Mayor will hold reception, and
dinner will be given in the generals honor in
the evening.
Yesterday morning the general paid his re-
spects to the Secretary of War Mr. Root VINO
is sick at his home No. % East Sixty-ninth-st
The general said he found MIR. Root much i'm
proved in health He added that there was no
special significance in his visit to the Secretary
He was merely paying his respects to the head
of the War Department-his superior officer
General Macarthur was asked whether the pub
lished statement that all organized resistance
to the supremacy of the United States had
ceased in the Philippine Islands was true In
reply he said:
1t would be incorrect to say that all organized
resistance is at an end Il should De
many million inhabitants. and IL would be absurd
sistance in two of the groups-one In south Luz4n
island Of Samar under Lukban In point Of mum
hers these two bands of insurgents are not very very
il no task to subdue them Their end Is rap ,,I
groups there is little disorder IN the island Of
Bohol, but this does not amount TO mucn IN an
men actually in arms against our authority
General Macarthur was careful to make a
distinction between generally organized resist
ance and discomfort among individuals and
small groups reiterating his former statement
that 1T was not fair to expect complete and
unqualified acceptance of American supremacy
by all the inhabitants of the islands In so short
a time. Speaking of the capture OF Aguinaldo
General Macarthur said that, in his opinion, IL
was a great blow TO the insurrection-in fact
that 1t really ended the principal armed resist
ance He said that all credit should be given
to General Funston, so far as the execution Of
the plan for the insurgent chiefs capture was
concerned The plan itself arranged by
General Wheaton and General Funston. and car
ried out under orders from himself. General
Macarthur
management of the operations by the War De-
partment. In particular, he praised the com
missariat department. which, he said, supplied
the troops with provisions in ample quantities
and of splendid quality. But Tor the compete
ness of the cOmmissariat ARRANGEMENTS IIle
troops could never have gone through the ardu-
ous campafgn and General Macarthur said tnat
the troops engaged in the Philippines underwent
greater hardships than those engaged in the
Civil War being in state of constant activity
in a difficult country. The general state OF the
island he said. was satisfactory from his point
of view. The people had come TO recognize thaC
American supremacy must be accepted as an
accomplished fact. and they were ready 10
make the best OF conditions
View that the bitter feelings engendered by
war are wearing away" said the general. we
are able to look on the Filipino in dispassion-
ate light and find him a pretty good 1eHoW,
after all He is intelligent, orderly. and VIII
make a good citizen when the time arrives ror
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