The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-09-13
ENGINEERS'SCHOOL
Macarthur Talks About Philip.
pine SituatiOn...CabIe From
Hong Kong to Manila.

Washington.-Recent maritime dis
Asters with their attendant appalling
loss Of life at sea have created re-
aewed interest in the subject Of life
saving at sea. In this connection q
sompetition to be opened at Havre,
France, this week for the best means
Of saving shipwrecked passengers and
crews is being closely watched by the
life saving services of European coun.
tries as we'll as our own. In order to
stimulate inventors reward Of $40,
500 goes to the successful exhibitor.
The donors of the prize are the
heirs of the late Anthony Pollok OF
Washington, ID. O., was among these
lost in the wreck of the steamship La
Bourgoyne, of Sable Island, July 4,
1898. The prize is given to honor and
perpetuate the memory of their rela-
tive and with the hope that some in
ventor will come forward with a
practical appliance to avoid q repeti-
lion of such terrible disasters.
During the present year the shock
Ing story Of few half-dead passen-
gers arriving in port, the sole sur
vivors of a mighty engine Of marine
navigation, seems to have figured es-
pecially prominent in the news Of the
day. Not infrequently it has occurred
shat the steamer has gone down in
plain view of the shore, as was the
ease of the Rio de Janerio in the har-
Dor of San Francisco. Here the irony
Of fate in conducting passengers al
most to the threshold of their desti-
nation emphasizes the catastrophe.
In nearly every case the stricken
steamer rests q considerable time be-
fore sinking, and it is the knowledge
Of these few moments and the possi-
bility of crew to utilize them upon
which is based in part the hoped-for
solution of the problem.
Arrangements are being made by
The officials of the war department
for the transfer of the engineers
school of application and the engi-
aeer battalion at willett's Point, N.
T., to Washington barracks, in this
sity.
This was the first step in .he estab-
ushment Of the proposed army war
,ollege here. The engineers school
will be conducted ON much the same
lines as have been followed at Will
let's Point for the instruction Of the
officers and n of the engineer corps.
In addition to this officers Of the 9TH
or arms of the service will be ordered
10 the war college for course Of in
struction in the theory Of war. The
college is intended to supplement the
West Point Military Academy and
the practical artillery school at Fort
Monroe and the cavalrv and infantry
school at Fort Leavenworth, Kas.
Gen. Macarthur, formerly military
governor Of the Philippines, was q
caller at the war department tho
other day and had q talk with the
officials there regarding the situation
In the far Eastern possession of the
United States. saw General Mac
Arthur shortly after he left the war
department and questioned him re-
yarding Representative Hull's esti-
mate that 40, 1000 troops would be
aeeded permanently in the Philip
pines. He said: at is impossible for
any one to tell what future require
ments will be-" Personally he ex-
peoted to see q much smaller force
suffice, but he reminded me that the
Americans were constantly overlook
Ing the fact that it is no small task to
transform 5000, 900 Of people from
Spanish to American institutions and
methods. Upon several things, how
sver. there is fortunately an agree
nent between the Filipinos and
The desire for schooling
10 the most notable of thess. The ma
lives also like our civil government,
md in time the more advanced of
lhem will help the Americans greatly
In the stupendous task which Uncle
Sam has undertaken in the archi-
pelago.
Although the report that q confer
moe had recently been held in Maine
10 discuss the prospects of the ship
ping subsidy bill is generally discred-
tied here, it is known that some
what formal conference some time in
The fall is contemplated It 10 felt by
Republicans, regardless Of their views
n this question, that an agreement
lhould be reached out Of congress be-
fore submitting any subsidy bill as a
party measure to the overwhelming
BLOODY FIT SMITH ARRAY.