The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-11
REBUFFS FOR MACARTHUR.
The General Treated With SCant
Courtesy by Otis.

Evidence Of Friction Between Them
while the Lnt3er Was in Charge
OF military Operations IN the Phil
ipnines-SevcraI Instances Cited.
Il has frequently been stated that all
was not always serene between Major
General Otis and his junior officers
when The former was in command Of
the military operations in the Philip
pine Islands. There Is additional evi-
dence Of this fact IN kilograms. hitherto
unpublished. which appear IN the COM
pendulum of reports just made public
by the Lieutenant General commanding
the Army. They indicate that General
Otis and the highest officer under him,
General Macarthur. did not always
succeed in working in hearty accord
and that the former did not hesitate 10
tern down the latter when he thought
It advisable TO administer rebuff.
Among the kilograms referred to is
,ne dated Bayambang, November 3.
1899, addressed TO General Schwan
chief OF stat. and signed "AIacAr-
thur" General Macarthur ventures in
this message TO suggest the issue by
General Otis Of a proclamation of am
nesty to all who surrender and a dec
IaratiOn that anyone who should Kill
an American soldier thereafter should
be treated as a murderer He received
his reply under the date Of December
= more than two weeks later Il was as
follows:
Your telegram announcing your poll
received NGfTT = Z
concerning proclamation cannot be car
TIed out, legal difficulties Of an inter
national character, apparently not I'M
derst0Od by You. forbid No further
advice on this subject desired by the
commanding general
SCHWAN, Chief OF staff"
General Macarthur Is generally rated
q pretty good student OF international
law and mis- superiuT's rebuIle Is for that
reason pronounced the more severe a
proclamation, similar to that MacAr-
thur suggested, has since been issued
In another instance the friction be-
tween Macarthur and Otis crops out il
these kilograms. Macarthur wired a
report Of the capture Of q certain
stretch Of the DaguPan Railway from
the FIllplnOS- which was SO quickly ef-
feCted that the enemy did not have time
to destroy the property. 1t would have
been impossible 10 make use of the
property taken and the advantage thus
acquired, had il not been for Capt Har-
~ A HeSeman and Capt Carl L
Stone. both of the ThiTty-siXth Infau-
try. who recovered two LOGON 1tives
and acted as engineers on same. doing
this besides the regular work deVOlying
upon them II their official capacity.
The exploit of these officers" says
MacATthuTs despatch. must rank II
the same class as the work of Colonel
Bailey, OF Wisconsin who, during the
civil war, rescued the feet Of gun.
boats in the Red River by original meth.
DDS OF engineering Both officers wer,
recommended for bTevet promotion.
Otis reply was short and showed n
unnecessary COnSratulatOry spirit I
simply quoted law TO the effect that il
order To be entitled TO a bTevet the off
GERS act must have been in the pres
ence OF the enemy, or, as the War De
partment interprets it, within TIT
range OF the enemy's guns" MacAr
thurs reply was peppeTy-
I would remark" he said, that tn
position Cf the War Department
amounts TO d declaration that the NOR
decisive the victory, the less chance =
recognition of meTitoTiOus services
The action was not only in the pres
ence OF the enemy, but by all method
Of fair construction, was within tn,
range Of the euemy's guns Rattle
than have these highly meritOrious off
GERS Inundated by the publication 0
this correspondence. 1 respectfully re
quest that the application be with
drawn"
General Otis calmly so ordered.