Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-15

port OF Major General Macarthur,
dated July 4. the day he relinquished
the command the division of the Philip
| pines and covering the period from
| Otober, 1900, has been received at the
war department. He reviews the policy
| of the Filipinos who were hostile to
! the Americans, saying their action
! since the practical collapse of the in
| surrection has been a perplexing prob
! lem.
Guerrilla Warfare.
! With the disarmament OF the insur-
| gent field armies the Filipinos organ
lied desperate resistance by banding
the people together in support of the
| guerrillas. This was carried out by
means of secret committees, who col
| lected contributions, inflicted punish
ments and carried on considerable OPP
position to the Americans. General
| Macarthur reviews the manner in
which the operations were carried on
against these guerrillas and he says he
| hopes the policy adopted will in time
conciliate the natives and make them
| friendly to the United States. General
! Macarthur says the proclamation is
sued December Goth, firmly declaring
the intention of the United States to
| hold the island, had good effect, ard
that the secret resistance was much
abated
Casualties Compared.
General Macarthur gives the follow
ing statistics from May 5, 1900, to June
30. 1901, during which time there were
1925 contacts between American troops
n re WI inh oh thn
casualties on both sides as follows:
Americans-killed, 245; wounded,
400; captured, 11S; missing, 20.
Insurgents-Killed 1854; wounded,
1,l93; captured, 6,572; surrendered,
23,095.
For Adequate Military Force.
Speaking of the disorders, which are
bound to arise from time to time es-
pecially in Southern Luzcn, General
Macarthur says the military force in
the islands must be well organized,
both army and navy.
Anything in the immediate future
calculated to impede activity or reduce
the efficiency of these instruments will
not only be menace to the present,
but will put In jeopardy the entire flu
ture of American possibilities in the
archipelago"
Aguinaldo's Capture.
General Macarthur says the capture
of Aguinaldo may be regarded as the
most momentous single event of the
year. The capture dispelled the grow
ing tendency to idoliZe Aguinaldo's per-
sonality and to surround him with
mythical legends of invincibility, which
nf hn1, %D no
and which ultimately would insure the
success of the rebellion. Agunaldo
was the incarnation of the instruction.
His death would have magnified the
| legend which surrounded him, while
his capture dispelled great deal of
the fictitious value he had.
Currency System.
General Macarthur speaks of the
! great confusion regarding the money
medium in the Philippines which is
| characteristic of the eastern world. and
| fayorS the recommendation of Colonel
| f. H. Crowder, military secretary, for
! a coinage system to meet the conditions
! existing in the islands, which he thus
sums up:
The American gold standard to be es-
| tablished by authorizing the coinage
| of peso containing 1873 grains, nine
| tenths fine, to be represented in the
| circulation by coins containing such
multiple of the standard peso as may
| be regarded as most convenient of
mintage. A table of equivalents to be
declared by law. between the Philip
| pines gold money and the United
| States money in all its various forms,
! including national bank notes, on the
basis of to THAT is. one United
| States dollar would be equivalent to
two Philippine gold pesos as herein
prescribed.
The subsidiary Filipino coinage en-
| braCing such subdivisions of the peso
! as are most convenient, conforming as
much as possible to the subdiary coin
| age of the United States and with an
/ established rate of equivalents as in
| the case of gold.
The establishment of the Filipino
national banks precisely the same as
| are now authorized by the United
! States.
All the currency issued under the
| foregoing system to have full legal
tender functions in the Philippine ISL
ands for all public dues and private
debts and the equivalent United States
I currency, as authorized in the fore
going sections 10 have legal tender
I qualities in the Philippines precisely
/ the same as in the United States.
Conditions in Orient.
Speaking OF conditions in the Orient
] General Macarthur says The powe!
/ that holds these islands must, OF neces
sity. exert an active and potential in
fluence upon the affairs in that sec
/ ton
He closes the report by SAYING
THE presence of America in these ISL
ands is simply one of the results in
1 logical sequence of great material pros
! perity, and in remote consequences is
/ likely 10 transcend in Importance any
/ thing recorded in the history of the
world since the discovery Of America.
/ To doubt the wisdom of the United
States remaining in the islands is to
doubt the stability OF the Republican
institutions and amounts 70 a declara-
ton that the nation thus governed
! is incapable of successfully resisting
the strains that arise naturally from