The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-04

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 Finally. the president, through secre- tary Root. pronounces the following eulogy upon the United States army: General Order No. G6.
 Headquarters Of the Army. Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, July 1, 1902.
 The following has been received from the war department:
 War Department.
 Washington, July 1, 1902. To the Army of the United States: The president upon this anniversary of national independence wishes 10 eA- press to the officers and enlisted men of the United States army his deep apprc- citation of the service they have render ed to the country in the great and dlih- cult undertakings which they nave brought to a successful conclusion dur | ing the past year.
 He thanks the officers and the enlist ed men who have been maintaining or der and carrying on the military gov ernment in Cuba. because they nave faithfully given effect to the humane purposes of the American people. Iheg have with sincere kindness helped me Cuban people to take all the successive steps necessary to the establishment or their own constitutional government During the time required for that pro cess they have governed Cuba wisely regarding justice and respecting lnal- vidual liberty; have honestly collected and expended, for the best Interests oL the Cuban people, the revenues amounting to over sixty millions of dol lars: have carried out practical ana thorough sanitary measures, greatly improving the health and lowering the death rate of the island By patieht' scientific research they have ascertain ed the causes of yellow fever ana py good administration have put an end to | that most dreadful disease which mas long destroyed the lives and hindered the commercial prosperity of the Cu- bans. They have expedited justice, se- cured protection for the rights ot the innocent, while they have cleansed me prisons and established sound discipline and healthful conditions for the pun
 ishment of the guilty They nave re- established and renovated and put upon a substantial basis adequate hospitals and asylums for the care of the unfort- unate. They have established a gen. erai system of free common schools throughout the island, in which over two hundred thousand children are in actual attendance. They have con- structed great and necessary public works. They have gradually trained the Cubans themselves In all branches of administration. so that the new gov ernment upon assuming power has be- gun it's work with an experienced force of Cuban civil service employees, compe- tent to execute its orders. They have borne themselves with dignity and self control, SO that nearly four years O. military occupation have passed un- marred by injury or insult to man or woman. They have transferred the gov ernment of Cuba to the Cuban people amid universal expressions of friend ship and good will, and have left rec ord of ordered justice and liberty, or rapid improvement in material and moral conditions, and progress in the art of government, which reflects great credit upon the people of the United States.
 The president thanks the officers and enlisted men of the army In the Philip pines, both regulars and volunteers, for the courage and fortitude, the indomtt- able spirit and loyal devotion with
 which they have nut down and ended the great instruction which has ragged
 throughout the archipelago against the lawful sovereignty and just authority
 of the United States The task was peculiarly difficult and trying. They
 were required at first to overcome or ganized resistance of superior numbers
 we'll equipped with modern arms of pre-
 cision, intrenched in an unknown coun
 try of mountain defiles, jungles and
 swamps, apparently capable of inter-
 minable defense. When this resistance
 had been overcome they were required
 to crush out general system of guer. fila warfare, conducted among a people
 speaking unknown tongues, from whom
 it was almost impossible to obtain tho information necessary for successful
 pursuit or to guard against surprise ant
 ambush.
 The enemies by whom they were sur
 rounded were regardless of all obliga
 tions or good faith, and of all the limit
 ations which humanity has imposed up on civilized warfare. Bound themselves
 by the laws of war, our soldiers were called upon to meet every device of un
 scrupulous treachery and to contem
 plate without reprisal the infliction o
 barbarous cruelties upon their comrade and friendly natives. They were in structed, while punishing armed resist ance, to conciliate the friendship of tn
 peaceful. yet had to do with a popua . ticn among whom it was impossible t
 distinguish friend from foe, and who, Il
 countless instances. used false ap
 pearance of friendship from ambusl
 to deal with problems of communicable and transportation in a country withou roads and frequently made impassabl
 by torrential rains They were weak
 ened by tropical heat and tropical dis
 ease. Widely scattered over a grea
 archipelago extending a thousand mile 5 from north to south. the gravest re . responsibilities, involving the life q
 death of their commands, frequent devolved upon young and inexperience
 officers beyond the reach of specific or
 ders or advice.
 5 Under all these adverse circumstance 5 | the army of the PhilpDines has accoro