The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-17

The following abstracts from an al IuOio
irom the pen OF Capt. william t. Horton,
formerly of this city. but who has seen
several years service in the United
States army. both in the war with spain
and In the Philippine campaign, VIII
prove OF interest to his many Providence
friends and acquaintances.
Capt Horton went from this city
number OF years ago TO Washington,
where he held a government appointment
for several years. He was an officer OF
the District OF Columbia National guard
during a greater portion OF the time
Capt. Horton is a cousin OF DIR. Dan o.
King or this city and Capt. Lewis Pat
stone of the 10th United States Infantry
now in the Philippines. He is quarter
master In the army.
The article was written for the Manila
Cable News and Is entitled what Gen.
Bell Has Accomplished in the Philip
pines" The article takes up nearly
page and a half of the paper, and In
"Our own people appear to have lost
sight of the fact that the United States
has maintained concentration camps OF
1ts own, with congressional approval. for
Indians for many years, forcing the In
dians against their will to restrict their
movements and liberty 10 limited area,
shooting them down If they attempted TO
leave the reservation or protested when
their treaty rights were violated-whtch
has been the case In several Instances
"A great mass OF the American people
were shocked by doings in Cuba. This.
an large measure, was brought about by
the yellow journals printing all kinds OF
sensational stories concerning the war,
very many OF which were either distorted
There is no doubt that the policy OF
REPRESENTATION, established by Gen.
Weyler In Cuba, was not opposed to the
laws OF wur ag interpreted by European
nations. and as ! understand General
Orders No; 100, 1863 ,tapproved and pub
lished by President Lincoln for the gov
ernment OF armies OF the United States)
his action was within the laws OF war
of our own country.
RULES OF WAR.
1.-THE rules OF war contemplate armed
contests between conventional armies
and experience, upon which these rules
are based. has dictated the ending OF the
contest shall be when either party to the
war Is unable to maintain an organized
force In the field capable of meeting its
when the forces OF a belligerent are so
depleted that he Is unable to maintain an
organized or a seat OF government and
when armed resistance, except that OF
scattered bands acting without cohesion.
concealing their status and Identity,
abandoning their uniforms. concealing
their weapons. adopting the garb and
guise OF non-combatants, and resorting TO
occasional military operations when a IA
vorable occasion presents ITSELF mean
while assuming the aspect OF friendship
TO the opposing force. the belligerent so
acting loses his international status as a
belligerent and becomes in the eyes of in
ternational law a mere marauder law
breaker and guerilla.
Gen. Weyler applied the rule. recog-
nized In the rules OF war, that Present
severity is future mercy He saw his way
fsxra nlxtf~
1solating. identifying and defeating the
enemy. So far as his RECOMMENDATION pol
Icy Is concerned the situation left any
other method impossible.
RADICAL MEASURES.
THE rough. difficult country of Cuba:
the poor communications: the downpours
OF the rainy season; the climatic and en-
demic fevers made Il possible for the Gu
bans 10 maintain their style of resistance
indefinitely unless some radical measure
was adopted to deprive them of their adj
vantage. This radical measure Gen. Wey-
Ter took and II was effective"
In speaking OF the work OF the Amer
Scan army In the Philippines. the writer
said:
For three years preceding the assign
ment OF Gen. j. Franklin Bell. L. s. A.
10 command the Third Separate brigade.
the insurgents had been masters OF the
situation.
THE territory included in this brigade
was a large one-embracing part OF Rizal
(Manila) Province, all OF Cavte. Laguna,
and Batangas Provinces part OF Tabay-
as Province, the islands OF Mindoro.
Romblon, Martinique and other smaller
islands. A great deal OF this territory is
covered by high mountains and noun
tain ranges. dense underground swamps.
etc, which render field operations exceed
ingly difficult. and give the insurgents
the greatest possible advantage. The in
surgents were armed mostly with Mauser
and Remington rifles, each command be-
fng reinforced by band OF bolomen.
They had eluded pursuit by disband-
Ing when too hard pressed. to assemble
again at some other point; they always
planned Co attack much smaller force
than their own and they would not stand
in a fair fight.
"They terrorized all native towns. re-
quiring contributions OF money and sup
plies. Agents were appointed in each
town TO receive these. A breach 0f trust
on the part Of one OF these natives caused
his instant death. This Was the situation
IN the third brigade when General Bell
assumed command December l. 1901. An
order was issued closing the ports In
Bstangas and Ihguna provinces and di-
recting all natives 10 assemble I'm the
every settled town was garrisoned by sol
diers.
RECOMMENDATION CAMP.
"A radius OF one 10 three miles outside
NJ fhe TOWN orCpsr was given I'm which 70