The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-09

Given under my hand at the city OF
Washington, this fourth day Of July,
In the year of our Lord one thous-
and nine hundred and two, and i'll
the one hundred and twenty-seveE, n
year of the independence OF tie
United States.
(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt.
by the president:
Elihu Root,
Secretary Of War.
CHAFFEE RELIEVED AS MILITARY
GOVERNOR
Gen. ChatTce is relieved of his civil
duties and the Philippine commission
Is made the superior authority in the
following order:
The inSurrcctiun against the SOY
crcign authority in the United States
in the Philippine archipelago having
ended, and provincial civil govern
mentS having been established
throughout the entire territory or the
archipelago not inhabited by Moro
tribes The general com
manding the division of the Philip
pines is hereby relieved from the
further performance of the duties OF
military governor, and the Office OF
military governor i'm said archipelago
is terminated. The general com
manding the division of the Philip
pines and all military officers i'm au-
thority therein will continue to OH
serve the direction contained in the
aforesaid instructions Of the president,
that the military forces i'm the division
OF the Philippines shall be at all times
subject, under the orders of the mill
tary commander, to the call of the
civil authorities for the maintenance
of law and order, and the enforcement
of the authority"
| Secretary Root, pronounccs the fol-
lowing euiogy upon the United States
army:
EULOGY UPON THE ARMY.
The president upon this anniver-
Sary of national independence wishes
to express to the officers and enlisted
men OF the United States army lis
deep appreciation OF the service they
have rendered To the country in the
great and difficult undertakings which
| they have brought to a successful con-
clusion during the past year
He thanks the officers and the en-
listed men who have been maintaining
1Apd carrying on the military govern
! ment in Cuba, because they have
faithfully given effect to the humane
purposes OF the American people
they have with sincere kindness help
ed the Cuban people to take. al the
successive steps necessary t. the eS-
| lni rtIfl
al gpNernment. During the time re-
suiv'ed for that pIe"ec,S they have gov
erned Cuba wisely, regarding Justice
and respecting individual liberty: have
honestly collected and expended for
the best interests Of the Cuban people
the revenues, amounting to over sixty
millions of dollars: have carried out
practical and thorough sanitary meas
ureS, greatly improving the health
and lowering the death rate OF the is
| land.
They have borne themselves with
dignity and Self-cOntrol, SO that nearly
four years of military rule have passed
unmarried by injury, or insult to man
or woman. They have transferred
| the government of Cuba to the Cuban
people amid universal expressions of
| friendship and good will, and have
| left record of ordered Justice and
liberty, of rapid improvement in ma
terial and moral conditions and prog
reSs in the art of government which
reflects credit upon the people of the
| United States.
The president thanks the officers
and enlisted men Of the army i'm the
]
teerS, for the courage and fortitude,
the indomnitablc spirit and loyal de-
votionS with which they have put down
and ended the great inSurrectiOn which
has ragged throughout the archipelago
against the lawful sovereignty and
Just authority OF the United States.
Ihe task was peculiarly difficult and
trying. They were required at first
! To overcome organized resistance of
! superior numbers, well equipped with
modern arms of precision, in an un-
known country of mountain deiileS.
| jungleSS and SwampS, apparently cap
able of intcrminablc defense. When
this resistance had been overcome
they were required to crush out a
general system of guerrilla warfare
cnoducted among Il people speak
| ing unknown tongues, from whom
| 1T was almost impossible To obtain the
Information necessary for successful
pursuit or to guard against surprise
and ambush. The enemies by whom
! they were surrounded were regardless
OF all obligations of good faith and of
all the limitations which humanity
has imposed upon civilized warfare.
! Bound themselves 10y the laws of war,
our soldiers were called upon to meet
every device OF INSCRIPTIONS treachery
and TO contemplate without repriSal
! the inilictiOnS of barbarOuS crueltieS
upon their comrades and friendly ma
| tiyeS. Widely scattered
over a great archipelago extending a
thousand miles from north to south.
the graveSt responsibilities, involving
! the life or death Of their commands.
! frequently developed upon young and
! inexperienced officers beyond the reach
OF specific orders or advice
MORE THAN 1000 CUSI3ATs
Under all these adverse cirsum-
stances the army OF Tn, Philippines
] has 1rpnD1niiSl ~ il %. a ..,..,