The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-09
BY the president:
Elihu Root,
Secretary of War.
CHAFFEE RELIEVED As MILITARY


Secretary OF War.
CHAFFEE RELIEVED As MILITARY
GOVERNOR.
Gen. Chaffee is relieved of his civi
duties and the Philippine commission
Is made the superior authority in the
following order:
The insurrection against the SOW
ereign authority in the United States
in the Philippine archipelago having
ended, and provincial civil govern
mcnts having been established
throughout the entire territory of 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 o!
military governor. and the Office OF
military governor in said archipelago
is terminated. The general com
manding the division Of the Philip
pines and all military officers in all-
thority therein will continue TO OBJ
serve the direction contained in the
aforesaid instructions Of the president,
that the mill tary forces in the division
OF the Philippines shall be at all times
subject. under the orders OF the mill
tary commander, tG the call OF the
civil authorities for the maintenance"
of law and order, and tie eafJ:oem2rt
Of the authority"
Finally the president, through
Secretary Root, pronourccs the fol-
lowing eulogy upon the United States
army:
4 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 his
deep appreciation Of The service they
have rendered to the country in the
great and difficult undertakings which
they have brought to successful con-
clusion during the past year,
He thanks the officers and the en-
listed men who have been maintaining
and 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 all the
successive steps necessary to the eS-
tablishment Of their own constitution
al government. During the time re-
quired for that process 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 in the
Philippines, both regular and Yolun-
teerS, for the courage and fortitude,
the indomnitable 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.
The task was peculiarly difficult and
trying. They were required at hrst
to overcome organized resistance OF
superior numbers, well equipped with
modern arms of precision, in an un-
known country of mountain detlles,
junglesS and swamps, apparently cap
able Of interminable defense. When
this resistance had been overcome
they were required to crush out a
general system of guerrilla warfare
cnoducted among a people speak
ing unknown tongues, from whom
it 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 we're regardless
of all obligations of good faith anG OF
all the limitations which humanity
has imposed upon civilized warfare.
Bound themselves by the laws OF war,
our soldiers were called upon to meet
every device Of unScrupulOuS treachery
and to contemplate without reprlsal
the infections of barbarous crueltieS
upon their comrades and friendly ma
tives. 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 COMBATS.
Under all these adverse circum-
stances the army of the Philippines
has accomplished its task rapidly and
completely. In more than two thous-
and combats, great and small, within
three years, it has exhibited unvary-
ing courage and resolution. 1t has
put an end to the system OF intimida-
tion and secret assassination by which
the peaceful natives prevented from
taking genuine part in government
under American authority. 1t has
captured or forced to surrender sub
stantially all the leaders of the lnsur-
rection. 1t has submitted to no dis
couragement and halted at no OBJ
stacle. Its officers have shown hlgh
qualities of command. and its men
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