The evening Republican., 1902-06-16
CIVIL RULE IN SAMAR
Commission Sent to the Island
For That Purpose.
GENERAL AMNESTY ON JULY 4.
This Will Give Freedom to Filipino
Prisoners on Guam-Pence Pros
poets In Lcyte Bright-A De-
fense Of West Pointers,

Vects IN Leyte bri&ht-A lie.
fense of West Pointers.
MANILA, June 16.-Friendly native
In Manila say a report is curre1
among their cOuntrymen that the fly
soldiers of the Fifth cavalry who wer
captured by the insurgents May 3
have been boloed to death near Teresa
In Morong province, Luzon. This re
port has not been confirmed by tn
American authorities of that district.
Twenty-Five members of band o
insurgents who were captured Will
fighting with General Lukban in Sa
mar took the oath of allegiance to tn
United States and were subsequent,
released. -Four members of the bant
We're killed in the engagement whicl
resulted in the capture of their com
panions. The twenty-five who hav,
sworn allegiance have seen Genera
Chaffee and have promised to give hin
all the assistance in their power in the
work Of maintaining the present peace
conditions in Samar.
A commission has been sent to Sari1al
to appoint Senor Llorentes governor OF
the island and to establish civil govern
ment there.
1t is expected that general amnesty
will be declared July 4. This amnesty
will result in the release of the Filipino
prisoners now OH the island of Guam.
The prospects in the island of Leyte
for speedy termination of the armed
resistance there are bright. Since the
ports of the island We're closed sur
renders of insurgents to the native con-
stabulary have occurred daily.
Speaking at the West Point ccnten-
nial dinner which was held here last
week Acting Civil Governor Wright
said he did not think ':.the strife now
being wagcd in congress on the Philip
pine government bill is as fierce and as
irreconclable as it appears to be-"
that the sober second thoughts of the
American people were always right
and that they would in time do justice
to the Americans in the Philippine Is.
lands.
Speaking at the same dinner, Colonel
Charles A. Woodruff, head of the sub
sistcncc department at Manila, said:
"The graduates of West Point may be
charity boys but in the Mexican war
these boys saved the nation in money
alone more than the military school
has cost since its foundation. The
same boys led 2,000,00O men to victory
in the greatest of modern wars. The
charity boys have all repaid their
board and keep a thousandfold. They
can glory in the fact that wherever
25,00O American troops have faced an
enemy the commander of these men
was West Point graduate. The es-
tablishcd reputation of the boys from
West Point has become a synonym for
honor, integrity and the highest credit
in the country. They have saved the
millions of dollars and thou
sands of lives, and the charity boys
will no doubt uphold in the present the
proud supremacy of the United States"
The chamber of commerce has pre-
scntcd to General Chaf'ee Il set of rpso.
utions which express the regard with |
which General Chaffec and the army |
IL the Philippines are held by the bust
ness men of Manila.
An American sentry belonging to the
engineers was badly cut up with bolo !
n the hands of Moro while on duty
lear Wears.
Several dattos under the sultan Of !
'lindanao have called upon Colonel
Crank u. Baldwin of the Twcnty-sev-
nth infantry and have asked him for
flags. This action on the part
f the dattos is considered equivalent to
aking the oath of allegiance to the
United States.