Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-16
AMNESTYFOR FILIPINOS
DECLARATION PROBABLY TO BE
ISSUED JULY 4.

A dispatch from Manila yesterday says:
1t is expected that a general amnesty will
be declared July 4; this amnesty will result
in the release of the Filipino prisoners now
on the Island of Guam.
Friendly natives IN Manila say report
Is current among their countrymen that the
five soldiers Of the 9TH Cavalry who were
captured by the insurgents May 30 have
been boloed to death near Teresa, In Mo-
rong province, Luzon. This report has not
been confirmed by the American authorities
Of that district 49,
Twenty-Five members of a band OF insur-
gents who were captured while fighting
with Gen. Lukban in Samar took the oath
Of allegiance to the United States and were
subsequently released. Four members of
the band were Killed in the engagement
which resulted In the capture Of their COM
panfons. The twenty-five who have sworn
allegiance have seen Gen. Chaffee and have
promised to give him all the assistance in
their power in the work of maintaining the
present peace conditions In Samar. A COM
mission has been sent to Samar to appoint
Senior Llorentes governor of the island and
to establish civil government there.
The prospects in the Island of Lyle for a
speedy termination of the armed resistance
there are bright. Since the ports of the
island were closed surrenders of insurgents
to the native constaoulary have occurred
daily.
Gen. Davis, the commander of the Amer
lean forces on the IslaGd Of Mindsnao. has
been informed By Date Ada that two OF
the three Moros who murdered the Amari-
can soldier named Lewis were killed. in the,
engagement at Bazaa between Moros and
Americans. last May. aG1 that the other
has t::.sa p,.earad. An American sentry, he
longing to the engineers. WAS badly tgt
with holo In the hands of a Moro while
on duty near Wears.
Several dattos. under the Sultan OF Min
danao, have called upon Col. Frank -.
Baldwin OF the 9th Infantry, and have
asked him for American flags. This action
on the part of the dattos is cans derel
equivalent to taking the oath of allie glance
to the United States.
Speaking at the West Point centennial
dinner, which was held hsre last week
Acting Civil Gov. Wright said he did not
think 1.-The strike now being waged II Con-
gress on the Philippine government bill. Is
as fierce and as irreconcilable as il 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 Islands.
Speaking at the same dinner. Col. Chas.
A. Woodruff. head of the subsistence de-
partment 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 mill
tary school has cost since its foundation.
The same boys led our army to victory in
the greatest Of modern wars. The charity
boys have always paid their board and
fact that. wherever 25.0o0 Amertoan troops
have faced an enemy the commander Of
these men was a. West Point graduate.
The established reputation of the boys from
West Point has become a synonym for
honor, integrity and the highest credit in
the eeuatrys They have saved the country
millions of dollars and thousands of lives.
and the charity boys will no doubt uphold
the present proud enpeemacy Of Tia United
States"