The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30
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at present and he says he does not know
when that can be done.
.One-third of the army of the United
States is now in the Philippines. said he
Our army consists of thirty regiments
OF infantry and fifteen of cavalry. We
have ten infantry regiments and five cav
airy regiments IN the Philippines. That
means between 81 OOJ and 1900 men, for
ut present all the companies are larger
than the regulations call Tor. For instance.
IN the filth Infantry We have nearly 500
men. which makes II almost twice the size
oi regiment. The reason Is that We have
transferred into tuese regiments the men
sent out To I'LL the E. gin.nis which have
since COflI. home
The gradual iii scharge of men will re-
duce the regiments to the proportlon
hxed by regulation ana our army IN the
islands Will then consist of about lj,bU
men. Ten regiments Of infantry will mean
500 soldiers, five regiments of cavalry
i,l2j men. 10 thar vut can add one bat
tal on OF coast artillery with $50 men, a
hight battery of 100 men, mounted BAT
talon of 100 men and signal, engineering
and hospital corps ui 500 men. II has been
suggested that Tie service could be brought
to normal proportions by dischargng
thirty men from each company.
Next spring five regiments who have
now been more than two years IN the Philip
pines viii be brought home They ar. the
first, second and fiith Infantry and the
Firth and Sixth Cavalry. Their places
viii be taken bv other regiments.
Frankly. do not know how soon IL will
be possible TO reduce our armed forces ia
the Philippines, even with the coIs;abuarv
ia better order
In addition 10 the American solliarv w.
now have $50 native soldiers. They are
emil sted IN the sam" way "a our soldiers here
and are controlled 10y the same regulations
On experience, So far. has been that they
make very far soldiers Ii,N are
''hued AT IN" various posts in the ISLANDS
ana are OiIiC"r"1 Iy Ap"riDau~, except taa'
Ne have three Filipino LrTera'ts These
are men whom picket on of the uatir"
~odicry for merit. | recommended their
appointment 10 rA" President. and tie Pres
ds't mad" hem 'r0na L"ue tenants
, Probably all IA. fiiipnos would becuinc
soldiers If Wa asked them. They ge' hall
the pay Of the American soldier, but they
are housed and fed and clothed and the pay
is larger than they have ever been able %
| to earn heretofore.
the great trouble Wa have had with the
native soldiery has been to make them nm
derstand that they caIilOt carry their wives
and families around with them from post
10 post. Most OF hem are married and have
| children. but they realize pretty thoroughly
now that they can't make the tan Lies a part
of the army
In speaking Of farming conditions In the
Islands. Gen. thaflea said 1T will take
| many NNdlN ~ 'ut fIlllllIll4ts Win
cattle and farm animals. Ia two years dis
ease has worked great ruin there Some
authorities say that ninety per cent of the
| cattle have peri,hcd. think il may Ice "a d
very conservatively that the percentage is
! fully eighty Rinderpest and a disease
callcd IRA have done This.
@Suia in the animal il much like malaria
Ia the human. Like malaria. sura IL trans
| United by flies and Insects. We have found
nothing 10 cope with il Tie bodies Of i,r
| Victims are lett in a horrible state. They
| swell. split and suppuratr. The only rem
edy which has been found - stay the dis
| Ease IL a very strong inJec' lon Of salt water
| III the veins. That, however, DESTROYS the
| red corpuscles of the blood, and the remedy
/ IL almost as disastrous as the disease.
The spread of the disease is due partly
| 10 the fact that the people there cannot
| lie made to Meet such a situation in TN.
| way II would lie met in an enlinhrei ed
| community like America Ii YOU were TO
| ind herd of cattle infected and tell the
owner, advising him that the hest course
Tor himself and for thu general welfare
| would be TO destroy the herd. he would
run it of III the night and hide the cattle
| somewhere, meanwhile trailing the cor
| taglon through other herds
one or two Of the islands have been
| ire" from the disease and the cattle there
from are Icing distributed among the
other Islands But hcalthfu CONDITION
viii not he attained for a long time
The meat which the army uses il brought
from Australia in refrigerator ships, and
r. very good. The average cost To the
Goy"rin"p' TX IL cents pound. which
Is about what Is paid in America
The average soldier in the Philippines
Is not DISCONTINUED Some who have come
home are itching 10 get back there When
the barracks have ieeu properly fixed for
their accommodation hey will not regard
service in tie Philippines as overland
The loyalty of our nat i've soldiers is notable.
I believe We have had but thirteen de-
ser'iors
While Gen Chafoe loves the seryic"
70 which be has devoted his life and has
sent his son 10 West Point 10 get that mill
tarv training which The General had to