The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-26
LOSES ARMY HORSES.
General G. w. Davis Says Cavalry Ami
mills Die RAPIDLY.

Washington. Nov. 25.-The annual re-
port of Major General George ". Davis.
commanding the division of the Philip
pines, recites that the losses among cav
airy horses in the islands have been very
great and there has not been found any
means of preventing these tropical ami
NAL diseases. 1t is recommended that
mounted troops in the islands. as their
terms expire, be largely replaced by in
fantrymen recruited four or five years.
Referring TO the Juramentados. the re-
port says:
The MoroS are accustomed TO suffer
all of the caprices of their despotic au-
thority. The laws of centuries permit
men to be recruited for any purpose
whatsoever The debtor who cannot pay
becomes. with his family. the slave Of
the creditor. The debtor thus loses all
his rights and his children can be sold
throughout the archipelago He can.
however buy the liberty of his family at
the risk of his own lfe-that is, for the
largest number of Christians he can slap.
IL the debtor accepts that proposition.
he becomes at that moment a Juramenta-
dor Death is therefore, certain for all
Juramentadoes. When they arrive at a
sufficient state OF exaltation. but never
before they are sent into a Christian
community"
in dealing with affairs in the Moro
country, the report says the sultan was
advised by the Schurman commission as
an obstacle to the government and the
continued practice Of slavery is instanced
as a justification for declaring the agree
ment null and void
The fact is" the report says. there
never has been time for three years
when a force of 800 soldiers in the Moro
country and two or three smaller other
countries could preserve the peace. but
this was not known or not fully under
stood when this agreement was entered
into"
With the Bates agreement the govern
ment will have to deal with only the
chiefs or the village head men. called
dattos
As 10 the sultan OF Sulu. the report
saws it is apparent to everybody that his
power has departed and that very soon
he will only be a character in history
and that no one, not even his own people.
viii regret his exile.
The report says that in all the cities
and large towns throughout the archi-
pelago and throughout every large part
of the rural districts inhabited by Chris
tian FiIipinOs. life and property have been
secured ana the inhabitants have pur-
sued their ordinary vocatons without
annoyance or law-breaking.
1t seems certain that there must be
n native contingent in the regular army,
but no necessity exists for coDceding a
demand for more food. nor more pay
and clothing allowance than received by
white troops. General Davis says the
NAIVE Filipinos under American officers
would be as true and faithful as any
troops could be- provided they are well
treated and paid promptly.
General Davis recommends that the for
titication of Subig bay should not be un-
dertaken until Manila shall have been
fully protected The defense Of Manila.
he adds. is a very serious proposition.
owing to physical conditions.
The cost of transportation for the fis-
cal year was $500 90. and General Davis
comments on the subject
The transport service Of tne United
States. 80 now conducted. is a very cost
II luxury. at it IS defended or excused
on the ground OF incxorable military ne
cessity."
The INSPECTOR general for the depart
ment OF Mindanao favo-s the restoration
OF the canteen