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_ IIliELirsG, W. YA., MONDAY, MAY 8. 1899. TRICE TWO CENTS.
[ KVE CFXTS.
THE NEXT TASK
OF AMERICANS
IN PHILIPPINES
Will he to Clear the InsurRcuts
out of Bacolor, Southwest
of San Fernando.
REBELS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED .
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"With a Force of six Thousand
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tUCIIf ?I1U IlllVW iliuu ^
American Soldiers.
THE MURDEROUS PRACTICES
Of Filipinos at San Fernando.
Cut the Throats of Some
Chinese He fore Kvneuatlnu,
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MANILA, May 7, S:40 p. m.?To clear
the Filipinos out of Hacolor, about live
miles southwest 61 San Fernando, will
be the next task of the Americans. The
rebel general, Mascardo, has a force
of six thousand men there, well arined,
and possessed of plenty of ammunition.
Ills troops have never met American
soldiers, and they think, according to
reports carried to Ban Fernando, that
they can "whip the whole lot."
Dftcolor Is well Intrenched and thousands
of natives are working like beavers
digging trenches and carrying the
djrt In baskets. The enemy uses his
riflemen for lighting only, but compels
the 13olomen and Chinese, and even the
women to labor Incessantly.
The rebels have an outpost about five
miles beyond San Fernando, w?kh a u
trench that holds between two and
three hundred men. From that nolnt
several volleys were fired lost night
upon the cam? of the Twentieth Kan- (
eas regiment.
Neither Major General MacArthur nor
Major General Lawton moved to-day,
although each reconnottcre'l the country
In his own vicinity for som? miles
from headquarters, developing the presence
of small forces of the enemy.
Rebels Active.
In the vicinity of Lagune. do Bay the
rebels arc extremely active, but the
line? of General Ovenshlne and Colonel
"Wholloy, who is commanding General
Khig's brigade during the lattor's nines?,
have brea materially strengthened
and thora Is no danger in that direction.
The armed steamem Luguna de Bay
and Cavadonga, under Captain Grant
have gone to Guagua, about Ave miles
southwest of Bacolor, presumably to
establish a base of supplies for the
troops engaged in the northern campaign.
It Is rumored that Mabinl, president
of the cabinet and minister of foreign
affairs in the so-called Filipino government,
who is a radical, Is to be hucceeded
by Patemo, tho framer of the
Spanish treaty of 1S96. This change Is
regarded as significant at the present
Juncture.
The entrance of tho Americans Into
Ban Fernando was virtually unopposed.
The Filipinos who ordered the Invaders
to approach from the sea, had that side
of the town strongly guarded, but fcjjere
was only one line of trencTTes neyond
t:an Tomas. Two battalions of tho 1
Fifty-first Iowa regiment, which swam (
the rlwr north of the city, were smartly <
peppered while In the water, but tho t
rebels disappeared as soon as the Amer- 11
I leans reached the shore. In the mean- ,
time tho hospital squad had walked t
I across the bridge Into the city, suppos- t
Ing the Americans were there. They 1
( encountered no natives. \
The few Spaniards and Filipinos who
( were left welcomed the Americans and r
j opened their houses to them. General j
Mac^rthur accepted entertainment at ^
the hands of Snnor Hlzon, a sugar mag- l
t nate. f
Filipinos as Throat Cutters.
If the Inhabitants of the San Fernan- 1
do region are to be believed, there is j
little sympathy with the Insurrection (
In that quarter. Before evacuating the t
city the rebels burned the church and 1
tho public buildings and looted the Chi- '
nese quarters. They drove many rich ^
Filipinos with their families out of the (
city before them, as well as hundreds of ^
Chinese, to prevent them helping the '
Americans. They cut the throats of r
Mnny Chinese hid on roof topa i
or In rr-Hars, and some escaped by cut- <
tlnij off their quoucs. There are fifty
tosh graves Ir. the church yard.
Th?- country beyond Calutnplt Is full <
r,f all sorts of Ingenious trenches and t
Pitfalls In the roads, with sharpened j
bamboo. Fortunatoly tho Americans es- ^
caIHMl the latter. )
In the swamps near Sdn Tomas, ]
where General W'henton'u troops did
wi* linrdest fighting?the men sinking *
tr> th?-lr waists In mud?are many bod-" ^
Its c( Filipinos, smelling horribly. c
Our Troops Rnjoy I tig Iilfo. !
Tli" army la really enjoying life at i
Kan IVrnnndo, which 1b the moat pic- *
t^resquc and wealthy town the Amerl- 1
ran? have entered slnco the occupation (
cr Manila. It 1* largely built of atone,
thM river In close r?t hand and high hills
ahmiHt surround It.
Many sugar factories*. Indicate a thriven
Industry in thin respect, and there
nnmorous line residences. General
MacArthur'H permanent headquarters
H fntahllnhed In the best house In the
?which i? ncniy cieconucu wuii
tffifcoea and cr.rvod woods. i
Th" troops are encamped nround the 1
xuburba and am beginning to think they (
rciay b?* quartered there during tho wet f
R'nnon. i
After Bacolor limx be??n cleared water '
r''rr..-nunlcatlon with Manila rnny be en- j
Ubllahcd. Along tho ruudrt to Caluiu- i
\
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)lt the fuel wagons and bull teams
Iragglng provisions have to be ferried
>ne by ono acrosa two rivers, but the
Hllplnoa havo several launches In the
lver .Delta.
Tho American troops aro much, oxlaustcd
by the campaign, cxcept the
[owa troops, who are 'exceptionally
'resh. Tho regiments of tho division
Lvorago less tlian fifty men to a com
lany, and all lrnvo a' weather-worn ap>earanco.
Senator Albert Beverldgo, of Indiana,b
here studying the Philippine quealon.
Brigadier General Charles Ivlng has,
;alled ^for the United StateB on board
ho transport Pueblo. ^
BETTER GO SLOW.
3ovornor Thomas Threatens to Do
.Certain Tilings It'Colorado Troops
Aro Not Sent Homo. '
DENVER, Col., May 7. ? Governor
Thomas lias announced that within a
ew days, If President McKlnley and
he secretary* of war contlnuo to ignore
lis communication on the subject of
he Colorado regiment's removal from
he Philippines he will take step3 with
i view to securing tho Immediate recall
if the troops.
"I cannot as yet say just what course
shall follow*," he said, "but I will' exmust
every resource at my command
o bring those boys home., I have tried
lulet, peaceable ineaus and have failed.
s'Ow I will be obliged to resort to somehing
more forcible, and It will be made
>ubiic. Of courso, 1 do not desire ^to1
ake any action that will unjustly hain>er
the admlnlsttratlor, for I am an
American, but I do* not propose to sit
illy by and sue the volunteers from CoJirado
fighting and dying In the Phllppln^s
in defense of the policy which
s actuating those in charge of the
novements of our armies abroad.
"The volunteer troops aro being dealned
Illegally and In detlance of the
:onstltutlor.. They enlisted for the
'panlsh war. Thut war Is (A'er nnd
till thov nro r?tnlm>(1 In thnnn Inlnnflu
"Under the constitution the Colorado
olunteers will be perfectly justified In
ajing down their arms where they are
.nil returning to the United States."
THE BIG?STRIKE.
)t' tlie Grain Shovclere at Buffalo.
No Improvement. in tho Situation.
Kitrire Lake Tralllc Mny bo Tied Up.
BUFFALO, K. Y.. May 7.?President
ohnson, of tho state board of mediation
iml arbitration: IT. D. Goulder, of
Cleveland, attorney for the Lak? Careers'
Association, and Mr. Douglasn,
epresenting the Western Elevator Asociaticn,
called on Bishop Quipley, of
he Catholic church diocese of Buffalo,
o-day. and asked him to endeavor to
nduce the praln shovelera to accept the
>roposltlon snade by Contractor Conlors.
Tho result oC tho conference could not
to ascertained. It Is understood, howiver,
that Bishop Qulgley requested
lme for consideration and consiiltation
vlth the priests in whose parishes the
iuuuiv 1.1 vw.ia-lD?. uiu lutl mill .ur.
joulflcr Intends to remain over in Bufalo
until to-morrow night. is believed
;o Indicate that Bishop QulglVy will
nalse known his answer none time t?t
norrow. _ %i .
Contmctcr Connors is beginning to
mport men from other citle3 to take the
dace of the strlklr.n grain shove'.ers.
>ne of his boss ehovelors, Peter Dolon.
hus opened headquarters In a eaoon
at No. 4G Bowery. New York, and
s hiring men to work or. the docks
ioto. Dalton started 1HC men for Buf'alo
at midnight Saturday. One hunlred
and seven deserted nt the ferry
andlng in New York. The rest were
;>ut aboard a Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western- truln. On the way to BufTao
a stop was made and the men wore
?lven twenty-tivo cv*n?s for breakfast.
)nly twenty-nine of the forty-three
;am(? back to tho train. \Vh?n the
rain reached Buffalo-a delegation of
itrikers who -had received notice of the
:omlng of the Now Yorkers, appeared
u the depot, and enticed all but llfeen
of the newcomers away. The flf:een
who 6tuck^were taken to the Maine
elevator in a bua guarded by two
,>atrol wagons full of police. No atcmpt
was made to mok-st them.
Tho situation along the water front
emalns unchanged. Only seven eleva,ora
wore working to-day. I Is ostima;ed
that when the big Duluth Ueet
vhlch wlll^beg'.n-to arrive to-morrow is
n'it will take soveral weeks with a
'ull force of shovelers to clear tho har)or
and catch up on the work.
Late to-night it was given out that
he grain shovelers will present an ul
imaium to the Luke Carriers' Assocla;Ion
to-morrow morning. Tho officers
>f the now union were busy framing It
his evening. The substance of the ulIniatum
will be that If the .strike Is
lot ended this week the longshoremen
til along the chain nf lakes will be orlered
out nnd that the entire lake traflc
will Ik; tied up, and that for every
veck hereafter that Mr. Connors holds
he con-tract the grain shovclers* union
vlll add tlfty cents to the contract price,
rhe union Is wilting now to take tho
:ontroct for |2 Hat per thousand bush 1s.
Meaning Mr?*. Kloano.
BALTIMORE, Mil. May 7.-Cardinal
Uibbons ill the courso of his sermon at
he Cathedral to-day, on the unity of
he chnrch characterized the recent divorce
and marriage of a Boclety ladyNln
STcw York as a crime against* ChrlBt.
His Eminence said:
"Consider the jjontlfT In relation to
Clnff Henry Xhe Eighth,, who naked for
ho Pope's sanction to a divorce so that
?e might marry again. The pope refused
to give It, saying 'Whom God hath
olned together, let no man put nounIer.'
Only u few days ago the country
.van shocked at a woman In high life
vho was diverted at 3 o'clock and mar.
led again almost beforo tho Ink was
Iry on the divorce pap* . This Is a
:rirn? against the law of Justice."
Powder Mill Explodes.
POTT3VILLE, Pju, May 7,-Tho powler
mill plant of the Pottsvllks Water
Company, locate*] in the Indian Run
. alley, several miles went of here, blew
ip to-day, dtutroylng elk'htoon tons of
>owdirr. No workmen wero about the
;?lwnt ut th?> time of the explosion, but
lolm K. Heldvni, who lives nearby, wat?
YllKbtly hurt. A ffting of tciinips, It
s Ix-llevcd, aet tiro to a mnjrnalno which
jontalnod 1,200 kept of blmntlnw powder
ind fifty I<??ko of rlfl" powder, In all
ibout fourteen tons*. When the tlanefi
-enclicd the powdor It exploded with a
[xjrriflo report. Pottavllle and vicinity
iv?.'r?? ahaken, and ninny window pnne?
In the western mjburlm of lhlu place
ivoro broken.
THE FINDING OF
MILITARY
COURT
Appointed to Investigate Charges
o{ General Miles In Regard to
"Embalmed" lieef.
THE GENERAL IS CENSURED
For "Error" in Falling to Notify
Secretary of War of Opinions
lie Had Formed.
NO CHEMICAL TREATMENT
Of Refrigerated Beef ? Court's
Kcport on Canned Meats
and Other Matters.
WASHINGTON. May 7.-By direction
of the President, who approves the finding,
Acting Secretnry of War MelkleJohr.
to-day mada public the report and
Undlngs of the military court appointed
to Investigate the charges made by
"Major General Mile?, commanding the
army, that the beef supplied to the
army daring the war with Spain was
unlit for the use of the troops. The
most Important features of tfle report
are:
The finding that the general's allegations
that the refrigerated beef was
treated with chemicals were not established:
that his allegations concerning
the canned fresh or canned roast beef
were sustained as to Its unsultablllty
for food as used on the transports and
as a long-continued Held ration; censure
of General Miles for "error" in
falling to promptly notify the secretary
of war when he llrst formed the opinion
that the food was unlit; censure of
the commissary general (then General
Eqgan) for the too extensive purchases
of the canned beef as an untried ration;
censure of Colonel Maris, of General
Allies' staff; the llndlng that the packers
were not at fault and that the
meats supplied to the army were of
the same quality as tliose supplied to
me trade generally, and the recommendation.
that no further proceedings bo
taken In the premises.
The conclusion of the court adverse
to further proceedings based upon the
charges Is as follows:
"It has been developed in the course
of the inquiry as recited In this report
that In some Instances certain individuals
Called to perform the full measure
of duty or to observe the proprieties
which dignify high military command,
but the court is of the opinion that the
mere statement In the official report of
the facte developed meets the ends of
discipline, and that the interests of the
service will be best subserved If further
proceedings be not taken."
There is moreior less criticism of General
Miles in various parts of the report.
Probably the most direct Histnnce
is the one which states that beyond
the criticism of officers, found elsewhero,
is the report:
Miles and Matin Censured.
"The court llnds that against none of
the officers commanding corps, division?,
brigades und regiments and their
staff officers should a chargc of guilt
be brought.
"The court also finds that the major
general commanding the army had no
sufficient Justification for alleging that
the refrigerated beer was emblained or
was unfit for Issue to troops. It also
finds that he committed an error In
that, having belief or knowledge, as
claimed, that the food was unfit, that
It causod sickness and distress, that
some of it was eupplled under the pretense
of experiment, that oth^r boef was
embalmed, that he did not immediately
report such knowledge or belief to the
secretary of war to the end that a
nrn*?r?t* ri?m(?<lv mlt'hf lw? v? ???
piled."
The consure of Colonel Maus, Inspector
general on General Miles' stuff. Is
based upon his failure to call attention
to charges concerning the beef at ChlcIcamauga
contained In a report of Inspection
made by Dr. (or Major) Daly
on the 26 th of October last, In which
he stated his belief that the beef was
chemically treated.
"The silence of Colonel Maus," the
court naya, "on so Important a matter
as tho chemicalized l>eef reported by
Major Daly and personally known to
himself, Is most remarkable."
The remark Is ulso made that General
Miles' failure to draw special attention
to this report Is "unexplained."
Commenting upon General Miles' testimony
that he had tlrst formed the
opinion last August that the refrigerated
beef had been processed, the court
remarks:
"Whatover the date upon which he
formed a belief or a reasonable suspicion
that the'health of the troops wan
being Impaired by tho use of deleterious
food, It was his bounden duty, In tho
opinion of the court, instantly to take
tho most effective measures within his
control to ascertain the actual frtct and
t9 correut the wrong If any should be
found. It would have been practicable
to obtain samples of the beef then being
supplied to tho army by contractors
and to have submitted these sum
pies 10 cnemicai examination, which
would have -resulted In the detection
of the presence or absence of boric and
salicylic acids, or any other chcmlcal
agent thnt may have been used as a
preservotlv.e agent. Yet no such precaution
ns that suggested wns taken
l?y the major general commanding at
that time or at any subsequent time, do
far ns has been learned by the court.
No Chemically Treated Heel'.
"The court finds that the allegations
of the major general commanding, to
the effect that the refrigerated beef
supplied to the troopB was treated with
chemical preservative^ have not been
established. The court also llnds that
so much of tho allegations of tho major
general commanding In respect to tho
canned roast beef, as relates to Its unsultablllty
for food, us actually used
on the transports, ond as to its extensive
or long-continued ubo us a Held
ration, are sustained. In tho opinion of
tho court none of tho other allegations
in relation to tho canned fresh beef
are sustained. Tho evidence shows that
Colonel John F. "Weston, Assistant commissary
general of subsistence, recommended
the adoption of the canned
roast beef as u component of tho fleld
ration, and to this extent ho la responsible."
Tho report places the quantity of the
canned roast beef purchased for tho war
by the-commissary department at C,8i7,17-1
pounds, Including 330,000 pounds
utiibu nua niKJuy,m. iiuut intn uuu
other English portH. Thla amount la
characterized as excessive and the commissary
general (General Eagan) la acverely
criticised In'several parts of the
document on this acorn. One of the
severest rebukes la na follows:
"Considering the little use that had
been made of this beef In the regular
army the probability that tho volunteers
. were entirely Ignorant of It, that Its usu
ua a part or the Held ration had never
. been sanctioned by the President or secretary
of war, the court can but characterize
the action-of tho commissary
general of subsistence as unwarranted
and reckless?In that ho ordered the
purchase of such enormous Quantities
of a food that was practically untried
and unknown, and the court so finds.
' Tho court also finds that there Is no
ground for any Imputation whatever of
any other actuating motive on the part
of the commissars'" general than the
earnest desire to procure .the best possible
food for the troops. The court
pronounces this act of tho commissary
general of subsistence a colossal error,
for which there Is no palliation."
Noglcct in Delivery.
The court finds that there was neglect
In Cuba, and to a less degree In Porto
Rlco in delivering tho refrigerated
beef.
"The court," says the report, "flop's
not wlslv to Htflft* tho rasn mnrr. Mtmnu-lv I
than to say that the finding appears to
be warranted that too much time was
consumed In distributing this perishable
article. Tin? fault. If any there
was, rested with the brigade and higher
commanding officers, and their commissaries
and quarter mooters, but the testimony
is not eo detlnlte or specific as
to warrant the naming by the court of
any particular ofllcer."
They nay that tho refrigerated beef
was at first received with great satisfaction.
There is also criticism of tho
delay In unloading the refrigerating apparatus
of Swift & Co. at Santiago.
"An appeal by the contractors' agent
to General Shatter for un order on tho
quartermaster to expedite tl>e delivery,
from the transport of the refrigerating
plant did not uffect any result. Tl\e delay
In this matter waatlie cause of serious
loss." i
"Tho court la of tho opinion that tho
canned roast beef was not suiti/.ble us
a travel ration 011 transports, considering
the absence of cooking facilities
and the absence from that ration of
fresh vegetables and condiments. For
use on shore us a field ration, where tho
companies had their camp cooking
equipment and vegetables were available,
canned roast beef Is -suitable for
Issue, say two days In ten, but not for
two days In succession. In some organizations
It seems to have constituted
at least one-half of the meat ration,
and until after the surrender the troops
had no means for other cooking than
was practicable with the, individual kit
carried. For such extensive use. or
any use exceeding one day in five, the
court finds this beef unsuitable.
"Tho refrigerate! .lfoef Is. In the opinion
of tho court, a suitable ration for
troops wh|?n It can be Issued, to them
In good condition."
The Court's Opinion.
As to whether anything better than
the beef was available foj* a ration, the
opinion Is:
1. That on the transports -the rcllance
on canned fresh and canned corned beef
wae wise, but that tho canned fresh
beef was less desirable than the corned
beef.
2. That wiille the bacon Is not regard
<_n uh u buuaoio, consmnt rood in cum-1
palgn for troops nerving In tho tropics,
combined with the vegetables than the
unknown and unfamiliar canned roast
beef eaten direct from tho can.
.. n. That the line of refrigerated bepf
on shore, after the troopn had secured
convenient harbors and landing facilities.
wan wise and desirable. Tho
court believes that there wns no better
food available or practicable.
The opinion Is expresned that. it would
have been impracticable to land beef
cattle on tho hoof in Cuba, the remark
of the court on this point being as follows:
"The commanding general of the expedition
characterizes as 'absurd! such
a projnVsitlon, and many of his commanding
officers whose opinion Is Riven
In tho testimony, coincided with him
In tho impracticability or Inexpediency
of such a project. Tho court concurs
In the opinion of these men, whose experience
In active military service dated
from ISfll."
An instruction of tho PrcsldQnt's to
the court was 'Ihnt If th<? packers of
the country are guilty It must be
known." Replying to this direction, the
court says:
"The court Ilnds that nt the outbreak
of hostllltlfti In April, 1898. the packers
of canned beef were engaged In tho
manufacture of an article of standard
quality, well known to the trade and
tho subsistence department under the
nam" of canned roast beef. The methods
of packing then in use were the
prime an those hHbltually employed In
th?* preparation of the meat as an article
of commerce, nnd the court doos
not find that they underwernt any
change during the progrosu of the war.
Meat Purchases.
The large purchases for the use of the
military forces during the months of
May and June were, 1898, were made?
not at the solicitation of the packers or
In consequence of efforts put forth by
them for that purpose?but by the order
and upon the Initiative of the commissary
general of subsistence, such pur- i
chases being made In every caw by otll- I
com of his department in the uhual
manner." i
On another point connected with tho packers,
the court says: i
"Allllfmirh Oiii ?i.?uHnofmnwf ??f nn.
count h between (he United Statoa anil i
th?? contractors wan not referred to the ]
rourt, It appears from tho testimony
that whenever nny enna haw boon
found to bo defoctlvo, nubne<piont to <
their original delivery to the flubufwtence t
department, nuch enna hnvo lioen roplneed
la every Instance."
HeplylnK npeolflcally to other qaen- 1
tlonH out by the President, tho court
says:
TlinJ tho condemned beef wnn described
no "frooh" because It was not 3
salted, but that tho meat .wad not'old
or stale.
That tho refrigerated bcaf furnished
tho army was "not doctored or treated
with any other agency than cold Jilr."
That tho moat purchased for' iho
army was tin* meat of commerce; tha*
"both .kinds?refrigerated and canned?
were such as ore Well known in both
hemispheres as commercial articles of
which there Is and hoe been very largo
consumption, not only by tho trade generally,
but by the United States navy
and by, the armies ahd navies of Europe."
That no reports of unfitness or unsult.
ability of tho beef sent from the United
States were forwarded to the war department
by any general officer serving
In Cuba, or Porto Itlco, while tho field
operations were In progress, nor wero
any such reports received until more
than one month after hostilities
ceased.
That barring some defects in methods
of Inspecting the beef on Its delivery to
the subsistence department, the de-i
terloration of the meat In shipment was
du?? to the fault of no one.
The charges of General Miles, an
made In .newspaper Interviews, as well
as those made before the war Investigating
commission, aro referred to nt
length, among them being the Interview
with tho general, pent out fn>in tho
New York oflicoof the Associated Press,
In which Oeneml Miles was quoted ns
saying that lie ho/1 "overwhelming evidence
that the beef wns treated with
'chcmlcnls to preserve It, and thnt ho
had affidavits from men who saw tho
beef undergoing the embalming process."
The court notes the denial which General
Miles made of this part of the conversation
as It wan printed In tho New
York Herald, but prints the chanxons a
part of tho allegation, saying on this
point:
"The testimony of both Mr. Reed end
Mr. Berry, of tho New Yorjc Times,
aprree In tho verity of the Interview as
reported bv the former, and this Is
founrl In the Herald clippings. Tho
court docs not,therefore. ignore this
paragraph# but treats it as a part of the
allegations which are under invecstlgatlon."
Chcmlcal Investigation.
Summing: up tho results of the Investigation
of the chemists employed by
the court, the court says.
"The contents of all the cases, which
consisted of bulled rather than roast
beef, were found to be perfectly sweet,
with an odor of cooked meat. The beef
In nearly all the cans appeared to have
been softened by exposure to heat, but
apparently without Injurious effect as
to its quality; apart from this the meat
contents were found to be in a good
state of preservation In every case. No
traces of preservative ucids were found
In ony.of the cans.
There k> no testimony to the effect
that any of tho canned fresh beef supplied
to the subsistence department
since April U5.1S9S, has been chemically
treated or subjected to the action of
preventatives of any hind save a umall
quantity of common salt which has'been
added us seasoning to the product of
certain packers."
Several page# of the report are devoted
to tho consideration of the allegations
made by Gen-eral Miles that the
refrigerated beef was treated with preservatives,
but the statement Is mado
upon the threshold of his question that
Ilttlo testimony was submitted by him
in support of hJs contention."
Tho Inference (IrM-n by tho court
from from the absence of such testis,
mohy'Is adverse to tho existence of
practice alleged to prevail by the major
genefril 'commanding."
Dr. Daly's Hoport.
Considerable attention is glvon to Dr.
Daly's testimony concerning the refrigerated
beef on the transport Panama,
and also to the report concerning tho
beef supplied to the Inrmuncs stationed
nt Chlckamaug;u Referring to tho
doctor'a analysis o? residuum from beef
secured on the transport, the court calls
attention to th?? fact that he approved
the finding of the l>oai'd of survey, and
that notwithstanding tiro re wero other
medical olllcers on board, no reference
was made by him to his suspicion that
the meat had been chemically treated."
Court's Closing Statement.
Tho report closes with the following
statement: "The court, with a deep
sense of the responsibilities de volving
upon It, has labored zealously to bring
out the truth, and believes that It has
fully covered all the matters referred
to It for Investigation. Tho calling
of more witnesses from the large
number suggested by the major general
commanding. Including nil thOHe who
have taken part in the opvrntlon of the
war, would only have resulted In additional
testlmonv on the Hnmo llnea ns
those/ pursued, without throwihg further
light upon the questions Involved.
Several witnesses who were duly subpoenaed
to appear before the court did
not obey the summons. Some of these
were colled nt the Instance of the major
general commanding, others at the
instance of the court. Having knowledge
of th" fact that the statutes did
not make It j>o.ssil>le to punish witnesses
who refuse to testify before a
court-martial or court of Inquiry* the
court took no steps to compel their attendance.
The document Is sngned by J. .T. Wado,
Major General. U. 8. V., president;
George B. Davis, lieutenant colonel
deputy Judge advocate general, recorder.
The foregoing report having been submitted.
with the proceedings, the fol>
lowing are the orders thereon:
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C.,
May ?. J5PP.
The flndlnga of the court of Inquiry
an* approved.
(Signed) WM. M'TCIXLKY.
The court .of Inquiry, of which Major
General James F. Wade, TT. S. V., is
president. Is hereby dissolved.
By order of tho acting secretary . of
war. h. c. connix.
Adjutant General.
Miles lini Nothing Say.
WASHINGTON. May 7. ? General
Miles, when asked'to-night whether ho
had any comment to make upon the beef
report. replied that he bad rentt it. "But
I Imvo nothing to Fay." he added. "Either
about the report, tho method of
faking testimony or the conclusions
reached."
"Docs that mean that so far as you
are concerncd you will let th<* matter
rest where the report leaves It?" asked i
tho roporler.
"i nave notmnpr to say," replied General
Mllca.
Wont hop Foreoast for To-day.
For West Virginia, showers and j
thunder storms Monday and Mondny |
nlprht; Tuesday fair; southerly, shifting
to southwesterly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania, showors
:ind thunder storms, wfrth cooler MooHay;
Tuesday fnir; brisk ?'nst io
southeast wr.lfls.
For Ohio, showers and thunder Ptorms
ivlth cooler Monday, brisk southeastcry,
flhlftliiK to northwesterly winds.
Irtjcal Tompcrnturo.
Thy tctnnerntuiv Saturday, as obporvcrt
by 0. Schneuf, druKKtst, corner Mnrkot
and Fourteenth ntreots. was uu follows:
7 a. in "7| S n. ni 7ft
;? a, m fill 7 p. m ;i
12 in# G3|Woathor?Cloudy,
SUNDAY.
7 n. m Ml 3 i>. m R0
0 a. in C.?I 7 i>. m 77
12 m 7S|Wcathor?Fair.
REBUKING
THE "AUNTIES."
Three big Mass Meetings In Sup.
port of the Administration's
Policy In the Philippines.
PATRIOTIC CHICAGO - CITIZENS
Pass Resolutions Commending
President McKinIey*s Action
in the flutter.
CHICAGO, May Ws rr&sa
meetings wero held in, Chicago to-day to
voice approval of the policy ot tho
ministration with reference1 .1?
Philippine Islands cnii' to> protest)
against tho sentiments ojfpresstd lost
Sunday at the antl-Expanfilon meeting
in Central Musical Hall., To-day's
meetings wero held \n tho Auditorium,
Central Music hall, and the First Methodist
church, and In- spite of the Inclement
weather the aggregate of attend-*
unco was probably ten thousarrtl.
The presiding ofllcera of the- tKrea
meetings were Judge Oliver H*. Marton?
cx-Judge John Barton Payne and!
Thomas B. Bryan, At the Auditorium
as at the other two gatherings, every]
mention of President McKtnley or Ad-*.
mlrat Dewey brought thnndere^ofi applause.
The speakers at tho Auditorium were*
"William Dudley Foulko, of Indiana^
Bishop Samuel Fallows, Congressman
Jonathan P. Dclllver, of Iowar, cx-Con(gressman
George E. Adams, Judgo
Richard- Southlll and Rev. Dr. P. 3.
Henson. Most of these also spoke at
the other meetings.
The following resolutions were read
by General John Black and adoptedunanimously
at all o? the meetings:
A Sequence ol* War.
"First?We- rccognlze that a. condition
of war prevails in the Philippine
Islande between the government of the
United States and certain men who are
in insurrection against the lawful authority
of the United States. We believe
that audi condition of insurrection
has arisen from a course of events
which when once instituted has moved
in Irresistible sequence to 'the present
situation?that this course of events
began with the barbarities practiced
by the Spanish government toward the
inhabitants of tho Island of Cuba.
These barbarities were continued by
the Spanish authorities in spite of our
protestations and entreaties through a
series of years for an amelioration of
these dreadful conditions, and finally
culminated In the destruction, of our
war-vessel, the Maine,'in the harbor of
Havana. Every step which followed
has been an inevitable sequence.of the
preceding event.-??war between the two
nations, th(? success'of American arms
and the consequences which attach to
the conquest of an armed foe.
Among .these consequences were the
occupation of the Philippine Islands by
the American naval and military forces,
and the substitution during the remainder
of'tht* u*?r ?vf n nM'nmifmfv r?f tVi?
conoueror-for that of.t-he conquered. Iru
the Philippine Islands, wlth%the exception
of ii- single year. Spanish sovereignty
hno been complete tflnce the sixteenth
century. SpaVn collected the
taxes, held the fortifications, appointed,
all the civil olllcers, Spanish viceroys,
Spanish Judges, Spanish courts nd;ninIstfered
the laws which were proclaimed
by the Spanish government and enforced
by the Spanish army and navy.
The sudden destruction of this sovereignty
compelled the substitution of tho
sovereignly of the conqueror. No other
government In the archipelago wna
competent to receive the authority surrendered
by Sjmin. Our government
had to accept and assume tho responsibilities
of tho situation and execute
the duties devolved upon It by tho
change In the administration of the
laws. The onlf alternative was to surrender
the Islands to anarchy or to
foreign and selfish Intervention. Neither
course was compatible with duty or
with tho dictates of humanity. Therefore.
a!ter the victory In tho harbor
of Manila, it was incumbent on our
government to protodt life and, property,
uirougnou: mo archipelago.
"Wo recognize ami declare -the facta
to bo that from the 18th day of August,
1?0S, until the -1th day of February,
1699, ponce prevailed in .Manila onder
the protection of American arnw?that
on the day last named an Insurgent
force assailed our army In Us fortifications
and encampment#! under the cover
of darkness?and by this act of aggression
Inaugurated hostilities, tho
llrst result of which wna intended (p bo
wholesale massacre and the destruction
of property within the city.
Incited \tfith Sorrow."
"We rr*clte with earrow the fact that
tho chief encouragement extended to
the Insurgents lias been from some of
our misguided ft-Uow-citlzens; and to
them must Ik? ascribed much of tho
bloodshed and ruin which has followed,
"We further declare that the government
of the United States has sought
In every honorable way to secure cessation
of hostilities as evinced by the
appointment of a -commission fully ajnthorized
to treat with tho insurgents
and to offer them peace and amnesty,
and b{,' the action .of our military and
naval authorities, who have at all times
been ready to proteot those who would
surrender their arms and cen^o their
warfare against the government of tho
,United States.
"We point <to the fact that these efforts
of peace have boon contumaciously
rejected bv the Insurgents until It
became manifest even to them that they
were waging a. hopeless war.
"Second?We declare our belief in the
high honor and just action of our army
and navy In the Philippine Islands. Wo
believe thnt our government has taken
every step that it should take to secure
I peace and order. We believe thnt the
administration representing the govcrnI
ment has highly and fully discharged
Its duty in the premiers. We consider
It our ]K\rt to share the burdens of <nir
1 government rather than to embarrass
Its efforts and thus prolong the conillct
of arms.
iiii.u?:??? ivimw wiill {IT. tniS VCTV
hour our soldi era In nrms nru face to
Chco with nn nrnu?d too; nnd until the
close of hostilities u*i? know only our
country, It.* annv and navy, nwl its executive.
Wo nleilre to thorn while our
tloK- ehall bo la battle, our unfaltering
support.
l*rl<loof Amerlenns.
"Fourth?'Wo, as Americans, talio
pride In the nchlovctnent of our army,
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