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SPAIN INSISTS ON ELIMINATING
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Film INSTRUCTIONS SHE GIVEN.
Both Gqvermnents Send Orders Which
Conflict and May ltesult In Kndlnff
the Peace Conference.
A Washington special says: The
cabinet held a special session Satur¬
day night, at which instructions un¬
derstood to be of a positive character,
bearing on the Philippine question,
were drafted for dispatch to the Amer¬
ican commissioners in Paris.
These instructions were the outcome
t)f the conference held earlier in the
day and instruct the American repre¬
sentatives to admit of no further dis¬
cussion as to the right to consider the
disposition of the islands and state
that on that point the instructions
already sent must, stand, the only mat¬
ters of discussion .from the American
view being the manner of giving over
theiislands. .
May Be tlie Bast.
El Imparcial (Madrid) says the gov¬
ernment has forwarded instructions to
Seno'r Montero Rios, president of the
Spanish p’eace commission at Paris,
and that Monday’s conference may be
the last or the last but one, “unless
the A merican -.cum mission ers moderate
their claim.”
According to El Imparcial,a member
of the cabinet has virtually declared
as much.
The Madrid papers declare that the
expected visit of Emperor William is
a matter of no political importance,
and, that the German ambassadors in
Madrid aiid at Berlin are in no way
connected'itl* \ it.
Vealy improbable.
A special of Sunday from Washing¬
ton says: Among on-lookers here the
impression exists—though it is not the
result of any official statement—that
the Spanish peace commissioners will
not consent to a treaty which the
American commissioners could sign.
It seems almost.possible, also, that
in the pitiable pressure to which the
Spanish commissioners are subjected
between their large'creditors, who are
on the spot watching them, and the
stern attitude of the United States, the
Spaniards may abandon their struggle
and leave the two forces to confront
each other.
The statement is made that the last
memorandum from the Americans is
regarded by the Spaniards as a virtual
ultimatum. But, as a matter of fact,
the Americans have not presented an
ultimatum, save as their treatment of
the subject in hand may be unanswer-
ble.
It is only since Wednesday last that
the Spaniards have begun to feel that
the Americans purpose taking over the
Pb 'i ipines, and that, too, without any
as: Option of Spanish indebtedness.
As they are now convinced of this.it
may be that Spain’s next presentment
in conference will be tho supreme rally
of her diplomatic, It argumentative and
tactful forces. may even mark the
conclusion of all she has to say. but if
the rules of procedure are followed,
the America 113 would still have another
presentation to submit.
Ever since October 1 it has been
within the range of possibility that at
any meeting an open rupture might
occur, and on one or two occasions it
might b»' re 1 - ,een easll N a fact even be¬
fore taking up of the Philippine ques¬
tion .still insist that she
fectivelHesetved Spain may her ef-
preientjfr° R ion Philippi ne sov-
m ( scuss or disturb¬
ance bjtbe United States in a note
from D' ke Almodovar de Rio. the
xLnflTiishminister of foreign affairs, to
TiuDe BY. t ^ ien United States secre-
“of state, dated Madrid, August
tary Ids by this message that Spain
7th. ..resum-dy accepted the terms of
Lnce se^th at by kP President am ^ 8 request, McKinley had
been ;i!reua$ ecretar 7 V®y ,ln der date of
Tilly30- Almodovnr de R, ° an d message by the
o!! r jl r>nk Secretary Day
L OIl6 of that Spain
re tpro'' 6 to ,he United States
' ’ Bee (vjmissioapand to the tribunal
P® a ce ibfR Spain’s
,. a t;<r !;ePhil'PP ,n e islands sovereignty
vet t discussion was re-
° j any here and
the United States.
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ALBANY. GA.
CONVICT FARM BOUGHT.
Tract Contains 3,334 Acres ami Cost tlie
State 820,000.
Georgia’s new prison farm will be
near Milledgeville, the prison commis¬
sion having purchased the Newell
tract, as has already been published.
This tract includes land owned by
Captain T. F. Newell and Messrs.
Hendricks, Bethune, McComb and
Roberts.
Judge Turner states that the farm
is a fine body of laud, comprising
3,334 acres, lying between the Georgia
and the Central railroads in Baldwin
county. It is susceptible of as high a
state of cultivation as any land in mid¬
dle Georgia.
The tract costs $25,000, of which
sum the city of Milledgeville has
agreed to give $5,000 so that the farm
will cost the state only $20,000 for
purchase money. Some of it is well
wooded and watered, It contains
some rolling land and a great many
acres of bottom land. It will make
excellent crops.
The legislature appropriated $50,000
for the purchase of a farm and the es¬
tablishment of the famale, the young
and the old convicts on it. After
paying for the farm the commission
will have $25,000 with which to pur¬
chase additional land if desired and
to move the convicts and house them
and keep them until they become self-
sustaining, if ever.
Large stockades must be built.
Large barns will be needed and also a
mill for grinding grain, making meal
and flour. The state will probably
plant cotton as well as grains and
grasses and vegetables.
An option was secured by the com-
missioners on a water power adjoining
the- Newell farm and also an option on
anotker farm of 2,000 acres.
The location of the farm is central,
and with two railroads running through
it or close to it, it will be very accessi-
ble from all parts of the state.
The removal of the convicts n’iH
begin next spring, when tho present
lease expires. There are about
convicts in the penitentiary, all told,
and of these there will be possibly
300 for the farm. Whether the farm
can be made to do more than pay ex¬
penses is to be proved. Some think
it is possible for the state to raise
large quantities of meat and grain as
well as cotton and make the farm more
than self-sustaining.
The first year’s results are not ex¬
pected to be very flattering, as there
will be so much expense in making all
the preliminary preparations, and the
state will have to support the women,
children and decrepid convicts until
the food crops are made.
STRIKERS WIN FIGHT.
Cliioago-Virden Coal Company Agrees to
Pay the State Scale at Onqp.
The differences between the Chieago-
Virden Coal company at Virden and
Auburn, Ill., and the striking miners,
have been settled, and the shafts will
soon be in operation.
The company agreed to pay the state
scale of 40 cents per ton, but did not
want to tear down the stockade,
Finally, the company accepted the
offer of the miners that they would
take it down and charge the company
nothing for their labor
Adjutant General Reese, of Spring-
field, notified Sheriff Davenport Sat-
urday that, the remaining troops
guarding the Chieago-Virden
Company’s shafts at Virden should be
removed. Since the difference between
the coal company and the miners have
been settled, troops are no longer
needed.
General pressure is being brought
to bear by influential persons that
nothing shall result from the grand
jury’s investigations.
CIRCULARS ARE ISSUED
Advising Negroe. to Commit Crime When
Opportunity Offers.
Postoffice Inspector Bay, of New
Orleans, was in Chattanooga, Tenn., a
few days since, and it vas learned
that, growing out of the recent race
troubles in North Carolina, the post-
office authorities had discovered that
an organized scheme had been tet on
foot by parties unknown for the pur-
pose of instigating the negroes of Mis
sissippi, Alabama and portions of Geor-
gia to deeds of violence. C.rculais
have been sent out signed by the
"Rosebud Club ” in which negroes
are urged to criminally assault whito
women whenever they have an oppor-
tunny and to perform other dastardly
crimes.
MORGAN. GA„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IT, 1898.
SPANISH TROOPS MUTINY.
Seven Thousand at Neuvitas and Puerto
Principe Demand Pay.
Private reports reaching Key West
from Puerto Principe and Neuvitas,
say that 7,000 regular soldiers muti¬
nied, demanding their pay before em-
baikjng for Spain. About 4,000 armed
soldiers, the reports add, presented
themselves in front of the palace, call¬
ing on the military governor, Emilio
March, for their overdue pay.
Thereupon General March drew his
sword and ordered them to disband.
The soldiers, however, refused to
obey, and some of them, armed with
loaded rifles, threatened the life of
General March, who returned his
sword*to its scabbard, crying out:
“Do you wish to kill me? Well, kill
me!”
The soldiers in reply shouted:
“No, no; we only want our pay be¬
fore embarkiug for Spain.”
General March promised that they
should be paid, and the soldiers re¬
turned to their quarters peaceably.
The steamer Alava left Havana four
days ago with $150,000 with which to
pay those soldiers who were to embark
immediately for Spain.
The cruiser Alfonso XII and the
gunboats Copde de Venadita and In¬
fanta Isabel have proceeded to Neuvi¬
tas to compel the soldiers to embark,
after which they will proceed to Gibara
for a like purpose, and will then go to
Spain, unless new orders are received.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
The New Industries Reported in tlie South
During the Past Week.
Among the special reports of new
industries during the past week, tlie
more important are a new by-product
plant in the Birmingham district; a
$10,000 brick works’in Louisiana; re-
cently burned, to be rebuilt; carworkc
and repair shojis in Tennessee; a new
cotton mill in each of the Carolinas;
electric light plants in Alabama, Louis-
jana and Texas; flouring mills in North
■ Carolina and Virginia; the develop-
ment of gold mines in Georgia ami
North Carolina; a handle factory in
| West Virginia; a hemp factory in Ken-
; tucky; a $100,00Q hydro-carbon light-
ing and heating company in Arkansa ;
and ice factory in Kentucky; five lum¬
ber companies: in Alabama a $10,000
investment, in Arkansas $50,000, in
Georgia $20,000, in Kentucky $75,-
000, in Texas $25,000; a large stave
factory in Arkansas, owned by a Mich¬
igan company; a $250,000 steamboat
company, organized by Mississippians;
talc mines in North Carolina; tele¬
phone companies in Alabama and Ken¬
tucky, and tobacco foctories in Ken¬
tucky and Tennessee.—Tradesman
(Chattanooga, Tenn.)
TOLBERTS HARD AT WORK.
The Ilrot’iers M:ik© Another Cull On
]'resident McKinley. .
A Washingiou sneei-il Carolina' savs- The re-
publicans of South are still
trying to find some way to get the
federal government to take a hand in
the troubles at Greenwood and for
that purpose 1 the Tolberts are still in
the city Monday K R Tolbert
James Tolbert, J M Collins and R L
Henderson called on the president and
had a long conference with him.
James Tolbert and Collins le"t theihhe are nost-
maslers, and after they
ouse they 'for went to the Postoffice de-
pnrtment a conference with the
postmaster general.
While all concerned arc very anxious
to keep the facts of their visit from
getting to the public it is known that
their present plan is to get the post-
office department to send detectives
into South Carolina and e-(leaver to
make out eases against a lot of people
for running United States postmasters
away. They claim that it will be
easy J to establish such cases.
NAVAL OFFICER SUICIDES.
Wa , 0rdere d to Manila and Preferred
Heath to a Change.
Lien t enant Herman G. Dressel, of
the Dnited states navy, committed
fiU i c ide in the Carrollton hotel at Bal-
timore . Monday, by * shooting 8 himself
in the hea(] .
In one of t he dead man’s pockets
was fonnd an or(]er f rom Secretary
Lon(?i dated November 11th, detach
i n g Dressel from the Essex and order-
ing Lim to Manila to join the Zaf.ro,
A tele g ra in addressed to Lieutenant
c . H . Foies, in Washing, and sign-
ed , ; Dressel, which was also
{onnd reqU ] ested Fales to exchange
OTders w th the writer, and it was
evidently J the intention of Dressel to
have Ben t this .
OF THE RACE RTOT AT PHOENIX,
SOUTH CAROLINA.
TOLBERT CULLS. ON M’KINLEY.
He Tells TIis Side of the Story and De¬
mands That the Trouble Bo
Looked Into.
A Washington special says: The
president has ordered federal officials
to investigate the condition of affairs
in Greenwood county, f?outh Carolina,
and to report to him as to whether fed¬
eral interference is warranted.
This order was sent through the de¬
partment of justice Friday.
Tlie United States marshal and the
district attorney are directed to pro¬
ceed to Phoenix and report the facts.
The step was determined on after a
confeience of an hour between repub¬
lican leaders of South Carolina and
the president.
During the session of the cabinet Fri¬
day considerable attention was devotod
to the race troubles in the Carolinas.
The president expressed deep concern
over tlie situation.
Of course, the duty of punishing the
transgressors is with the state author¬
ities, and as Governor Ellerbe has not
suggested that be needs aid, it is diffi¬
cult to see how the federal government
is going to interfere.
B. R. Tolbert, whose father .and
brother were shot in the recent race
war at Phoenix, was at the department
of justice Friday and asked for the
investigation of the riot by the federal
authorities of the state. Tlie elder
Tolbert, as lias been announced, is
now in tbe state penitentiary for safe
keeping from popular violence.
Tolbert’s Story.
Tolbert says that the true facts of
the rioting have not been given. The
facts are, he said, as follows:
“I was nominated by the republicans
of my district. For the purpose of
making a contest before tlie house,
my brother, T. P. Tolbert, agreed to
be present at the polling place at
Phoenix fo.--the purpose of witnessing
the affidavits of colored men who wore
l-ejected as voters because of their in-
ability to comply with the require-
ments of the constitution.
“My brother took no part in the
management of the polling place,
which was in the hands of the demo-
crats. He simply sat on the piazza of
Mr. Luke’s house and witnessed the
affidavits given him, depositing these
affidavits in a box prepared for the
purpose.
killed, Etheridge, the white man who
was was an election manager at
» precinct two miles away. He left
bis own precinct and, with a party of
men, went to Phcenix. He walked up
with his party to where my brother
was kicked sitting at a table and deliberately
over the table and box in which
the certificates were. Then he assault-
ed my brother.
"In * short while the democratic
voters who were in the same house
rushed out and commenced shooting
into the crowd. The negroes fled. My
brother, who is probably dead by now,
told me that Etheridge was killed
"bots from his own friends. My
brother did not have a weapon on his
person.”
At a late hour Friday afternoon
Tolbert, accompanied by Solicitor
General Richards, of the department
of justice, called at the white house
and had an extended interview with
'President McKinley Ho related to
the president the story of his experi-
ences in South Carolina entering on^elec- into
minute details of the trouble
tion dtv The t rreidont lintonorl nt
indication^of^whntaction entirely to the reeltn! hi gave no
if,ny might
betaken However The attornov^EraUmi he rreiuested Mr
Tolbert to see "tltement hi
" t „ f n *
ation as he viewed th^ it
Returubm to department P int«T?ew of ins
tice Tolbert bad an with
Attorney General Griggs who had
bistretnrnedtothec.tv from New
Tersey At the conchision oMheHn
ervbiw the attorney general said he
wou d have a rmnfercnce with the ll
pre possible^ dont unon It*woubltlicn the rnatter as soon
a „d be deter
mined what ’ if anything an y Uan 8> wo,,ia would be be
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tensive line of goods.
W. S. BELL,
9 GrA.
SPANIARDS ASK DELAY.
No Meeting of the Peace Commission Was
Held Monday.
A Paris special says: There was no
ioint sessions of the peace commis¬
sions Monday. Secretary Moore, of
| the United States commission, re-,
ceived from Secretary Ojeda, of the
Spanish commission, a note saying
that the Spanish commissioners had
found it impossible to prepare their
memorandum for presentation, and
asking if the United States commis¬
sioners would be inconvenienced if,
owing to the late arrival from Madrid
of expected data, the Spaniards would
request that the next meeting be de¬
ferred until Wednesday.
American Secretary Moore replied that the
commissioners were qnite
ready to accommodate the Spanish
commissioners in this matter, and the
joint session was deferred until Wed¬
nesday.
Importance was attached to this de¬
lay, it being regarded as indicating
lhat the Spanish commissioners are
preparing for a final stand in the ne¬
gotiations and it may be now definite¬
ly stated that they will not sign a
treaty which yields to Spain no more
for the Philippine islands than has
thus far been offered or indicated by
the Americans.
Should the latter announce that the
United States is only willing to reim¬
burse Spain for her pacific expenses in
the Philippine islands, the Spanish
commissioners will reply that their
mission is finished, Should this
occur it is possible the Spaniards will
also suggest a suspension of negotia¬
tions through the commission and the
i e sumption of negotiations between
Madrid, and Washington. .
The attitude, of the Spaniards is ex¬
plained by thefaet that the members
of the'Spanish commission have polit¬
ical alliances and personal responsi¬
bilities to constituencies and the na¬
tional creditors of Spain which re,-
' strict them to certain lines, whSch is
as far as tlio ministry at Madrid cares
to go.
COMPLICATIONS MAY ARISE
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Unless Mexican Antiioritles Helens© an
American Vi-isoner, illegally Held.
A Washington special says: The
state department is making strong
efforts to secure the release of the
American, Temple, who is in a Mexi-
can jail on the charge of murder com-
niitted in the United States, and it
llas instructed Mr. Fowcll Clayton,
United States minister to Mexico, to
address himself directly to the Ameri-
can foreign office on that subject. The
principle involved in the case is re-
i fiarded of the highest importance, for
if Temple is held for trial by the Mex-
ican authorities it will amount to an
admission on the part of the United
States of the right of Mexico to exer-
cbe extra territorial jurisdiction over
American soil,
Substantially the same claim was in-
wived in the celebrated Cutting case,
which came near causing a breach of j
friendly th relations, recent and it arose of.Leonard again |
» n e more case
U»chco. Cutting was released by the
Mexican government only after trial.
Raoheo was released, but not on our
demand, and in no case has the Mexi-
can government surrendered its view
j £at Mexico it had for a an right offense to try committed a person in in
I n 'e United States. Cutting was in
j j jail for several months and I’acheo for
two years
dt “ not at Probable that any
auch delay , will be permitted in the
iemplecase.
On Sunday last Mexico James Temple, a
conductor on the and Arizona
railroad, was attacked by some Mexi-
^ns and m defending himself shot
one of them at Juan Arvalla fatally,
'H-.s occurred about 2,000 feet north
• °* the niternational boundary line.
PEtK MKINGS .......... MESSAGE.
J’restdent Faure -1---- an.l M. Brlsson Send
F^^^'lW.Peck, w '[TT ‘° McK,n commissioner f ey ;
K en f ral of the United States to the
i Washington Sunday u night, W \° t called “"T* upon ln
’resident McKinley Monday and gave
! hlm a h ™ f of what liad been
ftc « , " J P 1 Ish ed at 1 an "’
resident . f „ 1 aure, of France. and , M „
r°iu minister had
' f Z S l ivT convey ? to Wds. Pres.-
v 1 l T Uha t the lnteutw » " f
’
« ‘>‘.s country o erect f a monument to
Lafayette in Paris was pleasing to the
1 retlc ^ Pe°pleand had gone far to-
{ ward helping him in h.s work.
SECOND GEORGIA OUT.
It, Was Impossible to Secure Number of
Re-Inllstments Required.
The fate of the Second Georgia regi¬
regiment ment was decided Saturday and the
will be mustered out. Col.
Brown has wired for a muster officer,
and as soon as he arrives the men will
be examined and will be given honor¬
able discharges.
For awhile it was thought that the
regiment would remain in the service,
but recently it has been known that
there would not be a sufficient number
who desired to remain to make a full
regiment.
Saturday the time limit for securing
volunteers for re-enlistment expired.
It was then ascertained that in the
companies stationed at Camp Atkinson
there were only ninety-five men and
eighteen officers who desired to re¬
main in the service. News was re¬
ceived from the First battalion, sta¬
tioned at Savannah, that twenty-six
men and six officers of that command
desired to re-enlist, and it was lerned
that, thirteen men of companies 0 and
E, stationed at Augusta, had signed
ho re-enlistment call.
As soon as these facts were ascer¬
tained, Colonel Oscar Brown, the com¬
mander of the regiment, telegraphed
to the mustering officers that it would
be impossible to secure the number of
re-iulistments required. Col. Brown
asked that tlie mustering officer pro¬
ceed to give the men their discharges
as soon as possible.
The following order was issued from
the department of the gulf at Atlanta
relative to the mustering out, of the
Second Georgia:
“Colonel Oscar J. Brown, Second
Georgia volunteer infantry, will pro¬
ceed to Savannah, Augusta and Rome,
Ga., on official business pertaining to
the muster out of companies of his
regiment stationed at those points,and
will return to his station in this city
from each place upon completion of
the duty thereat. The travel enjoined
is necessary for the public service.”
Administration officials have no
sympathy with the Carolina rioters
and regard their acts with abhorrence,
hut up to this time, it is said, there is
no evidence that would warrant any in-
terference by the government,
Postmaster General Emory Smith
had a call during the day from the dele-
Ration of South Carol na republicans,
who were in the city to lay before the
department of justice the facts in the
election rioting at Phoenix. R. R, Tol¬
bert, whose brother and father were
both wounded, was with them,
One feature of the riot was the
driving away of the deputy postmaster
at McCormick, which lent an addi-
tional feature of interest to the recital
of the story of the delegation to the
postal officials,
TERESA A MILE OFF SHORE.
.e*.ion or st.ao.ied Vessel,
A spccml diupatoh from Nassau,New
Providence, says. Ibe tug Potomac;
from Santiago, which has been visit-
jng the stranded cruiser Infanta Maria
J eresa, ofl Eat island, has arrived here
" order Shewil! XrTto
ihe cruisei nisei’ is is ivinr! lying one r^Yii mile oft n
«» ’» two fa horns o water.
Hie natives have destroyed the tern-
porary decks and have carried away
evCT I 'ua: mou > o.
rmrt P*“ment menf of of & t the he* fl°nd finding i no of nMhe the M.nia Mai m
Teresa was contained in the following
ca egram received . aturday from
Commander Graven of tlie wrecking
tug I otomae which had been ordered
to Cat island from Santiago:
of .^Nassau, Navy.Washington: November Potomac 12. Secretary arrived,
leresa near Bird point, Cat is-
land, one mile off shore, m two fath-
oms of water. Tide rising and falling
inside. Temporary deck broken up,
movable articles removed by natives.
Vulcan not seen. Natives at work
since Saturday.”
The Potomac was ordered at onco
back to Cat island, with instructions to
Commander Craven to take possession
0 f the Teresa and drive off the wreck-
e rs who ar S looting the ship. He re-
plied by cable that he would imrae-
diately.
The fact that the Teresa, a vessel
drawing in trim twenty-three feet of
water and water-logged as she was
when abandoned, probably drawing
driven nearly thirty feet, should have been
in twelve-foot water, is regard-
ed by naval officers as evidence of the
strength of tlio storm which caused, j
her crew to leave her.
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HIS HISTORY OF HISPANO-AMEUI* 1
CAN WAR DISAPPOINTING. ,
DOCUMENT CONTAINS NO CRITICISM
General Recites Movement of Troops I>ur*
ing Cuban Campaign—Makes Some
Important Recommendations.
A Washington special says: The re^
port of Major General Miles, com¬
manding the United States army, was
made public Thursday by direction of
Secretary Alger. The keynote ia^
found on the opening sentences, where
it is said: “The military operation* 1
during the war have been extraordi-
nary, unusual and extensive,” a state¬
ment which is fully borne out by the
long recital of important events which!
General Miles shows have made the
military history of the year 1898 the.
most remarkable since the end of thw
civil war.
In point of interest, the document
divides naturally into four chapters
for while brief allusion is made to 1
such matters as the military expedi¬
tions to Alaska, interest naturally cen¬
ters in the portion which treats oL
tho war with Spain. J
Under this general head the report
deals with tho plans of campaign; with 1
tho war preparations; with the San¬
tiago campaign; with General Miles’s
operations in Porto Rico, and lastly
with the important changes in exist¬
ing organizations which are, in Gen¬
eral Miles’s opinion, necessary to
make the army an effootivo weapon for
the defense of tho country. There is
an entire absence of any evidence of
direct criticism, though certain sen¬
tences in the report are italicized in
apparent desire to justify previously
expressed plans of details of the cam¬
paign, and where it deals with events,
the document is largely made up of a
quotation of official dispatches.
Treating of the war General Milea
begins with a statement of the unpro-
parediiess of the oouutry, showing
how the vast equipment left by tho
soldiers of the civil war had been dis¬
sipated or had become obsolete, until
the tentage or cam p equipment was
insufficient for any military operation.
He recounts tho legislation of con¬
gress just prior to the war, looking to
tho increase of the army, and cites hia
own recommendation, on April 9th,
that 40,000 men be provided for coast
defense and reserve; thai (lie reserve
army bo increased and 15,000 immune*
recruited, making a force of 162,597
men, which, with 50,000 native auxil¬
iaries, ho considered sufficient. Such
a force properly equipped he believed
to bo better than a large force partly
equipped. In the letter containing
this recommendation, ho said:
- « i I also recommend that at least
twenty regiments of infantry, five regi¬
ments of cavalry and the light artil¬
lery be mobilized and placed in one
largo ©amp where they can be carefully
and thoroughly inspected, fully equip¬
ped, drilled, disciplined and instruct¬
ed in brigades and divisions and pre¬
pared for war service”’
He further asked “for 50,000 volun¬
teers to make up an army of 150,000
soldiers for offensive operations in
Cuba.”
General Miles olpses his report with
«ome*""“ 8 ' ^om-non; ations for the
improvement of the raihtary service
j« few tists months the will experience be valuable of the to past the
Profit, value or the coast re LT?TTfc defenses, he says, The
hwi been proven and the system
should be completed without delay.
He favors the adoption of a standard
of strength for the army to meet the
country’s growth, and says that it
should have one soldier for 1,000 pop-
ulation, yielding a force of 92,655.
While this force is already provided
lor, unfortunately the authorizing act
requires the army to be reduced to its
former inadequate basis onthetermi-
nation of the war.
General Miles, in conclusion, re-
commends the authorization of a force
of native troops in Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines to be officered by
United States army officers, and not
cxceedingtwosoldiersforl.OOOpopu- lation of the islands, and
all of these
inoreases he urges should be made at
once, as they are of vital importance.
