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Such Really Is the Annual
Report of Secretary
of WirAI.cr. '
ALL DETAILS ARE GIVEN
Recorl or Events Is Complete,
ml Sofplemeatcl With
Extfsnittois.
AN ABSENCE OF CRITICISM
Secretary Has Avoljti Unklad Refer
caca to Officers, bat Lets Dla
, patches Tell tie Story.
WASHINGTON Dec t-Tbe annual re
port of Secretary Alger t a practically
complete official history of the 8panlsh.
American war.
The secretary h given to the tubll
not only ell thn oltldal dlspatohea that
passed dlreutly between hi own office
and commanding ofllrrn In th field and
caitiix, but hu ultntnliI thnw with
liort -iplnatory noira, trttlr forth
lh rmnutia for Viirioun muvrmxnla, and
Ihon, to c"mpltn tlio r-ford of rvvnt
h hn Inrludi-1 in ths body of hli re-
port, the report of General Mlls, of ail
the grofrals who participated In ' the
cxmnalsn In Cuba. I'orto Kic-o and the
I'hlllbpines, and. finally, (he n-porti of
all tho bureau ofllcers of the war de
partment.
Nowhere Is there uliown a deposition to
crltlelae, tho otnrlitl dlsnatrhvs being al
lowed to ti ll their own tOry. and, gen
erally, the secretary finds mui-h to praise
and rauM for alncre congratulation in
the results obtained.
The report proper belna with what
may he desi-rltied as a chronoloKlral h s
tory of the war. eonliliiif of a number of
hort paragraphs twitlnnlng with the
declaration of wnr on April :i. and set
ting forth the dats upon which any event
of importance occurml, but making no
comment whatever upon the facts. The
only exception to this rule Is In the refer,
enco to the c-aftunlltles around Bantlago.
Borne crllloietn having been made thnt
there was a lack of surirt'ons present,
the report states that there were HO sur
geons In attendance, end that of 1.431
wounded only 13 died of their wounds.
The secretary, coming down in his his
tory to tho middle of August, when an
oidt-r was l.iHiicd, which Ik now In execu
tion, to rrnintcr out IflO.WO volunteers,
says:
Thus an army of about 2M.00 volunteers
and recruits for the regulars was railed
Into existence from civil life, and Includ
ing the regular army, the total force was
JT4.717 men. It was organised, armed
and equipped nn mipplles being on hand
other than those for the regulars save
Springfield muskelsi, nnd 6O.O0O men of
this force- were transported by land and
sen to hrtttliflelds In the tropics. lo.Ono
miles apart, where they won their vic
tories without a ilnulo defeat, nnd ifll
within tho period of ono hundred and
thirteen days from the declaration of
war to the signing of the protocol.
This great achievement can bo credited
to no Individual: It belongs to the na
tion. It was accomplished through the
Intelligence and patriotism of all who
served, from tho commander In chlaf to
tho private In the ranks. It also spooks
volumes for the prompt, patrlotlo and In
telllgent afslstanee of the people who
furnished, hi so short a period, the sup
plies necessary to prepare this great
army for tho field.
To the heroic men who served In dis
tant lands, the country will ever offer a
true meed of praise, but the mighty army
In enmp, ready and eager to take the field,
should also be given equal credit It was
their presence, ready at an hour's notice
for any emergency, that overawed the
enemy and proved to him that further re
sistance would bo In vain.
Thd deaths In the iftmy from May I
to October 1. Indttot killed, died of
wounds and of disease, wera 1.010. the
smnllcst death rate recorded in any army
In history, a remarkable fact when tt
Is considered that over 50,000 of our
troops, born and reared In tho temper
ate tone, were, campaigning In tropical
climates, subject to rain and heat al
most unprecedented.
Tho secretary lays of tho volunteers
that to furlough them In winter won.d
bo a hardship, so he recommends that in
lieu of the furlough tho officers and men
bo given two months pay at tho time
of their discharge, thus admitting of
their prompt discharge In the present
camps In the south.
Under the head of Increase In the per
manent establishment, tho secretary
says:
In vlow of tho needs of a military force
In tha Islands occupied by tho United
States, It Is earnestly recommended that
tho regular army be permnnently In
creased to 100,000 men and tho requisite
officers: that a, portion of thla army bo
recruited from the Inhabitants of those
Islands, to bo mustered Into tho service
of tho United States, commanded by offi
cers of our army, discretion, however, to
bo given to the president to make ap
pointments of officers from tho force so
recruited.
Another susra-estlon Is that there should
be employed In tho United States service
a constabulary rorce ror tne cities ot
Cuba, Porto Rico and tho Philippines,
who have hod experience and can speak
tho language of tho Islands.
Secretary Alger thinks that tho govern
ment will bo greatly taxed to supply food
for tho destitute, especially In Cuba, Tho
effort should be made, ha thinks, to glvo
tho poopla work Instead of allowing them
to dwell In 1dlnMf, living upoa charity.
Urn aayt;
WouW It not t wIm oonomr tor th
rovnnnnt of th United titatM to eon.
ftruet t, aubttandal railroad, practloallf
th whol lrtb of lh Uland of Cuba,
wtth braiwJl rod to tho leading- eitlea
on tho eoaat? Such a road would, of
eour, coit large aum, perbapo
0; but It would (Ivo omptonneot to to
VtOV9 Of Cuba, tact than) UbH of
tnduatrr, t a InduoMiant tot thorn to
eultlvata thatr fanna and thua furnish
tupvIlM for tho laborara and for market
wbon u road to oonitrueied. Thla, u
my judfiarot, to ajtoluUlr MBUal u
tho peveUlokUoa and deralopniont of that
rreat Uland. Tho road would bo a food
Oroportr. ftd who it bu aonrtd Ito pur.
poo for tho forornment, tt could bo
old for iti eoot If rucb aa Impforomont
to cot made, tho rovornnont will bo
doubt oipend fullr that aum in charltf.
Tho ocretary aaya that area If thla
road to to bo built. tbr to neceealty for
a tarya appropriation to re Hero the dea
tltuta. 'Borno rooominendatlono that oc
our la tho oartr portion of tho report
are that provision bo amdo for a atatuo
of General Grant; that provlilon bo mad
for a second aaalaoant tserotarjr of war,
and that aa appropriation bo made for
tho oonitructlon of tho Lake Union
Waahlnffon ship eanaL
Tho tatemont of expenditure! and tati
matea presents some formidable Ofures.
Tho expenditures for tho asoal year ended
Juno 10 tost were KIU4.7M, and tho esti
mates for tho nszt fiscal year, beginning
July 1. ISM, aro tlXXO.m. Of this great
estimate tho aum of M.tSOf to ebarged
to pay of tho army. Ths estimate of ex
traordinary appropriations required for
tho six montha ending Juno 10, 1839, art
VAVnxa. and tho estimates for that
period, combined with those of tbs next
fiscal year, reach a total of t2Z.427.tl7.
At this point tba secretary Includes
reports of General Miles, and all ths other
genwale who participated In actlvs oper
ations. He then takes up the telegraphic
and other correspondence relating to ths
wsr, and that matter occupies more than
a fourth of the secretary's whole report
This part of the official story begins
with the statement that early In llay a
movement on Havana was contemplated
and It ii believed that the city would
tie avNiuHed and captured before the
rulny seaaon set In. but the plan was sub.
li'iuently abandoned on account of the
reported movement of the enemy's fleet.
It was proposed to send another part Of
It to Key Went on account of the close
proximity of the latter place to Matiel.
Cutxi. The secretary quotes one of tbo
dlKputchrs at this point as follows:
"Headquarters of the Army, Washing
ton, Slay a The major general com.
manillng direHs that the following order
be sent by telegraph to General Wade at
Tampa:
"Iilrect Major Shafter to move his com
mand. under protection of the navy, and
seise and hold Marie!, or most Important
jrnt on north roast of Cuba, where ter
ritory Is ample to land and deploy army.
Follow up his command with all the
forco sent to you. Troops will be sent to
i you as rapidly as posnlhie from Chlca-
maugu and other points.
"J. C. GILMORE.
"Assistant Adjutant General."
This order was forwarded by Adjutant
General Corbln to General Wade, who
was further Instructed to have the troops
fully equipped with sixty days rations,
to be followed by four months' supplies.
A number of telegrams are Included trt
show that dlfliniculty was experienced
in getting water at Key Wet for the
expedition.
The next dispatch is from General Miles
outlining the plan of campaign. It reads
as follows:
Headquarters of the Army, Washing
ton, May ST.
The Honorable Secretary of War:
'lr Referring to my letter of yester
day and to our consultation since, I de
sire to submit the following:
"As we are now about to Inaugurate
active military operations In conjunction
with the navy, I think It would be ad
visable to load transports at Tampa with
a strong force of infantry und artillery,
move them to Key West and thence along
the norr,,'n coast of Cuba, waere they
would have the full protection of Admiral
Sampson's fleet until they reach Admiral
Schley's fleet at Santiago d Cuba, and
then, by a combined effort of the army
and navy, capture the harbor, garrison
and possibly tho Spanish fleet at that
point
"If. before reaching Admiral Schley's
fleet tt thail be found that he has already
accomplished tho above object or thnt
tho Spanish fleet shall have escaped I
then urge the Importance of a combined
attack of tho army and navy upon Porto
Rleo.
Wo will be able to land a superior
force, and I believe that a combined effort
will result In capturing the island with
its garrison, providing It Is done before
it can be re-lnforeed from Spain. Tho dis
tance from Key West to Porto Rico Is
440 miles, and from Cadis, Spain, to
Porto Rico It Is about 4,000 miles.
"Tho possession of Porto Rico would be
of very great advantage to the military,
aa it would cripple the forces of. Spain,
giving ua several thousand prisoners. It
could bo well fortified, the harbor mined
and would bo a most excellent port for
our navy, which could bo speedily re
lieved from any responsibility in tha
charge of that port, as we could leave a
sufficient garrison to hold tt against any
force that might be sent against It
Then wo should commence, in my
Judgment a movement towards the west
by capturing tho ports along the northern
coast of Cuba, at the east end, supplying
the Insurgents with abundance of arms
and munitions of war, and as speedily
aa possible land our cavalry and suffl-
ciont light artillery to enable them to
move from tho harbor of Porto da Nuevl-
tas along the line ot railroad to Puerto
Prlndpe. From that baso our cavalry
and light artillery. In conjunction with
the forces of Lieutenant General Garcia
and General Gomes should move west
to near Santa Clara. These movements,
In my Judgment, can bo accomplished
during the rainy season, through a coun
try comparatively free from yellow fever,
well stocked with cattle and having grass
sufficient for our animals. While this Is
being accomplished our volunteer army
will bo prepared to land In the vicinity
of Mariel, Haikna, or Matanxaa, In suf
ficient force upon tho island of Cuba.
Tho advantage of this movement will ba
that an army and navy will act In con
cert and close union that 1t does not di
vide our navy and that It will utilise our
most available military force in the beat
way during the time of tho year when
military operations aro moot difficult
"I bollava that tho an trance to the port
(Continued on fourth page.)
GERMANY IS
JOCKEYING
Try.:? to Ail S;x!a la Get-
Mzz 1 11 Price for
Csrcl!-:s.
no bitch iias occurriD
Weitlnttoa Offldili Eive Ho
Far Ttit a Fnptire Kay
t Cone Atost.'
AGUIRALDO Will GIVE IN
lusorcent Leader Will Mot Attempt to
Of pose Aanexatloa of tbe
Philippines-
WASHINGTON. Dec, 1-It can ba stat
ed that no hitch has occurred la tho pro
ceedings of tho peace commissi on at
Paris, and the impression to tbo con
trary In certain quarters probably arose
through a misunderstanding of tho phase
those proceedings have reached. With
the ecquiescense of the Bpaauih commis
sioners in tho American demands set out
In tho original protocol, all danger of
failure to reach the point of the signature
of the peace treaty disappeared, and that
such treaty will be forthcoming, covering
at least all of tho protocol points, I coa.
sldered assured.
The statement that Spain has refused to
sell us Ceuta, opposUe Gibraltar, for a
coaling and cable aUtlon, Is inaccurate.
Tho United States government bad not
made any such proposition for the ac
quisition of that island, and would heal
late very king before entering upon the
turbulent field of activity Involved In the
assumption of territory In the neighbor
hood of tho Mediterranean.
Tho case Is different respecting the
Carolines. American naval experts have
urged very strongly that this group, as a
w hole, be retained, If possible, and In au
dition that the Pelew group, lying to
westward, bo ' purchased. They have
pointed out that tha southermost Island
ot the Lad rone group, Waloa, lies only
SuO miles north of Ponape, in the Caro
lines, and the Pelew Islands are only
about CuO miles distant from the Philip
pines. With these the United States would
have a complete chain of Islands, located
at convenient dlstunces, more than half
way across the Pacific.
Moreover, the vast bulk of trade in that
quarter of the world passes directly
through the natural channel between the
Ladronts and the Carolines, of which the
United States would have command. If
Germany is able to outbid the United
States for these islands she may obtain
them, but a suspicion Is entertained that
the naming of fcl.0u0.uuU was inspired by a
friendly desire to get the beat possible
terms for Spain from the United States
by raising the price of the goods.
One of the pledges, which (s almost as
rood as a treuty obligation In Its force,
even now, is that the Limed states, in
return for the release of the poiitlcul
prisoners from Cuba and Porto R.co held
by Spain, will secure the release ot the
Spanish prisoners held by Agulnaldo.
There has been almost d&l.y expected a
dispatch from General Otis announcing
the arrival of a transport there loaded
with United States troops, and tho war
department Is fairly confident of its abil
ity now to undertake full control of tho
Islands, with the assistance of the naval
contingent under Admiral Dewey. It is
realised that the task of inducing Aguln
aldo to surrender the captives tor whom
he has demanded such an extravagant
ransom as $1,300,000, under the penalty of
cutting their throats. Is going to be a
diflicult one, but, alter all, the United
States commissioners in Paris have only
undertaken that the United States gov
ernment shall use its best efforts to se
cure the release ot the prisoners; they
have not pledged tbo government to
perform the impossible.
AGU1NALDO WILL GIVE IN.
MANILA. Dee. 1-Owlng to the fact
that the result of the Paris conference
has long been anticipated here the agree
ment of Spain to cede the Philllplne
islands to the United States created no
excitement The Americans have made
no demonstration; commercial circles
were relieved; Spaniards were indifferent.
and some of the American volunteers
were disgusted at the prospect of beln
detained here, now that the fighting la
finished.
Agulnaldo 19 certain to assume a con.
dilatory attitude, because his position Is
daily becoming more untenable. His
rival intriguers aro becoming uncontroll
able, especially since funds have run
short, and the outlying provinces have
become disaffected. Although never much
more than a figurehead, Agulnaldo has
been consistently temperate, and the au
thorltleo have no reason to fear that he
will Uopart from this policy.
Nevertheless the native newspapers
continue to publish inflammatory. articles.
ANOTHER ADJOURNMENT.
PARIS, Dec .But little progress was
made Jy the peace commissioners today.
When, after two hours of discussion, tak
ing a wide range, the Spaniards were
pressed for definite statements, they
pleaded that they had not received In
structions from Madrid. Thereupon the
Americans declared, in diplomatic phrase
ology, that It was useless to waste time
in a debate with men who wore not em
powered to make bargains. Although
adjournment waa taken until tomorrow,
It to probable there will be further post
ponement until Monday. As the nego
tiations proceed, the prospects of consum
ing much time increase.
SPAIN SECURES CONCESSION.
LONDON. Deo. i-The Madrid corre-
spondent of tho Dally News says; It ta
officially announced that tho Bpsn'shj
peaco commlsslonera hare secured tba
eooeesslon of ths granting to Spain of
eoounencial advantages In tbo TbiUjvntfteo
for U jsara.
HAliK OrPOKD TO THS TT.Ei.TT.
WAfliriNGTON. Doe, i-rator I1ao,
of Mains, today anaonacad his opposltloa
to tho psaeo treaty which to beteg forma
lated In Part Ha to opposed to tba
acquisition of tho Fhiltpptnea.
flOATR CVRKXNCT SI
jr rexes art nt islands'.
Would Require ft Long Time to guotno
fully lotrodoee tho Oold Standard--Interesting
Boport
WASHINGTON. Doe. 1-Edward W.
Harden, who waa appointed In Anguat
last as commissioner of the United States
to make aa Investigation of tho financial
and Industrial eondklona in the Fhillp
plaos, baa made his report to tho acre
tary of tho treasury, la tho ooarao ot
which bo aayti
"SHver to tho basis of the eurreaoy in
tho FhiHppinea, There to m (old la
general circulation and tharo baa been
none for more than X years. The br axi
om dollar of date previous to 1377 to cur
rent In tho islands, and It to practically
tho only money la general circulation. It
to estimated there U la circulation t
000,000 for tho entire islands, or approxi
mately ts per capita for tho total popula
tion of the islands. These figures aro
given oa a silver basis, and, therefore,
in figuring on our own standard, all of
these figures must bo cot In two.
"The best Informed men In Manila aro
unanimous In their opinion that under
present conditions, tbo silver currency to
the only ono suited to the Islands. A
great deal of the trade ot the Philippines
Is with China, Japan, and the Straits
settlements, and India and Australia. In
China and Japan and India the whole
trade to on a sliver basis, though Japan
has adopted the gold dollar, which Is, ap
proximately worth only SO cents, and its
currency, therefore. In efTect, is on a
silver bssls, the same as In China and
India.
"The natives of the Philippine Islands
are conservative to a degree in the mat
ter of their currency, end It would be a
long and tedious task to educate them to
a dollar which would bo worth twice that
now In circulation. Notwithstanding that
the Americans have a force of 15,0)0 sol
diets In Manila who are paid in gold.
the people of the Islands will have noth
ing but silver.
"All of the soldiers, when they are paid
In gold, take their money to tho banke
and exchange It for local currency.
"A native will take a Mexican dollar,
worth less than 50 cents in gold, in pref
erence to a United States dollar worth
100 cents.
"If the United States retains the Phil
ippine Islands a special coinage of silver
dollars might be minted for circulation In
the archlpeligo. In time the gold stand
ard might be put In force In tho Islands,
but. In tho opinion of business men gen
erally, It would have to be accomplished
slowly, and the people would have to bo
educated to the value of tho now cur
rency. Mexican dollars In general cir
culation In the Philippine Islands Increase
or decrease in value In accordance with)
quotations for bar silver In London, which,
are received every day by cable In Ma
nila." THE MAINE DISASTER
TO BE INVESTIGATED,
Spain Would Have International Com
mittee Appointed for the Purpose.
Hopmg to Gain Advantage.
NEW YORK. Dec. I A dispatch to
the World from Paris says:
The drafts of articles submitted by tho .
Spanish commissioners related to the na
tionality of inhabitants of the ceded ter
ritory, the Jurisdiction of the courts, the
cases pending In them, the continuing ot
grants and contracts for public works.
services In tho ceded territory and kin
dred matters.
One article provides that the United
States and Spain shall appoint an Inter
national committee of seven experts.
each country to name one of Its cltlxens.
one Briton and ono Frenchman and a
Oerman to be the president.
This committee Is to determine the re
sponsibility for the Maine disaster. If
Spain Is responsible she Is to send a
warship to saluto the American nag in
New Tork. If she Is not. the United
States are to pay all expenses of tho
commission. The Spanish Idea. Is that,
having yielded on the main principles.
they will gain Important advantages li
the details.
TINPLATE COMBINATION.
PITTSBURG. Dec. "I Representatives
of all the tlnplate manufacturing con
cerns In America met today for the pur
pose of arranging tho preliminary details
of a combination that Is to unite all the
tlnplate tnterests on this side of the At
lantic. The new company will have a
capital of 0,000.000.
REGIMENTS ORDERED TO HAVANA.
SAVANNAH, Oa., Deo. 1-The second
division of the Soventh army corps and
the Second division of the hospital corps
and the signal corps, battalion F, Sev
enth army corps, have heen ordered to
Havana, Cuba.
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