Show Major ajor Grant i Is certainly underrating his ability as a fighting mann man He says that he in company wih with other American soldiers backed by a an invincible navy wrested wrestled in van vain for tor a yea year or more agal t one smal small tribe out of sixty tribes which inhabit the Philippines and that 75 per cent of that tibe tribe wa was with them the remain ing 25 per cent being ame armed wIh with wod woden wood en an cannons a sample of which tte tle major brought home with him hs has not only stood off ft the 75 per tent ent of their tribe but all the other tribes and two armie armies placed at the disposal of Otis I It sem seems that the major is mak making lug ing a poor showing for the AmerIcan soldier that whipped England twice ad and Spain ad and Mexico one once each each We Weare Weare are inclined to believe wit with Parker B although he dId not draw a as much salary in the serice service a as the major yet seem seems to have cerer clearer noton notions of the the pley policy of the administration has been tC to pro prolong prolong long the war and to render Ineffectual the work of the fighting men |