Show OTIS FIGHTS He H Gives Facts Regarding the Campaign n in the I 1 Philippines I I AMERICANS NOT IDLE Erroneous Impression Existing Exist-ing in U S Corrected REBELS SEVERELY PUNISHED I I I Figures of tho Commander in the I Islands Go Far Toward Offsetting the Belief that Since Adoption of Guerrilla Methods of Warfare tho Insurgents Have Inflicted Substantial Substan-tial Losses Upon American Arms in Comparison with the Punishment Punish-ment Which They Have Themselves Them-selves Received Sinco January 1st I Last 124 Skirmishes Have Been Reported Mostly Slight Affairs American Loss 88 Killed 164 Wounded Insurgent Loss 142G Killed Captured 1153 Washington April 3Gen Otis has cabled to the War dopartnmt probably with a view to correcting the erroneous Impressions that exist in this country as to the state of the insurrection in the Philippines a summary of the ro suit of the development of the campaign cam-paign since the first of the calendar year His figures go far towardoffsetting the belief that exists In some quarters that sluice the adoption of guerrilla method of warfare the Insurgents have Indicted substantial losses upon AmerIcan Amer-ican arms in comparison with the punishment pun-ishment j which they have themselves received A significant sentence In the report L I differentiates Insurgents and ladroncs showing that Otis has taken cognizance t cogni-zance of the fact that a considerable number of hostllcs are not soldiers under un-der the rules of war and may not expect ex-pect tho same treatment The report which is dated Manila April Urd Is as follows GEN OTISS REPORT Slnco January 1st ono hundred and twentyfour skirmishes In Philippines have been reported mostly slight affairs Our casualties wore ten I otllcers and sev entyeight enlisted men killed thirteen of i llcri and 151 mfn uoundcd Insurpcnt and ladrono loss in killed and left on Held I fourteen bundled and twentysix cap lund mostly wounded 1153 small arms secured CC51 piece of artillery 1C3 largo captures of other Insurgent propcils A number of Important Insurgent officers C un > surrendering and tho situation Is gradually becoming more IacillcOTIS OTIS TO ENLIST NATIVE MUSICIANS In reply to a cable message received at the War department some time ago I from Gen Otis at Manila asking for authority to enlist native Filipino musicians mu-sicians In the various regimental ban sIn L s-in the Islands AdjtGen Corbiti baa sent the following cablegram 1 Secretary of War authorizes enlistment enlist-ment of competent native musicians In regimental bands L The Filipino musicians are said to I display a high degree of musical Intelligence Intel-ligence and undoubtedly will prove dg slrablo acquisitions to the military bands |