Show GENERAL OTIS PLANS now bow lie ile dropo a to wipe out uirl I 1 army washington march 88 26 it is in understood here that general otis has so 0 o fur far matured his plans plan of campaign that within a week or ton ten days he will be ible to begin a movement which 14 1 expected to mark the destruction of aguinaldo Agut naldo a briny army although elars and fugitives may infest the island inland of luon for or sometime some time it is 1 believed that when oua otis has hag delivered his boxt blow the insurgent army as an organization organisation will have ceased to exist rho new movement it la is understood will bo be by land and gatei although it la in not expected that tho the navy a part in the program will be particia part particularly icil barly prominent jeneral otis has procured thirteen of the gunboats gun boats formerly owned by the spanish government and these theme are to play an important part in tile the development of the cam laign many of the troops which had bad been engage on tho the outer lines up to the date of general lawtons lawtonw Law tons arrival at manila have hare been withdrawn to the water front and a complete organize za tion of the army Is in progress the ro reinforcements now nov arriving at manila are being umed lined to maintain the strength of the lines running from manila to pahla established by wheaton a flying brigade the next move ment that is expected heia is to bo be by water it Is n believed that otla otis will place a complete brigade on board vex ve sels gels steam rapidly northward and laud land them beyond the insurgent head term at magolas it if this thin movement sue ceede via as it should if made with rapid tty ity the insurgent army will find itself completely pinned in with no opportunity for retreat to the north will bo be the flying brigade to tho east cast la guna do hay day across which they will bo be preen prevented ted from froin escaping by the american gunboats gun boats now there the basig river to tile the south mouth Is will policed by ironclads iron and with a strong line in tile the position ol occupied by Wheat ons bi will out cut off any move movement men t in that direction while to the west the bay of matilla manila Is closed by dewey a ves selm belm it to Is hard to conceive conc once elve ive how if this plan carries the In insurgents insurgent surgen tit can longer avoid a deci decisive alre ton which must end either cither in their bie breaking alting through the american lines lilies or in their suran der it is evident that otla otis expects the latter for lie he ling hns already advised the wai department that the insurrection cannot last enuch longer |