Show TROOPS IVAR Transports Sufficient to Carry Large Force Held at Manila anila WOULD BE EXPEDITIONARY I. I i oops t 11 i Bear Brunt of In China Would Go Gui Pi j jS S Slates S S. S S I Manila Feb in In obedience to vs of Gen Leonard Wood Of Officers t i of the United States army sta here absolutely decline to discuss dis clis- cuss In any way the nature of the preparations which have been in progress pro pro- gress for some time to place the troops now new here on a war tooting footing so that they can be transported to China In Incase I case of need As a result a number of sensational stories have b Cn sent to the United Slates telling about the storage of well vol nigh tItles of munitions of war and the of garrisons from th the in interior in- in of the several Islands In the the archipelago ar ar- to points near tile the coast COaSt where they can quickly be transferred to- to transports S 5 Are ie on iii War mr Footing S The actual facts the In-the case cae are these The rime American garrisons In the Philippine Islands are oti il a war star footIng soot foot log Ing but they have been on a war footing foot foot- lug ing ever since the regiments were first lauded landed and will remain so as long as the United States control Philip Philip- PhilippIne pine group This Is necessary because of the temper of the natives in u uline line with their combative temperament tempera tempera- ment could be to organize a revolt at any time should a leader arise of the caliber of Aguinaldo or men inert of of- v S lIlt Ilk and men alike want Yant niche service and would bave It in China or anywhere else olse but tile they realize that the for force now hero here Is too small anti and Impotent to cut much figure in an ant Invasion of China should one be necessary They would of course form the nucleus of mu attacking column and should the powers make common cause upon China would give a good account oC or but if the United States I contemplates playing a lone lono hand in tn I any China It Js Is extremely an- an 1 likely ll that the troops noW V In the tho hIt hIt- uld bm called on to me or om l h S ty H v-f v S 1 TX N V. V s v n ici lr h to do 10 the be bt bein in he lie he he- railed i on ts s S mcM enough to protect interest on the i l ll l v 4 him t iS- iS to h fact ft Us S anat ma of or ti exclusion S bt r ing ing- fi fa both shies ldes irn- irn government it- it Is Uy f k and ca pu down any an S t may Jav l fr frn hi China In th the declare declare- that the s und 5 entirely ey 5 S. S t l S S lines aid to tile the mAP mie Ignorant of or the ff- ff S tr trouble ubie bu but dt do riol b It lead to any actual u ar bot ti United States ana China China- S 5 i S. S mild Could S Move Troops iii n the o Im from the war ii depart S everything has In r s t hero her to move troops hou S filially become i S Sad ad before Is lit considered S That i is i luyo iiO ti to carry earty ari afu n force and in iii the t- t i P. P habor are such i S would he lii- ih eded Tor n j l' l but hat Is as tar as time the auth lere h ro have gone or Om will o the of actual move T- T iV |