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Show ittTiKS MAY GO. SBCRBTAHV HOOT MAY BUND HIM TO THE PHILIPPINES. !! rtprri IS nlnl That tleatral MIIm It lhla taalxlhelaiar. irnlt, and lie May Take lltn. Olli. Mmn. Wnihlnglon, Aug 16 It It generally gener-ally bettered among the ofllcera In the war department that the return of the pretldent from hi outing will be promptly followed by preparation for very tlgorou campaign In the t'hlt Ipplnee, Secretary Itoot ha on ree erat occaalont pred lilmtelf aa fatorlng th matting of an army In Manila eufllclent to cruth Agulnatdo and hla follower. To do thl It I belietcd that more troop will be re quired than are now In theaertlce, notwithstanding the fact that the tan regiments recently called for are practically prac-tically all filled The Impreailon teem lobe tery general In war department de-partment circle that at leant fire thoutand more tolunteer wilt be atked, for and that flee additional reg Imenta wilt be organlied 1 hi can b done under the army act, aud It I undoubtedly un-doubtedly the policy of Secretary Hoot, after coniultatlou with the leading ofllcera of th army, to bate a body of men ataltabla ufllclently large ta accomplish ac-complish the work laid out In tLe Uait pottlble time. Notwithstanding lha repeated aa urance that hat bean gttcn to the press to tha effect that the prttldent It entirely tatttfled with the courte of General Otis, It Is known that Secretary Secre-tary Itoot la not to certain that anoth er ofllcer could not do better work than that gsntteman haa accomplished In the past thr months. In fact Secretary Sec-retary Itoot ha eipreated hlmtelf to friend a rtthtr firmly of the opinion that tleneral Mllea I the proper man to be tent to the l'hltllpplne. HI early conference with the commanding general of tha army and hi subsequent subse-quent consultation with tha president lead to the belief thai hla rlewa will be adopted by the president, and that Otis will In consequence ahortly be tuperteded Mile ability a an Indian lighter haa been to well demonstrated In the patt that he 1 naturally looked upon by tha American Ameri-can people generally a the Ideal toldler tol-dler for tuch work a thai which ha been laid out on the other tide of the earth Jill' I willing to go, and In fact la anxlou lo close the campaign, and thote who know him best are confident con-fident that with a force sufficient behind be-hind htm he will lie able to bring tha -Tnttirjfimtri-ittrnnwt Mi-n, .... -r-three month of the date that he sets foot on the island of Luton |