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Show UFFICKHS AUK KIND HLAHTI.H. Mara tifMrrnl Hrr k..ruia ) Hit Alio,.! Al-io,.! H-.rt. In hia annual report, r.eneral J. C. Ilreekeiirldge, In spec tor gent rat of thn army, baa the following Ut any regarding regard-ing bia Inspection In the I'hilippinea: "During my tour In the Philippine! It waa evideut on all aidea that the army, aa a whole, wan laboring faithfully faith-fully and patiently loaolve the many vexing prohletna eoutluually preaeuted to It. The ditiVultiea encountered and tha hardnhlpa endured never can be fully appreciated by any oue who baa not been on the ground and obaerved the dally life of olllcera and men, mllea away from home InMueiirea and anioci allona, living In coinmnoltlea either openly or aecrrtly ho I He, iiepending almoat entirely for their auhaiatenee upoo the rommlMiry-where one la alwaya afraid to take even an ordinary 1 drink of water without ascertaining tirat whether It haa Im'o cmtked. "Crltlca at home may aearcb for epl theta to apply to our general oftlcera, but thrae oflleera are not leaa kind-hearted kind-hearted than their crltlca and ara an loualy mindful of the autTerluga whlnh oeceiaarlly fall upon the Innocent In warfare aa well aa the guilty nd ara davlaing mean by which the poor may ba cared for and fed. There I reaaon for gratification that our fellow-countrymen fellow-countrymen have confldenca in tbelr army aud many know what war la; and tha reaction haa not been aluggiah. 'That the army performed Itadutiea well and bore Ita hardshipa uncomplainingly uncom-plainingly la well known to all who have kept In touch with It niiice tha opening of the Philippine Insurrection. In fact. It bio- done only the thinga which w expect of It and which wa will continue to expect of American aoldlcre." |
