Garrison to be Increased Military. and are awaiting with interest the Secision of the Army Reviewing Board in Washington in the case of the 200 or more Philippine Scouts, whose "strike" for more Pay fat Fort McKinley tecontly resulted in court-ma sentences for neatly all of them.
Pending the finding of: the Wash-' "Jington authorities, the prisoners have been removed to Corregidor, the island at the mouth of Manila It is believed that the Reviewing Board will confirm the sentence of the court-martial hi and other in-disquieting to the military authorities: Up to the present, it was generally felt that the native troops could be relied eon in an emergency. This may still be the ease, as the soldiers who are "now in' prison were for the most part ignorant men of the Tower class, easily -preyed upon by agitators, but giving no trouble of their own accord. "The occurence, however, shows how far the political agitation has been carried.
rumoured that the white garrison here will be increased in the near future by two regiments et troops from America, Another interesting report which, however, has not yet got beyond the point of ness room gossip is that the American select, which isto Ssanduvre off Honolulu this winter, will visit the Philippines.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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