Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-11
Shameful.

ginia and particularly i'll Richmond
| He served Il long time as commau-
dant of cadets at Blacksburg, and
in that time became quite one OF
our people. He is now serving
under General Otis in the Philip.
pines. He has written a letter to
the Rev. DR.. Mcbride, of Blacks
burg, which DIR. Mcbride has per.
mitted to be published, and it con
tains statements that should re-
ceive the most serious attention of
our government. We say this be
cause, from our knowledge of the
parties we feel perfectly confident
that Col, Shanks has written the
letter and that he would not have
made the statements unless they
were true We quote from his let.
ter rs follows:
"Tncrc is no doubt of the fact
that almost all of Tia officers that
came out with the first expedition
feel that We have not dealt square
y with these people. I'hc naval
officers share this opinion quite as
freely as the army. by implication
and fair Inference, if not in direct
words, these people were given to
understand that we were THEN al.
lies in their struggle with Spain.
There is no doubt that several
thousand rifles and Il large guam.
tlty of ammunition were issued tn
them from the arsenal at CavIt. An
officer told me moi long ago that
he was at Cavitc when Dewey cal
led OF Aguinaldo in the quarters
OF the latter; that The troops were
turned ont and made to present
arms to Aguinallo, while the band
sounded II general officers flourish
III his honor. y great many think.
therefore, that these people had
good grounds for believing that
Our object was not to replace Spain
as then masters. but was TO use
them as our allies in The war with
Spain aud in return give them
tn"ir freedom.
~ anS rate, there, Is no gain.
saying the fact that they now re-
gard uS in II mnch more unlricndly
Light than they ever regarded
Span. | have no doubt that
they would vastly prefer TO see the
Spanish return rather than that
the Americans should rcmaiu.
AT first, when the American
troops were regarded lis allies. the
natives trusted them implicitly.
I'm officer told me that this con
iidcncc was much abused in Manila
where he native merchants, being
uhaccuStomcd to the different
varieties OF American paper money,
were SWindled by having consider
able quantities OF Confederate
money palmcd OF on them. it is
SAID that The AStor Battery, taking
advantage of their name. went
home leaving in the lands of the
native merchants several thous,
ands OF dollars of worthless orders
oil John Jacob, who was rcplc-
scented as able and willing to foot
all bills of the Organization. .
"Whcn the regiments were
ordered from Manila 10 this some
OF the native lradesmcn and saloon
keepers, being unable TO collect
their bills, inlcrN iewed the con.
pany commanders to inplore their
assistance. One captain told me
that one saloon keep T. came TO him
with list showing that Henry
Ward Bcecher, William Mckinley.
and George Washington had been
liberal patrons of his establish.
ment. Another, tailor, begged
his assistance il collecting u bill
for clothes made for and delivered
to Grover Cleveland"
That is most Illuminating
statement that the natives now re.
gard us as worse than the
SpanIards and would gladly cx-