The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-12-01
FACTS IN THE BISHOP CASE.

pany / whose names are in the re-
cords at Washington, shot two Fill
pino prisoners under a msapprehe n
sion of orders.
1.-The facts were all brought out in
an inquiry. which was held at San
Fernando by Major j. ). Mallory,
chief inspector of the Second division
on General MacA rthur's staff His
report, which saw two weeks after
ward at General MacArthur's head
quarters, tells the story truthfully
and thoroughly. Major Mallory Isl
an old regular army officer. He went
at his work without fear or favor.
He could not have been Influenced
one way or the other and 1t Is absurd
on the very face of II, under such cir
cumstances, to suppose that |, or any
other volunteer officer, could step i'm
the way OF such inquiry.
"MOre than twenty officers and 200
men of the regiment were separately
and individually examined by Major
Mallory, whose report is now on file
with the War department at Wash
ington. Indeed so rigidly did be con-
duct the inves igatiOn that i felt he
was going a little beyond the bounds
of military inquiry, l thought he was
showing undue zeal in his work and
| 80 stated to General Macarthur.
atrttfN. ma
"Msjor Mallory's report showed
that these two Bilipinos had been
shot by two enlisted men of the Kan
sas regiment at Caloocan on February
10 They were killed during the
hand TO hand lighting which took
place at the trenches within 200
yards of the church. These Filipinos'
had surrendered to Captain Flanders
of Company j, who ordered two of
his men to take the prisoners to the
rear The FilipinOs refused to 90
and went down on their kness, beg
cling and gesticaiating. Captain
Flanders had gone forward with the
company and while this was going
had sent Captain Bishop of Company
NJ over to see why Company | was
not kept up on the line with the rest
OF the regiment. Bishop, so the re-
port says, heard Flanders tell the two
privates to take the FilipinOs to the
rear. The men were unable to move
their prisoners and they said to
Bishop as their company advanced!
What shall we dor Captain Bishop
replied: You know your orders.
go ahead
"With that Bishop left the men.
and started ahead on the line Of bait
tie. He heard cracks of rifle as he
went. The names of the mon who
killed the prisoners 1 do not remenA-
Der, they can be had at Washing ton.
Captain Flanders is now at Paola,
Kansas, and Captain Bishop Is q
major in the Th!Hty-sixth infantry in
the Philippines.
METCALRIN NO WAY CONNECTED.
"As for Colonel, then Major, Met
calf, he was two rods away fpcn the
place Of the killing. He was using his
revolver for q certainty, as fast as he
could load and RELOAD it, but his tar
gets were tho fighting FilipinOs aheai
of him. He WAS in no way connected
with the shooting of, the prisoners
and he was never the SUBJECT of any
investigation.
+ Major Msllory's report was thai
there was no foundation whatsoever
for the story connecting Colonel Met
calf with the affair. The ori2ina
order was to investigate Captain
| Bishops part of 1t, The report sale
= that he was only slightly implicated
through no fault OF his, and that NJ
8 blame attached to the men who killet
t the prisoners, because thsre was
Q misunderstanding of Captain Bishop
o orders. He had heard the men toll
to take the prisoners to the rear an
a supposed his order would be under
n stood to enforce that of Capital
If Flanders, but the men took it to mea
IS that they should kill the prisoner
g because they could not be made t
l. march to the rear.
d "The only order issued as to tn
D. killing of prisoners was one directin
p that they should be shot only in tn
Il event of an attempt to escape.
"Private Donald Thorne Ie.enliste