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

GINA and particularly IN Richmond
He served long time as cOmman-
dant of cadets at Blacksburg, and
in that time became quite one of
our people. lie is now serving
under General Otis in the Philip
pines. He has written a letter to
the Rev. DIR. Mcbride, of Blacks
burg, which DR.. 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 as follows:
"Tncrc is no doubt OF the fact
that almost all of In officers that
came out with the first expedition
feel that We have not dealt square
~ with these people. Thc naval
officers share this opinion quite as
freely as the army. BY implication
and fair Inference, ifnot in direct
words, these people were given to
understand that we were their al
lies in their struggle with Spain.
There is no doubt that several
thousand rifles and a large guam
tlty of ammunition were issued To
them from the arsenal at Cavit. An
officer told me not long ago that
he was at Cavite when Dewey cal
led on Aguinaldo i'm the quarters
OF the latter; that The troops were
turned out and made to present
arms to AguiHaldo, while the band
sounded n general officers flourish
ia his honor. y great many think,
therefore, that these people had
good grounds for believing that
our object was not to replace Spain
as their masters, but was to use
them as our allies in the war with
Spain and in return give them
tnelr freedom.
"A an; rate, there, Is no gain
saying the fact that they now re-
gard uS i'm u much more unlricndly
light than they ever regarded
SPAN. have no doubt that
they would vastly prefer 10 see the
Spanish return rather than that
the Americans should remain.
al first, when the American
troops were regarded as allies, the
natives trusted them implicitly.
IN officer told me thar this con
iidencc WAS much abused i'm Manila
where the native merchants. being
unaccuStomcd 10 the different
varieties OF American paper money.
were SWindled by having consider.
able quantities OF Confederate
money palmed OF on them. it is
SAID that Jhc Aston Battery, taking
advantage of their name. went
home leaving in the hands of the
native merchants several thouS-
auds OF dollars OF or,hless orders
Oh john Jacob, who was repre-
scented as able and willing TO foot
all bills of the organization.
"When the regiments were
ordered from Manila to this some
oil the native tradesmen and saloon
keepers, being unable To collect
their bills, nterN LEVIED the com
pany commanders To inplore their
assistance. One captain told me
that one saloon keep came to HIM
with a list showing that Henry
Ward Beecher, William Mckinley.
and George Was hington had been
liberal patrons of his establish
ment. Another, tailor, begged
his assistance Ia collecting u bill
for clothes made for and delivered
to Grover Cleveland"
That is 4 most humiIiatin o
statement that the natives now re.
gard us as worse than the
Spaniards and would gladly cx-
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