New-York tribune., 1900-04-08
BARBARITY OF FILIPINOS.
INCIDENTS WHICH THROW LIGHT ON
THEIR CAPABTLTTY FOR SELF
GOVERNMENT


Manila. Feb. Is CspeciaD.-If anybody here has had
,,v doubt on the suhje Z TO whether the insur-
rents are capable Of self-government that doubt
bss been dispelled since the American prisoners
ave been recovered and brought back TO Manila
For some months past the Spanish prisoners have
seen pouring in by the hundred and the thousand
Most of them private soldiers OF the Spanish
army some Of them officers. some men of busi-
sess who caught within the hostile lines after
he outbreak Of The insurrection and some OF rharn
are f-iars The stories which these people have
tod Of -heir treatment in captivity have hoated
about Manila ever since their return. But as +ber
zane IL alive and the body OF them in fairly good
health though there were notable exceptions the
tales were accepted by Americans with more or less
discount. Among the last TO come IN was IN.
Spanish General Pena. broken in health and ba
relates receiving indIgnity and harsh treatment AZ
the hands OF his captors; the friars go much fur
trer ead speak OF absolute cruelty
With the advent Of our own little hand ba.dad
BIZ Lieutenant Gilmore. all doubts on this s,btac,
must be laid aside That AguinaIdo and many mora
individuals in the insurgent army are disposed 10
ceneHcy, from policy well from personal feel
ing may be admitted. but the bulk of the ,nsur
gents seem possessed Of an innate cruelty which
their Of civilization has failed TO disnlace
They have taken delight in the mental torture Of
their victims. and have not stopped at that bur
have also applied physical torture of g nature 70
rival the ingenious methods employed by American
Indians
TREATMENT OF A WOUNDED SOLDIER
But perhaps the most pathetic tale which conld
oe told concerning American prisoners. or indeed
about The WAY as whole. Is that embodied in q
report made ay an officer Of the 9th Infantry con-
,erriHg The three men Of that command who were
captured 10y the insurgents short time ago. In
November last four privates absented themselves
without leave. taking with them their guns and
cartridge belts The regiment was then al Capas
small town on the railroad. below TarIac and
he men proceeded ''barrio'' about two miles
and half southeast from that place. with the
object 0t obtaining chickens Suddenly they noticed
number NJ armed men in a wood near them and
.hey wee Immediately fred on BY these They
returned the dre, and realizing that they were
3uinuI1ered- they began 10 retreat but discovered
har their retreat was cut Of. They were sur
rounded IN the rear by another party. The enemy
some httv OF sixty IN number. began closing in
about them, and firing from all sides. They re-
turned the fire I'll the enemy got close and
Private Lee one OF their number who shot IN
breast. apparently mortally wounded. OF the in
Eurgents seven had been hit-three killed and
four wounded. This tnfuriared them and one came
close enough 10 be able 70 strike another of
men. Private Brown. or the head with the butt
u his Gun.
Seeing that any further resistance only meant
certain death, the men surrendered and were hur-
-ied away toward the river in the direction OF the
road leading TO Conception. Private Lee. who had
5een wounded in the chest. was left behind but
Eheu The men were hurried off ne was still alive
and wounded only IN this one spot When party
u the 9th. having heard the firing. arrived on the
scene few minutes later, they found Lee not only
5ead, bur mutiated. having boo wounds his
neck. arms and other parts Of his body. and his
clothing was on fire. All this was done by some
insurgents who stayed behind a few minutes.
DAILY TORTURE.
The three American prisoners were taken across
The river by their captors. the party being fired
upon they crossed by a detachment Of American
soldiers whom they afterward found 10 BE from
the 5tE They were rushed onward by paths and
trails toward the mountain Aryat and upon joining
he main body found Sergeant Peterson and Private
NorTall, Of the 18th Infantry. already there as
prisoners. The OF the three 9Th Infantry
men We're Privates Brown and Joseph and Charles
Cook The report goes on 10 say:
A. The time OF their capture and from that time
their lives We're daily threatened. and the three
'th Infantry men were often told that they would
pCI up ana for killing ana wounding many of
he insurgents. taTor1te pastime Of the Flipinos
vas 70 step Up TO one OF the prisoners with re-
n- -v iIt til - "a aIai,e Wi vas l4 iogi9 or
nor To add 70 the terror which these actions would
Inspire Macabehe- who had been caught at the
same time as Sergeant Peterson and Private Nor
vail the --th mad his throat cut one day before
TINS was only TO show them what was 20 be done
These cruelaes We're participated in by all their
tnalCrs. VINO had been IN command Of the party
cornplirneureC them the gallant stand that they
General Aguino whom they saw often, was gen
e. e. .--t lassa toward them put sometimes
ga ga mem cigarettes and talked with them
" 7li- prisoners they were Ted solely upon rice.
Only once was the diet varied. Three spOonfuls OF
TerE weak. suaciated ana sick with the mountain
Ie'er ana sometimes some Of them could hardly
wax stand.
There were several hundred insurgents at Cam
aus l%1ere they were taken. They thought that
ansF-er+- -o r0Lca-l and that by the morning of
ne attack of the 18th Infantry. January .. there
Wer- one thousand n them. When this attack
oeE1n early in The morning, the five prisoners were
me- up by General Aguino himself and nine
y 1@r The firing lof the attacking party continued
% grow heavier. General Aguino himself gave
son vra had reFIsed 20 kneel T'5t insIIIge1fs
tne- r-laa5 -f-rsa T-a- seereG n ne liz s-5 -aI
hasc4y away, as the Americans were already get
Lns quite near
HE DIED LIKE a SOLDIER
Lieutenant schenck and Dr. Gilhooley. of the
the scene Immediately after and describe the pitt
~ condition Of The I'VE prisoners They all
n various parts of the body. Private Brown Of
ne sth Infantry was dead Private Charles Cook
200 wound IN the back Of his neck which nearly
slsfea lls spine he was quite rational. how
qt-cers directions what messages 10 send 20
n-s people de first asked the doctor II he
s.-s go 10 dc The doctor replied that IL was i'm
tsss-Die r1r d man wounded he 20 live
lan short time Then he said Tell father
ABOUT T. and tel him that I died like a soldier
- a. ile time u writing The report the other three
eheh were stiD alive. the two I2th Infantry men,
ar chance OF recovery The last survivor Of the
-olr men y the 9Th Infantry. Private Joseph Cook
&c made a big hole his chest. that the doctor
sc tlat owing 70 Lis wasted and depleted physi-
cover % ms
Ig relating the incidents Of this affair this man
had 1f7C