Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-27
INDICTMENT BY MIR. GARRISON.
THE HTDEoUs NEITHER SIDE OF
WAR;
as 1t is brought Home by What Surgeons
and ChapIains See and Report.

10 the Editor of The Republican,:
1t is to be hoped that in time we shall
obtain faithful pictures of life in camp
ana Held To-day it is difficult to find
a medium of publication when the facts
conflict with the theories of the admin
istration. That tacit censorship ex-
lists in the Republican press is palpable
to every one who tries TO get an inser-
ton of unwelcomc truth. The soldiers
letters. written privately. without
thought of publicity, have revealed a
depth OF depravity ana brutality so ter
rible that the last resort of the leading
newspapers has been to throw discredit
on their truth.
bishop Potter. after six days in Ma
MIA, comes back to tell us of the So
briefly and good habits OF the Ameri-
can soldier in the tropics lie did not
sec one drunken soldier, nor does he al
lude 10 the RIGHTEOUSNESS of army men.
1t happened that on the very day his
testimony was given to the world there
called upon me an army official who
had spent six months at Manila. Ma
turaliy inquired of his observation and
opinion conceded with those of the
bishop, whose warming that the true
question with which the nation must
deal is not What shall we do with the
Philippines, but what will the Philip
pines do with u.s." had not been forgot
ten My informant is Il man of medical
education, IL careful observer, of re-
Elective mind. and exceedingly deiber-
ate in speech. This is the substance OF
his reply:
lie left san Francisco with the first
troops sent to the Philippines The
Western regiment, to which lie was at
iached, numbered about 300 men. Be-
fore sailing from san Francisco, not
only was drunkenness prevalent but $50
men We're registered for venereal dis
cases His judgment was that not over
~ per cent were free from licentious
vice. HALFWAY across the Pacific. so
excessive was the contagion that every
man In the regiment was subject to eX-
animation in order to check the scourge.
Arrived in Manila, they found but
rev houses of ill-repute, with less than
score of total occupants, but imme-
diately from all quarters came Il great
ana sudden accession. From Vladivos-
took, sirSapor. Yokohama, Hong X ong,
Calcutta ana other treaty ports aban-
doned women poured into the new and
active market. Social vices make no
instruction Oh race or color. These i'm
portations included Russians. Germans,
French and Italians. Three hundred
were reported as arriving on one steam
or. They found cordial welcome. and
their houses were guarded by United
States soldiers under orders to protect
the traffic.
My visitor affirmed that when he left
Manila, in the Gala AliX, Il street in
the northwestern part of the city. these
notorious houses occupied both sides
Of the way for three-quarters of n mile,
the windows filed with soliciting wo-
men in CARDS too .candalous for de-
scription The blessings Of American
civilization were beginning among n
chast1ti++-l e+li s:4tl1t n
war upon the natives. although mmi-
mont had not vet begun.
On the arrival of the regiment there
existed. according to my informant, one
brewery. one distillery, one garden for
the sale Of beer and spirits and several
hotels, clubs ana restaurants, where
liquor was served with meals. Among
5000 Spanish prisoners not a single case