The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-04-25
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9cdge the receipt OF your copy or the
Testimony ofScrgt Cllas. S.ltilcy ami
4 Private William Lewis Smith, late of
the TWcnty-six!h Infantry, t:.lsen be-
close 4 copy Ola dispatch which has
1 been sent today t0Mai Gen. ChuiTcc,
y commanding the division OF the phil
Ippimcs. Directions have been given to
the Judge advocate general Of the army
& TO take prOperstcp3 IN accordance with
tho Dispatch.
" ,Ihc war department will he glad TO
receive the earliest possible informa-
StiOn or any further evidence Whichmay
be. ELECTED by the committee, tending
to. fix responslbilityupon any one the
military service OF tho United States
3forany violation Of The laws of war or
of the regulations and orders govern
ling the operations ofthc army or the
United States In tie field.
sSFEs " $.s u SS,5s Very respectfully, a
n M s5 Elihu Root,
Ss$S SSs3 Secretary Of War
Il Hon. VI. O. Lodge, United states Sen
ase, Washington,D.C. s.
SG THE ORDERS CABLED.
In accordance With the above tho
Secretary ofWar sent the following
58cablegram to Gen, Chuifcc, who Is III
command OF tho American troops IN
a Bile philippine Islands: 6a
u 81 War Department., u
n I'M SSs w ashingt ton, April 10, 1902 . {
$ s$f On5Ifeb. 10th Il letter was sent you,
& enclosing for investigation, copy Of
charges made by Gov. Gardner I'll Of
/. aa.,lNiyabas provinces, which contained
genera l,fallegatloiB OF Cruelties prac-
6&t &tIced 3by & troops on natives, and gen
,scsIsll lsg ofSans insolent md brutal 8atti-
aaf ;ttlle trlIiy towards nat Ives, U &
pfi I'D a. c;lDlcgrum was sent
sS ioliASitliail speed con
and searchi'lg
!sfss f sesl osis q difcct i Siisclpfinary
,} S4f ll llrcs produce obedience to tile
eSldent IS instructions, smbortiinntlng
litary Olliceis tocivl govcrnmentin
81 pacltiSod provinces, and insir,lcting y0n
\ TO relieve Maj.&E,dwjn ~. Glenn and
afCapt.&Jamcs a. Ryan from duty and
3Drter I hem 10 Manila toawait invcstI-
@iBati0n into their conduct, inaccOrGnnce
iaWfthinstructiOns 10 follow by mail
On The. 2ithof March Instructions
s IN re mailed yon containing statement
90 cflargcs against those Officers and
. tssn. Jacob Il smith as the basis OF
lam investigation ordered by the cable
OF March 4th.
y
are required BY the following facts:
ircss atchcsState tina, upon lie
S trial OF Mai, Waller Of Tie marine
corps, testimony was given by Waller.
], CoffOloratcd by Other witnesses, that
d Gen Jacob III, Smith instructed him to
killcdand burn: that he more hc Killed
and burned the better pleased Cen,
Smith would pc; that II WAS no time
" 70 take prisoners, and that when Mai.
~ n Inv JynI - Il 4!
age limit for killing nc replied "cvcry-
thing over ten
lfsuch testimony was given, and the
facts can bc established, you Viii place
3Gcn Smith on trial by court martial.
yesterday before the senate commit
tee on Philippine Affairs Scrgt. Charles
is. Riley and Private Wm. Lewis Smith
aof the 'rwcnty-siXth volunteer infan-
try test fled that the form OF torture
& known as the water cure" was adj
Of igbarras, lloilo province, island Of G
panay. by detachment Of Eighteenth
United states infantry under com
mand Of Lieut.. Arthur l.. Congcr, IN
crOrdcrS Of Maj. e. Glcnn, than cap
tain TWenty-ifth infantry, ard that
Captain and Assistant Surgeon Pal
mer Lyon, at that time q contract SUR
5gcon, was present to assist them. Tho
Officers named, orsuch Of them as are
found TO be responsible for the act,
VIII be tried thcrciorby colntmartial.
tCOnBcr and Lyon are IN this country
Both the TWcnty-sixth volunteer IN
fantry and Eighteenth, infantry having
Ucturncd TO the United States aud
most or the witnesses being prcsump-
lively here, the secretary Of war di.
rccts that Mai. r.. IL. Glccn, Twenty
lifth. infantry, be directed TO proceed
ITO San Francisco and rcportto the
general commanding the cdcpartmcntOf OF
California witha view 70 his trial BY
/ 59,collrtlnartlal under. charges alleging
y 10 native Of the Philippine Islands at
lgbarras on the 27th Of Juno, 1900. II
.yOti CHI discover any witnesses still
In the service OF the Philippine islands
who can testify In support OF the
charges, or If Mai, Glenn desires the
attention Of any persons now serving
IN the Islands as witnesses for lie de-
fcnsc, YOU will direct them to proceed
TO San Francisco for that purpose. As
the two years allowed for the prose-
2t,cuti0n by the statute OF limitations Is
- an end 10 tine is 70 be lost
@@f \ OH VIII take suchcOurSc In naGvancng
.aOr postponing the Investigations prc-
yfOusly ordered Into the conduct or
#aGen. smith and Mai. Glenn t,s shall
be required 70 enable you to cxccnte
these Instructions.
II is believed thattthc violations or
law and humanity, or which these
EIcascs, II true, are examples, will prove
y to be few and occasional and not To
character the conduct OF tho army
generally In the Philippines; but tho
5 fact that any suchacts3 OF cruelty and
6fbarballty appear tn have been done
u indicates tho necessity Of IN most thor
SiOiugh gh searching and exllaustiye inyes-
3s5sL non under the general charges pres
II II ftrred by Coy, 4 Gardcnerand y0uWiIl
spare !, no eltoYt Ell IN the investigation