The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-22
THE WATER CURE
ExPERIENCED WITNESS ON
~ THE STAND.
ALWAYS VERY EFFECTIVE.
,1EUT. FLINT SAW ABOUT
TWENTY CASES.

o,,ehe scouts Tried 1t First on
FiIipinOs to Make the Latter Pro-
,,,ce Their Guns, Which They AL
laws Did-Never Knew 1t to Kill
= .nvbody-ApprOves of the Water
cra and said 1t Was as Old as the
..ChronicIes of Newgate'-Fhe
vcxIer system Adopted in Philip
pines.
washington, April 21.-The Senate
committee on the Philippines to-day
.osumed the examination of witnesses
:, connection with the investigation of
ofairs in the Philippine Islands. Grover
rlint of Cambridge, Mass, who served
&C first lieutepant in the Thirty-fifth
volunteer Infantry, testified that early
IN Nav, 1900, he had been a witness to
,ba water cure, as administered to the
natives by the Maccabebe scouts, and
that this was done to get information
ne TO the whereabouts of their guns.
The guns were delivered. The follow
ing day some men of his own regiment
onnled the cure, but their act was
without the authority of their COM
handing officers. The Maccabebes at
the time referred to were not under
command of commissioned officer,
Int under a sergeant of the United
States army. Flint had been, he said,
witness to at least twenty cases of
water cure. He never had seen anyone
die as a result of the cure, but had
seen hospital corps man working on
native who had been rendered uncon~
scious.
Mr. Flint, in response to a question
by Senator Dietrich, said he was pre-
sent upon these occasions to draw the
line on excuses. He did not recon-
mend to his major that the practice
cease nor did he give any orders to
his men to stop the torture.
Answering question by Senator
Burrows the witness declared that the
effect of the cure was immediate, the
victim invariably turning in his gun
or a bolo and giving information as to
the whereabouts of others.
Was Refused n Commission.
Replying to a question by Senator
Lodge, the witness said that he had
been refused a commission in the reg
ular army because. his colonel had re-
ported him as using intoxicating liquors
to excess. Flint denied that on any
Of the occasions when he had witnessed
the waited cure was he under the in
fluence of liquor. Mai Geary of his
regiment was always near, but had not
interfered in the administration of the
cure, simply assigning a commissioned
officer to see that the men did not go
too far.
After considerable questioning the
witness finally admitted that he APP
proved of the water cure, and, re-
spending to a query by Senator Bev-
eridge said that it was not an Ameri-
can invention, but was as old as the
Chronicles of Newgate."
Borrowed From WeyIer.
The witness described the burning
of small villages, the idea being to
drive the people to the woods or to
the towns and concentrate them.
Who did the army borrow that
FROM" inquired Senator Culberson.
Il saw it in Cuba answered the
witness under the authority of Gen.
Weyer."
The committee in executive session
refused to call Edward Atkinson of
Boston as a witness, but directed that
subpoenas issued for d number of SER
geants and privates who were wit
nesses of the water cure. The matter
of calling Sixto Lopez, Mabini and
Aguinaldo was left for future determi-
nation.