The sun., 1902-03-06
TOWAGE WARINSAMARELAND
GEN. SMITH SAYS IT MUST BE
SHARP AND DECISIVE.
Every Native Must he Regarded and
Treated as an Enemy Until Tie Has
Conclilsi,ely shown That He IL
Friend - Neutrality Not to Be Tolerated

Friend - Neutrality Not To he Tolerated
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Gen. j. Frank
lin Bells order to the troops In his territory,
giving directions for the conduct Of the
campaign against the Filipinos and es-
tablishing the reconcentrado principle,
has more followers by an order of equally
strong character recently issued by Gen.
Smith to station commanders In the Samar
district, a copy Of which has just reached
the War Department in the mail from
Manila. Gen. Smith declares that every
native. whether in arms or living in the
pueblos or barrios, will he regarded and
treated as an enemy until he has conclu-
sively shown that he is friend The order
consists OF several thousand words. II
reviews the situation in the islands and
tells the commanding officers what they
shall do TO create burning desire for
pence He charges the alleged peaceful
native and the wealthy class with being
the real supporters Of the insurrection
and says:
THE policy to he pursued in this brigade
from this time on will be to wage war in
the sharpest and most decisive manner
possible. This policy will apply TO the
Island OF Samar and to such other portions
of the brigade TO which il may become
necessary to apply IL. even though such
territory is supposedly peaceful or is under
civil government.
Gen. Smith does not hesitate to say that
he will invade n territory under the civil
government should he consider it neces-
sary to do so. He is mindful Of the rules
of war, however, and tells the officers that
they must comply with such rules as laid
down in the instructions for the govern
ment of armies in the field He directs
that the commanding officers encourage
the younger officers of their commands
TO completely look for. engage, harass
and annoy the enemy in the field He
SAYS in the order
In dealing with the natives Of all classes
officers will be guided by the following
principles; every native, whether in arms
or living in the pueblos or barrios, VIII
be regarded and treated as an enemy until
he has conclusively shown that he is
friend. This he cannot do by mere words
or promises, nor by imparting information
which, while true, is old or stale and OF
no value, nor can Il be done by aiding us
In WAYS that do no material harm TO the
insurgents. In short, the only manner in
which the native can demonstrate his
LOYALTY is by some positive act or acts that
actually and positively commit him to us,
thereby severing his relations with the
insurrectos and producing or tending 20
produce distinctly unfriendly relations with
the insurgents.
That Gen. Smith does not repose much
faith in the taking of the oath of allegiance
by the Filipinos is shown by the following:
The taking Of N1e oath OF allegiance by
officials, Presdentes. Vice -Presidentes, Con-
sejeros, Principales, Tenientes of barrios
or other people of influence does not Indicate
that they or any Of them have espOused
the American cause, since IL IL a well estab-
lshed fact that these people frequently
take the oath of allegiance with the direct
object and intent of ena bling them to be
Of greater service to their real friends IN
the field. Neutrality must not be tolerated
on the part of any native. The time has
now arrived when all natives in this brigade
who are not openly for us must be regarded
as against us In short, II not an active
friend he is an open enemy.
THE most dangerous class with whom
we have 10 deal is the wealthy sympathize
and contributor. He has much TO lose,
in his opinion, and but little 20 gain through
American supremacy IN these lslanuH'
II is expected that officers will exercise
their best endeavors to suppress and pre-
vent aid being given by the people OF this
class especially by the native priest. The
profession of the priest will not prevent
his arrest or proceedings against him.
II the evidence is sufficient they will be
tried by the proper court. II there is not
sufficient evidence to convict, they will be
arrested and confined a. military neces-
sity and held a. prisoners OF war until
released by orders from these headquar
ters. II will be borne in mind that in these
islands, as a rule. il is next to impossible
TO secure evidence against men Of influence.
and especially against the native priests,
command Of stations will not hesitate,
therefore, to arrest and 10 detain indi-
viduals whom they have good reason TO
suspect are aiding the insurrection, even
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