The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-22
FORGED IO ADMIT /.
Lieut.. Flint ConfeSses He Ap-
proved of Water Cure.
1T WORKED so ADMIRABLY
He TeStiies of Torture Before
Philippine Committee.
1T WORKED so AOMlRABLY

Washington. April 2r.-The senate com
mittee on the Philippines today resumed
the examination of witnesses in the in
vestigation Of affairs in the Philippine
! islands. Grover Flint of Cambridge.
Mass. who served as first lieutenant in
the Thlrty-hfth volunteer infantry. tes-
tined that early in May. 1900 he had
been a witness to the water cure. as ad-
ministered 20 the natives by the Macca-
bebe scouts. and that this was done 10
get Information as TO the Whereabouts
Of their guns. The guns were delivered.
The following day some men OF his own
regiment applied the cure. but their act
was without the authority OF their com
handing officers The Maccabebe az the
time referred to were not under command
Of a commissioned officer. but under a
sergeant OF the United States army.
Flint had been. he said. a witness 10 az
least twenty cases of water cure lie
had never seen any one die as a result
Of the cure. but had seen hospital corps
man working on a native who had been
rendered unconscious. II also had been
reported TO him that one Filipino died
from the effects OF the water cure
The witness then described the method
OF administering the cure, and said that
in some cases where 1t was given 10 cid
men he had seen their teeth fan out
Mr.. Flint. in response TO a question
by Senator Dierich. said he was present
upon these occasions. TO draw a line
on excuses" He did not recommend
to the major that the practice cease nor
did he give any orders TO his men TO
stop the torture.
Answering question by Senator Bur
rows. the witness declared that the eject
of the cure HAS immediate, the victim
Invariably turning IN his gun or a bolo
and giving information as to the where
abouts of others. He said II was i'm
possible to judge whether the victims
were insurgent soldiers or peasants. but
they appeared to be peaceable harrios
or villagers. Some Of them were thrown
down by force; others who were timid
would submit readily, while those who
resisted were simply held the more tight
~. The treatment. he said. never got
10 the point Of great brutality
Replying to "A question by Senator
Lodge, the witness said he had bcen
refused a commission in the regular army
because his colonel had reported him
as using intoxicating liquors 10 excess.
The witness deplored the raising Of this
question, but Senator Beveridge said it
had an important bearing on the case.
Flint denied that on any Of the occasions
when he had Witnessed the water cure
he was under the influence Of liquor
He insisted that IN justice 70 himself he
90 ..
but had been a careless drinker. Witness
had, he said. released several men who
did not appear to him 70 be insurrectos
Major Geary OF his regiment was always
near, but had not interfcred IN the adj
ministrstion Of the cure. simply assign
ing a comman ding officer 70 see that the
men did not go too far. After consider
able questioning the witness finally adj
mitted that he approved OF the water
cure. and. responding TO a query by Sen
ator Beveridge. SID that IL was not an
American invention. but was as old as
the Chronicles OF Newgate." Asked re-
garding Filipinos IN guard houses. he
said that they were treated exactly the
same as American prisoners. except that
they were supplied with food which they
we're accustomed 20 and not with the
army ration Tho witness described The
burning OF small villages. the idea being
he said. TO drive the people 70 the woods
or 70 the towns and concentrate them.
who did the army borrow that FROM
inquired Senator CuIberson
II saw it IN Cuba" answered the Wit
Hess. under the authority 81 General
weyler"
The witness was then excused ard the +
committee went into executive session. /
The committee IN executive session re- 4
fused 20 call Edward Atkinson of Boston +
as witness. but directed that subpoenss f
issue for number Of ssrgeants and pri- I
Yates who were witnesses Of tie water .
cure. The matter OF calling sixto 10
PEI. Msbini and Aguiuaido was iert FER
future determination. The committee then +
adjourned until Tuesdsv. April q. on
which day General Macarthur viii again
be heard