The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-14
A CHAPTER OF HORRORS.


the record OF courts martial held the islands This record
was sent to the senate Philippine committee by Secretary
Root some time the evident purpose being show that
the by ordering trial % offenders doing
all there be done toward uppresng lawessncss
the part Of members Of army in islands The
tary letter Of transmission does state whether the list is
| complete TO what date i, is made up
1t is quite possible that the publication Of the record
question may have effect altogether different from the
aimed by the adminstraonsts The record shows that
almost every conceivable crime has been committed by Amer
lean soldiers against Flipno and there absolutely
ing show that all Of the perpetrators crimes
punished that cognizance has taken of crimes
The record contains list $50 men, against
have been passed on by martial but is quite
able to suppose that many other similar crimes have been
committed without anything being of them with
out therefore trial being ordered perual this roll
OF dishonor will give very good idea of the
aoer Of some of the alleged patriots who according the
president are patiently and uncompainingy carrying
peculiarly trying and difficult war" and who are helping
civilization to its triumph"
II will also have the direct result OF demonstrating the
fact that while large number OF the officers and
posing the in the Philippines courageous and
humane consistent with their profession there
in the who have the instincts and the
scs which popularity supposed belong only savages
and which by no in line with the prang about
Our army and our boys, which constantly being in
dulged in by those interested in whitewashng the black
record Of the republican administration OF course every
army that existed contained its quota bacguards
sneaks thieves and moral but any who reads
carefully and closely the martial BY Secretary
Root viii doubtless be willing admit that the United States
army in the Philippine islands more than its share
this class Of cattle and that who capable OF conf
hitting the crimes told OF in this record would be capable
going to lengths in the numbering and children
and in the infection savage helpless victims In
other words the stories of cruces not seem so
unreal and impossible ono sees in cold type an Of
fetal record such as this list Of martial compiled
by the war department.
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The record begins page OF the printed volume OF
hearings before the Philippines and oc
cupics sixty pages. 1t impossible give here in
full but lew extracts from it win show its general chaac-
ter 1t gratifying be able observe that in most cases
htug punishment to have been necd out to men con
yccd y martial shown by this and were
it not for the fact that during the past few in
yesgaon OF the minority members the Philippines COM
nitee have brought out large numbers Of where men
have been clearly 10 be guilty of cruelty b who have
nevertheless gone unpublished o have been made =, serve
Iobt sentences i ni'bt he r " .ar , w.
a,rb,.-,e. il, ,D,e isards b,., llama nrs,t; 80,
ward making nied States soldiers resncct ,l bt f th
natives The reports of Major Gardener and o,,or civil, m
errors the cases of CAPTAIN RYAN Lieutenant Arnold Scr
pcapt Edwards and do,c,s f hors t.t NH, 49, I ;,
the records were searched st, ,cr irt H. ~, ,, -
,.bo hasa. ..,.,,;.,ad i.a - 49, w Wv"
therefor , courts marital rccord G,rnsh.d p anu
arv of war is Of little va1,,e # Ire sole os l. - t 49,
number Of co,victors that have i,,a,a1 49, -; ~
CHARGES ~ ''''e'"s VI
In March 1900 appears from the record Private Wal
ruubull lr company Fourteenth infantry engaged
in hc pleasant little pastihc Of severely woundnr native
woman ON the head with bayonct. then If seems he .cr.
a,cd disturbance in native shop by assautng the proore
tor while drunk" This LANGUAGE leaves some doub, 49, So
whether rurubull or the native shon oronretor was dI
but would be safe to wager that it was the latter Turnbu
dhonoraby discharged his nav and allowance were r
fc,cd and sentence OF three wears confinement "a, ina
posed
la August 1909 George T. Bowman OF company K Ninth
infantry stole $50 worth OF jewelry from native In
August OF the same Patrick Murphy OF company A.
bird infantry, entered house while drunk and abused
native Henry Kcpner. who was a member of the
same company Murphy and who accompanied the latter
in his irespas wounded native woman with knife and
threatened another with All three OF these men were
dishouorably discharged
These on the first roftl tho z