The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-07
MAJ. GARDENERS CHARGES.
Senator Lodge Presents CabieRram
From Cbaffec Giving the Charges
and specifications in Detail.

and Specifications in Detail.
Washington, May 6.-When the Phil
ippine Committee met to-day, Senator
Lodge presented a cable from Gen.
Chaffee, giving the charges and speci
fcations of Maj. Gardener relative TO
Tayabas province. These consisted of
allegations that troops had burned
buildings ill treatment of native by
Lieut.. George D. Catlin and rape of
five women by soldiers.
Senator Lodge stated to the commit
tee that Catlin had been under treat
mont for deranged mind. The cable
gram is dated May and is as follows:
Maj. Cornelius Gardeners first let
ter contained no specifications on which
1 could act. From his second letter,
however, in order to comply with the
Ire sent Instructions, l submit in the
form of charges the following data,
which are as complete as possible un-
der the conditions in which 1 am at
present situated:
Charge The troops that succee led
the volunteers did not keep up the
scouting and patrolling system.
Specific6tion-That the troops sta
toned in the central towns of Tayabas,
to wit, in Lucban, Tayabas, Lucepa
and Saviayo did in the spring of 1901,
for about three months, fail to scout or
patrol the country. except as escort 10
wagon trains on the main road.
"Charge-Burning of barrios or vii
lagos.
ification-That troops during
the fall of 1901 burned a number of
barrios belonging to Dolores and adj
jacent town.
"Torturing Natives
Specification THAT certain United
States troops coming from San Pablo
in or near the town of Dolores tor
tured a native by the water cure. This
during the summer of 1901.
Specification 2-That the command
ing officer of Laguiamanoc, during the
summer of 1901, maltreated or tortur-
ed native boy.
Specification 3-That troops coming
from Lucena or Tayabas on several
occasions tortured natives belonging
to the pueblo of Pagbilao. This dur
ing the summer and fall of 1901.
"Charge-Harsh treatment of ma
tives.
Specification THAT men belonging
to a detachment of soldiers stationed
at Candelaria looted a store in that
town about the month of November,
1901.
Specification 2-That a detachment
of troops took away from a peaceful
citizen of Dolores a pony. This about
the month of September, 1901.
Specification 9-That the house of
native of Candelaria forcibly taken for
a smallpox hospital and afterwards
burned by order of the surgeon at
Sariaya, that the said native was not
remunerated. This in Candelaria in
July, 1901.
Lieut.. CatIin's Conduct.
Specification 4-That First Lieut.
George dec. Catlin did strike with his
fist natives of Lucena for failing to
take off their hats to him and did
forcibly with threats compel native
to deal cards for him. This about
September 1901.
Specification 5-That First Lieut..
George dec. Catlin at Canauan did
keep in the guardhouse for three days
a native without food or water. This
about September 1901.
Specification 6-That First Lieut..
George dec. Catlin did strike natives
in the face for failing to remove their
hats This while he was in command
at that post.
Specification THAT a party of
soldiers attacked with pistols three
natives working on the roads near
Lucena This about November, 1901
Specification S.-That certain SOL
diers belonging to a troop of cavalry
stationed in Tayabas pueblo did violate
five women of that town by force. This
in the month of January or February,
1901.
THE dates are approximate and the
facts from complaints made to me,
stated to the best of my recollection.
(Signed.) "Chaffee."
Another Private Testifies.
R. V. Hughes of Philadelphia, for
merly private in Company H, Eighth
Cavalry, was the witness before the
committee to-day. He testified to see
ing the water cure administered once
to q native when the troops were
searching for information. He also
saw one native knocked down twice by
order of Lieut.. Merchant, and another
beaten on the chest with a stick to
make them give information. The in
surgents engaged in similar work. he
said. and gave an instance of an Amer
lean soldier being cut to pieces with
holos. He testified that the native
prisoners were we'll treated, the sick
cared for and the food furnished very
nearly the same as that furnished the
American troops.