Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-21

try to bring out things in the interest of
the army rather than matters of contrary
character.
Senator Beveridge then continued his In
terrogation of Witness O'Brien, asking him
II he had made any report concerning the
treatment Of the Spanish women The wit
ness replied that he had not made such a
report, because" he said, Il knew that If
l should have reported the affair / would
be logged and that my life thereafter would
be hell
"Why. then. did you volunteer state
ment In regard to the matter?"
II wanted the committee to know the
facts as they had come to me-" he replied.
land l am now out of the army and a
citizen Of the United States l felt that l
would be safe in reporting the matter"
Alleged Fate Of an Informer.
He went on to say that it made no differ
ence how just the complaint Of a man in
the army might be, the man who made 1t
was sure to be bounded for doing SO. He
added that his experience in the mountains
in Luzon had convinced him of this fact,
saying in this connection that he and his
men had been almost starved while the Off
GERS Of his company were disposing OF the
rations which should have been issued to
them.
He said in reply to a question from Sem
ator Beveridge in this Connection, that he
had made numerous complaints while serv-
ing in the army.
After Mr.. Patterson's Statement.
After Mr.. O'Briens testimony Mr.. Pat
terson rose and made a formal statement
Of the position Of the minority with refer
ence to the questions put to O'Brien con-
corning the Igabaras incident. He said that
when it became apparent that the witness
testimony to the effect that American Of
f1cers had maltreated a woman was hear
say evidence. he and Senator Rawlins had
hffh I'D iy,et F,rrtI ey,,tf
OF this line of inquiry. He read from the
record of the proceedings of the first day
that . Brien was on the stand In confirma-
ton of this statement.
My feeling and that of the minority is,
he said, that the honor and integrity of
American officers and American soldiers
should not be impugned by the Introduction
OF such testimony, and l want to say that
eevrything which has followed the first
statements made by the witness has been
dragged in by the majority
He went on to say that the responsible
ty did not rest with the minority who. he
said, consider many Of the statements I'M
fortunate and unjust.
Senator Beverage replied that there was
no desire to connect the minority of the
committee with the statements of the wit
ness. He added that the mans first allega-
lions had gone to the country. and that be
deemed 1t only just that the charges should
be thoroughly probed.
Senator Lodge also said: $50 much has
been said here about American officers that
l want them to know the exact truth and
have an opportunity to defend themselves"
With a brief rejoinder by Mr.. Patterson
to the effect that there was no necessity Of
calling any to defend themselves
against hearsay evidence the committee ad-
journed.
The Captain Mcdonald.
Capt. Mcdonald referred to in the testi-
mony Of Corporal O'Brien before the Phil
tppine committee Of the Senate Is not now
in the service, but was in Company M,
10Th Volunteers. There being several cap
tains in the service by the name Of Nc
Donald some interest has been manifested
In relation to the particular officer bearing
that name referred to by Corporal OBrten.