The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-04-23
STORY OF A SERGEANT.
Water Cure and Other Cruelties Prac-
iiced Upon the FiIipinos..
ORDERS TO BURN A NATIVE TOWN,
Witness Testihes That He Heard
Captain Glenn issue a Command
Which Rendered Thousands
OF People Homeless.


Davis of Greenfield. Mass, who was a
sergeant in Company NJ. Twenty-sixth
volunteer infantry, was before the
senate committee on the Philippines.
He was present at the convent at
Igbaras, Nov. 81, 1900, when the wat
er cure" was administered to the pre-
idente OF the town of Igbaras, as tes-
titled to by Sergeant Riley and Private
Smith. and related the incidents con-
nected Herewith. He was sworn be-
fore being examined and was question
ed by Senator RawIins He spoke or
the arrival OF the regulars under the
command of Captain Glenn. He said
that under orders from Captain Glenn.
he with squad had taken the presi-
dente into custody on Nov. 81 and had
escorted him to the convent where the
cure" was administered.
Continuing, the witness said that
when the victim of the Cure" was
filled with water the members of the
detail would force it out OF him by
rolling their fists over his stomach and
that the process was kept up for about
10 minutes.
He described the second application
of the cure" as previously testified to.
corroborate Sergeant Riley in the
statement that the details of this per
Torrance were under the charge of
Contract Surgeon Lyons. and that
Captain Glenn and Lieutenant Conger
were both present when it occurred.
Mr.. Davis said in reply to questions
as to the physical effect of the pro-
cess that the man ''squealed" terribly
and that his eyes were bloodshot, but
that the next day he was able to
mount his horse and lead the scouts
to the mountain. Afterward he was
taken to Iloilo and placed in prison.
The witness also repeated the state
ment that two police officers of the
town of Igbaras had been subjected to
ded, also a native school teacher
there who was maltreated at the same
time, but the water cure was not ad-
ministered to him. He was taken into
one of the back rooms of the convent
by DR.. Lyons, who secured the infor-
nation he wanted by placing two
Colts revolvers to his head, thus rem
dering it unnecessary to administer
the cure"
did you see this?"
"I did"
Mr.. Davis also gave the details of
the burning of the town of Igbaras.
He said 1t contained about 10000 peo-
pie, but no business place. All except
about Is houses were destroyed and
men, women and children were foorc-
ed out indiscriminately.
Senator Burrows-'Who gave the
order to burn the town."
The witness-"Captain Glenn"
ITO whom did he give it?"
"To Lieutenant Conger. He told
the lieutenant to burn the town"
did you hear him?"
81 did,
Did he say why it should be
burned?"
''He did not"
The witness also said that a neigh
boring town containing about 1000
people had been burned, but that he
did not know who had given the order
for its destruction. He stated in reply
to questions with torture in all the in
stances mentioned had been conducted
by the regular soldiers and that they
had not been participated in by the
members OF his regiment, the TWEEN
ty-sixth volunteers.
MY orders" he said, >"were to treat
the natives kindly and so far as OBJ
served, they were so treated with the
exceptions l have mentioned"
He added that the presidente had
been a traitor to the American cause
and the other natives did not generally
have any sympathy for him.
Mr.. Davis said he had been in
charge of a detachment of 10 men in
the town of Igbaras for several
months before the arrival OF the reg
ulars, and also for some time after
ward and that he had never had any
trouble whatever with the natives.