The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-13
GOT C0UATERFRIqS 1t BANK
Sherman's Maxim the Rule
of Warfare in Islands.
THE ARMY ALL AGAINST TAFT
Witness Defends Smiths Kill and Burn
Order and Says He Never Heard of
Pacifed Province in the Archipelago.
Beveridge IN Tiff With Carmack.

Intimations Of sensational disclosures
regarding matters in the Philippines were
made today at the meeting of the Senate
Philippines Committee by George P. Board
man. Of Centralia. Kan, who had served
as corporal in the Twentieth United
States Regulars IN the Philippines. had
taught school for six months in a town
called noeos Norte, and had served as a
policeman in Manila He began his testf-
mony before the committee last Saturday.
II the course of his remarks today
Boardnan recited what seemed to be q
rather inconsequentfaI story about coun-
terfeit money in circulation in Manila. He
thereupon charged that natives were ar
rested for passing counterfeit money while
those high in authority were protected
Passing of CounteIfeits.
Mr. Beveridge asked whether he meant
to charge that a certain banking company
in the PHILIPPINES was engaged in Grim
inaIIy passing OF counterfeit money.
The witness warmly charged that when
he had been informed that the bank was
circulating counterfeit money he got some
money changed and found among it two
counterfeit dollars.
Answer my question: demanded Mr..
Beveridge.
DO you mean that you will force me2''
asked the witness
No; I viii not. replied the Senator
E.Then I'll not answer il any fuller
than I have retorted the witness.
Army Prejudieed Against Taft.
The witness declared that a deep feel--
ing of prejudice existed in the army
against Governor TAFT and the civil geY-
ernment. Personally. be said. he had no
use for the army, and as evidence CT what
he declared to be improper treatment.
exhibited several cans of foed which he
said we're samples OF soldiers rations.
He would not eat such stuff. he said The
rest of his testimony was chiefly in ref
erenee to acts CT treachery on the part OF
the Filipinos-
After the BaIangiga massacre OF almost
an entire company of the Ninth Infantry.
the natives became very offensive, he said,
but that after the issuing of General
Smiths order "to kill and burn, they
began to quiet down. That order, in the
opinion of the witness, had become a
necessity to save the lives of the SOL
diers. His testimony was very discursive
and ineonsequent, embracing a long story
about counterfeit money. in Manila.
Follows Sherman's Maxim.
Being questioned as to the general
treatment of peaceful Filipinos by the
American officers and soldiers, the wiz
ness said:
The whole tendency Of the army was
to make the men anything but pleasaL
toward the natives. because every soldier
realized that war is hell, and they were
going to give the Filipinos hell Our
orders were to treat them kiadIy. but an
officer viii not object. If a man IS hungry,
to his going into a house and getting
food"
Senator Beyeridge asked the witness if
he had been in any raeiied province
where the troops had been Withdrawn and
schools established. with school teachers,
not soldiers 4 never heard Of such a
place. said the witness.
The witness claimed that while in GER
tain cases Filipino prisoners were treated
better than he thought they deserved, in
BaIangiga the treatment Of the natives
was far from pleasing to them. Though
pressed hard, he declined to state Rhat
the general treatment by the soIdIery vas, :
saying that he did not care to tell any
tales about his comrades.
Senator in Flurry.
The Senator, apparently dissatisfied
with the witness answers, asked him
whether he had had conversation with any
Senators since his first examination
Boardman replied that he had talked
with Senator Deboe Of Kentucky
The minority members took exceptions
to a question propounded by Mr. Bev-
eridge as to whether or not the witness
had been discussing the case with any
body since giving his former testimony.
Mr. Beverages nsistaRt demand that he
answer the question brought an emphatic
protest from Mr.. Patterson
Direct Words to Car.uack.
What is meant to be conTeyed?" he
asked. DO understand it is the iaten-
tion to accuse the minority with witness
tampering?" he angriIy continued.
Mr.. Carmacl joined in the objection.
and the Chair finally ruled the question
out of order. Mr. Beveridge saying:
when I mean to imply anything, Mr..
Carmack, you will have no difficulty in
understanding ne.