The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-04-23
War Department,

aShlngtOn, April 10, 1902.
On Feb. 18th Il letter was sent YOU,
enclosing for invest igation. copy Of
charges made by GOV. Gardner of
TayabaS province, which contained
general allegations Of crucltcS prac-
ticed by troops on natives. and gen
orally OF an inSolent and brutal atti-
tude of The army towards natives
On April I'd a cablegram was sent
you urging action with all speed CON
Sistent with thorough and searching
-iarestigatiorJ.
On-the 4th of March Il cable dispatch
was sent you directing disciplinary
measures TO produce obedience TO the
president S Instructions, SuhOrdinating
military officers TO civil government i'm
pacitied provinces. and inStructing YOU
TO relieve Mai. Edwin r. Glenn and
Capt. James \. Ryan from duty and
order them to Manila tOawait inVcSti-
CATION into conduct, in accordance
with instructions TO follow ny mail.
On the 2lth of March Instructions
were mailed yGu containing statement
of charges against those UiiitrTS and
Gen. Jacob III, Smith is tn" basis of
the Investigation ordered by the cable
of March 4th.
Further instruct ions i'm both matters
are required by the following facts:
Press dispatches state that upon the
trial Of Maj. Waller. of the marine
corps, testimony Was given 10y Waller,
'corroborated by other witnesses. that
Gen. Jacob III. Smith instructed him to
Killed and burn: that the more he killed
and burned the better pleased Gen.
Smith would be: that it was no time
10 take prisoners, and that when Mai.
Waller asked Gen. Smith to define the
age limit for killing he replied every
thing over ten
III such testimony was given, and tie
facts can be established, Won will place
Gen. Smith on trial 10y court martial.
Yesterday before the senate commit
tee on Philippine affairs Scrgt Charles
3. Riley and Private VIM. Lewis Smith
OF the Twenty-SiXth volunteer infan-
try testified that the form of torture
known as the water cure" was ad-
miniStercd to residents OF the town
OF IgbarraS, llOilO province, Island of
Panay, by detachment of Eighteenth IN
United States infantry under com
mand OF Lieut.. Arthur l.. COngcr. I'M
der orders of Maj. +. Glenn. than cap
tain Twenty-iifth infantry. and that
Captain and Assistant Surgeon Pal
mer Lyon, at that time Il contract sur
gcon, was present TO assist them. The
officers named, or such of them rs are
found to be responsible for the act .
will be tried therefor by courtmartial l.
'COnger and Lyon are i'm this country.
Both the Twenty volunteer in
fantry and Eighteenth infantry having
returned to the United States and
most of the witnesses being preSump-
lively here, the secretary of war di-
rectS that Maj. T.. +. eileen. Twenty
fifth infantry, be directed to proceed
10 San Francisco and report TO the
general commanding the department of
California with view TO his trial by
courtmartial under charges alleging
the cruelticS practiccd by him upon
a native OF the Philippine islands at
lgbarraS on the 2Tth of June, 1900. If
you can discover any witnesses still
in the service of the Philippine islands
who can testify i'm support of the
charges, or if Maj. Glenn desires the
attention OF any persons now serving
in the islands as witnesses for the de
fensc, you will direct them To proceed
to San Francisco for that purpose. As
the two years allowed for the prose
cutiOn by the statute of limitations is
nearly at an end no time is 10 hc lost
You will take such course inadvancing
or poStponing the invest igat ions pre-
ViOuSly ordered into the conduct of
Gen. Smith and Mai. Glenn as shall
be required to enable YOU to execute
these instructions.
1t is believed that he yiOIat ions of
law and humanity OF which these
cases, if true. are cXamaplcS, will prove
TO be few and occasional and not tu
characterize the conduct OF the army
generally i'm the Philippines but the
fact that any such acts Of cruelty and
barbality appear 10 have been done
indicates the necessity OF a most thor
ough, searching and exhaustive invcS-
tigatiOn under the general charges pre-
ferred by Gov. Gardener and YOU will
spare no effort, i'm the investigation
already ordered under these charges
to uncover every such case which may
have occurred and bring the offender,
TO Justice.
The president desires to know in tlt
fullest and most circumstantial man
ner all the facts, nothing being con.
cealed, and no man being for any rca.
son favored or shielded. For the very
reason that the president intends tC