The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-17

OF General Smith, shows that the in
structions in question bore rs relation to
the acts for which Major Waller was
tiled. and were not alleged By him as
justification for those acts. Major Wall
e was tried for causing certain natives.
VINO mad acted as bearers CT guides CT
one OF his expeditions. to be put to dea th
Tor treacneTy without proper trial; and
ne defended his action not upon the
ground OF any orders received from Gen
eial smith, but upon the ground that as
commanding officer he was justified by
the laws # war
General Smiths written and printed
orders, and the actual conduct OF mill
taTy operations in Sam1r. were fustfffpe
q the history and conditions CT The
warfare with the cruel and treacherouz
Savagcs who Inhabited the island. and
their entire disregard OF the laws of
war we're wholly within the Limitations
CT General Order No 100 of 1868. and
we're sustained by preeedents Ct ;he
highest authority Thus, in 1873, Wash
ihston ordered General Sullivan IN the
can paIGn against the SIX Nations TO seek
tAe total destruction and devastation OF
tnS-T settlements. He wrote. But YOU
VIII net by any means listen to over
lures Of peace before the total ruin CT
their settlement is Effected
Our future security viii be in their IN
aeiilty to iajure US. the distance to
which they are driven and n me terror
with which the severity Of the chastisa
ment they receive will inspire them.
ne Fort Phil Ees-ney massacre IN 1865
lof base treachcry, revolving cruelty and
the conditions Of serious danger which
followed It, did not approach the mas
SacFe al BaIangiSa in Samar in Senteu1-
Der, 1901. There the natives had beer
treated with kindness and confidence
t8JeEty ana 5e4T-gJvernLent had been
gwen 10 them. Captain CcnneI. the
american commander, was CT the same
L@lth ana rad been worshippng IL the
same church with them. With all the as
surance Of f-icn65hiD our men were
seated al their meal unarmed amopg. an
apparently peaceful and friendly com
nunIty, when they were set upon from
behind and butchered and their bodfes
"hen found By their comrades tn. Devr
CAV. had been mutiIated and treated
with indescribable indig. tiles YET thar4
vas no such severity By American
soldiers IN Samar as General Sherman
proposed toward the Sioux after Fort
Phil keGrney
Owes Much to Subordinates.
1t is due. however. to the GOOD sa,so
and seif-restraint Of General Smiths
subordinates. and their regard for the
laws Of war, rather than ta.- his own /
seil-control and judgment. that his in
temperate and unjustifable verbal in
structions We're not followed. and that
he IS relieved from the indeIIible stain
which would have resulted from Z lit +
eTaI compliance with them.
It is the duty OF a general officer (
whose age and experience have brought
him to high command not to incite his
suDordinates to aats of IawIess violence
Lut TO SO explain 10 them the applica-l
tton OF the laws OF war and the Ii-rfta-
lloLs upon their conduct as to prevent
tTaEsGressions upon their part and sup-f
yie:acnt their comparative fnexDerience I
D. his Eisc control In this Gener1I
smith has signaIly failed. and for this
ne has been justly convicted Although i
the sentence imposed is exceedIncIvi
light, it carries with it a condemnation
which for an officer OF his ram and xe.
IS really severe punishment F0F this
reason. and fer the further reason that
General Smith has served lis country
long and faithfully. has exhibited hich I
urage and good conduct IL I1any bat
ties. has been seriously woundcI II the