The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-23
CHAFFEE TELLS
OF WALLER CASE
War Department Makes Public
Only Part of Report.
No CAUSE TO SHOOT NATIVES
SAYS THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD
A TRIAL.

1 1 fAChlNAT lO-Ns April - 4 re " dt
w department has made public part
Of a report from General Chsfee,
dated March IL. which epitomizes the
situation IN the various parts Of the
Philippine archipelago in a manner
that is particularly satisfactory TO the
officials mere in view OF the congress
siOnal demand for exact and late in
forma ton.
General Chaffee refers to the Waller
court-H9artiai. then about to convene,
and touches upon the Morong disturb
ances. forecasting the ultimate settle
ment. checks off the work accomplished
toward reducing posts and speaks of
the initiation Of the movement for Mai
vars surrender. an event which has
since been brought about. The chief
parts of the report, as made public, are
as follows:
"A general court-martial OF import
ance meets here today You viii prob
ably notice in the Associated Press dis
patches that it is for the trial Of Major
Waller and Lieutenant Day of the ma
riRe corps. The purpose Of this trial
is to inquire into an unlawful execu-
ton Of some natives by these officers.
The cause Of the execution is alleged TO
be that the natives turned on the ma
rines in the mountains and tried TO
take the life Of Lieutenant Williams.
The natives came out Of the mountains
with the command. however, and word
sent to Basey from Tacloban, it was
reported 10 Major Waller that they
had assaulted Lieutenant Williams OF
the marine corps and in other. ways
turned traitors to the Command.
Admits Waller Was Hasty.
Major Waller. on what I think a
very slight inquiry, ordered them ex-
ecuted. They We're his prisoners at the
slime. and. Of course. should have been
tried If believed to be guilty of the Of
tense alleged.
81 am investigating one OF two other
instances where it is alleged prisoners
have been shot
The part of the report that follows
the foregoing is suppressed by the de-
partment. The next section made pub
lie says;
while at Vigan I received a dis
patch about the Morong disturbances.
and replied from there. Such incidents
need not occasion much anxiety. They
are liable TO occur in various provinces
for a year or so. for il must be remem-
bered that very many of the people
ike Ladrouism. as we call IL out here.
and perhaps think II easier TO make
living BY theft rather than honest toll.
The presidente Of Cainta has been
a strong friend of the Americans for
a long time and has done much tn
assist them in securing peace in that
province. He has undoubtedly made
for himself by his course many enc
mics and TO doubt this had some
thing to do with his being KIDNAPPED
Mayor Escaped From Captors.
The parties who did this. as We be-
feve. belong in the vicinity Of this
place. The presidente escaped from
them
After this comes another section de-
MED % the public. The report then
continues.
Since Nov 1 we have abandoned 90
stations This has been accomplished
mainly by Withdrawing detachments." "
At this junctUre the part of the re-
port again ends abruptly Chaffee shen
Iauds Bell as follows:
General Bell continues 10 capture
arms and men in the Third brigade as
well as receiving surrenders almost
daily Since December he has secured
nearly 900 guns Of various kinds ami
I presume that at least 3.009 men have
been captured or surrendered in the
same time.
ITO show how difficult it is 20 ac-
comDlish our task down there. We are
daily finding arms and picking up men
and receiving surrenders on the very
ground that has been most carefully
covered or gone over with q large force
spread out during the first Two weeks
OF January. What ne are getting now
were secreted then and we have no
knowledge that even we shall succeed
entirely in obtaining all the arms Sc
GREETED there. OF throughout the COCn-
try Ii IS very important that we get
hold Of all the arms possible. for il is
with these arms that the issdrnnes VIII
create trouble when military cpera-
tons cease.
Called on Malvar TO Quit.
-Senor Daucel called on me and re-
Quested that a letter he had written
10 ATalvar be sent 70 him OF. as he pre-
ferred. BE- taken to BIN by himself 1t
appears that Dancei has lately been
7 IL HonSkong where he had q talk with
/ the iunta The funta authorized him
- say to Nalvsr that he must sun 81
der. that they believed he euEht 70 "a
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