The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03

got to the front He won his spurs IN
Egypt, when, with handful of men,
he cleared burning Alexandria of the
remnant Of Arab Pasha's dissoWing
army. He led the marines on the march
to Pekin, a colonels command, with
such distinction that he was brevetted
lieutenant colonel In lieu of the solid
rewards which his comrades of. other
nattonalities obtained, but which we do
not give. '. = ~"
Gen. Smiths record Is equally excel
lent, 4 volunteer from Illinois during
regular establishment for merttorous
service. During the Santiago campaign
he commanded q battalion OF the Second
Infantry. On San Juan IIin he was shot
through the chest, a wound which would
have disabled most men for the war.
Smith declared that while 1T hindered
him a little, 1t was not sufficient to sep
arate him from his command, and the
'frst-aid7 bandage was all the atten-
ton his wound received until the Span
iards hoisted the white flag. The divt-
sion commander, Gen. Kent, who had or
dered Maj Smith to the rear several
times, acqMesced in his disobedience
when Smith made this explanations: IT
couldn't leave them, general; you see
how 1t was. They unloaded. hundred
and fifty recruits me In Tampa and
I wasn't sure-but they're all veterans
now"
=" His weakness, If he has any, has all
ways been a picturesque. extravaganza
Of language and bewildering flow of
words which have earned for him in
the army, to distinguish him from the
other Smiths, his sobriquet of HELL
roaring Jake ''-. ...
In the Philippines his success and ad-
vancement have been phenomenal. He
was the right-hand man at the front Of
d"
naldO's forces ceased to exist as an army
he was given the command Of Pangasi-.
nan, then regarded, and justly, as the
most disaffected province in Luzon. When
Smith was relieved and sent to Samar
1t was the most tranquil, and his sue
cess here indicated his selection for the
tremendous task in that island Of
course he was not very popular among
the half-educated half-breeds who fawn
around the average civil governor,
wheedling well-paid positions out Of him.
the salaries of which they divide with
the revolutionary treasury. He was
hated by the men inside our lines who
sustain the Instruction while they fur
nish his excellency, the civil governor,
with the material Of the pipe dreams
upon which he plumes himself as great
paciflcator, which so plausible that
he sometimes believes everything would
be lovely If only the soldiers (who are
hStplIlS ulo LII oiL lloiAl OClH6 SuI) SoolN
be removed.
a Savage "GencraI Order"
General Order 1O0." was the answer
when I asked Gen. Smith how he had sue
ceeded. "And 1 enforced 1t to the letter.
OF course I understood why the insur-
gents hate me. 1t is because I have
knocked them out. If that order had
been uniformly enforced throughout
LuZon there would not even be the ghost
of a rebellion to-day. Inhuman? l think
not If it was not too severe for our own
people at home during the Civil war it Is
not too severe for these Malays.'
These lines are not written in defense
of what has happened, but in explana
ton. Maj. Walters point was well taken
and every conscientious, truth-t telling
officer will bear out his statement that
the fighting in Southern Samar after the
Balangigan massacre was not what goes
by the name of civilized warfare. 1t was
simply the slaughter and extermina ton
whenever the opportunity presented, OF
those on both sides who were capable OF
bearing arms. and I venture to say that
similar conditions have produced like re-
suits everywhere, even upon the humane
and self-restrained American soldier
whose behavior during the China cam
paign was our pride and the admiration
Of all foreigners. shall make no com
parison between what has happened IL
Samar and our recent Indian wars
though the comparison would be an ap
one the savage of Samar having more O
The attributes of the truculent Sioux thai
any foeman the American soldier has me
with during this country; but let us SCI
what occurred, what revenge was taken
after the slaughter of Americans in tn
Alamo. And yet it is clear as day tina
the killing of Travis, Crockett. Bowie an
their gallant comrades was not half a
reprehensihle under the laws of war a
was the butchery at Balangiga.
Santa Anna made his attack in the opel
day with his uniformed soldiers in thei
overpowering numbers, after severa
summonses to surrender had been de
Clined. In the last minutes of the gallan
defense, when our people were scattere,
in little punches about the great inclosur
they were too few to defend, each maj
fought with desperation not only for hi
own life but because the position he ha'
been ordered to defend was indispensable
to the common good, and as no one sur
vived it is quite possible, as Santa ANN
always maintained, that the quartz
which he offered was refused. Dav
Crockett was too old to learn how t
surrender. Here we have the killing 9
lighting men with deadly rifles in thei
hands, with which they had already slai
that day three times their number, an
in the heat of blood we can understan
that it was as hard for the Mexicans
offer quarter as it would have been fo
the Americans to accept it. But at Ba
langiga the fifty unarmed men of tn
Ninth infantry were butchered by mul
lerers who claimed to be nom combatant.
who wore no uniform, who proteste
their friendship and came-the majorit
OF them at least-into the post asking fo
work, for rice to give their. women an
children. aE --}.. Z F., s .5r@.=.7i -.
What was done in Texas in 1886 wit
the cry. of "Remember the sAlamo!' o
the lips of the avengers was done /
samar in memory of Balangiga. The his
tesian tells US that at San Jacint
many threw down their arms an
pleaded: me no Alamo, me no Alamo!
and he adds succinctly: 1t was nc
the day of mercy 5Fe$
g.. - Heroes amt Assnssins.
4 The successes of the insurgents q
Balangiga and elsewhere are not com
parable to the storming of Ticonderog
and of Stony Point. They were nc
worthy feats of arms but the acts of as
sissins who, while belonging to the bali
of Juan Coloneros, wore peacesful clothe
and dWelt within our lines, communities
ting with the enemy outside and patient
~ awaiting the Sopportune moment =
strike. For this alone their lives WeI
forfeit under military law, and whe
to this was added the merciless slaughte
Of fifty unarmed men and the indescribs
BILE mutilation Of their bodies the Samal
ties placed themselves beyond the pale
The specific charges against Maj. Wa
Ter were, first, that he treated as en'
mics without first awaiting hostile &C,
from them, all the natives met with
the course Of his wonderful march frol
Lanang to- Basay across Southern Sauna
BY proclamations placarded In ever
army post translated into Visayan an
circulated everywhere last Novembe
# the inhabitants OF the district whie
waller traversed as well rs ct b = q