The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-21
USING DUMDUM BULLETS.
corporal O'Brien Told Senators of Ex.
traOrdinary CrueIties.
SHOT WOMEN, CHILDREN AND CID MEN
He Testified that the Unwriten Law in
the Philippines Was 10 Take
No Prisoners.

washington, May 1o.-Durlng the Philip
pine investigation before the senate GO H.
m'ttee today a letter was read from Gen
'ral Hughes, denying that he mad cy
given orders for the water cure ami sayin,
mat II such Il charge was made he wanted
the fullest Investigation Of It,
Corporal Richardson oBrlen. formerly
Of the Twenty sixth infantry. testified to
seeing the winter cure administered. lie
also said that officers also violated Il span
nsh woman at one town. At lloi.o he So
Malot Cook. Captain Mcdonald and IL u
tenant Hummer OF company NJ be anne N
l"Ncated at a reception. took on Their
coAtS seized some OF the native womel
and insisted upon their dancing With taem.
mnch 70 the disgust Of the women. wno
were above the peasant class lie said hc
was not on good terms with his pta n.
ne also said that at one place WON u
with two children were burned to N II
In bamboo shack when the troops sc G
burning the town "Dumdum aud eXDlo-
slVe bullets, he stated were issued 10 the
troops In the regular way and did horri pc
execution.
There were ''unwrittcn orders t. take
no prisoners which were carried out n
one campaign. He did not know who S
sued the orders, but they were understood
10 he In effect
Under close questioning he admitted that
ne had seen many prisoners and they were
being treated kindly by the officers aud
men.
.oBrien described the capture Of Lana
elh IN fanay when soldier nred AZ ;
i've hoy on caraboo lie missed ten q
the soldiers fred HIMSELF included. IN
was not done 10y orders, The sboc tin
brought the people to their doors one
ola man was shot In the abdomen Two
other Old men came out with white fl &
aud both wero shot down. The serge n
reported to Captain Mcdonald that he had
killed two more "niggcrs." Another case
was that of a woman and two children, one
In hnV slg nd
burned ny in their house
O'Bricn said that when the company
was ont marching single file at night n
the mountains the order came back along
the llnc to take no prisoners. but he lid
not know who issued the order. In Csc
there wns fighting the natives either
or were killed.
il was "unwrlttcn law ont there to saKe
no prisoners
He had seen dnmdum bullet. strike a
man and take the ton of his head on lie
could not tell whether 1t was one NJ Ills
own comrades or native
Answering questions as to tho burning Of
a woman and two children. he said the
woman WAS In a bamboo shack and fp
pearcd at the door or the window No cf
fort was made 70 rescue her. but Il would
have been impossible, although she came
to the door while the shack was burning.
OFFICERS HAD THE SAY
As TO TAKING PRISONERS,
In answer to senator McComas he said
that his company occasionally took prison
ers that were not killed. lie had seen many
prisoners held by other commands and they
were all being treated kindly and were rot
being shot or killed. He admitted that the
killing Of prisoners was not general Tie
killing Of prisoners was a matter that lay
with the officers"
Further questions brought out the fact
that q Bren had not been on good Terms
with Captain Mcdonald. This was due he
said 10 the fact that Mcdonald had failed
to issue the rations due to his men. lie
believed though he had no proof, TINT The
officer had sold the rutions which should
have heCn issued 70 the men. lie sand that
they had meat only twice week and bread
only twice during the entire eighteen
[ months of his stay In the Philippines.
He went on TO say that there was a
price on the captains head offered by the
insurgents because Of the officers cruel
tics. Witness had seen him strike a FIJI
Pine prisoner over the head with revolver.
and said that the water cure was admin
istcrcd to the same prisoner after ne had
taken the oath of alecicnce.
Answering Senator DIETRICH, he said thHt
his command usually treated the Filipinos
kindly. He said his captain was known as
''niCCer hatcr.' He iO'Bricnl had never
received orders from his captain 70 kill
prisoners Replying to senator Patterson.
he said the explosive bullets did not Lave
the government stamp upon them lie OK
poets to receive some Of these bullets TO-
morrow when he will continue his ,estl-
mOny.