The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-05-14
WERE in
CONSTANT DREAD


senate committee proceeded today wit
the hearing of testimony in the Phil
ipp e matter in which officers AM
solo .ers Of the army are charged will
bru ality and m treatment of the FIJI
ipil os. The most sensational witnes
for several days was Mr. Boardman
company officer in General Jacob II
Smiths command
Mr. Boardinan said that before th,
order OF General Jacob II. Smith [,
kill and burn. the soldiers of his com
pany. being in such constant fear of ,
massacre, would suddenly awake an,
in their fright exclaim Get EN- boys
get EN-
After Gen Smith issued his order
he said the natives for the first tim,
understood what the Americans mean
what they said and the troops felt
safe The difficulty he said was he.
cause a certain order by Gen. Otis fo,
the killing of outlaws never was exc.
cuted and this made the natives hold
in their residence They all deplored
the death of Luna. but hailed with de-
light Aguinaldo's capture. Witness
said that Filipino prisoners were
treated too good. so much so chat tbey
! EANANA AN1 ~ ANAAalu UIlHOntIk 10 DDlnH
sent back among their people.
The general course of conduct of
! American Ulcers and men toward
peaceful fhpinos he said, was humane
The men, however, were discouraged
@ naccount of the food they got and Of
! icers would not object when the men
were hungry to their going into a
house and taking food The whole
] tpndargrr ~
ness, was to make the men anything
but pleasant toward the natives. They
used the gun to shoot with rather than
to preach the gospel with"
His orders we're to treat the Fill
| pinos kindly but, witness added. war
is hell and the boys are going to give
the Filipinos hell while war prevails. &"
Senator Beveridge created a fioury
by asking wit'C.s If he had talked with
any senator si.ee he was last on the
stan. Senator's Pait,IE0n and Car
nack 1igorously objected to what
they Termed an uncalied tor reflection
on the minority
When there is an imputation made
)y me It will be made directly" an
swc'cd Senator Eeye~idge. The witness
derlared ttat Ice Lad talked with no
members Of the committee and the
matter was closed.
Responding to Il question by Scna-
to- Llrniacl the witness said that
hard and continuous service in the
Philippines ahi tho poor food the men
received made them morose and in a
vrdiCtivr temper
AS for myself" said ne Il will say
! have less use for the United States
army than | ever had before. because
of the way was threated"
He then threw on the table a can
of salmon and a can of condensed
food tablets which he said had been
issued to him as his meal just before
leaving the army, and which he said
he refused to eat because 1t was spoil
ed
In the one case of water cure which
he had witnessed in Batanagas in 1901,
he said, the native received no harsh
er treatment than being badly scar
ed and the treatment had the effect of
making him promptly give information
regarding the whereabouts of guns
The witness described the receipt OF
counterfeit dollars in the Philippines
from a Hong Kong financial concern.
but fatty refused to say that the bank
knew the money was counterfeit. He
declared that there was an order that
men who passed counterfeit money
were to be arrested and that two ma
tives had been arrested. He said he
took money TO the bank referred to. 10
b changed, and received two counter
felt dollars.
you can call ii passing counterfe.t I
money If you want to. he said, but
received the two dollars"
Questions by Senator Beveridge de-
veloped the fact that the witness had
declined. after his discharge, to re-
turn o. the United States on a trans
p rt, but had made the Journey hone
ward via the Suez canal, lin order to
see the country"
His claim Tor reimbursement was
disallowed by the war department.
After Mr.. Boardman had concluded his |
testimony. Senator Dietrich Of that
committee sent the two samples of food |
which Boardman had left in the com |
mittee room and which he had de- |
ciared he would not eat under any cir !
cumstance, to the senate restaurant, |
requesting that they be prepared for |
the table. The canned salmon was |
had made into a salmon salad and the |
prepared food was used In preparation |
OF a soup. M Boardman then was in |
yittd to luncheon with Senator Diet |
rich. senator Beveridge being sec |
und guest. The salmon salad and the |
soup made Of the compound supplied |
tc the army were the two principal ar
ucles on the bill of fare. and both ap- |
peared In very tempting form whel !
upon the table Senators and guest |
we're all helped equally and bountiful- |
v 20 both dishes, and all ate hearth |
ly o. them. The senators were OF |
course, familiar with the ingredients. |
but Mr.. Boardman did not know so |
much nor has he yet been told the |
secret Of his invitation to lunch with |
the two United States senators. The |
declare the food was very pal |
atable and they agree that Mr. Board |
man objections 10 the ration aDpear- |