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

SdfQiIS the SdUlaT campo. SI, made pup
lie late yesterday after noon, is as fol-
lows.
White House.
Washington, July Z. 1902.
by the President
THE findings and sentences OF the
goU-t are app. UvcQ. / I-l we'll aware OF
the danger anu great Gsihculty OF the
task our army ms had N the Philip
P.ne Islands aEC OF the wCii-niEn in
t0leTaD!e pFOvocacitny il has received
from the C.Ce.ty, J.UaChery, and total
disregard CT TIE rules and customs o.
civilized WARFARE on the part OF its
foes.
Il also heartily appr1-e the employ
ment OF the stsrneSt -EeLsuIeS neces-
saEy to put stop TO such atrocities and
10 bring this wa TO Il close II would
he cCIFu-le 70 snow weakness IN deal
i4S With zGCh IOgs Or t. iaIl 20 Use all
Legitimate and Memorable methods 10
q orc-iie tAelI-
--BUU he very TACT that va fare IS Of
such character as 10 alOTd infinite prO-
vocation Tor the commission OF acts OF
cruelty y j, NOR Office. : and the enlist
Cd Taen must make the c1acers il high
9nd respoGsI0ls position peculiarly care
fCI n their bearing ana CondGct, so as
70 keep moral cngCH over any acts o.
an improper cha 2cteF ~ thCif suJor-
diEates.
Almost Universally tie higher officers
have 30 bo- ne Themselves 40 70 supply
tbs Necessary yAlck5 ana aisa but leS
exceptions the Once. $ s,nd soldiers OF
the ARMY have shown Wonac LuI kind
ress and fGE0za. aEce in dealing with
their Toes But Llere have Dcen eXcep-
tons; there have been Instances OF the
use OF torture and OF improper heart
lessnes5 III wasf fare On the part OF IL
CividUaIs or small detachmenLs.
In the recent campaign ordered BY
General Smith The shooting OF the IA
tive bearers BY the oraers OF Major Wal
Ter was an act which sEllied the Amer
lean name and can = 5Vt partly e1cUs-
ed beCavsC o. McjO. Walters mental
condition At the tiC.~; this mental con-
dition being due to the fearful hardship
and suffering which he had to undergo
in his campaign
at is impossible to tell exactly how
much influence language like that used
by General Smith may have had in pre-
pairing the minds OF those under him for
the commission OF the deeds which we
regret Loose and violent talk b. al
officer of high rank is always likely TO
excite wrongdCing on the part OF those
among his su5OrCinates whose wills are
weak or whose passions are strong
General Smith has behind him long
career distinguished for galiantry and
On the whole faE. good conduct TaSen
in the full. his work mas been such as
to reflect credit upon the American army /
and theI efOre upon the nation; and It
is deeply 10 be regretted that he should /
have 50 acted in this instance as to in /
terfere with his further usefulness in /
the army. I hereby direct that he be
retired from the active list.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Secretary Roots Comment.
Secretary Roots remarks on the case
are as follows:
War Department,
Washington, July Il, 1902.
To the President
L transmit herewith the record and +
proceedings upon the trial of Brig. Gen. .
Jacob Z Smith by cou-t-nlastiaI con
vened under your order dated April p, +
1902. and now brought before you as re-
viewing authority.
General Smith was found guilty Of
conduct TO the prejudice OF good order
ani military discipline in that he gave
in the fall OF 1901 10 Major L. y. 7.
Waller. of the Marine Corps, then eery-
ing with a battalion OF marines under
his orders as commander OF the Sixth
Separate Brigade IN SamaT, the follow
ing oral instructions:
II want no prisoners. I wish you
10 kill and bCrn. the more you Kill
and bum the better You viii please
me- and further that he wanted ali
persons killed who were capable Of
bearing arms and in actual hostiIitlas
against the United States; and did IN
reply to a question II Major Waller
asking fer an age Iiuit designate the
age limit as ten years OF age.
The court sentenced him TO Re ad-
monished by the reviewing authority;
and the court appended to the sentence +
the following explanation:
IS The court is thus lenient IN view
Of the uadisputed evidence that the &C
cused did not mean everything that his
unexplained language implied; that his
suEo-dinates did not gather such q
meaning; and that the orders were /,
never. executed IN such sense notwiJh-
standing that desperate struggle was
being conducted with a cruel and saw