The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-16
CRUELTIES IN PHILIPPINES
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 ordinatlng military officers to civil government in pacified provinces and instructing you to relieve Major Edwin F. Glenn and Captain James A. Ryan from duty and order them to Manila to await investigation into their conduct, in accordance with instructions to fol- follow by mail.
 On the 24th of March instructions were mailed you containing statement of charges against these officers and General Jacob H. Smith, as the basis of the Investigation ordered by the cable of March f.
 Further instructions in both matters are required by the following facts Press dispatches state that upon the trial of Major Waller, of the marine corps, testimony was given by Waller, eorroborated by other witnesses, that General Jacob H. Smith instructed him to kill and burn; that the more he kill ed and burned the better pleased Cen eral Smith would be: that it was no time to take prisoners and that when Major Waller asked General Smith to define the age limit for killing he re- piled Everything over ten"
 If such testimony was given and the facts can be established you will place General Smith on trial by court-mar- tial.
 Yesterday before the senate commit tee on Philippine affairs Sergeant Charles s. Riley and Private William Lewis Smith of the 26th Volunteer in- fantry, testified that the form of tor ture known as the water cure was ad- administered to the presidente of town of Igbarras, Iloilo province island of Panay, by detachment of the 18th United States infantry. commanded by Lieutenant Arthur L. Conger, under orders of Major Edwin F. Glenn, then captain of 18th infantry, and that Cap tain and Assistant Surgeon Palmer Lyon. at that time a contract surgeon, was present to assist them.
 The officers named and such of them as are found to be responsible for the act are to be tried by court martial. Conger and Lyon are in this country. Both the 18th Volunteer infantry and the 18th infantry having returned to the United States and most of the witness es being presumptiVely here, the secre- tary of war directs that Major E. F. Glenn, 18th infantry, be directed to pro- ceed to San Francisco and report to the general commanding the department of California. with view to his trial by court martial under charges alleging the crueltes practised by him upon a native of the Philippine islands at Ig- barras on the 27th of June, 1900. If you can discover any witnesses still in the service in the Philippines who 4can testify in support of the charges or if Major Glenn desires the attendance of any persons now serving in the islands you will direct them to proceed to San Francisco for that purpose
 As the two years allowed for the prosecution by the statute of limitation is nearly at an end, no time is to be lost. You will take such course in advancing or postponing the investiga- lions previously ordered into the con- duct of General Smith and Major Glenn as shall be required to enable you to execute these instructions.
 It is believed that the violations of law and humanity of which these cases, if true, are examples, will prove to be few and occasional, and not to charac- terize the conduct of the army general ly in the Philippines; but the fact that any SUCH dCtS DL cIuttty dHu DdtDdFll appear to have been done indicates the necessity of a most thorough, searching and exhaustive investigation under the general charges preferred by Governor Gardener and you will spare no effort in the investigation aleady ordered un- | der these charges to uncover every such | case which may have occurred and | bring the offenders to justice The president desires to know in the l fullest and most circumstantial manner l all the facts, nothing being concealed | and no man being for any reason fav- 1 pred or shielded. For the very reason | that the president intends to back up | the army in the heartiest fashion in | doing it's work he also intends to see that the most rigorous care is exercised | to detect and prevent any cruelty or brutality, and that men who are guilty | Thereof are punished. Great as the l provoca ton has been in dealing with | foes who habitually resort to treachery, | murder and torture against our men, | nothing can justify or will be held to | Justify the use of torture or inhuman conduct of any kind on the part of the | American army.
 Signed: Elihu Root,
 Secretary of War. April Is. 1902
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