The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-28

 was named Jose Borja and the third was Padre Jos Diaznes who stated he was one of three priests who had been subjected to torture by the troops under command of Lieutenant Gaujot, Tenth cavalry; that his front teeth had been knocked out. which was apparent; that he was otherwise maltreated and robbed of $300 It was stated that these priests were taken out to be killed and were only saved by the prompt action of Ma jor Darlington, First infantry, who sent out for them. Lieutenant Gaujot was tried, pleaded guilty and was given the trivial sentence of three months suspen- sion from command, forfeiting $50 per month for the same period. His pleading prevented all the facts and circumstances being developed.
 Work of "Glenn's Brigade"
 Tt appears that Major Glenn, Lieu tenant Conger and party of assistants and native scouts, were moved from place to place for the purpose of extort- ing statement by means of torture, and 1t became notorious that this party was called 'Glenn's Brigade. Whether it was possible for officers to be engaged fin such acts without the personal knowI- edge of the general upon whose staff they were serving at the time, namely Briga- dier General Hughes, I leave for others to conjecture. l was informed that such treatment had been carried on either with the connivanee or approval of some com manding officers.
 T found that with certain officers the impression prevails that such acts were justiflable, and I felt it my duty, In or- der to correct such erroneous and dan gerous impressions, and to prevent the possibility of such acts being committed in the future, which must impair the good name of American arms and bring discredit to our service for all time, to address to the division commander the following letter of instructions"
 Then follows an order addressed to the commanding general of the Philippines under date of February 28, 1903, in which General Miles calls attention to the re- ports of atrocities and directs that any orders or circulars of personal instruc- ton which would inspire or encourage any act of cruelty be annulled.
 Continuing his report to the secretary, General Miles directs attention to the acts of recommendation by General Bell and claims that they were in direct vio- lation of law. He says that the law was also violated in handling and buying large quantities of rice which was sold at profit.
 ''The people who were in the reconcen- tration camps were.' says General Miles, "considered prisoners of war, but were compelled to buy food from them. who held 1t at a large profit
 General Miles characterizes this as un- precedented. He speaks of the magnitude of the transactions, which involved 21,- 900. 600 pounds of rice and other supplies at a cost of s306,3 320.
 Judge Advocate Generals Reply.
 A f. report has been prepared by Judge Ad- vocate General Davis in letter to the secretary of war. in which he says: 'The incidents which are set forth in the en- closed special report have been made the subject of special investigation. fn many instances they have been conduct- ed by courtmartial and their findings and sentences have been duly promulgated in order; in other instances the inquiries have been entrusted to inspectors or to of- ficers designated for that purpose by the commanding general in the Philip pines As to some phases of these in- quiries, the investigations are not yet complete andd a reference of the papers to the Philippine islands or officers who are now serving in the United States has been necessary Whether the necessity for any further administrative action, in addition to that already taken will be dis ClObtu as d result Ol SuCn dll investigation can only be determined when the inspec- ton reports are received at the war de- partment.
 General Davis explains that the in quiries are especially difficult because the incidents complained of were not made known at the time and officers and soldiers of the volunteer army named have been discharged.
 That Distribution of Rice.
 He discusses at some length the distri- button of rice in the provinces of Batan- gas and Cavite, which is matter that has been considered In the department. It Is explained in order to restore civil order and to provision the people in the concen- trated camps. it was determined by Gen. eral Bell that purchases of rice should be made by the subsistence department. the latter to be reimbursed by the military government.