The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-28
PHILIPPINE CRUELTlES.
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l nave HU AEdE1A Gu lAcbEAAEEE A44ElA statements; in fact, the instances of torture in the case of the man Luna. who had been tortured and burned to death, had been confirmed by other re- ports.''
 Concerning the failure to receive the statement General Miles says:
 Whether any influence was brought 1 to bear to prevent their statement, either by persuasion or coercion, I am not prepared to say at the present time.''
 General Miles then refers o other. cases, saying that on the island of Cebu it was reported and published in November, 1902, "that two officers, Captain Samuels, Forty-fourth infan- try, United States volunteers, and Lieutenant Foster, Nineteenth infantry, had committed similar atrocities against the people of that island. It 1 is also reported that at Loang on the island of Luzon, two natives were whipped to death. At Tacloman, Leyte, it was reported that Major Glenn or dered Lieutenant. Caulfeld, Philippine Scouts, to take eight prisoners out into 1 the country and that if they did not guide him to the camp of the insurgent Quison he was not to bring them back. It was stated that the men were taken out and that they either did not or could not do as directed. 1 One of the men who had a son among the scouts was spared, but the others
 were separated into two parties, num- bering three or four respectively, and
 while tied together were all murdered
 by being shot or being bayonetted to
 death. some being in a kneeling posi- 1 tion at that time. The pretense was made that they were killed while att
 tempting to escape, but so far as l know no official report was ever made | of the circumstance. These facts have been reported by Major Watts, who in- yestigated the case. Besides Lieuten- ant Caulfield, civilian scouts Aamon, Preston, Corn and McKeon were par l ticipants.
 | At Calbayog, Samar, it was report ed that several men in that district, had been subjected to water torture.
 I saw three men who had been sub- l jected to this treatment. One was the I president os Keytown, MT. Roselles, who showed me long deep scars on his arm which he said were caused by the cords with which he was bound cut ting his flesh. The second man was named Jons Berja and the third was
 Padre Jose Diasnes, who stated he was one of three prisoners who had been subjected to torture by the troops un- der command os Lieutenant Gaujet, Tenth cavalry, that his front teeth had been knocked out, which was apparent; 1 that he was otherwise maltreated and robbed of three hundred dollars. It | was stated that these priests were ta- I ken out to be killed and were only saved by the, prompt action of Major l Darlington, First infantry, who sent l out for them. Lieutenant Gaujet was tried, pleaded guilty and was given the Il trivial sentence of three months sus- 1 pension from our land. forfeiting $50 per month for the same period. His
 pleading guilty prevented all the facts
 and circumstances being developed. I Tt appears that Major Glenn, Lieu tenant Conger and a party of assistants and native scouts were moved from
 place to place for the purpose of extort- ling statements by means of torture, and it became so notorious that the party was called 'Glenn's brigade Whether it was possible for officers. to be engag- ed in such acts without the personal knowledge of the general upon whose staff they were serving at the time, namely, Brigadier-General Hughes, l leave for others to conjecture.
 "These facts came to my notice in casual way and many others Of similar
 character have been reported in dlffer- ent parts of the achipelago. In fact, l was informed that it was common talk I at the places where officers congregated I that such transactions had been carried on either with the 'connivance or ap- l proval of certain commanding officers. I It is. however, most gratifying to state that such atrocities have been condemn ed by such commanders os Generals I Lawton, Wade, Sumner, Lee, Baldwin,
 and others.
 "I found that with certain officers the impression prevails that such acts were justifiable, and felt it my duty, in or
 der to correct such erroneous and dan gerous impressions and to prevent the ] oI SuSi uStS pCihSo \ in the future. which must impair the l good name of Americans and bring dis
 credit to our service for all time, to ad-
 dress to the division commander the fol-
 lowing letter of instructions"
 | Then follows an order addressed to I the commanding general of the Philip
 pines, under date of February 2S, 1903, in which General Miles calls attention
 to the reports of atrocities and directs that any orders or circulars of personal
 instruction which would inspire or en-
 courage any act of cruelty be annulled. The order says that "the excuse that
 the unusual conditions justify the meas
 ures herein condemned is without foun- dation.' , ,'s, ~ ..-
 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 violation of the law. He says, the law
 was also violated in handling any buy ing large quantities of rice which was
 sold at a large profit. The people who
 were in the recommendation camps were i says General Miles, considered prison
 CTS Of war, but were compelled to buy I food from those who held them at a
 large profit" General Miles character
 izes this as unprecedented. He speaks
 of the magnitude of the transaction,