The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-28
CHARGES GEN. MILES HEARD.
COMPLAINTS FROM FILIPINOS or
CRUELTY BY OUR TROOPS.
,r,,. Proof 0nered IN the Report. but
some OF the Cases Have Previously
Reeu Investisated-seie- Of nice to
Recouceutrados IL Also Discussed.

Reen Invesu8eVoo-oSio- u nsco 70
Rscoucentrados 10 Also Discussed.
v,susoroY, April 27.-The War Depart
.,.rt made public to-day portions OF the
IT,, submitted by Lieut. Gen. Miles on
"a, ob,.ryations in the Philippines. In
.,i., naper Gen. Miles tells OF the COM
..,m made to him by Filipinos that they
- been hsrshly treated by the conetabu-
- and he also recitee charges Of q more
..-;ous nature made against Regular army
.~oer There is little or no proof offered
h ,be report, and the Commanding General
II the Army says that the reports were
made 10 him in a casual way. >
When Gen Miles reached Lpa, q COM
,,i,,ee OF citizens waited on him. His
report says
.Tbey stated that they desired to make
complaint Of tho harsh treatment OF the
,eople OF that community; that fifteen OF
their people had been tortured by what was
Known as the water torture, and that one
man. a highly respected citizen, aged 6S.
,smed vinoente Luna, while suffering from
,be effects Of the torture and unconscious,
was dragged into his house, which had been
40, on fire, and burned to death. They
stated that these atrocities had been COM
mitted by q company OF scouts under COM
mand of Lieut. Henneesey, and that their
peo DIE had been crowded into towns, 900
be ing confined in one building
Gen Miles also calls attention to similar
Cebu' 1t was reported to him that at
Jsoae. Luzon, two natives were whipped
N death Then Gen. Miles takes up the
case Of Major Glenn. He says:
r :ss ola.ysa + leu. NJ. 5sSSfsss 'h q
Vehilinnins sco,,ts. To tske eieht pris-
I'D d not guide him 70 The. camp Of the insuI-
Ss.d e that he o nl ssr. g taken
ont. and that they either did pot o. could
he .eosts % vas ss:
numberine three and four respectively,
sR db .ns .hot or 70 aessS
BEING in q kneeling position at thu time.
TIKI ! ss . far
know. no ofieial report was ever made
Of the circymstsnees: The:s fscts have
s:sa d'I sSs s..s Bs.d. e Ssuisid
civilian scouts Ramos. Preston. Corn and
MF: sse. .:.' Maor Glenn lieu. con.,r
w: ss1. faem plsss g plses Tor The pSr:
ssg N. ana nStsS9' &th H.;
Il such 81. . Ss H. r. ;:
edge Of the General upon WHO'S, star they we're
servtns At the time. nsmeiy. hris Gen.
n fact, vas Informed tS.t Il was comn,on
talk az places where ofno.rs consrerstsd
eith.r With the eonnivsno- or approval 81
oertain commanding oficers. II IL. how
s Ss.n to .s s. t snsh
e.. BALDWIN and others. '''
Another chars. mad. b. Cen; Nile.
rs,ssss 70 The dt,t,ept TO o. fGod to tie
Bell Con. Miles says that in the district
n which Gen. Bell operated, some 200 900
persons wore concentrated In towns under
what was Known - the order Of reooncen-
trstion. He continues:
theS eo , fhey vers held n these plses sS
.usG vSss . un sss oi s.y piSs .d
us. rs o s.s, Ssvs SsA q - you'd
: fSis5 sSlS tin. Gen. Zen ard Col. wood.
&c nsasS + sss
E:Dt. & e. Cs%%iss;fSr 1y IDrn1!s%est ShisS
. :syd ssssy oe .SoS "a. ' :Siprsa
tosethsr With large Quantities Of sugar. saK
s sS S:ss g :: Dss. or
y rsn :yc. Sr y
cent according 70 Gen. Balls statement. or
rsneins from :; per cent; to ioo per cent.
nsTe One esou.s f"r snterina Into this
transnotion and not permitting the ordinary
traders to supply rtce to the community was
the fear that IL would 60 into the hands Of
Not only was this s.oond quality nee
.P su ;os 70 e *.
q Col woodruff: ~: oeo pounds q d:mased
eur vss sls2 sent 70 % solo st tas inv Td
pprofts that might be charged In addition
70 the cost and the prohts. the. persons dis
.s. chi: i've ac. 10 SSa
the compenss ton was. whether large or small.
sys lie. q e sss soanS. 81 q hi:
missay Department At cost ,e!clMsive OF
The Ia most ertrsordnary featurs Of this trans
action 10 that. while y was disapproved oy
ths division commander: who: on the nrst
to the cisiI authorities. they have taken the
Under . u special f oct ~ he commis:ion. and.
vhst Is still more remarkable. they have
the g on roads,
for AGRICULTURAL experimental an d the purchase
Of traction cars and locomotives and Tor other
similar purposes.
by Judge Advocate General Davis, Of the
War Department. points out that the Incl
dents reported BY Gen. Miles have been
made the subject of special Investigations,
and In some cases have resulted In num-
Der Of court-martial trials BY tribunals
appointed BY the President. Some phasee
81 these inquiries arc not yet complete and
others are being investigated. Tho con-
duct OF these inquiries u made especially
difficult, and the time consumed In carrying
them forward to completion 10 materially
added TO by the fact that, In . number OF
cases, the incidents were not made known
70 the proper military authority ct the
time Of their occurrence
Cen. Davis says that the measuroe re-
sorted to In connection with the purchase
and distribution OF rice were dictated BY
military necessity. They were undertaken
with the approval Of the local military COM
mander and were calculated to meet an
emergency OF impending famine In such
way AZ to relieve actual Distress without
paupenzing the native pohulation, and
without casting the burden Of their support
upon the insular treasury whom public
order had been restored and the provinces
relegated to civil CONTROL
. cHAYYBE EXPLAINS THE SALE or RICE.
. Gen. Cha6ee said yesterday In regard to
Gen. Miles's charges:
They are only . rcstatement OF what
has been published dozens Of times. In
regard TO the Generals last paragraph