Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-27

had been subjected to water torture.
L saw three men who had been sub
jected to this treatment. One was the
presidente of the town, Mr.. Rozales,
who showed me long, deep scars on
his arm which he said were caused by
the cords with which he was bound
cutting into his flesh. The second
man was named Jose Boria, and the
third was Padre Jose Diaznes. who
stated he was one of three priests
who had been subjected to torture
by the troops under command of
Lieut.. Gaujot. 10th cavalry; that his
front teeth had been knocked out,
which was apparent; that he was 9TH
erwise maltreated and robbed of $780,
1t was stated that these priests were
taken out to be killed and were only
saved by the prompt action of Maj
Darlington, 1st infantry, who sent out
for them. Lieut.. Gaujot was tried
plead guilty, and was given the trivial
sentence of three months suspension
from command, forfeiting $50 per
month for the same period. His
pleading guilty prevented all the facts
and circumstances being developed
1T appears that Maj. Glenn, Lieut..
Conger and party of assistants and
native scouts were moved from place
to place for the purpose of eXtorting
statements by means of torture, and
it became notorious that this party
was called 'Glenn's brigade Whether
it was possible for officers to be en-
gagged in such acts without the per-
sonal knowledge of the general upon
whose staff they were serving at the
time, namely, Brig. Gen. Hughes, l
leave for others to conjecture.
These facts came to my notice in
a casual way and many others of SIM
liar character have been reported in
different parts of the archipelago. In
fact, / was informed that it was com
mon talk at the places where officers
congregated that such transactions
had been carried on either with the
connivance or approval of certain
commanding officers. 1t is, however,
most gratifying to state that such
atrocities have been condemned by
such commanders as Gems. Lawton.
Wade, Sumner, Lee, Baldwin, and
others.
Il found that with certain sfficers
the impression prevails that such
acts were justifable, and l felt it my
duty, in order to correct such erron-
eous and dangerous impression and
to prevent the possibility of such acts
being committed i'm the future, which
must impair the good name of Amer
lean arms and bring discredit to our
service for all time, to address to the
division commander the following let
ter of instructions"
Then follows an order addressed to
the commanding general of the Phil
ippines under date of February 20,
1905, in which Gen. Miles calls atten-
ton to the reports of atrocities and
directs that any orders or circulars
of personal instruction which would
inspire or encourage any act of cru
city be annulled. The order says that
"the excuse that the usual conditions
Justify the measures herein condemn
ed are without foundation
Recommendation Practices Condemned.
Continuing his report to the scare
tary, Gen. Miles directs attention TO
the acts of RECOMMENDATION by Gen.
Bell and claims that they were in di-
rect violation of law. He says that
the law was also violated in handling
and buying large quantities of rice
which was sold at a profit. The peo-
pie who were in the recommendation
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