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iron. ©mun. Qen Chaffee.Sec. Root. The fiendish water cure said to he practiced on natives. Maj. WallerIty orders of President Roosevelt the charges of cruelty of American officers iu their treatment of the Filipinos will be thoroughly sifted to the bottom an I the guilty parties brought swiftly to justice. No man is to be spared in the official investigation that Secretary of War Root has been ordered to make I resale at Ivoosevelt has cabled f.eii. Chaffee to investigate fully the newspaper reports of the Waller trial and court martial Gen. Jacob H. Smith for butchering natives, if the reports are substantially correct. All officers accused of perpetrating the fiendish water cure are to be tried bv court martial Above is a graphic picture showing the inhuman practice. The unfortunate victim is hound hand and foot and water forced down his throat until his stomach distends. Privates are then ordered to stand on the man’s stomach, forcing the water out of his mouth. The agony is said to be awful.■ ' ! ■ ■■ 1 ■— ---
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The Virginia Enterprise
Virginia, Minnesota, US
Fri, May 02, 1902
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