Secretary Root's Record:"Marked Severities" in Philippine Warfare. Moorfield Storey

      Published by Good Press, 2020

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      Table of Contents

       Introduction

       Secretary Root's Responsibility

       One of Mr. Root's Statements Tested

       Another of Mr. Root’s Statements

       The First Reports of Cruelty

       How Charges Were Investigated

       Charges Renewed and Made Definite

       How Secretary Root Investigated the Charge of Killing Prisoners

       The Evidence from Statistics as to Killing Wounded Men and Prisoners

       A General's Attempt to Explain the Figures

       An Explanation by Private Soldiers

       The Official Attitude of the Army

       The History of Samar

       The Waller Court-Martial

       The Smith Court-Martial

       Mr. Root’s Attitude on the Horrors of Samar

       Root Answered by the Facts

       The Attitude of Secretary Root as Shown by the Records

       Mr. Root First Denies That Cruelty Has Been Practised

       Mr. Root’s Denials of Soldiers' Charges Tested

       Mr. Root’s Charges Against the Filipinos

       Mr. Root’s Statements as to the Humanity of Our Army Examined

       The Weir Charges

       Kennan's Investigation

       Col. Gardener's Report

       The Orders of Bell and Smith

       Secretary Root Approved this Policy

       The Policy Not Justified by General Order No. 100

       Secretary Root Considers this Policy Humane

       The Reconcentration Camps

       Conclusions

       Appendix A: General Bell 's Orders

       Appendix B: Extracts from letters of Henry Loomis Nelson to Boston Herald

       Appendix C: Captain Ryan 's Case