Speech #570061329

I attempted. however. in that very short speech to call to the attention of the House the rules of what is called "civilized warfare." I remarked that there could not be war among men without more or less cruelty during war. I attempted to call attention very briefly to the condition of our citizen soldiers in the Philippine Islands. The population of the Philppine Islands consists of three classes: One. intelligent. educated. high minded. and of high aspirations. another class. not quite so well educated and with not quite so high aspirations in life. another class that belongs to the old Asiatic races that in warfare are cruel and brutala class that indulge in the old cruelties of warfare practiced by Asiatic races from the beginning of history. -The Army in the Philippines has had to deal mostly with this latter class. The first class has been friendly to Americans from the beginning. This third class. scattered through the islands in guerrilla bands. have made war upon their own countrymen who are in sympathy with the American people.