They would have been regarded as false to humanity. false to the impulses of American citizenship everywhere. had they not protected their friends. The military orders that gentlemen on the other side complain of as cruel have had that object in view as well as for the protection of American soldiers. It was to put an end to these barbaritiesto these cruelties that belong to Asiatic warfareperpetrated by this third class of the Philippine population. It was this class that committed the massacre at Samar of a part of the Ninth Regimentthe regiment that was one of the first to scale San Juan Hill and drive the Spanish soldiers from their intrenchments at the point of the bayonetthe great blow that ended on land the Spanish war. Mr.
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Asiatic warfare is described as barbaric and cruel.