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

An Analysis of the Law and Facts bearing on the Action and Utterances of President Roosevelt and Secretary Root

By Moorfield Storey and Julian Codman, legal counsel for the Philippine Investigating Committee

Boston: Geo. H. Ellis Co., 1902

Report of the Philippine Investigating Committee formed in April of 1902 to investigate and publicize U.S. military atrocities in the Philippines.

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