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American soldiers are lined up as a firing squad facing Filipino children. Cartoon is addressing the Balangiga Affair and Massacre. Caption: Criminals because they were born ten years before we took the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-05
President Roosevelt will speak with Representative J. W. Babcock about the campaign book. Roosevelt asks if Jacob Gould Schurman noticed that the court-martial against General Smith has made Smith a hero in some areas, especially with the “Philippine army people.” There were several attacks against Roosevelt at the reunion of the National Society of the Army of the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-18
At the Emperor’s request, President Roosevelt will be sending several officers to the German military maneuvers. Roosevelt addresses at length the reports of brutality and torture by the Army in the Philippines. Roosevelt does not support torture or “needless brutality” and understands that the Army has acted improperly on numerous occasions. However, he believes that on the whole the soldiers have been “exceedingly merciful.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-19
David Jessup Doherty provides Governor Taft with an explanation for Archbishop John Mary Harty’s letter to Governor Henry C. Ide. Doherty says that a last minute obstacle in the lease of the San Juan de Dios hospital caused Harty to be in such a mood as to write the way he did. Doherty further urges Taft to require that Commissioners go in person to disturbed districts, as Ide has done in Leyte. The most frequent complaint Doherty hears among Filipinos is that they get no chance at administrative work, and he hopes more bureau directorships will be given to Filipinos. Doherty tells Taft that he need not be concerned about politics in the Philippines, as the real worry is about economics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt thanking him for the invitation to visit the White House. However, he decided not to visit “to avoid newspaper misrepresentation of [his] purpose for going there.” He discussed his visit to the Vatican where he talked about “the situation of the church in the Philippines.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-15
John Ireland thanks President Roosevelt for sending him a letter from Civil Governor of the Philippines, Luke E. Wright. Ireland discusses possible replacement of Associate Justice John Thomas McDonough of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-28
A. M. Stevenson expresses concern that the Republican party and the administration of President Roosevelt are losing ground because of the atrocities in the Philippines that have been published in the daily papers. Stevenson fears that the party will lose the fall elections if the Republicans in Congress keep letting the Democrats have their way on this issue. He wants the Republicans to fight back and defend the American military’s actions in the Philippines. He then reminds Roosevelt of the Sand Creek Indian massacre, in which women and children were killed, and notes that Senator Teller (D-CO) was one of the principal backers of Colonel John Chivington, who led the Colorado militia in that fight.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-04
Information on court martial or trials in the Philippines. Of special interest is the court martial of Jacob H. Smith. Lloyd Wheaten and J. Franklin Bell have overwhelming duties keeping up with this trial because they have to get witnesses from Samar, Leyte, and the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-26
Political cartoon featuring military and government officials attempting to avoid blame for the Samar campaign during the Philippine American War. President Roosevelt holds up General Jacob H. Smith’s order to Major Litttleton Waller Tazewell Waller to “Kill every one over ten years.” Smith, Waller, General Adna Romanza Chaffee, Secretary of War Root, and Lieutenant John H. A. Day stand in a circle while looking at the order and pointing at each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
While Herman Kohlsaat understands the problems that President Roosevelt has had with General Miles, he does not believe it would be wise to force Miles’ retirement. Kohlsaat believes that this would give Democrats some fodder for the upcoming election and there is fear that the Democrats will take over congress. Kohlsaat does not care for a person’s politics in a local contest, but does not feel that the Democrats can govern the nation. Therefore, he does not want Roosevelt to give any fuel for Bryanism. He also questions Henry Watterson’s calls for absolute militarism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-14
General Chaffee provides his opinion on an appointment, a change of duty, and Datto Ali’s request to visit the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-18