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When I next realized that the
Philippines had dropped into our
laps, I confess I did not know whatto do with themI am not
ashamed to tell you gentlemen,
that I went down on my knees
and prayed on the Almighty Godfor light and guidance more than
one night. And one late night, itcame to me this way.
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That we could not give them back to Spain :
that would be cowardly and dishonorable
That we could not turn them over to France or Germany,
our commercial rivals in the Orient :
that would be bad business and discreditable
That we could not leave them to themselves :
they are unfit for self - government and they would soonhave anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spains
wars and
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That there was nothing left for us to do but to
take them all and to educate the Filipinos anduplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by
Gods grace do the very best we could do for
them.
And the next morning , I sent to the chief
engineer of the War Dept. (our map maker) andtold him to put the Philippines on the map of
United States.
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25th President of theUnited States
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DECEMBER 21, 1898
Make them happy Do good to others
Instructions on the details of American
Colonization
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-Rudyard Kipling
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February 4, 1899Robert W. Grayson
Started the Filipino-
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Water Cure
The prisoner will be tied to a tree & theAmericans will shoot the different parts of
the body
The prisoner will be tied to a tree where
there are red ants
Rape and stealing
Hamletting/ Reconcentration
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Gen. Vicente Lukban
[[Leader of the Filipinos]]
September 1901
Kill and burn, kill and
burn, the more you kill, and
the more you burn, the moreyou please me.
-Gen. Jacob H. Smith
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(February 11, 1860
November 16, 1916), was a Filipino officer in EmilioAguinaldo's staff during the Philippine Revolution and the politico-military chief
of Samar and Leyte during the Philippine-American War. The Americans
credited him as the mastermind of the infamous Balangiga massacre, in which
more than forty American troopers were killed. Later investigations by
historians, however, disclosed that Lukban played no actual part in the planningof the attack.
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DATE NO. OF
BATTLES
DEATH CAPTURED SURRENDER
1900 522 A-363
F- 1,613
A- 109
F- 2,853
F-3,213
1901 694 A- 247
F- 1,084
A- 2
F- 2,840
F- 20,446
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They never really rebelin Luzon anymore
because there is no oneleft to rebel.