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19, 1902. Since the feverish Waller was pronounced by the camp surgeon as incompetent to command at that time, authority in Basey fell on Lt. John H. Day. A frenzy of executions followed, which even became bloodier the next day until a total of 11 Basaynons were executed in the town plaza – providing a grim arithmetic of eleven victims in exchange for the 11 marines lost on the failed Basey-Lanang march. 25
In a report that saw print in the New York Times on March 7, 1902, it said:“ Some of the circumstances of the case are peculiar. A native was tied to a tree and publicly shot in the thigh. The next day the man was shot in the arms. The third day he was shot in the body, and the fourth day he was killed. Friends of the two officers attribute actions to loss of mind due to privations they suffered in Samar.” 26 Such executions would later prompt court martial proceedings against Waller, Lt. Day and Gen. Jacob Smith himself.
Endnotes
1 Andrews, Frank L.,“ The Philippine Insurrection( 1899-1902): Development of the US Army’ s Counterinsurgency Policy,” A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a degree of Master of Arts in Liberal Arts in the Interdepartmental Program in Liberal Arts. United States Military Academy, August 2002, 1990, 78 2 Ibid, 79 3 Bruno, Thomas A.“ The Violent End of Insurgency in Samar, 1901- 1902” Army History, PB 20-11-2( No. 79) Washington, D. C., p. 35 4 Ibid 5 Op. cit., Oswald 6 Ibid 7 Ibid 8 Ibid 9 Ibid 10 Smith, Gen. Jacob, Circular No. 1. Catbalogan, Samar, dated October 1, 1901 11 General Orders No. 29, Headquarters First District, Department of the Visayas, Tacloban, issued October 27, 1901 12 Bruno, p. 38 13 Ibid, p. 40 14 http:// en. wikisource. org / wiki / Secretary _ Root’ s _ Record:% 22Marked _ Severities % 22 _ in _ Philippine _ Warfare # endnote _ 40 15 Asprey, Capt. Robert B.,“ Waller of Samar – Part I,” Marine Corps Gazette, originally published in May 1961 16 C. H. Fischer, Ensign, War Commission Report 17 Maj. Littleton W. T. Waller, Report to Gen. Smith 18 Ibid 19 Orejola, Dr. Wilmo C., MD.“ The History of Basey and its People”, http://
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