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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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