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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

The History of Samar

The Waller Court-Martial

The Smith Court-Martial

Mr. Root’s Attitude on the Horrors of Samar

Root Answered by the Facts

The Attitude of Secretary Root as Shown by the Records

Mr. Root First Denies That Cruelty Has Been Practised

Mr. Root’s Denials of Soldiers' Charges Tested

Mr. Root’s Charges Against the Filipinos

Mr. Root’s Statements as to the Humanity of Our Army Examined

The Weir Charges

Kennan's Investigation

Col. Gardener's Report

The Orders of Bell and Smith

Secretary Root Approved this Policy

The Policy Not Justified by General Order No. 100

Secretary Root Considers this Policy Humane

The Reconcentration Camps

Conclusions

Appendix A: General Bell 's Orders

Appendix B: Extracts from letters of Henry Loomis Nelson to Boston Herald

Appendix C: Captain Ryan 's Case