If it was not convenient to so dispose of it, it would be burned (Rebellion Records, Series I, Vol.

XXII, Part II, p.

473).

The American commanders in the Philippines had adopted no new method of procedure in dealing with war traitors; they had, however, effectively employed an old one.
"The insurrection had originated among the Tagalogs and had spread like a conflagration from the territory occupied by them.

The fire had been quenched everywhere else.