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When peace is made with them, if civilian agents and citizens are sent among them, send those who you know to be of undoubted integrity.
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Dodge emphasizes the importance of sending trustworthy civilian agents to Native Americans once peace is established.
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Have you, or any one else, ever heard a single word of protest from these people or any one connected with them against the revolting cruelties of the enemy in the Philippines?
In view of all the facts, I must doubt the sincerity of those who are seeking to bring discredit upon our little Army, the marvellous efficiency of which has won the admiration of the world.
It is upheld and maintained today, as it always has been, by the patriotism of our people as represented by our Army in the Civil War, in Cuba, the Philippines, and China.
There is no officer listening to me who did not see cruelties in the Civil War.
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