Under the regulations, it is impossible for the Army to defend itself and make answer to these attacks, except through their own officers, and their reports do not reach the public, for the press seems to use only that which reflects upon the Army, and omits that which is in its favor.
Dodge highlights the challenges the Army faces in defending itself against public criticism.
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There is an element in this country that already has no use for the soldier of the Civil War.
I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.
We were always careful that no cruelties were committed by enlisted men, but whatever was done was by the order of an officer.
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?
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