The temptation to retaliate must have been very great, for the treatment the Ninth Infantry received from those savages was nothing short of murder, followed by the most horrible mutilation, by a people who pretended to be their friends and at peace.
Dodge reflects on the brutal treatment of the Ninth Infantry by Filipino forces, emphasizing the moral dilemma of retaliation.
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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?
We were always careful that no cruelties were committed by enlisted men, but whatever was done was by the order of an officer.
There is an element in this country that already has no use for the soldier of the Civil War.
The national honor never has, never can, and never will be protected by such methods.
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