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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