If he had made war under the methods advocated, allowing no one to be hurt, in all probability the subjugation of the island would have required a year's time, and there would have been ten times the suffering and loss of life than actually occurred.
Dodge argues that a more humane approach to warfare would have resulted in greater suffering and loss of life.
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They evidently have no desire to learn about these things, but want some excuse for attacking our Army, hoping thereby to bring dishonor upon our country before the world.
The national honor never has, never can, and never will be protected 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.
The right side is beginning to get a hearing, and when the facts and causes for the action of the Army are generally known, it will be found that our Army is as humane and well-behaved a body of troops as ever went into a foreign country…
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