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Restore
Canteen
Congo A trocities Duplicated Major-General W ood Recommends Return to Old N et P ro fit
Putumayo Indians on U pper Amazon Enslaved by Rubber Companies and Subjected
to Tortures and Cruelties That Overshadow Those of African Districts
System, Abolished Eleven Years Ago
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M ajor General Leonard Wood has yielded and the institution went out
come out in favor of a restoration of of existence.
During all the heated discussions
Several years ago the world was [th e world. Then civilization found a conditions th at exist today as revealed the arm y canteen, an institution that relative
to this im portant m atter, Gen­
shocked by revelations of terrible new slavery, and uuder the guise of b.y the late report.
died by act of congress in 1901 and u a l Nelson A. Miles stood unequivo­
atrocities perpetrated upon natives of commercialism corporations kept un­ Some time ago an American engineer, has been the subject of much discus­ cally
for abolition. He supported his
the Congo region in A frica by the der subjection helpless tribes in places W. E. Brandenburg, reported conditions
with facts regarding drunk­
Belgians under King Leopold. Devel­ fa r distant from a disturbing public in the Amazon country and the Pe­ sion pro and con since th at tim e. At (onteution
enness among soldiers before and a f­
opments and investigations into con­ sentim ent. The man who buys his rub ruvian governm ent made pretenses at the tim e of its passing much b itter­ ter
and laid stress particularly upon
ditions in this district proved that bers in the heart of the g reat city, correcting the abuses. Their efforts ness was engendered between its ene
decrease in court-m artials after
the king was actually responsible for j surrounded by every com fort and ne­ were mere sham, however, for condi­ mies and its exponents, so high did the
and shared in the profits of these cessity, knows nothing of the toll of tions there today are more revolting feeling run as to the effect its re the canteen was destroyed. But con­
are different today, hence the
cruelties.' The toll exacted from the human life that has been exacted to than those of the Congo years ago. inoval would have upon the army. ditions
of this question.
enslaved natives for the production of bring the finished product to his use. S ir Roger Casement, who was sent by From tim e to tim e since 1901 the ad revival
As soon as the canteen as an army
rubber was found to be never less than The evils of our body politic, the the foreign office to make a personal visib ility of re-establishing the can­ institution
’disappeared, a new evil bo*
perpetual slavery, and often the life sw eat shop, the poor wage of the investigation, attested to many of the teen as an arm y institution has been gan to appear
the shape of a li­ army saloon and drank their money
of the slave. The natives were held m anufacturer’s employe fade into in­ revelations of the H ardenburg expose brought before the American people iu censed saloon a in t the
border of the before it was received. When pay­
in a subjection so complete th at fail significance beside the aw ful story of in his testim ony before the board of one form or another and the old fire camp. The liquor interests
day came, the canteen collector was
tire to produce the stipulated amount cruelty adm inistered upon the de­ inquiry. One incident is related in of opposition is kindled anew. These to see the opportunity, and were in quick
by the side of the paym aster and read
fact,
of rubber each week m eant flogging fenseless back of the savage, who which a small colony of Indians was outbursts in favor of a re-establish­ many suspected th at the large liquor out his claim against the pay check.
torture, the loss of a finger, a limb cannot return the blow. W ith crude, discovered by scouts and the older m ent are prom pted by reports th at interests hud been strongest among Many of the soldiers had little of
or a life. The entire world was prim eval weapons th at cannot cope members of the fam ily barely had
the number of applicants for the opponents of the canteen. For, it their small wages left when the drink
aroused by the recitation of these with the modern firearm s of the tim e to escape. Thev left 18 children while
the army is increasing, the number of was pointed out, the canteen could bill had been satisfied. Men wh^ know
atrocities and pressure was brought whites, his tribe reduced to but a behind in the huts, thinking they desertions,
court-m artials and guard dispense only beer and wine, while a say th at drunkenness was frequent,
upon Belgium to put a stop to them. fraction of its former strength, am­ m ight be passed by and would later house sentences
in great, licensed saloon, close enough to the but th at a sym pathetic comrade was
But the lesson taught in this in bition killed, strength w asted and be recovered. The scouts, however, up­ er proportion. is It increasing
is doubtful if the post to command its patronage, could always on hand to assist the unfor­
stance has not stopped the practice, courage all fagged out, he can but on finding the children w ithout the canteen as a governm
ent institution sell anything at alj, and there would tunate soldier to his bunk and sober
for there still exist isolated sections bow meekly to the subjugation of his adults, brained the entire number by will ever be re-established,
for the be no limit to the amount a soldier him off. It is said th a t the officers
where innocent natives are subjected m aster and toil the harder to stave seizing them by the legs and swinging growth
of prohibition sentim ent makes could drink. So the licensed saloon had their separate clubrooms close to
to the cruel and inhum an rule of civ- off starvation.
their heads against trees. The testi­ its chances
yearly more remote. It became a reality and along with it the canteen where the selection of
il'zed m asters for the enrichm ent of It is no crime to kill an Indian in mony showed that old and useless is well, however,
consider seriously came the brothel and the joint. The liquors was not confined to the beer
the latter. L atest of these is the tale the Putum ayo district. In habits very natives were ruthlessly murdered, as the conditions th at to have
arisen since result is that today the soldier finds and light refreshm ents allowed by the
of the Putum ayo abuses in Peru, the liltle above the jungle beast, of in­ were also children too young to be of the canteen went out of existence,
t these.institutions a t his very door and government. Other incidents are re­
“ B ritish Congo,” which for dire cruel­ telligence cultivated only to the service. They have been tortured with the. end th at abuses attend an t upon
no officer is there to call a halt when lated to prove the evils attend an t up­
ty and malicious tyranny surpass and meager necessities of his uneventful fire and w ater and in some cases cruc­ the ’life of the young soldier may be he
has imbibed too much. Frequent on the canteen, and should the m at­
overshadow those of the Congo. The life, w earing no clothing and prepar­ ified with their heads downward. The lessened through the medium of an fights
and disorderly scenes, a guard­ ter come up before congress the fight
tru th about conditions in these dis­ ing food only for the present, he pre­ women have been subjected to outrages aroused public sentim ent.
sentence and sometimes a court- will be as bitter as formerly.
tric ts is just coming to light, follow­ sents to the unscrupulous overseer lit­ unspeakable and the men dare not rise The arm y canteen, as originally es­ house
It is well known th at the abolition
ing investigations by a special com­ tle more than the subservient pack up in their defense. M any have been tablished, was no canteen at all. It m artial follow.
of the canteen was brought about
m ittee appointed by the British Mouse animal. Satisfied with a few beads sold into slavery a t prices ranging was simply a sort of clubhouse where Abundant testim ony to these con­ largely
the efforts of the W.
of Commons, and the world stands a t first in return for the gourd of rub­ from $100 to $300. To kill an Indian the soldiers could gather and pass the ditions is given ¡11 the reports of Sec­ C. T. U. through
whose object was to take
of W ar Stimson and Major-
aghast a t the revelations of this com­ ber, knowing nothing of the value of is not murder, for he has no human idle hourse in playing games and par­ retary
General Wood. Secretary Stimson says from the governm ent all semblance
m ittee.
his toil, the price paid for each d a y ’s or civil rights. One Indian exhibited tak in g of refreshm ents, all liquors be he
has visited personally forty-nine of a partnership in the liquor busi­
The Putum ayo district is located labor is lessened and the number of a flask of powder, a few fishhooks and ing barred. L ater permission was of the
m ilitary posts of the country ness. These forces will line up anew
on the upper w aters of the Amazon hours he m ust work increased. For some strings of beads as his rem uner­ granted to serve beer and wine under and in every
instance found a forinid against the canteen should congress
R iver in Peru. F ar from the incur­ the control of the overseer is complete. ation for three y ears’ work. And dur­ the restrictions and supervision of the able row of saloons
and joints at the see fit to undertake its re-establish*
sions of civilization, in forest, so dense Gradually, as the system grew, the ing all this tim e he had been sup post officers. Gradually the institution very gates of the barracks.
He tes­ ment. W hether the outpost saloon
as to defy the advance of the for­ poor native found it impossible to plied with barely sufficient food for
into a drinking saloon, tifies to the spread of certain diseases would go when the canteen is re­
eigner unused to traversing the wilds secure the required amount of rub­ his wants. In the Congo troubles it was w degenerated
ith all its attend an t evils, well reg­ among the .soldiers, which he a ttrib ­ opened would have much to do with
of an Amazon jungle, the native In­ ber, and his pay was withheld until shown th at natives were supplied with ulated
posts, but grossly neg­ utes to the habits and associates of sentim ent jn regard to it.
dians lived very much to themselves, he should bring in the stipend. So a fair rem uneration and with food lected in in some
others. The debauchery a t­ the post saloon. He makes a plea for In his annual report M ajor General
caring little for the w arpath and only he found it impossible to sustain life for long journeys. In Putum ayo in­ tend ant upon
the worst of these places regulation of the evil through a res­ Wood sums up his own-position on the
fighting when their home was th reat­ w ithout putting in the greater part stances are related where Indians
subject as follows: “ The groat ma­
the subject of severe denun­ toration of the canteen.
ened. For the Putum ayo Indian is of the 24 hours of each day. If he made journeys of 60 miles w ith no became
and a cry for the abolition On the other hand, those who know jority of officers of the arm y are
averse to bloodshed and peaceable by failed to furnish the stipulated amount rem uneration and no food for the ciation,
of the nuisance, as it was believed to the canteen as it was in its last days of the opinion th at the re-establish­
nature. Perhaps this fact made their ho was flogged, sometimes until the journey.
went up from all over the country. are loud in rem onstrance against its m ent of the canteen under proper su­
conquest the more easy, for the en­ bones were bared, given but a crust of Much opposition is found against be,
Some cried for regulation as the rem­ re-establishm ent. Tt is /reported that, pervision would tend to improve the
slavem ent of these tribes began early. bread and kicked out into the forest the cause of foreign missions, the a r­ edy,
these numbered many of the fa r from being regulated ns its expo­ health, discipline and efficiency of the
Even in 1706 the story of inroads into to make up the shortage. If he tried gum ent being advanced th at there is most and
prom inent and reputable men of nents would have it. the canteen was service through decreasing intem per­
this district by Spanish slavers twas to escape into the forest to take up work enough a t home. But, elim inat­ the
country. But the demand for ab­ the scene of many a debauching epi­ ance and imm orality. I concur in this
brought to the world, and the busi­ again his free life, the hunting party ing entirely the religious element in
ness of enslaving South American In ­ sought him out and brought him back, the missionary movement, we can find olition was so strong th at congress sode. Soldiers received credit a t the opinion. ”
dians received quite a stimulus. Dur­ to sacrifice a finger or a hand for his justification for it in the publicity
ing the years following Spanish sol­ insubordination. Often the thing that given such abuses as these and the
diers were stationed a t points of van­ kept him a t work was the captivity of resultant removal of them. For the
tage along the Amazon to prevent the his wife or daughter to serve the lusts world is interested in the promotion I
incursions of Portuguese slavers into of the com pany’s employes. Fam ily of the welfare of its people and civ­
this “ ric h ” country. Because of their ties brought him back again and again ilization owes its advance to that |
peaceful dispositions the Indians were to camp when he m ight perhaps have elem ent in it wliieh has made it look
easy prey, and the country was re­ effected his escape. Still finding it im­ to the interests of those less favor­
ported by a prom inent official as " th e possible to bring in the required ably situated. The civilized world will
most favorable district for catching amount of rubber each day or week, rise up and rem onstrate against these
the youngest members of his family abuses on the Amazon and those re j
Ind ians.”
'
U ntil a world sentim ent against the were brought into service and eventu­ sponsible for them will be made to I
enslaving of hum anity, regardless of ally he found th at the w ork of the I feel the pressure of a greater power.
color, became so intense th a t civilized entire fam ily would barely sustain life. Steps are already being taken to rec­
nations dared not practice it openly, All this was made possible by a com­ tify conditions among the Putum ayo
the districts of the upper Amazon plete system of private m ilitary patrol Indians and the abuses will be
furnished their share of the slaves of and intim idation. And these are the stopped.
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Third Impeachment in History of United States
For the third tim e in the history of
the United States a judge has been
stripped of his office and forbidden
forever to hold office under the Fed­
eral government. Robert W. Arch-
bald has been adjudged guilty of us­
ing the power of his office to fur­
ther his own interests and those of
his friends while judge of the com­
merce court. The particular offense
related to intrigue with officials of the
E rie railroad for certain coal lands
in Pennsylvania, thirteen counts be­
ing found against him, on five of
which he was acquitted. The trial was
a long one, having started last sum­
mer. The trial is the ninth since
the declaration of independence, six
or’ which involved judges, one a sen­
ator, one a secretary of war and one
a president, Johnson. The convictions
have all been in the case of judges,
President Johnson having fallen one
short of the necessary tw o-thirds in
the senate.
The career of Judge Arch bald is
an interesting one. In 1885 he was a
partner in the Am ity Coal Company,
which was charged by the supreme
court of Pennsylvania w ith so con­
ducting business th at it was “ an
evasion of the law and a fraud upon
the public.” Archbald lost all he had
in this suit, but continued to rise
through the influence of Quay and
Penrose. The same year the Am ity
Coal Company failed he was ap­
pointed judge of the Pennsylvania
court of common pleas and six years
later was made district judge. In
1910 he was named by T aft for a
place on the commerce court, but did
not take his seat until the following
vear.
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