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(General Henry Ware Lawton)
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<b><i>The Filipinos are a very fine set of soldiers</i></b>. They are far better than the Indians. The latter never fight unless they have the absolute advantage. 

The Tagals are what I would call a civilized race. They are good mechanics, imitative,  they manufacture everything. They have arsenals and 

cartridge factories and powder mills. They can manufacture everything they need. There is a rude arm they are getting the knack of making. Taking 

everything into consideration, the few facilities they have, the many drawbacks, they are a very ingenious and artistic race. And taking into account 

the disadvantages they have to fight against in arms, equipment, and military discipline, without artillery, short of ammunition, powder inferior, 

shells reloaded until they are defective, inferior in every particular of equipment and supplies, they are the bravest men I have ever seen. 
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The Filipinos are not military by nature. They are rather domestic in tastes and habits, peace-loving and industrious. Nine-tenths of the people of 

the islands will strongly favor peace, even at the expense of some of their theories, wishes, and hopes. I believe that with a liberal government, 

such as the United States can and will establish, they will be a peaceable, thrifty, happy people. I believe that it was a great misfortune that we 

were not able to give them a chance to sample our government before hostilities opened. The only thing we have to fear is from ambitious youths, who 

want to obtain control for financial reasons, that they may practise what the Spanish have taught them. 
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General Lawton's protest - His view of the Filipinos and the Filipino soldier