{"article":{"id":214071,"heading":"A Legacy of Water Torture","author":"Resist.net","created":"2008-02-19 17:32:55","modified":"2013-11-11 00:52:56","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:52:56","article":"

A letter by A. F. Miller, of the 32nd Volunteer Infantry Regiment, published in the Omaha World-Herald in May, 1900, told of how Miller’s unit uncovered hidden weapons by subjecting a prisoner to what he and others called the “water cure.” “Now, this is the way we give them the water cure,” he explained. “Lay them on their backs, a man standing on each hand and each foot, then put a round stick in the mouth and pour a pail of water in the mouth and nose, and if they don’t give up pour in another pail. They swell up like toads. I’ll tell you it is a terrible torture.”<\/p>\n","contact":"downwithempireupwithspring@earth.net","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"A letter by A. F. Miller, of the 32nd Volunteer Infantry Regiment, published in the Omaha World-Herald in May, 1900, told of how Miller\u2019s unit uncovered hidden weapons by subjecting a prisoner to what he and others called the \u201cwater cure.\u201d \u201cNow, this is the way we give them the water cure,\u201d he explained. \u201cLay them on their backs, a man standing on each hand and each foot, then put a round stick in the mouth and pour a pail of water in the mouth and nose, and if they don\u2019t give up pour in another pail. They swell up like toads. I\u2019ll tell you it is a terrible torture.\u201d","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1901philippineswatertorture.jpg","filesize":"60.9 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2008\/02\/214071.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1901philippineswatertorture.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2008\/02\/1901philippineswatertorture.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}