One  can  judge  of  the  ferocity  of  these  men  by  Clause  3  of  what  Julian  Montalon
calls  his  Law  No.  9.     Dated  April  10, 1904,  it  says  :—

'^The  Filipino  who  serves  the  American  Government  as  scout,  constabularv  or
'^  secret-service  man,  who  does  not  sympathize  with  his  native  country,  shall,  if
^'  caught,  immediatelv  8u£fer  the  penalty  of  having  the  tendons  of  his  feet  cut,  and
^'  the  fingers  of  both  hands  crushed/'

There  were  many  cases  of  cutting  off  the  lips  ;  two  victims  of  this  atrocity  '
brought  to  Manila  in  1906,  during  El  Benacimiento  trial  {viile  p.  550).
