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Hopkinsville Kentuckian
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
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Prof. W. B. Brewer counters claims of cruelty in the U.S. Army's 'water cure' practice in the Philippines by recounting 1870s anecdotes of young men at Cerulean Springs, Trigg County, who drank up to eight quarts of water in under five minutes without discomfort, including Mr. Gus Goodwin.
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Many contradicting statements are made about the practice of the "water cure" by the army in the Philippines. Editors and Congressmen are indignant at the cruelty of pumping one or two gallons of water into a man in the course of an examination of him to get information. We do not wish to be considered as approving any cruelty to prisoners, but we will state that in the early 70's we were frequently at Cerulean Springs, Trigg county, where a number of young men met very often to try to see how much water each could drink in less than five minutes. Mr. Gus Goodwin, who is now living, could land eight quarts under his belt in that time, and he felt no inconvenience from it. There were several others who were a close second. We think we know some Americans who would thank an army man to pump one or two gallons of beer into them at one sitting.-Fairview Review.
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Cerulean Springs, Trigg County
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Early 70's
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Professor Brewer shares personal anecdotes from the early 1870s at Cerulean Springs where young men, including Gus Goodwin who drank eight quarts in under five minutes without harm, competed in water-drinking contests to defend the army's water cure practice in the Philippines against cruelty accusations.