the prosecution then decided to call general smith as a rebuttal witness. on april 7, 1902, in sworn testimony, smith denied that he had given any special verbal orders to waller. waller then produced three officers, who corroborated waller's version of the smith–waller conversation, and copies of every written order he had received from smith, waller informed the court he had been directed to take no prisoners and to kill every male filipino over age 10.