Campaigning in the Philippines: IllustratedHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 441 pages |
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... reached China , he sailed away towards the Malay archipelago . The next heard from him was a story so astonishing that the world was shaken . It was said that this American gentleman , with his slim fleet , had entered a defended harbor ...
... reached China , he sailed away towards the Malay archipelago . The next heard from him was a story so astonishing that the world was shaken . It was said that this American gentleman , with his slim fleet , had entered a defended harbor ...
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... reached some ex- plosive . The Isla de Mindanao was a mass of fire on the shores of Las Pinas , while behind the arsenal tongues of flames shot high above the walls . " All night the calm moon looked down upon this scene of devastation ...
... reached some ex- plosive . The Isla de Mindanao was a mass of fire on the shores of Las Pinas , while behind the arsenal tongues of flames shot high above the walls . " All night the calm moon looked down upon this scene of devastation ...
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... reached , is under guard within their so - called fortifications . To describe one place is to describe all . To repeat , it is neither peace nor war . It is concentration and desolation . This is the pacified ' condition of the four ...
... reached , is under guard within their so - called fortifications . To describe one place is to describe all . To repeat , it is neither peace nor war . It is concentration and desolation . This is the pacified ' condition of the four ...
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... reached the town they were allowed to build huts of palm leaves in the suburbs and vacant places within the trochas , and left to live if they could . Their huts are about ten by fifteen feet in size , and for want of space are usually ...
... reached the town they were allowed to build huts of palm leaves in the suburbs and vacant places within the trochas , and left to live if they could . Their huts are about ten by fifteen feet in size , and for want of space are usually ...
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... of information was neglected , and the fullest opportunity was allowed for a simultaneous investigation by the Spanish authorities . " The finding of the Court of Inquiry was reached. 26 Campaigning in the Philippines .
... of information was neglected , and the fullest opportunity was allowed for a simultaneous investigation by the Spanish authorities . " The finding of the Court of Inquiry was reached. 26 Campaigning in the Philippines .
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Campaigning in the Philippines: Illustrated (Classic Reprint) Karl Irving Faust No preview available - 2016 |
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1st Lieut 1st Lieutenant 1st Washington 2d Lieut 2d Lieutenant 2d Oregon 4th Cav advance Aguinaldo American April army arrived at Manila artillery attack August Baliuag battalion Battery battle block-house bridge Brigade Cainta Calumpit Capt captured Cavite Chas Clerk command Company G Dewey Disability enemy enemy's entrenchments expedition Farmer February Filipinos flank force front gunboats guns headquarters Hospital Corps infantry insurgents insurrectos islands John July June killed La Loma church Laborer Laguna de Bay Lawton Luzon MacArthur Malate Malolos Manila Bay March Merritt miles military Morong National Guard natives Nebraskas North Dakota occupied Otis outposts Paco Pasig River Pateros Philippines position railroad regiment road San Francisco San Pedro Macati Santa Ana Seattle sent Sergt soldiers South Dakotas Spain Spaniards Spanish Tacoma Taguig town trenches troops U. S. Inf United States Inf Volunteer Inf Walla Walla Walla Wash Wheaton Wholley
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Page 30 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 29 - In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 30 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 104 - The port of Manila, and all other ports and places in the Philippines which may be in the actual possession of our land and naval forces, will be open while our military occupation may continue to the commerce of all neutral nations, as well as our own, in articles not contraband of war, and upon payment of the prescribed rates of duty which may be in force at the time of the importation.
Page 31 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 30 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States battleship, with two hundred and sixty-six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Page 116 - The United States will, for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States.
Page 85 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.
Page 31 - Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM McKiNLEY, President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and the laws...
Page 101 - All persons included in the capitulation remain at liberty, the officers remaining in their respective homes, which shall be respected as long as they observe the regulations prescribed for their government and the laws in force.