people, at times so persistent in urging their unreasonable demands upon the executive.

From the day of Mr. McKinley's inauguration, on March 4, 1897, an unprecedented number of intricate national and foreign problems confronted the administration, and during the four years of his first term the chief executive and his official family were compelled to work early and late in order to meet their responsibilities promptly and wisely.

Our brave men of the Army and Navy, most of whom were unaccustomed to actual warfare, astonished the world by their discipline, power of endurance, splendid marksmanship and kindness to the defeated foe. They are entitled to a large share in the glory won in the Spanish war.

The Taft Commission to the Philippine Islands, also the governor-generals of Cuba and Porto Rico, have shown great tact and ability in grappling with the tasks entrusted to them. We have reason to believe that in the near future the people of these islands will appreciate and enjoy all the advantages of American liberty.

Our people, at first impatient and inclined to criticize, were quick to recognize the superior generalship and far-seeing wisdom of their ever-beloved chief, and were soon satisfied to leave the nation's destinies to his watchful care. The glory of the war, the expansion of power following it, the unparalled business. prosperity of the country, and the prospect of a still brighter future may well cause the whole nation to exclaim as with one voice: "Hail to the Chief of the land of the free and the home of the brave."

A VIEW OF MANILA, CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
The famous cablegram to Admiral Dewey, dictated by Mr. McKinley: "Proceed to Manila, capture or
destroy the Spanish fleet."

(Asiatic squadron sailed from Mirs Bay April 24. Fleet annihilated May 1, 1898.)

A message of sympathy to the Filipinos :

"We come not to crush but to give to the Islands all the blessings that follow the American flag."-McKinley.

CHAPTER XXXII

SKETCH OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S CAREER

As his name indicates, Mr. Roosevelt is of Dutch extraction on his father's side. The Roosevelts have been prominent citizens of New York State for eight generations. They were aldermen, judges of the Supreme Court and Congressmen. One of them sat with Alexander Hamilton in the first Constitutional Convention after the Revolution. Roosevelt street, in New York City, once led across the old Roosevelt farm; and Roosevelt Hospital was a gift to the city by a wealthy member of the family.

Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., father of the President, was a sturdy man, highly respected in New York City, where he lived and was engaged in business as a merchant and importer of glassware. He was known to be public spirited and benevolent.

The mother of the President was a Miss Martha Bullock, of Georgia, of a distinguished Southern family, which gave a governor to the State named at the time of the Revolution, Archibald Bullock.

Our "Teddy" Roosevelt was born in New York City, October 27, 1858.* During the first twenty years of his life, spent mostly at Oyster Bay, L. I., the country seat of the family, he was never strong, so that he could

*The youngest President that ever occupied the executive chair. (Age 42 years.)