Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page 9
... duties as regulars or volunteers did not assign them to posts within the city or on the decks of our ships . All were eager to observe the least detail of the enemy's vessels , which in perfect line of battle advanced toward Cavite ...
... duties as regulars or volunteers did not assign them to posts within the city or on the decks of our ships . All were eager to observe the least detail of the enemy's vessels , which in perfect line of battle advanced toward Cavite ...
Page 10
... duty as becomes the chosen sons of the fatherland . They slacked not their fire nor yielded to superior force , and preferred to perish with their ships rather than live with them in the hands of the enemy . DISPUTED POINTS . Since the ...
... duty as becomes the chosen sons of the fatherland . They slacked not their fire nor yielded to superior force , and preferred to perish with their ships rather than live with them in the hands of the enemy . DISPUTED POINTS . Since the ...
Page 14
... duty that night . Our courteous and courtly Commodore made no sign . He was waiting until he could put an end to the whole annoyance with one crushing blow . At last the opportunity came . He learned , on unquestionable authority , that ...
... duty that night . Our courteous and courtly Commodore made no sign . He was waiting until he could put an end to the whole annoyance with one crushing blow . At last the opportunity came . He learned , on unquestionable authority , that ...
Page 23
... duty . The fire - alarms in the bunk- ers were in working order , and there had never been a case of spontaneous com- bustion of coal on board the Maine . The two after SCENE ON THE RIO GRANDE . boilers of the ship were in use at the ...
... duty . The fire - alarms in the bunk- ers were in working order , and there had never been a case of spontaneous com- bustion of coal on board the Maine . The two after SCENE ON THE RIO GRANDE . boilers of the ship were in use at the ...
Page 26
... duty in the matter . The usual procedure was followed , as in all cases of casualty or disaster to national vessels of any maritime state . A naval court of inquiry was at once organized , com- posed of officers well qualified by rank ...
... duty in the matter . The usual procedure was followed , as in all cases of casualty or disaster to national vessels of any maritime state . A naval court of inquiry was at once organized , com- posed of officers well qualified by rank ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1st Lieut 20th Kansas 2d Oregon 3d Art 4th Cav Acting Assistant Surgeon Admiral Dewey advance Aguinaldo Aide-de-Camp American ammunition army arrived at Manila artillery attack Baliuag battalion Battery battle block-house boat Bocaue bridge Brigadier-General Caloocan Calumpit Capt captured carrying the following Cavite Cebu Chaplain command companies detachment enemy enemy's entrenchments expedition fight Filipinos flank fleet following officers force front gunboat guns headquarters Hospital Corps infantry insurgents insurrectos killed La Loma church Laguna de Bay Lawton left San Francisco Luzon MacArthur Major-General Malate Malolos Manila Bay March Marilao ment Merritt miles military morning natives Nebraskas night Norzagaray occupied Otis outposts Pasig River position province Quingua railroad rebels Regiment road San Miguel Santa scouts sent ships Signal Corps soldiers South Dakotas Spain Spaniards Spanish tion town trenches troops U. S. Inf United States Inf Utah Volunteer Inf Wheaton wounded yards
Popular passages
Page 31 - authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the t'nited States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry
Page 31 - States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry this resolution into effect,' and, " Whereas, by an Act of Congress entitled ' An Act to provide for temporarily increasing the military establishment of the United States in time of
Page 104 - party or faction among them, but to protect them in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights. All persons who, by active aid or honest submission, co-operate with the United States in its effort to give effect to this beneficent purpose, will receive the reward of its support and protection.
Page 85 - That 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 29 - 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, and have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating,
Page 118 - of such duties and other charges as shall be in force at the time of their importation. Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring to them in every possible way that full
Page 117 - property of the people of the islands and for the confirmation of all their private rights and relations. It will be the duty of the commander of the forces of occupation to announce and proclaim in the most public manner that we come not as invaders or conquerors, but as friends to protect
Page 116 - 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. ARTICLE V. The United States will, upon the signature of the present
Page 116 - degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich, and thence along the one hundred and eighteenth (118th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich to the point of beginning. The United States will pay to Spain the sum of twenty million dollars
Page 313 - Support us all day long of this troublous life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and its battles