Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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... miles from our western coast . Nor was the change in scene the only miracle . The change in the attitude of the nation was greater than the distance that separates Havana from Manila . The war began in the sacred name of libera- tion ...
... miles from our western coast . Nor was the change in scene the only miracle . The change in the attitude of the nation was greater than the distance that separates Havana from Manila . The war began in the sacred name of libera- tion ...
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... miles of island real estate in the Malay archipelago , and called them the Philippines . Spain never conquered them ; Luzon , the largest , was never colonized ; Mindanao , the second of the flora and fauna of these no better known than ...
... miles of island real estate in the Malay archipelago , and called them the Philippines . Spain never conquered them ; Luzon , the largest , was never colonized ; Mindanao , the second of the flora and fauna of these no better known than ...
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... miles wide respectively . It was a beautiful starlight night . A gentle breeze tem- pered the intense tropical heat . A young moon , occas- ionally veiled by clouds , was in the zenith , and the sea was smooth . Silently and in perfect ...
... miles wide respectively . It was a beautiful starlight night . A gentle breeze tem- pered the intense tropical heat . A young moon , occas- ionally veiled by clouds , was in the zenith , and the sea was smooth . Silently and in perfect ...
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... miles from a home port , and that under the most favorable conditions a supply of ammunition could not be obtained in less than a month , the outlook was far from being satisfactory . The Commodore knew that the Spaniards had just ...
... miles from a home port , and that under the most favorable conditions a supply of ammunition could not be obtained in less than a month , the outlook was far from being satisfactory . The Commodore knew that the Spaniards had just ...
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... mile or so in advance . There are frequent block - houses inclosed by a trocha , and with a guard along the railroad track ... miles of railroad rides from Pinar del Rio province in the west , across the full width of Havana and Matanzas ...
... mile or so in advance . There are frequent block - houses inclosed by a trocha , and with a guard along the railroad track ... miles of railroad rides from Pinar del Rio province in the west , across the full width of Havana and Matanzas ...
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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
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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