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The West Indies are no more interesting than Van Dieman ' s land ; and the focus
of American history and the cynosure of statesmen is the remote archipelago ,
lying in the China Sea , seven thousand miles from our western coast . Nor was ...
The West Indies are no more interesting than Van Dieman ' s land ; and the focus
of American history and the cynosure of statesmen is the remote archipelago ,
lying in the China Sea , seven thousand miles from our western coast . Nor was ...
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Corregidor Island is at the mouth of the bay , and on either side of it are channels
named Boca Chica and Boca Grande , two and one - half and six miles wide
respectively . It was a beautiful starlight night . A gentle breeze tempered the
intense ...
Corregidor Island is at the mouth of the bay , and on either side of it are channels
named Boca Chica and Boca Grande , two and one - half and six miles wide
respectively . It was a beautiful starlight night . A gentle breeze tempered the
intense ...
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No torpedo - boat in the world could have passed that shell - swept interval of a
mile and a half . Our squadron defiled before the Spanish line , pouring in its
shower of death with terrible effect from the port battery ; and turning , it continued
the ...
No torpedo - boat in the world could have passed that shell - swept interval of a
mile and a half . Our squadron defiled before the Spanish line , pouring in its
shower of death with terrible effect from the port battery ; and turning , it continued
the ...
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When it is remembered that Commodore Dewey was more than 7000 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 ...
When it is remembered that Commodore Dewey was more than 7000 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 ...
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and with , as I observed and was informed was always the case , a pilot engine a
mile or so in advance . ... I saw no house or hut in the four hundred miles of
railroad rides from Pinar del Rio province in the west , across the full width of
Havana ...
and with , as I observed and was informed was always the case , a pilot engine a
mile or so in advance . ... I saw no house or hut in the four hundred miles of
railroad rides from Pinar del Rio province in the west , across the full width of
Havana ...
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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 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 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 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.
Page 24 - This second explosion was, in the opinion of the court, caused by the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of the Maine.
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| Title | Campaigning in the Philippines |
| Authors | Karl Irving Faust, Peter MacQueen |
| Publisher | Hicks-Judd Company, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0722278950, 9780722278956 |
| Length | 314 pages |
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