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Tervey OPPORTUNITY Master of human destiny am I ; Fame , love and fortune
on my footsteps wait : Cities and fields I walk ; I penetrate Deserts and seas
remote , and passing by Hovel , mart and palace , soon or late I knock unbidden
once ...
Tervey OPPORTUNITY Master of human destiny am I ; Fame , love and fortune
on my footsteps wait : Cities and fields I walk ; I penetrate Deserts and seas
remote , and passing by Hovel , mart and palace , soon or late I knock unbidden
once ...
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It was a grand moment , and as we advanced the Spaniards opened fire . The zip
- zip of their shells increased ; soon a reply was given as each of our Photo by
Bishop . vessels came within range , and the steady booming of Campaigning in
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It was a grand moment , and as we advanced the Spaniards opened fire . The zip
- zip of their shells increased ; soon a reply was given as each of our Photo by
Bishop . vessels came within range , and the steady booming of Campaigning in
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... to ours , although they had a number of five - inch and six - inch breech -
loading rifles . The effect was soon apparent ; a large lead - colored cruiser which
was taken to be the Reina Christina presented the best target , and suffered
terribly .
... to ours , although they had a number of five - inch and six - inch breech -
loading rifles . The effect was soon apparent ; a large lead - colored cruiser which
was taken to be the Reina Christina presented the best target , and suffered
terribly .
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Of course we WALLS OF FORT SAN ANTONIO . learned the truth about the effect
of our fire when we saw , soon afterward , the flames rising from the Reina
Christina and the Castilla , and heard the explosion of their ammunition , and the
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Of course we WALLS OF FORT SAN ANTONIO . learned the truth about the effect
of our fire when we saw , soon afterward , the flames rising from the Reina
Christina and the Castilla , and heard the explosion of their ammunition , and the
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This spirit , however , soon gave way to the calm processes of reason , and to the
resolve to investigate the facts and await material proof before forming a
judgment as to the cause , the responsibility , and , if the facts warranted , the
remedy ...
This spirit , however , soon gave way to the calm processes of reason , and to the
resolve to investigate the facts and await material proof before forming a
judgment as to the cause , the responsibility , and , if the facts warranted , the
remedy ...
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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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