Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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... continued upon our ships that were burning in all directions . A gunboat that seemed to have no more daring object than the destruction of the Isla de Mindanao detached herself from the enemy's squadrons and riddled the vessel with ...
... continued upon our ships that were burning in all directions . A gunboat that seemed to have no more daring object than the destruction of the Isla de Mindanao detached herself from the enemy's squadrons and riddled the vessel with ...
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... continued , when the flag - lieutenant made his appearance on the quarter - deck , " I wish you to take the barge and go over to the German flagship . Give Admiral von Diederich my compli- ments , and say that I wish to call his ...
... continued , when the flag - lieutenant made his appearance on the quarter - deck , " I wish you to take the barge and go over to the German flagship . Give Admiral von Diederich my compli- ments , and say that I wish to call his ...
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... continued the Commodore , his voice rising and ringing with the intensity of feeling that he felt he had repressed about long enough , " tell Admiral von Diederich that if he wants a fight , he can have it right now ! " Brumby went with ...
... continued the Commodore , his voice rising and ringing with the intensity of feeling that he felt he had repressed about long enough , " tell Admiral von Diederich that if he wants a fight , he can have it right now ! " Brumby went with ...
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... continued that not only the Cubans were crying out against it , but the civilization of the world was aghast at the spectacle . We of the United States were so placed that the appeals of these sufferers came to us with great force . Our ...
... continued that not only the Cubans were crying out against it , but the civilization of the world was aghast at the spectacle . We of the United States were so placed that the appeals of these sufferers came to us with great force . Our ...
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... of Havana on the 25th of January , her arrival being marked with no special incident besides the exchange of customary salutes and ceremonial visits . " The Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during Campaigning in the Philippines . 25.
... of Havana on the 25th of January , her arrival being marked with no special incident besides the exchange of customary salutes and ceremonial visits . " The Maine continued in the harbor of Havana during Campaigning in the Philippines . 25.
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13th Minnesota 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 command companies detachment Division 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 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 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.