Annual Reports of the Secretary of War, Volume 1, Part 9 |
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adjutant ADJUTANT-GENERAL ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE ammunition Army arrived attack August 14 battle of Tientsin Boxers brevetted British camp Captain casualties Chaffee Chefoo CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION Chinese city column Commanding Company commanding officer Company H CORBIN Corpl deployed detachment directed duty enemy enemy's engagement enlisted Fifth Artillery firing line flank following report forces forward Fourteenth Infantry front guns halted HDQRS honor to submit Imperial City Inclosure instant Japanese July 13 July 29 killed legation Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel MACARTHUR Major Major-General Manila miles moved Nagasaki Ninth Infantry o'clock a. m. ordered pagoda Pei-tsang Pekin position Private rear regiment Report of Capt Report of Lieut respectfully rifles river road Russian Second Battalion Second Lieut Secretary sent September September 19 shrapnel Sikhs Sixth Cavalry Squadron submit the following supplies Taku Tartar City Third Battalion transport Tung-chow U. S. Marine Corps United States Infantry village wall Washington wounded Yangtsun yards
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Page 172 - the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly Powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire," He was successful in obtaining the assent of the other Powers to the policy thus announced.
Page 172 - American officials, missionaries, and other Americans who are in danger; secondly, in affording all possible protection everywhere in China to American life and property; thirdly, in guarding and protecting all legitimate American interests; and fourthly, in aiding to prevent a spread of the disorders to the other provinces of the Empire and a recurrence of such disasters.
Page 172 - It is, of course, too early to forecast the means of attaining this last result; but the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 50 - GENERAL, — I have the honor to submit the following report as to the operations of my brigade in front of the enemy at Bull Run, on Sunday, July 21. On the night of July 20...
Page 135 - Grant, and the officers and men whom she carries, to Taku, and will take command of the land forces of the United States in China. You will confer with the admiral in command of the naval forces of the United States on the coast of China; and it is expected that the two forces will, to the fullest possible extent, cooperate and assist each other. The forces under your command are to be used for the protection of the life and property of American citizens and American interests in China wherever the...
Page 144 - Confer freely with admiral in command of fleet. Complete understanding and co-operation between the two services is enjoined by the President, and message to that effect has been sent admiral in command naval force. Reports now indicate that American minister with all the legation have been destroyed in Pekin.