Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, 1898-1902U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 |
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Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, 1898-1902 United States Adjutant-General's Office No preview available - 2015 |
Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, 1898-1902 United States Adjutant-General's Office No preview available - 2015 |
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE Aguinaldo AGWAR arrived August 25 battalion Battery cable California casualties Cavite CHAFFEE Charles command Company H Corpl Department Eighteenth Infantry enlisted force Fourteenth Infantry Fourth Cavalry Fourth Infantry George H. C. CORBIN Honolulu Hospital Corps Iloilo instant insurgents James John July killed Lieut Lieutenant Luzon MACARTHUR Major-General MANILA March 31 MERRITT moderate Nineteenth Infantry November 11 OTIS Panay Philippine Islands prisoners Private Received April Received August Received February Received January Received June Received March Received November Received October Regiment U. S. Infantry sailed San Francisco Secretary Secretary of War Secwar sent Sergt Seventeenth Infantry severe SHAFTER Sixth Infantry slight Spanish telegram thigh Third Cavalry Third Infantry Thirtieth Infantry Thirty-sixth Infantry to-day Transport troops Twelfth Infantry Twenty-fifth Infantry Twenty-first Infantry Twenty-fourth Infantry Twenty-second Infantry Twenty-sixth U. S. ARMY U. S. Volunteer Infantry United Washington WESLEY MERRITT William wounded yesterday
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Page 677 - ... and property and provide for the punishment of crime, are considered as continuing in force, so far as they are compatible with the new order of things, until they are suspended or superseded by the occupying belligerent; and in practice they are not usually abrogated, but are allowed to remain in force and to be administered by the ordinary tribunals, substantially as they were before the occupation. This enlightened practice is, so far as possible, to be adhered to on the present occasion.
Page 676 - The first effect of the military occupation of the enemy's territory is the severance of the former political relations of the inhabitants, and the establishment of a new political power. Under this changed condition of things, the inhabitants, so long as they perform their duties, are entitled to security in their persons and property, and in all their private rights and relations.
Page 857 - All ports and places in the Philippine Islands in the actual possession of the land and naval forces of the United States will be opened to the commerce of all friendly nations. All goods and wares not prohibited for military reasons, by due announcement of the military authority, will be admitted upon payment of such duties and other charges as shall be in force at the time of their importation.
Page 856 - 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 the natives in their homes, in their employments and in their personal and religious rights.
Page 857 - ... and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation, substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.
Page 677 - While it is held to be the right of the conqueror to levy contributions upon the enemy in their seaports, towns, or provinces...
Page 1103 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 755 - This city, its inhabitants, its churches and religious worship, its educational establishments, and its private property of all descriptions, are placed under the special safeguard of the faith and honor of the American Army.
Page 1140 - SIR: By direction of the Secretary of War, I have the honor to...
Page 749 - 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 Philippineğ.