The Military and Colonial Policy of the United StatesHarvard University Press, 1916 - 502 páginas |
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... command , and the remaining 17,000 of his 22,000 soldiers were entitled to be discharged and returned to the United States . The problem before him , then , was to hold back the uncounted hordes who surrounded Manila , to keep in subjec ...
... command , and the remaining 17,000 of his 22,000 soldiers were entitled to be discharged and returned to the United States . The problem before him , then , was to hold back the uncounted hordes who surrounded Manila , to keep in subjec ...
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... commands of Otis and Lawton and MacArthur . By the end of the following month 65,000 will be there . They are the best youth of America . Let me tell you that in the month of July we enlisted 2,900 men for the regular army , and they ...
... commands of Otis and Lawton and MacArthur . By the end of the following month 65,000 will be there . They are the best youth of America . Let me tell you that in the month of July we enlisted 2,900 men for the regular army , and they ...
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... command in Cuba , gallantry in the march to Peking , wise administration as commander in the Philippines , has reached the high rank of major - general in the army of the United States - Adna R. Chaffee . The officers of the army ...
... command in Cuba , gallantry in the march to Peking , wise administration as commander in the Philippines , has reached the high rank of major - general in the army of the United States - Adna R. Chaffee . The officers of the army ...
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... command took their way to their homes . The greatest military power which to that day had ever existed never dreamed for a moment of threatening the institutions of our free government . And when the war with Spain was over , the ...
... command took their way to their homes . The greatest military power which to that day had ever existed never dreamed for a moment of threatening the institutions of our free government . And when the war with Spain was over , the ...
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... command . Already the Congress at the present session has passed a bill for the organization of the militia which substantially every administration of this country has endeavored to secure since 1794 , when George Washington sent his ...
... command . Already the Congress at the present session has passed a bill for the organization of the militia which substantially every administration of this country has endeavored to secure since 1794 , when George Washington sent his ...
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The Military and Colonial Policy of the United States: Addresses and Reports Elihu Root Vista de fragmentos - 1970 |
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administration Aguinaldo appointed appropriation approved April archipelago arms artillery authority body bureau cent Chief of Staff China citizens civil government College command Congress constitution convention Cuban Cuban constitution defense Department detailed direction duties effective efficiency elected ELIHU ROOT enlisted established executive exercise existing February Filipinos Fort Riley Havana honor hundred infantry instruction insular insurgent insurrection July justice legislative liberty Luzon Manila ment military governor militia Moros municipal National Guard natives necessary obligations officers organized militia peace Peking performance Philippine Islands Platt Amendment Porto Rico posts practically present President McKinley promotion protection provinces purpose regiment regular army result schools Secretary Secretary of War secure Senate sovereignty Spain Spanish Staff Corps statute supplies Tagalogs territory Tien-tsin tion transportation treaty troops United volunteer force War Department Washington
Pasajes populares
Página xii - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 209 - Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property.
Página 209 - It is understood that any obligations assumed in this treaty by the United States with respect to Cuba are limited to the time of its occupancy thereof; but it will upon the termination of such occupancy, advise any Government established in the island to assume the same obligations.
Página 214 - That to enable the United States to maintain the independence of Cuba, and to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points, to be agreed upon with the President of the United States.
Página 211 - 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.
Página 306 - An act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," and to amend an Act approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, entitled "An act to establish a standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine Islands," and to provide for the more efficient administration of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.
Página 107 - America to depart from its traditional policy of not intruding upon, interfering with, or entangling itself in the political questions of policy or internal administration of any foreign state; nor shall anything contained in the said convention be construed to imply a relinquishment by the United States of its traditional attitude toward purely American questions.
Página 471 - Union, it shall be lawful for the President to call forth such number of the militia of the State or of the States or Territories or of the District of Columbia as he may deem necessary to repel such invasion, suppress such...
Página xii - Fourth, and which is of the utmost importance. The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace, and entails upon this Government an enormous expense. With such a conflict waged for years in an island so near us and with which our people have such trade and business relations — when the...
Página 257 - ... to devote their attention in the first instance to the establishment of municipal governments, in which the natives of the islands, both in the cities and in the rural communities, shall be afforded the opportunity to manage their own local affairs to the fullest extent of which they are capable...