[37] Except, of course, the capture of Aguinaldo by General Funston nearly two years later.
[38] See General Lawton’s Report on the Zapote River fight, War Department Report, 1900, vol. i., pt. 5, p. 282.
[39] See Harper’s History of the War in the Philippines, p. 214, where the name of the gentleman is spelled “Kanly.”
[40] Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, Otis Despatches of November 27th, vol. ii., p. 846.
[41] House Document 85, 55th Cong., 3d Sess.
[42] The words quoted are from President McKinley’s message to Congress of December, 1899.
[43] Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, vol. ii., p. 1002.
[44] Correspondence Relating to the War with Spain, vol. ii., p. 1020.
[45] Meaning, of course, in time not to embarrass President McKinley’s prospective candidacy for re-election in 1900, in a campaign in which all knew the acquisition of the Philippines was sure to be the paramount issue.
[46] War Dept. Report, 1899, vol. i., part 4, p. 122.