[26] Table of Populations, ib., vol. ii., p. 123.
[27] In alluding, in complimentary terms, to this officer’s gallant conduct on that occasion, Harper’s History of the War in the Philippines spells the name “Hustin,” as it had previously misspelled the name of the star actor among the younger officers who participated in the Zapote River fight “Kanly.” “Such is fame.” The gentleman’s right name is Mustin. He is now a lieutenant-commander, well known in the navy to-day, as the inventor of the “Mustin gun-sight.”
[28] There is a notable unanimity, among the men in the army of about Major March’s age and rank, in the opinion that he is a man of very extraordinary ability. This unanimity is so generous and genuine that I deem it a duty as well as a pleasure to emphasize it here.
[29] See Otis’s Report covering September 1, 1899, to May 5, 1900, War Dept. Report, 1900, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 261.
[30] The 12th, part of the 25th, and the 32d Infantry being used to guard the railroad and for other purposes.
[31] Calumpit will be remembered as the place where in the previous spring Colonel Funston and his Kansans performed the daring and successful manœuvre of crossing the Bagbag River under fire.
[32] Senate Document 331, pt. 2 (1902), p. 1926.
[33] This ratio is no jest. It is a statistical fact, figured out from one of the War Department Reports.
[34] War Department Report, 1900, vol. i., pt. 5, p. 59.
[35] Report of Secretary of War, 1899, p. 12.