The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912

by James H. Blount

[7] I have myself seen a cloud of locusts three miles long.

[8] Report, U. S. Philippine Commission, 1904, pt. 1, pp. 26–7.

[9] Report, U. S. Philippine Commission, 1905, pt. 1, pp. 72–3.

[10] Senator Newlands, North American Review, December, 1905. Senator Newlands was one of the party.

[11] Part 1, p. 99.

[12] 137½ lbs.

[13] President Roosevelt’s message to Congress of January 27, 1908, transmitting report of Secretary of War Taft on the Philippines.

[14] Before assuming to use these letters in this book, I sent them to Mr. Carnegie and asked his permission to so use them. He returned them to me with his consent entered on the back of one of them.

[15] 300,000 tons of sugar, 150,000,000 cigars, etc.

[16] Congressional Record, May 13, 1909, p. 2009.