[9] Navy Dept. Report, 1898, Appendix, p. 101.
[10] To say nothing of the “chariot and four, and a band of a hundred pieces, and everything in the grandest style,” of which Admiral Dewey told the Senate Committee in 1902 (S. D. 331, 1902, p. 2972).
[11] See p. 7, S. D. 148, 56th Cong., 2d Sess.
[12] Expedition to the Philippines, p. 255.
[13] “Putting the road and accessories into the same state as they were on February 4, 1899,” was the language in which Mr. Higgins formulated his demand in a letter to General Otis on Jan. 25, 1900. See War Dept. Record, 1900, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 516.
[14] North American Review, January 18, 1907, p. 140.
Chapter VI
The Wilcox-Sargent Trip
A smiling, peaceful, and plenteous land