The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912

by James H. Blount

[2] Senate Document 208, 56th Cong., 1st Sess., 1900, p. 58, letter to General Miller.

[3] A campaign synonym for forced marching. It has no known etymology, but to the initiated it suggests torrential downpouring of rain and bedraggled mud-spattered columns of troops.

[4] Senate Document 208, pt. 2, p. 7.

[5] Otis Report, p. 80.

[6] The American “Tommy Atkins.”

[7] Otis Report, 1899 War Dept. Rpt., 1899, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 81.

[8] See Senate Document 331, 1902, p. 2709 et seq.

[9] Congressional Record, January 11, 1899, p. 735.

[10] Ib., January 18, 1899, p. 733.

[11] The vote on the Bacon resolution was a tie, 29 to 29, and the Vice-President of the United States then cast the deciding vote against it. Cong. Rec., Feby. 14, 1899, p. 1845.