GL S asia on Corendinity at i25.82 14557-5/ Dedication TO MAJ. GEN. O. O. HOWARD U. S. A., Retired THE MAN WHOSE SINGLE AIM IS TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS, AND WHO, BY HIS EXAMPLE, FIRST TAUGHT ME FRIENDSHIP, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED WOLLASTON, Christmas Eve, 1903 PREFACE This volume is made up of the complete manuscript which was prepared as the foundation of the address delivered by the author upon Memorial Day, 1902, before Stannard Post No. 2, G. A. R., at Burlington, Vt., and of such additions as have been necessary in order that the work might comprehend the entire period of the Philippine Insurrection, so called. The distribution of a limited number of galley slips of the address about as delivered, of course covering much less ground than is herein considered, received such enthusiastic comments and so much attention from leading newspapers, although the slips were sent out too late to be considered news, as to seem to warrant the publication of this volume. Had it not been for the congressional campaign of last fall we would have published long before this. The author's desire, however, to make this an American book, and not a party one, has rendered delay inevitable until he deemed that |