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Lieutenant Ellicott thanks Governor Roosevelt for acknowledging his pamphlet on the Battle of Manila Bay and for the high commendations Roosevelt gave his reconnaissance work in Hawaii.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-27
General Frederick Dent Grant and General Andrew Sheridan Burt (commander) returning from Mount Arayat, at the head of the famous 25th Infantry, colored. Filmed March 23, 1900, in the Philippine Islands, following the 25th Infantry’s participation at the battle of Mt. Arayat in January 1900.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1900
Secretary of the Navy Moody quotes the telegram he sent to Major Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller, discouraging him from giving interviews about actions in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-14
Newspaper article discussing three Philippine issues; Admiral Dewey’s testimony before Congress and Senator Carmack, Major Gardner admitting that he cannot supply evidence to support the charges in his report, and an amnesty for political offenders and prisoners.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-30
Brigadier General George W. Davis includes a collection of telegrams to be read to the infantrymen. The telegrams congratulate them on their successful battle and outline the expected behaviors regarding the Moros.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-07
Russell B. Harrison writes primarily on Indiana politics where the Republicans had off year defeats and the Philippine-American War is damaging the Republican party image. He also thanks President Roosevelt for naming a military post in Indianapolis after his father, President Benjamin Harrison.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-30
President Roosevelt thanks Father Belford for enclosing Father Wynne’s letter, which has been recently published in the Evening Post. Roosevelt refutes Wynne’s criticism of U.S. policy in the Philippines, and suggests that Wynne has “a lot to learn” before he is justified in issuing such criticism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-31
In a speech given in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Vice Presidential candidate Roosevelt emphasizes the successes of the current McKinley administration. He criticizes free silver and the platform of William Jennings Bryan. Roosevelt asserts that a stable currency is the most important factor in sustaining the prosperity of the nation. Roosevelt also discusses the issue of trusts and industry, the ongoing war in the Philippines, and compares the current campaign to that of 1864 when Abraham Lincoln was re-elected.
1900-09-07
George F. Hoar, Carl Schurz, David B. Hill, and former Massachusetts Governor George S. Boutwell place their “Anti-Expansion Speech” at the feet of a huge American soldier holding a rifle and the American flag, while opposite them Filipinos place guns and swords at the soldier’s feet. Caption: The American Filipinos and the Native Filipinos will have to submit.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-06-04
David B. Hill stands on a platform, speaking to an unseen audience. He holds a paper that states “Jefferson! Jeffersonianism!! Jeffersonian Simplicity!!!” The ghost of Thomas Jefferson is tapping him on the elbow. Caption: “Hold on there, David! – Don’t make me ridiculous! Remember, I was always an Expansionist – and if I were alive to-day I should be doing just as McKinley and Roosevelt have done.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-06-11
George F. Hoar sits on the U.S. Capitol dome using a telegraph to send a “wireless” message “Keep it up! We are with you!” across a body of water to the insurgent forces fighting against American troops in the Philippines. At the base of the Capitol are several men waving “Anti-Expansion” banners.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-02-26
John Bull stands up to his knees in a morass labeled “Boer War £16,000,000 yearly,” and Uncle Sam steps through a similar morass labeled “Philippine War $80,000,000 yearly.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-03-20
William Jennings Bryan stands in the stirrups of his mount, a donkey labeled “Democracy,” directing the honor guard led by Adlai E. Stevenson, and including Henry R. Towne, Joseph Pulitzer, and Carl Schurz carrying a large flag with a portrait of Emilio Aguinaldo under the heading “The George Washington of the Philippines.” Also included are Oswald Ottendorfer, Edwin Lawrence Godkin, William Bourke Cockran, John Peter Altgeld, and William Sulzer.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-10-17
William Jennings Bryan attempts to tear down American flags in Cuba and the Philippines. The spirit of General Henry Ware Lawton, who was killed in the Philippines, orders Bryan to “Halt!” The stripes on the American flag in the Philippines are labeled “Honor, Patriotism, Commercial Progress, National Dignity, Glory, Duty to Humanity, [and] National Self-Respect.” A headstone on the bottom right reads, “The American Soldier, who died for his country after planting this flag.”
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-11-07
Illustration showing Senator George Frisbie Hoar standing, full-length, wearing a child’s nightgown, holding up in his right hand a candle labeled “Twaddle” and clutching a wooden doll labeled “Philippine Question.” Hoar was generally an anti-Imperialist, though Republican, and a fervent proponent of immediate independence for the Philippine Islands.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1900-01-17
President Roosevelt is reading a headline that proclaims the Philippine War is over, while Uncle Sam stands over a still smoking bomb labeled “Escape of Landrone Chiefs.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-23
American soldiers are lined up as a firing squad facing Filipino children. Cartoon is addressing the Balangiga Affair and Massacre. Caption: Criminals because they were born ten years before we took the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-05
The “kill and burn thorn bush” in “the Philippines” is shown with dead bodies hanging from it and vultures roosting. Secretary of War Elihu Root appears at the base of the tree, among the roots.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-09
President Roosevelt offers Senator Hoar an update on the situation in the Philippines. Governor General William H. Taft and Secretary of War Elihu Root are against political figure Apolinario Mabini returning to the Philippines where he can only be a burden and “center of all the plotting by the irreconcilable.” Roosevelt finds Mabini’s excuse for not taking the oath as “trifling and disingenuous” and will not grant an exception for fear of further agitation. There are troubles ahead in the Philippines, and American officials should not be hampered in their important work. However, Roosevelt is impressed with Hoar’s desire to do what is wise and good, and will continue to consult with Taft and with Vice Governor Luke E. Wright in order to determine the earliest moment that Mabini’s return will not threaten the safety of the islands.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-23
President Roosevelt writes to Senator Hoar to deny that Apolinario Mabini, as well as other former prisoners of the Philippine War, are confined on Guam. As part of the amnesty proclamation, the oath of allegiance is required to reenter the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-23