General orders no. 43
A list of officers and enlisted men who distinguished themselves in action in the Department of Mindanao.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-12-31
Your TR Source
Philippines--Mindanao Island Region
Letter from Datu Piang to Theodore Roosevelt
In this translated piece of correspondence, Datu Piang wishes prosperity upon President Roosevelt in both material wealth and military power. Piang further declares his loyalty to Roosevelt, whose government he says has “the wisest of laws, the greatest of riches and most compassion to its subjects.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-04-24
Letter from Hugh Lenox Scott to Henry Prather Fletcher
General Scott informs Henry Prather Fletcher of their arrival in Manila and discusses the political climate in the Philippines. General Leonard Wood has been appointed Civil Governor of the Province of Mindinao, and William H. Taft and George W. Davis believe that conflict in Solo cannot be avoided.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-29
Letter from Henry Clark Corbin to Adna Romanza Chaffee
In reference to potential hostilities with the Moros, Henry Clark Corbin tells Adna Romanza Chaffee to “do nothing that will impair our prestige or in any other way imperil the army.” If the demand for the “Moro murderers” is not fulfilled Chaffee is to use his own judgment to “bring about peace and order in the Island of Mindanao.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-23