The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912
James H. Blount
History
Book language: English
516 pages
A historical account of the United States’ occupation of the Philippines from 1898 to 1912, written by a former volunteer officer and colonial judge. It examines the military campaign, the capture of Aguinaldo, and the early civil government. Valuable for listeners interested in empire, war, and governance.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
The capture of Aguinaldo, March 22, 1901. The central fact of the American military occupation.
The capture of Aguinaldo, March 22, 1901. The central fact of the
American military occupation.
The American Occupation of
the Philippines
1898–1912
By
James H. Blount
Officer of United States Volunteers in the
Philippines, 1899–1901 United States District Judge in the Philippines, 1901–1905 With a Map G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1912 Copyright, 1912 By James H. Blount The Knickerbocker Press, New York
To JOHN DOWNEY WORKS OF CALIFORNIA AS FINE A TYPE OF CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN AS EVER GRACED A SEAT IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES WHO BELIEVING, WITH THE WRITER, AS TO THE PHILIPPINES, THAT INDEFINITE RETENTION WITH UNDECLARED INTENTION IS INDEFINITE DRIFTING HAS READ THE MANUSCRIPT OF THIS WORK AS IT PROGRESSED LENDING TO ITS PREPARATION THE AID AND COUNSEL OF AN OLDER AND A WISER MAN AND THE CONTAGIOUS SERENITY OF CONFIDENCE THAT RIGHT WILL PREVAIL THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED BY The Author Preface Pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Henry V. To have gone out to the other side of the world with an army of invasion, and had a part, however small, in the subjugation of a strange people, and then to see a new government set up, and, as an official of that government, watch it work out through a number of years, is an unusual and interesting experience, especially to a lawyer. What seem to me the most valuable things I learned in the
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