Being a History of the Moro Campaign from April17, to Dec. 30, 1902. A Record of EventsOccurring during a Period of Eight Months'Service in the Lake Region of Mindanao. AlsoLetters of Congratulation from His Excellencythe President of the United States, MajorGeneral Adna R. Chaffee, and Others.
—BY— JAMES EDGAR ALLEN, (War Correspondent) AND JOHN J. REIDY.
MANILA E. C. McCULLOUGH & CO. 1903.
Transcriber's Note
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaicspellings have been retained.
A table of contents, though not present in the original publication,has been provided below:
The facts, as related in this little volume,actually occurred on the dates herein mentioned,and anyone doubting the authenticityof this statement can easily verify it by communicatingwith any of the persons mentionedwithin these pages, or by consulting the filesof any leading Newspaper or Magazine, nearlyall of which published accounts of the affairsshortly after they occurred.
he lone shades of evening have fallen o'er the white tented plain, And the sun has sank deep in the horizon of the watery main. The Camp is all silent, the banners are waving no more, And the sound of the waves are echoing from the far distant shore.
The tire-worn soldier, fatigued from the march of the day, Is silently sleeping and dreaming of scenes far away. Of his own Native Land where he spent many jovial hours, Of the sweetheart with whom he has roved by the shady green bowers.
He sees in his dreams the cherished home of his boyhood so dear, And the mother he loved as she sits by the fireside in tears. She is thinking of him who has gone from her side to the war <