Fell Into Our Hands—The Beds in the Tropics—A Spanish Hotel—Profane Yells for Ice—Sad Scenes in the Dining Room—Major-General Calls for "Francisco"—A Broken-Hearted Pantry Woman

CHAPTER III.

FROM LONG ISLAND TO LUZON.

Across the Continent—An American Governor-General Steams Through
the Golden Gate—He is a Minute-Man—Honolulu as a Health Resort—The
Lonesome Pacific—The Skies of Asia—Dreaming Under the Stars of the
Scorpion—The Southern Cross

CHAPTER IV.

INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL AGUINALDO.

The Insurgent Leader's Surroundings and Personal Appearance—His
Reserves and Ways of Talking—The Fierce Animosity of the Filipinos
Toward Spanish Priests—A Probability of Many Martyrs in the Isle
of Luzon

CHAPTER V.

THE PHILIPPINE MISSION.

Correspondence with Aguinaldo About It—Notes by Senor Felipe Agoncillo—Relations Between Admiral Dewey and Senor Aguinaldo—Terms of Peace Made by Spanish Governor-General with Insurgents, December, 1897—Law Suit Between Aguinaldo and Arlacho—Aguinaldo's Proclamation of May 21, 1898

CHAPTER VI.

THE PROCLAMATIONS OF GENERAL AGUINALDO.

June 16th, 1898, Establishing Dictatorial Government—June 20th, 1898, Instructions for Elections—June 23d, 1898, Establishing Revolutionary Government—June 23d, 1898, Message to Foreign Powers—June 27th, 1898, Instructions Concerning Details—July 23d, 1898, Letter from Senor Aguinaldo to General Anderson—August 1st, 1898, Resolution of Revolutionary Chiefs Asking Recognition—August 6th, 1898, Message to Foreign Powers Asking Recognition

CHAPTER VII.

INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA.

Insurgents' Deadly Hostility to Spanish Priests—The Position of
the Archbishop as He Defined It—His Expression of Gratitude to the
American Army—His Characterization of the Insurgents—A Work of
Philippine Art—The Sincerity of the Archbishop's Good Words

CHAPTER VIII.

WHY WE HOLD THE PHILIPPINES.

The Responsibility of Admiral Dewey—We Owe It to Ourselves to Hold
the Philippines—Prosperity Assured by Our Permanent Possession—The
Aguinaldo Question—Character Study of the Insurgent Leader—How
Affairs Would Adjust Themselves for Us—Congress Must Be Trusted to
Represent the People and Firmly Establish International Policy

CHAPTER IX.

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AS THEY ARE.

Area and Population—Climate—Mineral Wealth—Agriculture—Commerce
and Transportation—Revenue and Expenses—Spanish Troops—Spanish
Navy—Spanish Civil Administration—Insurgent Troops—Insurgent Civil
Administration—United States Troops—United States Navy—United
States Civil Administration—The Future of the Islands

CHAPTER X.

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MANILA.

The Pith of the Official Reports of the Capture of Manila, by
Major-General Wesley Merritt, Commanding the Philippine Expedition;
General Frank V. Greene, General Arthur McArthur, and General
Thomas Anderson, with the Articles of Capitulation, Showing How
8,000 Americans Carried an Intrenched City with a Garrison of 13,000
Spaniards, and Kept Out 14,000 Insurgents—The Difficulties of American
Generals with Philippine Troops

CHAPTER XI.

THE ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL MERRITT.

The Official Gazette Issued at Manila—Orders and Proclamation of
Major-General Wesley Merritt, Who, as Commander of the Philippine
Expedition, Became, Under the Circumstances of the Capture of Manila,
the Governor of That City

CHAPTER XII.

THE AMERICAN ARMY IN MANILA.

Why the Boys Had a Spell of Homesickness—Disadvantages of the
Tropics—Admiral Dewey and His Happy Men—How Our Soldiers Passed
the Time on the Ships—General Merritt's Headquarters—What Is Public
Property—The Manila Water Supply—England Our Friend—Major-General
Otis, General Meritt's Successor

CHAPTER XIII.

THE WHITE UNIFORMS OF OUR HEROES IN THE TROPICS.

The Mother Hubbard Street Fashion in Honolulu, and That of Riding
Astride—Spoiling Summer Clothes in Manila Mud—The White Raiment
of High Officers—Drawing the Line on Nightshirts—Ashamed of Big
Toes—Dewey and Merritt as Figures of Show—The Boys in White

CHAPTER XIV.

A MARTYR TO THE LIBERTY OF SPEECH.

Dr. Jose Rizal, the Most Distinguished Literary Man of the Philippines,
Writer of History, Poetry, Political Pamphlets, and Novels, Shot on the
Luneta of Manila—A Likeness of the Martyr—The Scene of His Execution,
from a Photograph—His Wife Married the Day Before His Death—Poem
Giving His Farewell Thoughts, Written in His Last Hours—The Works
That Cost Him His Life—The Vision of Friar Rodriguez

CHAPTER XV.

EVENTS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

No Mystery About the Cause of the War—The Expected and the Inevitable
Has Happened—The Tragedy of the Maine—Vigilant Wisdom of President
McKinley—Dewey's Prompt Triumph—The Battles at Manila and Santiago
Compared—General Shafter Tells of the Battle of Santiago—Report of
Wainwright Board on Movements of Sampson's Fleet in the Destruction of
Cervera's Squadron—Stars and Stripes Raised Over Porto Rico—American
and Spanish Fleets at Manila Compared—Text of Peace Protocol

CHAPTER XVI.

THE PEACE JUBILEE.

The Lessons of War in the Joy Over Peace in the Celebrations at Chicago and Philadelphia—Orations by Archbishop Ireland and Judge Emory Speer—The President's Few Words of Thrilling Significance—The Parade of the Loyal League, and the Clover Club Banquet at Philadelphia—Address by the President—The Hero Hobson Makes a Speech—Fighting Bob Evans' Startling Battle Picture—The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet—The Proclamation of Thanksgiving

CHAPTER XVII.

EARLY HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The Abolishment of the 31st of December, 1844, in Manila—The Mystery of the Meridian 180 Degrees West—What Is East and West?—Gaining and Losing Days—The Tribes of Native Filipinos—They Had an Alphabet and Songs of Their Own—The Massacre of Magellan—His Fate Like That of Captain Cook—Stories of Long-Ago Wars—An Account by a Devoted Spanish Writer of the Beneficent Rule of Spain in the Philippines—Aguinaldo a Man Not of a Nation, But of a Tribe—Typhoons and Earthquakes—The Degeneracy of the Government of the Philippines After It Was Taken from Mexico—"New Spain"—The Perquisites of Captain-Generals—The Splendor of Manila a Century Ago

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES.

Important Facts About the Lesser Islands of the Philippine
Archipelago—Location, Size and Population—Capitals and
Principal Cities—Rivers and Harbors—Surface and Soil—People
and Products—Leading Industries—Their Commerce and Business
Affairs—The Monsoons and Typhoons—The Terrors of the Tempests and
How to Avoid Them