(Ph. = Philippines or Philippine, according to context. Pop. = population.)
Abra province, 252
Adjutant-General Corbin, cablegrams of 1899 to Otis, 211, 306
Agriculture, wealth of Ph. is in, 607;
Sugar Trust, Tobacco Trust, Hemp Trust, and Ph. sugar, tobacco, and
hemp, 560–1, 565, 569–70, 604–622
Aguinaldo, personal equation of, 5, 240;
present demeanor 6;
early dealings with Consul Pratt, 7–15;
and Wildman, 19;
with Admiral Dewey, 16–45;
with General Anderson, 46–66;
with Merritt, 67–87;
with Otis, 88–106, 164–185;
escape through our lines, November, 1899, 246;
capture, 1901, 332–9;
takes oath of allegiance, 340;
issues proclamation, 341
Albay province, area and pop., 265;
insurrection of 1902–3 in, 432–436
Alger, R. A., resigns as Secretary of War, 222
Allen, H. T., General, on constabulary loyalty, 403;
on Samar situation in 1904, 480–1, 488;
in 1906, 517
Ambos Camarines. see Camarines
American governors of Ph., 1898–1912, list of, 558
American Imperialism contrasted with British, 127, 449
“American Ireland,” why make Ph., 508
American troops, total in Ph., February 4, 1899, 186;
total employed in Ph. insurrection, 316;
cost of, to-day, 600
Amigo, campaign meaning of, 201, 242
Anderson, T. M., General, dealings with Aguinaldo, 46–66
Angeles, MacArthur’s advance from, 238
“Anti-expansionist,” Eighth Army Corps overwhelmingly so, 192, 199
Archipelago, Ph., geography simplified, 228
Aringay fight, 119
Army songs of Ph.: under Otis, 186;
under MacArthur, 270;
under Chaffee, 392
Army, Taft belittling of work of, 299;
annual cost of, in Ph., to-day, 600–03
Army and Navy Journal, 569
Arnold, Commander, U. S. N., 236
Arnold, J. R., on Ph. Civil Service, 587–590
Aryat, Lawton’s advance from, 234
Assembly, Philippine, opening of, 550;
address of Secretary Taft, 552
Autonomy, road to, 633–646
Bacon, A. O., speech in Senate, January 18, 1899,
163;
resolution of 1899, 175–7;
vote on, 178–9;
letter to author 181–2;
attitude about Bell and Batangas, 393
Bacoor, convention of, Aug. 6, 1898, 71–2;
insurgent capital moved from, to Malolos, 95–6
Balangiga massacre, 377
Bandholtz, Col., Albay insurrection, 423–5
Barcelon vs. Baker, 511–12, 534 et seq.
Barrett, John, on Malolos congress, 103–4
Barry, T. H., General, letter to Secretary Root, 334
Bass, John F., war correspondent, on insurgent campaign against
Manila, May–July, 1898, 82;
on Iloilo fiasco, 153, 157;
on MacArthur’s advance on Caloocan, 195–8;
signer of round robin, 219,
221
Bataan province, area and pop. 256
Batangas province, area and pop. 263;
insurrection of, 1901–02 in, 371 et seq.; 384 et seq.;
losses by the war, 597–8
Batchelor, J. B., Captain, overruns Cagayan valley, 253–4
Bates, J. C., General, First Division, Eighth Corps, succeeding Lawton, 260
Batson, Matthew A., Major, wounded at Aringay, 119, 246
Bayambang, council of war, 241–2
Belgium, neutralization of, 651
Bell, J. F., General, estimate of Aguinaldo, 5;
report, August, 1898, 74, 142;
in advance on Caloocan, 197;
Colonel 36th Vol. Inf., 237;
in Batangas, 386 et
seq.
Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation, 139–151;
a Pandora Box, 151;
Otis’s doctoring of, 164,
191;
Aguinaldo’s counter-proclamation, 169;
Filipinos in 1898 like Canadians in 1911, 284–5
Benguet province, area and pop. 252
Biac-na-Bato, treaty of, 3
Biñang fight, 261
Bishop. Wm. H., Major, charges against considered, 200–202
Bitterness, of war, 198–205; 299
“Black Hole of” Albay, 501
“Blame of those ye better,” policy, 448
Bliss, C. N., Sec’y of Interior, sends geologist to Ph., 48
Blount, J. H., with Maccabebe scouts, 235, 261;
army to bench, 361;
cochero incident, 366;
Justice of Peace incident, 368;
Ola incident, 435;
resignation as judge, 499
Blunder of taking Ph., admitted by Taft, 44, 291
Bohol, area, pop. etc., 228;
disturbances of 1901–2, 371
et seq.;
proposed state of, 267, 636
“Boss, Am I the,” 186
Boutelle, Lieut., killed in action, 235
Bowers, Lieut., testimony on Samar massacres, 458;
wounded, 516
Bray, Mr., of Singapore, 4
Brent, C. H., Bishop, 580 et seq.
Bryan, W. J., position on Treaty of Paris, 130;
on Filipino capacity for self-government, 296–7
Bulacan province, area and pop. 233
Burgess neutralisation resolution, 648
Burke, on “Conciliation with America,” revised, 323
Butt, A. W., Major, 76
Caducoy, Juliano, Samar brigand, 456–7
Cagayan, province, area and pop. 255;
proposed State of, 255, 634
Cailies, Juan, General, assassination orders, 314;
surrender, 341
Calderon, Lieut., list of Samar massacres of 1904, 460–7
California regiment earns laurels, Feb’y 4–5, 1899, 193
Caloocan, advance on, 195;
capture, 207
Calumpit, capture of, by MacArthur, 212;
Funston’s river-crossing incident, 212
Camarines, province of, area and pop. 265;
proposed State of, 265–6,
635
Campaign songs of Ph.:
under Otis, 186;
under MacArthur, 270;
under Chaffee, 392
Capacity for self-government, of Filipinos:
Gen. Chas. King on, 273;
Dewey on, 41;
Bass, J. F., on, 82;
Barrett, John, on, 103;
Dr. Heiser, on, 104;
author’s views, 105;
Wilcox and Sargent’s, 120;
Gen. Merrit’s, 190;
Mr. Bryan’s, 296
Capital punishment, author’s views on, 320–24
Capture of Aguinaldo, 332–9
Carabo Society, 278
Carabaos, destruction of 90%, 399
Carnegie, Andrew, Roosevelt-Taft supper-table confession to, about Ph., 612–13
Carpet-bag feature of Taft civil government, 304
Carson, A. C., army to bench, 361;
call on author, 502;
estimate of, 641
Carter, W. H., General, and Samar, in 1904, 454, 465, 506–7
Cartoon, Filipino, of 1899, 191–2
Casiguran Bay, 335
Castner, Joseph, Lieut., 253
Catholic Church in Ph., 134;
Taft and, 563
Cavite, province, area and pop. 263;
proposed State of, 263–4,
635
Cebu, area and pop. 228;
disturbances of 1901–2 in, 371;
proposed state of, 267, 636
Censorship of press, Otis’s, 219;
round robin, 220
Chaffee A. R., General, reprimanded by Roosevelt, 376;
differences with Taft, 377
Chapelle, Archbishop, opinion of Otis, 88;
on the $20,000,000, 133–4
Chase, Captain, 247
Church property in Ph., 134;
Taft and, 563
Civil government of 1901, prematurity of, 300;
general view of, 362
Civil Service of Ph., 473, 587
Cleveland Grover, on Ph., 183
Cline neutralization resolution, 647
Coghlan, Capt. U. S. N., capture of Spanish garrison at Olongapo, 44
Collins, Robert, war correspondent, round robin incident, 219
“Colonization, we blundered into,” Taft, 44, 291;
apotheosis of, 486–490
Commerce, 604 et seq.
Commission, Philippine: Schurman, 31, 171, 217;
Taft, 282–344
Congressional legislation, 604–622
Constabulary, early uncertainty about, 403;
inadequacy of, 404
Copra, 607
Corbin, Adjutant-General, on “impatience of the [American] people” in 1899, 211, 306
Correspondents, war, round robin, 219
Cost of living in Ph., 588–590
Cost of Ph., annual now, 600;
total, in life and money, 595
et seq.
Davis, C. K., Peace Commissioner, 122
Davis, O. K., war correspondent, quoted 82;
signs round robin, 219
Day, Wm. R., Peace Commissioner, 122;
position, 134
Declaration of Independence, Aguinaldo’s, 38;
Bacoor convention, 71
Defencelessness of Philippines, 565
Denby, Charles, 273–5
Denver Post’s Japanese proposition, 161
Department [military] of Northern Luzon, Districts of, 252 et seq.;
of Southern Luzon, 263–5
Despotism, Ph. Government a benevolent, 439–41
De Veyra, Jaime, 505
Dewey, George, Admiral, original telegram to Aguinaldo, 7;
at Hong Kong before battle of Manila Bay, 16;
the battle, 16;
subsequent dealings with Aguinaldo, 20 et seq.;
cablegram about Filipino superiority to Cubans, 41;
position against annexation of Ph., 45, 125;
issue with Aguinaldo, 189
Dingley Act, 605, 608, 611, 615
Dodd, Captain, 247
Dubois, Senator, Taft party of 1905, 356–7
Edwards, Clarence R., Colonel, conspicuous gallantry in early
fighting, 210;
desk general since, 211;
admits Ph. indefensible, 565
Eight Army Corps, overwhelmingly against annexing Ph., 192, 198
Ethnological homogeneity of Filipinos, 295, 298, 318
Europe’s smiles of 1899–1900, 289
Exploitation, Filipino apprehensions, 183;
constant American pressure for, 559
Export tax, constitutionality of, questioned, 619, 621;
depressing effect on hemp industry, 604 et seq.
Family life of Filipinos, 491
February 4, 1899, battle of, 193
Feito, Governor of Samar, 1904, during the massacres, 461–2
Fergusson, A. W., on Winthrop appointment, 443;
on Ph. Civil Service, 590–3;
death, 593
Ferris neutralization resolution, 648
Filipinos, traits in peace and war, 185;
hospitality, 119;
calibre of educated, 103
First Expedition to Ph., McKinley on, 46–7
Forbes, Gov., 558–570
Freedom re-defined, 304–5
Friar lands, Governor Taft and, 563–4
Frye, Wm. P., Peace Commissioner, 122;
position, 132–3
Funston, Frederick, General, crosses river under fire, 212;
captures Aguinaldo, 332–9
Garner neutralization resolution, 648
Geography of Ph., 225–8
Gilmore, Lieut., U. S. N., capture, 257;
rescue, 247
Governors of Ph., American, 1898–1912, list of, 558;
their great power, 439
Gray, George, Peace Commissioner, 122;
position, 129, 135
Green, Jimmie (American “Tommy Atkins”), sentiments in 1898, at Manila, about “expansion,” 172
Guerrilla warfare decreed by insurgents, 242;
tactics described, 310
Guzman case, 113–14
Hannay, Lieut., 248
Hardin, E. E., Col., 266
Hardwick, T. W., M. C., 482
Hare, L. R., Col., 237
Harvester Trust, 561–2, 570, 610–11, 619
Harvey. G. R. Ass’t Atty. Gen., 469–70, 479–483
“Hate,” etc., policy, 448
Hazzard, Captain, 334
Hazzard, Lieut., 334
Heat prostrations of 1899, 208–9
Heidt, G. V., Lieut., 248
Heiser, Dr., on Ph. Assembly, 104
Hemp, Governor Forbes’s reticence about, 561;
Congressional legislation concerning, 604 et seq.;
American corner on, 611–12
Hierarchy, Ph. official, imperious influence, 439 et seq.
Higgins, R. R. manager, 101
Hoar, Senator, interview with McKinley, 145;
declines deliver eulogy on, 627
Home life of Filipinos, 491
Homogeneity of Ph. people:
Taft on, 295;
American census on, 298;
MacArthur on, 318.
See 133
Hong Kong Junta, minutes of, May 4, 1898, 25, 96–7
Howland, C. R., Captain, 238
Howze, R. L., Lt.-Col., 247
Hughes, General, 186
Humor, Filipino, cartoon, 191–2