TO
J. R. M. TAYLOR
COLONEL, UNITED STATES ARMY,
HISTORIAN OF THE PHILIPPINES:
ARCH IRONIST,
EX-EDITOR OF “THE INFANTRY JOURNAL,”
LATE LIBRARIAN OF THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON,
SOMETIME MILITARY ATTACHÉ AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE,
MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI,
INSTIGATOR OF OR ACCOMPLICE IN TOO MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES HERE TO BE NAMED;
WHO YET FOUND TIME TO INVENT
ONE, NOR THE LEAST SEDUCTIVE, OF THE ENSUING FABLES,
AND WHO COURTEOUSLY PUT IN THE WAY OF HIS COLLABORATOR
TWO OF THE MOST EXASPERATING AND PROFITABLE EXPERIENCES
OF A CAREER BY NO MEANS BARREN OF SUCH ACCIDENTS:
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS
OF HIS OBLIGED AND ADMIRING FRIEND
THE AUTHOR.