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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...culpable negligence lost, and from the sight of a thousand corpses of brave men whom his incapacity had sacrificed Had Montojo gone to the bottom with his comrades on the flagship, he would at any rate have died a brave man; living, he must for the short remainder of his days exist only as one of the pitiable monuments of a nation's decay. Nor does Major Younghusband minimize the danger to the general peace that was occasioned by the high-handed manner of the German Admiral toward Admiral Dewey. I never saw such fire-eaters as we have here, said the American Admiral to the writer. I thought we were going to have a European war in the bay. CHAPTER XVII. Strange Scenes in and Around Manila. FTER Admiral Dewey's famous victory there were many moving tales of field and camp sent from the far-away Philippines, but a woman's view of Manila is not so obtainable as battle sketches. Subjoined is a letter to her relatives from Mrs. Joseph B. Handy, wife of Captain J. B. Handy, who was on duty at Manila. Mrs. Handy followed her husband to Manila on the transport Morgan City, and her letter home gives a very good idea of domestic life in the Philippines. Her letter follows: United States Army Transport Scandia.--It is just a week this morning since the Morgan City anchored here in Manila Bay, and as yet we are still floating around, and General Otis has not decided any more about the ladies going ashore than he had the day we came. I have, however, spent the day on shore on three separate occasions, and have seen quite a little of Manila. Warships in the Harbor. Let me begin with a view of the bay, which is always interesting, because continually changing. We keep swinging around, and therefore are always having some new view o...

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