Word: wars
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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When the Americans came into Cuba at the close of the war they found the school system, such as it had been, entirely destroyed. The schools were in great disorder, and, though probably fifteen thousand children were enrolled, there were only about four thousand in actual attendance. The teachers were provided with dwelling houses by the municipalities and were expected to devote one room to school purposes. They had not been paid their salaries for thirty-two months, and had to depend solely upon the subscriptions of the wealthier parents. Many of the schools devoted all their time...
During the war with Spain he served as assistant electrician on the U. S. Cruiser Prairie, and last fall he enlisted in Company G, 26th Regiment. The regiment was sent to Iloilo, island of Panay, and Cook was assigned to special duty at regimental headquarters. While serving in the Philippines he kept up his interest in archaeology and he was engaged in making collections for the Peabody Museum...
...form one of the most interesting features of the Law School. Another notable addition to the Library is the set of volumes containing the Cape of Good Hope Reports. These reports are of especial interest now because many of the cases reported involve places made famous by the war in South Africa. The set comprises about seventy-five volumes, and is probably the only one in New England...
...governors, Generals Brooke, Henry and Davis, who have urged upon our government, that, as we value the welfare of this people, we must grant them the privileges and immunities the rest of our territory enjoys. We are supported, finally, by the published and uncontradicted utterances of our secretary of War and our President...
...power to hold and govern territory without making it a part of the United States is given by necessary implication in the treaty and war-making power. In the Constitution the states delegated to the national government the power to make war and treaties. Did they at the same time delegate the right to hold territory without bringing it under the organic laws? The states do not possess this right today, and clearly they must have given it to the federal government with the treaty and war-making power. The affirmative contention is to make the United States a cripple...