CONTENTS
| CHAPTER V | |
| First Impressions of Manila | 91 |
| The China Sea. Manila Bay—Strange Scenes and Strange Peoples. First Home in Manila—"Getting Used" to my Environment. Seventy Thousand American Troops. General Arthur MacArthur—Social Coolness. Intrigue—Assassinations—Problems. Progress of Pacification. A Typhoon. American Presidential Campaign. Civil and Military Rule. September first—The Commission begins to Exercise Authority. | |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| A Strange Environment | 118 |
| El costumbres del pais—Employes and Parientes. A Pair of Black Ponies—A Runaway—Filipino Coachmen. Charlie's Playmates. Shopping—Saloons. Manila Society. "He may be a brother of William H. Taft, but he ain't no friend of mine!" A Filipino Call. Presents. American Patriotism. Friars and Friars' Lands. A Momentous Decision. | |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| "Days of the Empire | 142 |
| Unrest and Uncertainty—Guerilla Warfare. Re-election of Mr. Mckinley. Optimistic in the Face of Chaos. Christmas—Eighty in the Shade. A New Year's Reception—Silk Hats and Frock Coats. The Federal Party and the Peace Movement—Washington's Birthday. First Visit to a Provincial Town. Establishment of Civil Government. Mr. Taft First Civil Governor. | |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| An Historic Trip | 156 |
| Through the Southern Islands. Establishing Provincial Governments. A Test of Endurance—Filipino Bands—Banquetes and Bailes—the Rigodon. Moroland. Aguinaldo—Colonel Frederick Funston of "the Suicide Squad." Zamboanga—Cottabato—the Gulf of Davao—Surigao—A Perilous Journey. Cebu. Sorsogon—A Riot of Hospitality. "The Sacred Torch of Liberty." | |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| The Wild Men's Country | 182 |
| Into Northern Luzon—the Wild Men's Country. A Spanish Steamer. General and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell. A Side Trip. Impedimenta and Military Discipline. An Amazing Summit. Where no White Woman ever was before Igorrotes—Human Skulls as House Decorations—Rice Teraces. Down a Long Trail. Baguio—Our $2,500,000 Road. Necessity for Haste. | |
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