Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The lands hereby excluded from the said reserve and restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from date hereof."

"In every case, the recommendation for such discharge must be made by the commanding officer of the vessel on which the man may be serving."

"Applications for discharges which reach the department except through the commanding officers of vessels shall be without exception disregarded."

"The insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the United States is now at an end, and peace has been established in all parts of the archipelago except in the country inhabited by the Moro..."