William McKinley said...

In case the commandant shall make such appointment from civil life he shall require of the appointee good and sufficient...

The advance in the general efficiency of our consular service in promoting trade was even more marked than last year.

I earnestly recommend legislation under which the government of the islands may have authority to assist in their peacef...

The result of this battle was the freeing of our Atlantic coast from the possibilities to which it had been exposed from...