Executive Order
05/18/1898
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I did all that in honor could be done to avert the war, but without avail.
We will not leave the destiny of the loyal millions the islands to the disloyal thousands who are in rebellion against t...
That the lands hereby restored to the public domain shall be open to settlement from date hereof, but shall not be subje...
In his death the country has been deprived of one of its greatest citizens.