The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enlist in the Insular Forte United States Navy, which is hereby established, not to exceed five hundred (500) Filipinos in the following ratings at the rates of pay indicated.
Executive Order
Share & report
More from Bill McKinley
It became inevitable; and the Congress at its first regular session, without party division, provided money in anticipation of the crisis and in preparation to meet it.
I recommend the appropriation by Congress during the present session of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of carrying out the obligations of the United States under the treaty.
The Republic has marched on and on, and its step has exalted freedom and humanity.
Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.
Other voices in this conversation
