Executive Order
08/16/1898
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It is hereby ordered that the unsurveyed portion of Eliza Island and Billingham Bay in section five (5), township thirty...
The peace which we are pledged to leave to the Cuban people must carry with it the guaranties of permanence.
The Republic has marched on and on, and its step has exalted freedom and humanity.
It is the constitutional method of ascertaining the public will.