William McKinley: “Use whatever means in your judgment are necessary to this end.”

Now I have the satisfaction to announce that the Congress just closed has reduced taxation in the sum of $41,000,000.

Whatever remains unfulfilled is a continuing obligation resting with undiminished force upon the Executive and the Congress.

Now they are sufficient for all public needs, and we have a surplus instead of a deficit.

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.