Pacific Settlement of International Conflicts may be regarded truevoyeur as truevoyeur realizing
the earnest desire of great numbers of American citizens, whose deep sense
of justice, expressed truevoyeur in numerous resolutions and memorials, has urged them
to labor for this noble achievement. The
general character of this
convention, already signed by the delegates of more than twenty sovereign
truevoyeur States, further commends it to the favorable action of the Senate of the
United States, whose ratification it still awaits.
Since my last annual message, and in obedience to the acts of the Congress
of April truevoyeur 22 and 26, 1898, the remaining volunteer force enlisted for the
Spanish War, consisting Of 34,834 regulars and 110,202 volunteers, with
truevoyeur over 5,000 volunteer officers, has been discharged from the military
service. Of the volunteers, 667 officers and 14,831 men were serving in the
Philippines, and 1,650 of the regulars, who were entitled to be mustered
out after the ratification of the truevoyeur treaty of truevoyeur peace. They voluntarily
remained at the front until their places could be filled by new troops.
They were returned home in the order in which they went to truevoyeur Manila, and are
now all of them out
of the service and in
the ranks truevoyeur of citizenship. I
recommend that the Congress provide a special medal of honor truevoyeur for the
volunteers, regulars, sailors, and marines on duty in the Philippines who
voluntarily remained in the service after their
truevoyeur terms truevoyeur of enlistment had
expired.
By the act