A United States Midshipman in the Pilippines
By Yates Stirling
Length7h 37m
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Excerpt: "The "Isla de Negros," a small inter-island steamer, lay moored alongside the dock in the turbulent waters of the Pasig River, the commercial artery of the city of Manila. As the last of its cargo was noisily carried on board by a swarm of half-naked stevedores, the slender lines which held the steamer to the stone quay were cast off, and with many shrill screeches from its high treble whistle the steamer swung its blunt bow out into the strength of the current. On the upper deck of the vessel, clad in white naval uniforms, two United States midshipmen stood in silent contemplation of the activity about them. They watched with undisguised interest the hundreds of toiling orientals; resembling many ant swarms, traveling and retraveling incessantly between the countless hulls of steamers and lorchas and the long rows of hastily constructed storehouses facing the river frontage. Here and there stood a khaki-clad sentry, rifle in hand and belt filled with ball cartridges, America's guardian of the precious stores now being idly collected. Into these spacious storehouses the sinews of war for the army of occupation were being hoarded to be afterward redistributed among the small steamers plying between the metropolis, Manila, and the outlying islands of the archipelago. The American army in the Philippines, always too small for the stupendous task before it, was at last, owing to the added disaffection of the tribes in the Southern islands, receiving the attention from home which had long been withheld, and its numbers were being increased by the arrival of every transport from the far-away homeland."
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length7 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Illustrations
3CHAPTER I THE START FOR PALILO
4CHAPTER II A POLITE CAPTOR
5CHAPTER III A LEAK OF MILITARY INFORMATION
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6CHAPTER IV LANDED IN CAPTIVITY
7CHAPTER V CAPTAIN BLYNN MARCHES
8CHAPTER VI THE “MINDINAO”
9CHAPTER VII THE GUNBOAT COÖPERATES
10CHAPTER VIII THE PRIVILEGES OF RANK
11CHAPTER IX THE KATIPUNAN SOCIETY
12CHAPTER X IN THE SHADOW OF A SUSPICION
13CHAPTER XI A TRAITOR UNMASKED
14CHAPTER XII THE MIDSHIPMEN RECONNOITRE
15CHAPTER XIII UNWELCOME COMPANIONS
16CHAPTER XIV CLEVERLY OUTWITTED
17CHAPTER XV A NIGHT OF ALARM
18CHAPTER XVI A FILIPINO MARTYR
19CHAPTER XVII A DARING PLAN
20CHAPTER XVIII A RIVER EXPEDITION
21CHAPTER XIX A WILLING CAPTIVE
22CHAPTER XX THE STRUGGLE FOR THE STRONGHOLD
23CHAPTER XXI THE GUNBOAT TAKES A HAND
24CHAPTER XXII THE ESCAPED OUTLAW
25CHAPTER XXIII COLONEL MARTINEZ
26CHAPTER XXIV THE GUNBOAT ON GUARD
27CHAPTER XXV CONCLUSION
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