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Title: Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines
or, Following the Flag against the Moros

Author: H. Irving Hancock

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Language: English

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UNCLE SAM'S BOYS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Or

Following the Flag against the Moros

by

H. IRVING HANCOCK

Author of Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks, Uncle Sam's Boys on Field Duty,
Uncle Sam's Boys as Sergeants, The Motor Boat Club Series, The Grammar
School Boys Series, The High School Boys Series, The West Point Series,
The Annapolis Series, The Young Engineers Series, etc., etc.

Illustrated

[Illustration: "It Won't be Necessary, Corporal." _Frontispiece._]

Philadelphia
Henry Altemus Company

Copyright, 1912, By Howard E. Altemus

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE FILIPINO DANDY 7

II. A MEETING AT THE NIPA BARRACKS 26

III. PLOTTERS TRAVEL WITH THE FLAG 42

IV. CERVERRA'S INNOCENT SHOP 54

V. ENOUGH TO "RATTLE" THE VICTIM 65

VI. LIFE HANGS ON A WORD 70

VII. THE KIND OF MAN WHO MASTERS OTHERS 81

VIII. THE RIGHT MAN IN THE GUARD HOUSE 87

IX. NEWS COMES OF THE UPRISING 98

X. THE INSULT TO THE FLAG 112

XI. IN THE FIRST BRUSH WITH MOROS 124

XII. THE BROWN MEN AT BAY--FOR HOW LONG? 131

XIII. A TALE OF