November 27, 1898._

1. When was the Spanish-American War fought? Why?
What were its greatest battles? Tell how each of
the following figured in this war: Dewey, Sampson,
Schley, Shafter, Wheeler, Roosevelt.

2. Imagine yourself in Lieutenant Pershing's place
on the field of battle. Describe the engagement.

3. Report briefly from notes taken on outside
reading on the battle of Manila Bay, or the cruise
of the _Oregon_, or the destruction of the Spanish
fleet off Santiago.

4. General John Joseph Pershing was born in
Missouri, September 13, 1860. He was graduated from
the West Point Military Academy; served in a number
of Indian campaigns, was a military instructor;
served with the Tenth Cavalry in the Cuban
campaign, 1898, and in the Philippines, 1899-1903;
commanded the U. S. troops in pursuit of the bandit
Villa in Mexico in 1916; was in command of the
American Expeditionary Forces in the World War. If
possible, read an account of Pershing's early life
and report on it in class.

BURIAL OF A SOLDIER IN FRANCE

BY GERALD M. DWYER

This is part of a letter home from Private Dwyer,
Co. A, 121st Engineers, A. E. F. It is used here by
permission of _The Springfield (Mass) Republican_.

Even far behind the lines of battle, in this beautiful
France, little scenes take place which bring home to
one the seriousness and sadness of life. Picture to yourself
a dark-green hillside divided into sections by the hedge
fences which the French peasant makes so much use of. 5
In one of these fields soldiers are at work making roads and
little pathways. At one end are a number of flower-covered
mounds, each one marked with a wooden cross, for this
particular little field is one of the American Expeditionary
Force's cemeteries. 10

On the day which I have in mind, a drizzling rain comes
softly, though steadily, down. A number of soldiers, hardly
distinguishable from the mud in which they are working,
are busy leveling off the ground around a flagpole which
stands in the center of the cemetery. Presently they stop 15
work and stand listening to the drumbeats which can be
heard faintly in the di