Published, March, 1903 C356 COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY LEE AND SHEPARD All rights reserved THE BLOW FROM BEHIND FRANK D. LAKESTREAM, FEB -6 1907 678 EAST 102ND ST., BROKX. NEW YORK CITY, Dedication ΤΟ MAJ. GEN. O. O. HOWARD THE MAN WHOSE SINGLE AIM IS TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS, TAUGHT ME FRIENDSHIP, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED WOLLASTON, Christmas Eve, 1902 PREFACE This volume is made up of the complete manuscript which was prepared as the foundation of the address delivered by the author upon Memorial Day, 1902, before Stannard Post No. 2, G. A. R., at Burlington, Vt., and of such additions as have been necessary in order that the work might comprehend the entire period of the Philippine Insurrection, so called. The distribution of a limited number of galley slips of the address about as delivered, of course covering much less ground than is herein. considered, received such enthusiastic comments and so much attention from leading newspapers, although the slips were sent out too late to be considered news, as to seem to warrant the publication of this volume. Had it not been for the congressional campaign of last fall we would have published long before this. The author's desire, however, to make this an American book, and not a party one, has rendered delay inevitable until he deemed that |
