I ndex 



Valor, American heritage of, 452 



Yn-i Dyke, Henry, 50 



Van Vorst, Mrs. Bessie, 508-510 



Vasco da Gama, 151 



Venezuela, 669 



blockade in, 260. 667-668 



claims against, 668 



Monroe Doctrine and, 260-263 



Venezuelan Government, 262 

 trouble, 10, 260 



Venice, 151, 391 



Veteran soldiers, increased value of, 

 588 



Veterans to the Civil Service, rela- 

 tion of, 687 



Veterans, Civil War, 489, 586, 590, 



686 



debt to, National, 591 

 justice to the, 586 

 New Jersey, 482 

 tribute to the, 15 



Veto nower, when not exercised, 3 



Victoria, Queen, death of, 605 



Victory, secret of, 142 



Vienna, international arbitration 

 union at, 672 



Violence, ignorant, dangers of, 540 



Virginia, 167, 169, 223, 453, 517 

 great sons of, 454 

 in American history, 453 

 University founded, 454 

 University in history, 453-456 

 University of, 453-458, 644 



Virginians, great deeds of, 453 

 in public life, 454 

 in statecraft, 454 



Virtue and orderly liberty, 481 

 and strength, 460 

 public and private, 413 



Virtues, commonplace, value of, 289 

 of greatness, 492 

 no substitutes for, 508 

 softer and stronger, 480 

 value of, to State, 134 



Volunteer forces, United States, 93 

 militia and, 630 

 provisions for, 599 

 raising of, 590 



Volunteer soldiers, reliance on, 591 



Voting, difficulties of, in Philippines, 



Filipino method of, 95 



W 



Wages, the American standard of, 

 615 



high rate of, present, 546 

 Wage- workers, interests of, 85 



prosperity of, 475, 608 



qualities of the, 466 



well-being of, 615 



Wagner, Charles, his philosophy, 131 

 Wales Island, 666 



War and peace, leaders in, 289 



spirit in, 488 

 War, character required in, 585 



Civil, 10, 17, 18, 19, 21, 25, 32, 

 37. 40, 43. 55. 61, 67, 72, 119. 

 141-142, 145, 165, 186, 203, 



205, 209, 211, 212, 217, 222, 



223, 230, 232, 233, 308, 310, 

 3", 330, 344, 377, 397, 433, 

 451, 452, 478, 483, 486, 487, 

 489, 491, 492, 505, 507, 529, 

 591, 607, 686 

 Civil, abuses in, 63 

 College, Naval, 692 

 comradeship in, 365 

 conducting, lesson in, 399 

 contraband of, 671 

 decline of, 575, 622, 670 

 demands of, on men, 585 

 Department of, 9, 61, 316, 319, 



559, 586, 589 

 duties of, 492 

 fleet, great, true meaning of, 



583 



hardships of, 62 

 individual in, the, 75, 630 

 Mexican, 10, 72, 222, 454, 746 

 modern conditions of, 74-75, 



585, 630 

 moral and material interests in, 



5 



of 1812, 10, 119 



Philippine, 92, 98, 185, 399 



readiness for, 394 



reasons for going to, 14 



Revolutionary, 18 



Secretary of, 10, 83, 571, 630, 

 631, 665 



Spanish, 10, 54, 72, 84, 87, 92, 

 98, 119, 125, 203, 204, 215, 

 236, 239, 310, 320, 377, 397, 

 398, 399. 484, 579, 58o, 646 



Spanish, veterans of, 185 



taxes, abolition of, 654 



training in, value of, 585 



United States Government on, 

 attitude of, 671 



wicked folly of, 575 



with uncivilized peoples, 622, 



628 

 Warships, building of, 266 



uses of, in peace, 582 

 Washington, District of Columbia, 

 39, 221-225, 226, 249, 261, 

 263, 309, 440, 446, 45S, 489, 

 493, 495, SOi, 649, 668 



alleys in, 547 



business interests of, 225 



improvements in, 547 



model city, a, 642 



"Post" quoted, 720, 721 



sanitary laws in, 642 

 Washington, George, President, 57, 

 70, 72, 138, 232, 289, .119, 

 329, 399, 470, 487, 488, 644 



and Lincoln, 445 



