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Rh I always had a desire to see the grave of him who gave his life so fearlessly, and was dealt with so treacherously by the Filipinos.

I may say that the officials at our nation's capital were cordial and attentive, doing everything possible to make it pleasant and to show me all that might interest me.

At Mt. Vernon is the burial place of our first president and general, George Washington.

Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay, has the United States Naval Academy.

Baltimore is the metropolis, seaport and principal manufacturing center of the State of Maryland.

I crossed the Susquehanna river, at the head of Chesapeake Bay, on the Delaware river, to Wilmington, the largest city of the State of Delaware,