Excerpt from Constitution and Rules and Regulations of the United Spanish War Veterans: 1920 On April 21, 1898, the United States of America began war with the Kingdom of Spain, which war was conceived and prosecuted in a sublime spirit of unselfishness and sacrifice, to the end that a people, suffering under misrule and struggling against tyranny, might be a nation free and independent. The Spanish-American War culminated in glorious victories on land and sea, and the incidental insurrection in the Philippines and the China Relief Expedition emphasized the unselfishness of our aims and added prestige to our arms. All contributed to create an inspiring chapter in our country's martial history, emblematic of sacrifice and devotion to the principles of liberty, equal rights and justice to all mankind, and one which must ever act as a stimulus to patriotic endeavor in the years to come. The completeness of the work accomplished by our arms, the high purposes that were the compelling forces, and our rise to a great sea power enhanced the prestige of our country and elevated it to a high place in the family of great nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.