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Men Behind the Guns Voice Anti Expansion Views
The 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers share antiimperial sentiments in interviews with the Pittsburg Post. Officers like Hawkins Barnet Bierer Neff Schaaf and several privates express opposition to annexation, warn of costs, and advocate self government for the Philippines under protectorship or independence. They contrast revolutionary ideals with the current conduct of U S policy.
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Pennsylvania Volunteers
McKinley
Pittsburg Post
Alexander Leroy Hawkins
Hawkins
James E. Barnet
Filippinos
Everhardt Bierer
John F. Weathing
S. Scott
United States
George Neff
Edward B. McCormick
Washington
James A. Loar
Daniel Bierer
Thomas S. Cargo
Gustav Schaaf
Blaine Aiken
Charles Rehn
G. L. Gordon
Philippine Islands
Nat J. Hurst
John A. Ewing
Sergant Shidler
G. E. Stickle
M.S. Smith
F. R. Kenney
W. S. Haddock
J. Curry
T. Reese
Company H
America
Corporal Waltz
P. Cummings
Iowa
Jefferson
van Buren
W. A. Jones