"Washington, March 10. [General Leonard] Wood, Manila:- I congratulate you and
the officers and men of your command upon the brilliant feat of arms wherein you
and they so well upheld the honor of the American flag." — Theodore Roosevelt.

"He knew perfectly well that our uniformed assassins had not upheld the honor of
the American flag, but had done as they have been doing continuously for eight
years in the Philippines - that is to say, they had dishonored it." — Mark Twain