Golden Horseshoe

Excerpt from The Golden Horseshoe: Extracts From the Letters of Captain H. L. Herndon of the 21st U. S. Infantry, on Duty in the Philippine Islands, and the Lieutenant Lawrence Gill, A. D. C. To the Military Governor of Puerto Rico AS I read and read again the following correspond ence between two inconspicuous actors in some Of the stirring events that have marked the closing year, my impression that these letters constitute a document Of history almost indispensable for the understanding of the new era, which began with the Treaty Of Paris, grew into a settled conviction. Strong in this belief I spared no effort, and have at last been successful in over coming the natural reluctance Of those to whom the letters were addressed, to seeing words, which were written for the information and the consolation of a narrow circle of family and friends, laid bare to the colder scrutiny of the greater public. 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.