Philippine - American War
(1899 ~ 1902)

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29 May 1901 ~ The Petoskey Record

Emmet County military persons were sent to the Philippines
to be involved in the Philippine-American War (1899 ~ 1913)
which was an armed conflict between the U.S. and Filipino Revolutionaries.

21 June 1899 ~ The Petoskey Record

The Petoskey Record 5 July 1899 article below talked of General Wheeler. The previous week General Wheeler had been a visitor in Petoskey with the Grand Army of the Republic Department Encampment.

5 July 1899 ~ The Petoskey Record with Detroit Journal by-line

12 July 1901 ~ The Independent Democrat

Captain McCabe served not only in the Philippine-American War, but also in the Spanish American War. His obituary is posted on the Spanish American webpage on this site.

9 August 1901 ~ The Independent Democrat

Article Below: At the time that Petoskey's Sergeant Charlie Phillips who had just returned from two years service in China and the Philippines, President McKinley had just been assassinated in September of 1901, by a man who had been born in Alpena MI. Sergeant Phillips then found himself stationed as a guard over the body of the President on its way to Washington DC, and to the last resting place.

4 October 1901 ~ The Independent Democrat

16 October 1901 ~ The Petoskey Recorder

Adelbert "Dell" Herrington served in the Philippines ~ 3 May 1909

18 October 1901 ~ The Independent Democrat

2 March 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News