By The Blessings Of Heaven

Illiteracy Must Be Banished From The Land If We Shall Attain That High Destiny As The Foremost Of The Enlightened Nations Of The World Which, Under Providence, We Ought To Achieve.

Finally It Should Be The Earnest Wish And Paramount Aim Of The Military Administration To Win The Confidence, Respect, And Affection Of The Inhabitants Of The Philippines By Assuring Them In Every Possible Way That Full Measure Of Individual Rights And Liberties Which Is The Heritage Of Free Peoples, And By Proving To Them That The Mission Of The United States Is One Of Benevolent Assimilation Substituting The Mild Sway Of Justice And Right For Arbitrary Rule.

Let Us Ever Remember That Our Interest Is In Concord, Not In Conflict; And That Our Real Eminence Rests In The Victories Of Peace, Not Those Of War.

The Army Of Grant And The Army Of Lee Are Together. They Are One Now In Faith, In Hope, In Fraternity, In Purpose, And In An Invincible Patriotism. And, Therefore, The Country Is In No Danger. In Justice Strong, In Peace Secure, And In Devotion To The Flag All One.

Our Faith Teaches That There Is No Safer Reliance Than Upon The God Of Our Fathers Who Has So Singularly Favored The American People In Every National Trial And Who Will Not Forsake Us So Long As We Obey His Commandments And Walk Humbly In His Footsteps