Background
He was born on August 26, 1842, in St. Charles County, Missouri. His father, Edward Bates, was attorney-general in Lincoln's cabinet, his mother was Julia Davenport (Coalter) Bates.
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American History, 1897-1907. America as a World Power
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The main field of the volume is the Spanish War of 1898 and its consequences on the spirit and policy of the American people; but it also includes the great administrative and economic questions which have pressed for a solution. The first four chapters are wholly devoted to the preliminaries of intervention in Cuba, the war with Spain and the following Peace of Paris; with a fifth chapter on the Philippine insurrection. The perplexing questions as to the status of the new dependencies is treated in chapter VIII (which includes Porto Rico), and in chapter IX, on the progress of government in the Philippines. Another phase of the outcome of the Spanish War is the history of the Republic of Cuba (chapter X). On the other side of the world the possession of the Philippines brought the United States into new relations with the Orient, and into the Chinese Boxer movement of 1900. The latest phases of the silver agitation are the currency standard bill of 1900 described, and the election of 1904. Five other questions of foreign policy: the Alaskan Boundary, Panama Canal International Arbitration, the Monroe Doctrine, and the collection of public debts in Latin America, are the subjects of chapters XIV-XVI. The volume closes with a study of the immigration problem, and of the economic problems of the time, particularly the regulation of corporations. Contents: Intervention in Cuba (1895-1898). First Period of the Spanish War (April-May 1898). Second Period of the Spanish War (June-August 1898), Peace Negotiations (1898-1899). The Philippine Insurrection (1898-1902). American Diplomacy in the Orient (1897-1905). Free Silver Versus Imperialism (1900). The Status of Dependencies (1898-1901). Civil Government in the Philippines (1898-1907). The Republic of Cuba (1899-1907). The Alaskan Boundary (1898-1903). The Panama Canal (1898-1907). The Election of 1904 (1901-1904). International Arbitration (1899-1907). The Monroe Doctrine and World Politics (1895-1902). The Forcible Collection of Public Debts (1901-1907). Immigration (1880-1907). Economic Tendencies (1895-1907).
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John Coalter Bates
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He was educated at Washington University, St. Louis, and in the opening year of the Civil War he enlisted, and was at the age of nineteen a first lieutenant.
Career
He served in the Army of the Potomac until the end, and participated in nearly all its great battles, Antietam, Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. During the last two years he was on the staff of Gen. Meade. He reached the rank of captain in 1863, and was brevetted major and lieutenant-colonel. Continuing in the regular army after the war, he passed about thirty years in the West, largely in northwestern posts and along the Mexican border.
In the Spanish-American War of 1898, when the decision was made to invade Cuba, Bates was put at the head of an independent brigade of the 5th Corps. Directly after the landing he was placed in command at Siboney, June 25, and on July 1 he joined Gen. Lawton. He was prominent in the assault on El Caney, and marching to headquarters was active in the fighting of July 2 and 3; his brigade had a record of almost continuous marching and warfare. In the course of the year he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers and major-general of volunteers. Like many others among the higher officers he signed the "Round Robin" letter.
In 1899 he was ordered to the Philippines, where the insurrection under Aguinaldo had just broken out. In August of that year he negotiated with the Sultan of Sulu a treaty (often called the "Bates Treaty"), by which the Sultan received a monthly subsidy, and acknowledged the sovereignty of the United States. As the treaty recognized the existence of slavery, it did not escape criticism, unwarranted though the criticism may have been. The following year Bates attacked the insurgents in Cavité, and established garrisons on the island of Mindanao. He was commissioned brigadier-general of the United States Army in 1901 and major-general in 1902.
At the beginning of 1906 when Gen. Chaffee retired, Bates succeeded as chief of staff and was commissioned lieutenant-general, being one of a comparatively small number in the army to hold this last rank. He retained the office of chief of staff for a few months only, retiring in April 1906. The remainder of his career was uneventful, down to his death at San Diego in 1919.
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American History, 1897-1907. America as a World Power
Membership
Bates was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
