=Stanza 6.= =Hancock= (Winfield Scott, 1824-1886), a distinguished Union general, and the Democratic candidate for President in 1880. He was conspicuous for his gallantry at Gettysburg, where he was wounded. The reference in this stanza is probably to the battle of Spottsylvania, where he captured and held a salient of field-works on the Confederate center, afterward known as “the bloody angle.” =Stanza 9.= =Hill=, either A. P. or D. H., both noted Confederate generals. =Gordon= (George Washington), a brilliant Confederate leader, well known after the war as a lawyer and public speaker. =Stanza 12.= =Sherman.= See “The Smallest of the Drums.” =Stanza 16.= =Wilderness.= See “Lee to the Rear.” 49. A BALLAD OF MANILA BAY. By Charles George Douglas Roberts. Charles George Douglas Roberts, poet and novelist, was born near Frederickton, New Brunswick, January 10, 1860. He was at one time Professor of English Literature in King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. Of recent years he has resided in the United States and devoted himself entirely to writing. He is commonly spoken of as the leader of the Canadian School of poets. George Dewey, who by his victory over the Spanish in Manila Bay has come to be looked upon as the greatest naval commander of modern times, was born in Montpelier, Vermont, December 26, 1837. He was with Farragut at the opening of the Mississippi (see “The River Fight”), and took part in the severe engagements at Fort Fisher. He became a commodore in 1896, and in recognition of his Manila victory (May 1, 1898), and his subsequent services, he was promoted, first to the rank of rear-admiral, and later to that of admiral. =Stanza 1.= =Corregidor=, an island at the entrance to Manila Bay. =Stanza 4.= =El Fraile= (the Friar), an outcrop of rock, tunnelled to serve as a battery, lying in the main channel almost due south of the westerly tip of Corregidor. =Stanza 7.= =Kalibuyo= and =Salinas=, towns in the province of Cavité, on the southern shore of Manila Bay. =Stanza 8.= =Cavité=, a former Spanish fortress and naval station situated upon a point of land seven miles south of Manila. =Stanza 10.= =Bakor Bay=, the bay formed by the projection upon which Cavité is situated. =Stanza 14.= =Drake= (Sir Francis, 1540-1596), the greatest of the Elizabethan seaman, whose strategy and skill and audacious courage were largely instrumental in destroying the Spanish Armada. =Farragut.= See “The River Fight.” =Blake= (Robert, 1599-1657), called, next to Nelson, the greatest of the English admirals, and noted for his victories over the Dutch and Spanish. =Stanza 16.= =Nelson.= See “The Fight of the _Armstrong_ Privateer.” 50. DEWEY AT MANILA. By Robert Underwood Johnson.