United States, 668, 669 affairs in, 29 and China, 602-603 Army, 43 Bench, 82 Circuit Court, 283 Courts, 660 critics of, 217 future of, 607 grants in Panama, 708 historian of, 502 land policy, 388 Military Academy, 70 Naval Academy, 33-36 Navy, 33 public opinion in, 557 Supreme Court, 82 The Hague Tribunal and, 623 Universities, duty of, 28 University, true object of a, 378 Unscrupulous man, restraint of the, 652 Urban population, the growth of our, 100 Usefulness and happiness, 478 Utah, 435, 442 cultivated area of, 443 development of, 436-444 “Gamaliel,” 442 Government help for, 442 irrigated region, first, 442 irrigation in, 442 irrigation reservoirs in, 444 mining in, 437 pioneers of, 436, 442 V Valor, American heritage of, 452 Van Dyke, Henry, 50 Van Vorst, Mrs. Bessie, 508-510 Vasco da Gama, 151 Venezuela, 669 blockade in, 260, 667-668 claims against, 668 Monroe Doctrine and, 260-263 Venezuelan Government, 262 trouble, 10, 260 Venice, 151, 391 Veteran soldiers, increased value of, 588 Veterans to the Civil Service, relation of, 687 Veterans, Civil War, 489, 586, 590, 686 debt to, National, 591 justice to the, 586 New Jersey, 482 tribute to the, 15 Veto power, when not exercised, 3 Victoria, Queen, death of, 605 Victory, secret of, 142 Vienna, international arbitration union at, 672 Violence, ignorant, dangers of, 540 Virginia, 167, 169, 223, 453, 517 great sons of, 454 in American history, 453 University founded, 454 University in history, 453-456 University of, 453-458, 644 Virginians, great deeds of, 453 in public life, 454 in statecraft, 454 Virtue and orderly liberty, 481 and strength, 460 public and private, 413 Virtues, commonplace, value of, 289 of greatness, 492 no substitutes for, 508 softer and stronger, 480 value of, to State, 134 Volunteer forces, United States, 93 militia and, 630 provisions for, 599 raising of, 590 Volunteer soldiers, reliance on, 591 Voting, difficulties of, in Philippines, 95 Filipino method of, 95 W Wages, the American standard of, 615 high rate of, present, 546 Wage-workers, interests of, 85 prosperity of, 475, 608 qualities of the, 466 well-being of, 615 Wagner, Charles, his philosophy, 131 Wales Island, 666 War and peace, leaders in, 289 spirit in, 488