What are the pros and cons for the US annexing the Philippines?

The annexation of the Philippines in 1898 by

the United States provided the U.S. with a strategic location in

the Pacific to develop naval bases. A con was that hostilities

broke out in February 1899, and an American army of 60,000 men was

sent halfway across the globe to subdue a native people.

some cons were trades and investments with

Cuba involving over 150million dollars