Admiral Dewey at Manila and the Complete Story of the Philippines: Life and Glorious Deeds of Admiral George Dewey, Including a Thrilling Account of Our Conflicts with the Spaniards and Filipinos in the OrientJ. H. Moore, 1899 - 415 strani |
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aboard Admiral Dewey advance Aguinaldo American archipelago arms army arrived arsenal artillery attack Bakor batteries battle began boat bridge brigade called Captain captured Cebu Chinese church city of Manila Colonel Funston command Commodore Dewey cruiser deck Dewey's duty enemy enemy's fight Filipinos fire flag flagship forces George Dewey German gunboat guns harbor Hong Kong Iloilo infantry insurgents intrenchments killed Laguna de Bay land Legarda Lieutenant Luzon Malate Malolos Manila Bay ment Merritt miles military Mindanao Mindoro Mirs Bay morning Moros natives naval navy night o'clock officers Olympia Otis Palawan Panay Pasig river peace Petrel Philippine islands port position prisoners proclamation province reached rebels regiment sailed Señor sent shells ships shore shot soldiers Spain Spaniards squadron steamed steamers Stickney Sulu surrender Tawi Tawi tion took town trenches troops United vessels village volunteers Wheaton wounded
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Stran 41 - Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Stran 368 - Archipelago, and those who resist it can accomplish no end other than their own ruin. 2. The most ample liberty of self-government will be granted to the Philippine people which is reconcilable with the maintenance of a wise, just, stable, effective, and economical administration of public affairs, and compatible with the sovereign and international rights and obligations of the United States.
Stran 285 - The government established among you by the United States is a government of military occupation; and for the present it is ordered that the municipal laws, such as affect private rights of persons and property, regulate local institutions, and provide for the punishment of crime, shall be considered as continuing in force, so far as compatible with the purposes of military government, and that they be administered through the ordinary tribunals substantially as before occupation, but by officials...
Stran 285 - ... not to make war upon the inhabitants of Cuba, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights.
Stran 368 - The following are deemed of cardinal importance: 1. The supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the archipelago, and those who resist it can accomplish no end other than their own ruin.
Stran 306 - Cuba, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights. All persons who, either by active aid or by honest submission, cooperate with the...
Stran 273 - DON EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY, President of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines, and General in Chief of Its Army. This government desiring to demonstrate to the Philippine people that one of its ends is to combat with a firm hand the inveterate vices of the Spanish administration, substituting for personal luxury and that pompous ostentation which have made it a mere matter of routine...
Stran 309 - Finally, it should be the earnest and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring to 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.
Stran 309 - ... rates or modes of contribution to the expenses of government, whether general or local. If private property be taken for military use, it shall be paid for when possible in cash at a fair valuation, and when payment in cash is not practicable receipts are to be given. All ports and places in the Philippine Islands in the actual possession of the land and naval forces of the United States will be opened to the commerce of all friendly nations.
Stran 41 - In the lead was, of course, the Olympia, followed by the Baltimore, the Raleigh, the Petrel, the Concord and the Boston, in the order named. The revenue cutter McCulloch and the merchant steamers attached to the squadron as coal carriers were ordered to keep well out of range in the bay, and they naturally did not try to come nearer. The warships had closed up to an interval of about two cables...