Autobiography of George Dewey: Admiral of the NavyScribner, 1913 - 337페이지 |
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action Admiral Aguinaldo American ammunition anchor Annapolis army arrived ashore Asiatic Squadron Asiatic Station attack batteries battle blockade boats Boca Boca Grande Boston British cable Captain Smith captain-general Castilla Cavite command Commodore Concord Confederate consul crew cruise cruiser deck duty enemy enemy's entrance executive officer Farragut flag flag-ship fleet foreign Fort Fisher forts GEORGE DEWEY German gun-boat gunners guns harbor Hong Kong honor insurgents Isla Lamberton land later Lieutenant Luzón Manila Bay men-of-war midshipman miles Mirs Bay Mississippi Montojo morning naval force naval officer navy night Olympia opened fire Orleans Pasig River Pensacola Petrel PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Port Hudson Porter President Raleigh Rear-Admiral received returned rifles river sailed secretary sent shell ships shore shot side signal Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish squadron station steam steamer Subic Subig Bay surrender tain tion torpedoes troops United vessels victory Wabash Washington wounded
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312 페이지 - In my opinion, these people are far superior in their intelligence and more capable of self-government than the natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both races.
230 페이지 - God; the images you adore to be thrown down by unbelief. The aggressors shall not profane the tombs of your fathers, they shall not gratify their lustful passions at the cost of your wives' and daughters' honor, or appropriate the property your industry has accumulated as a provision for your old age.
179 페이지 - 'Order the squadron, except the Monocacy, to Hong Kong. Keep full of coal. In the event of declaration of war Spain, your duty will be to see that the Spanish squadron does not leave the Asiatic coast, and then offensive operations in Philippine Islands. Keep Olympia until further orders.
281 페이지 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control disposition and government of the Philippine».
323 페이지 - Complete returns in duplicate of men by organizations, and full lists of public property and stores, shall be rendered to the United States within ten days from this date. 5. All questions relating to the repatriation of officers and men of the Spanish forces and of their families, and of the expenses which said repatriation may occasion, shall be referred to the Government of the United States at Washington.
300 페이지 - On the 3d the military forces evacuated the Cavite arsenal, which was taken possession of by a landing party. On the same day the Raleigh and the Baltimore secured the surrender of the batteries on Corregidor Island, paroling the garrison and destroying the guns.
311 페이지 - You must exercise discretion most fully in all matters, and be governed according to circumstance which you know and we can not know. You have our confidence entirely. It is desirable, as far as possible, and consistent for your success and safety, not to have political alliances with the insurgents or any faction in the islands that would incur liability to maintain their cause in the future.
105 페이지 - Dewey, and the steady, fearless, and gallant manner in which the officers and men of the Mississippi defended her, and the orderly and quiet manner in which she was abandoned, after being thirty-five minutes aground, under the fire of the enemy's batteries.
318 페이지 - Sir : The inevitable suffering in store for the wounded, sick, women and children, in the event that it becomes our duty to reduce the defenses of the walled town in which they are gathered, will, we feel assured, appeal successfully to the sympathies of a general capable of making the determined and prolonged resistance which Your Excellency has exhibited after the loss of your naval forces, and without hope of succor. We therefore...
297 페이지 - Flagship Olympia, Cavite, May 4, 1898. "The squadron left Mirs Bay on April 27th. Arrived off Bolinao on the morning of April 30th, and, finding no vessels there, proceeded down the coast and arrived off the entrance to Manila Bay on the same afternoon. The Boston and Concord were sent to reconnoitre Port Subig. A thorough search of the port was made by the Boston and the Concord, but the Spanish fleet was not found.