The record-union., 1898-08-18
WORD FROM DEWEY.
Reports Surrender Of Manila, but
Gi-es Few Particulars.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Gov
eminent received the following direct
official information to-day of the sur
render Of Manila after combined land
and sea bombardment last Saturday.
1t came in dispatches from Admiral
! Dewey, brought from Manila to Hong
kong on the dispatch boat Zafiro. The
Admiral sent two dispatches, the first
one briefly citing the essential facts, as
follows:
Manila, August 18th.
ITO Secretary of the Navy, Washing
| ton: Manila surrendered to-day to the
American land and naval forces, after
a combined attack. A division of the
squadron shelled the forts and in
trenchments at Malate, on the south
side of the city, driving back the en-
envy, our army advancing from that
side at the same time. The city sur
rendered about 3 o'clock, the American
flag being hoisted by Lieutenant Brum-
by About 1000 prisoners were taken.
The squadron had no casualties; none
of the vessels were injured.
ION August 7th General Merritt and
I formally demanded the surrender of
the city, which the Spanish Governor
General refused. DEWEY"
Lieutenant Brumby is Admiral
Dewey's Flag Lieutenant.
The second dispatch from the Adj
miral has not been made public. The
dispatches were received early in the
day, and after the first one had been
translated Acting Secretary Allen car
ried it over to the White House and
laid it before the President. While it
bore out the news already brought by
the press dispatches, it re-established
the additional point that 1000 prisoners
of war We're now being held by the
American commanders, and that no
casualty in the navy or damage to the
ships had occurred.
Now that the surrender is officially
reported, it can be stated that Manila
is being held by virtue of the military
occupation and surrender, and not by
virtue of the protocol. These differ
ences are said to amount to little in
practical results, but yet, such as it is,
all officials agree that the occupation
is the result of the combined military
and naval operations. According to
Admiral Deweys dispatch, the surren-
der occurred about p. m. last Satur-
day. The peace protocol was signed at
4:23 p. m. on Friday. 1t Il said that
the difference in time between Manila
and Washington is such that the sur
render. reckoned on Washington time,
would be about twelve hours ahead Of
the time at Manila, or about 5 a. m.
Saturday morning. In point of actual
time, therefore, the signing Of the peace
protocol preceded the actual surrender
of Manila by few hours.
But it is a well-established rule of
military law, accorded the world over,
that a peace armisticei or cessation of
hostilities does not become binding upon
commanding officers until they receive
actual notice of it. This rule is ex-
pressed in the United States regulations
governing armies in the field, as fol-
lows
Article 139-An armistice is binding
upon the belligerents from the day of
the agreement commenced; but the Of
ficers of the army are responsible from
the day only when they received off,
cial motto of it's existence"
Under this rule Admiral Dewey and
General Merritt would be bound by
the armistice only from the time the
notice of it reached them at Manila.
This could not have occurred on Sat-
urday. prior to the bombardment. as
the cable was not working, and no dis
patch boat could have gotten through
with the notice before Monday or
Tuesday. In short, it is agreed in all
official quarters that the forcible taxi
ing of Manila was entirely regular, and
that the city and bay is now held on
the basis of this military enforcement