Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-30

American Flag Raised.
Immediately after the surrender the
Spanish colors on the sea front were haul
ed down and the American flag displayed
and sauted by the guns of the navy. The
I'd Oregon Regiment, which had proceeded
by sea fro,., Cavite, was disembarked and
ente red the walled town as a provost
guard and the colonel was directed to re-
ceiye the Spanish arms and deposit thcm
In places of security. The town was filled
with the troops of the enemy driven in
from the intrenchments regiments formed
and standing in line in the Streets but the
work of disarming proceeded quleuy ana
nothing unpleasant occurred
In leaving the subject of the operations
of the 18th, desire here to record my APP
probation Of the admirable manner in
which the orders for attack and the plan
for occuoation of the city were carried out
by the troops exactly as contemplated. L
submit that for troops to enter under nre
a town covering wide area, 10 raploiy
deploy and guard all principal points In
the extensive suburbs, to keep out the IN
sureent forces pressing for admission, 10
quietly disarm an army or SpanlaIds more
than equal in numbers to the American
troops and finally by all ms TO prevent
,ntirelv all rapine pillage and disorder and
gain entire and complete possession OF
city of 100000 people filled with natives
hostile to the European interests, anu sur
red up by the knowledge that their own
trenches was an act which only the law
abiding temperate, resolute American SOL
der well and skllfully handled by ms reg
mental and brigade commanders, coolu az
complish. a., ,,., uo,.,,
ordar No Q hereto appended. was issued,
and a COPY was sent to ASuinaioo ; repre-
sentative as an indication OF the cohuucl
that would be expected Oh thSh III .ne
event that any bands of the Insurgents
should affect an entrance to the city. After
The action. general order No. d was pup
lished to the troops as sincere Exp eSSio'i
of my appreciation OF lhelI cohuuct. .,o
1he amount of public funds anu tie
,nn,hars of the prisoners of war and small
arms taken have been reported IN detail ny
cable. 1t will be observed mat xhe W., 10
phies of Manila were nearly S'oo'ooV' i''o0'
prisoners and %, 600 arms
Inmadtetely after the surrender my mead
onarters we're established in the ayunta-
miento or city office OF the governor ger
eral where steps were at once lnaugur
10 set ND the government OF military occu-
nancv a proclamation was issued ana
nuhlished in all the newspapers OF the Guy
in English, Spanish and hauNe uialect' an"
one of my two very efficient brigade COM
manders General Macarthur, was APP
nointed provost marshal general and civil
governor of the town, while the other'
General Greene, was selected LOT Ing uu
ties of intendente general de haclenoa VI
director of financial affairs, the collectors
of customs and internal revenue report
ing to him Lieutenant Colonel Whittier,
United States volunteers, of my staff. an
efficient business man of long experience,
was appointed collector of the customs.
and a bonded officer, Major Whipple, of
the nav department, was announced as
custodian of the public funds, to whom all
Spanish money derived from any source
was to be transmitted for safe keeping and
disbursement under orders
Governor Generals Protest.
On the 10th o cablegram containing the
text Of the Presidents proclamation direct
ing a cessation of hostilities was received
by me. and at the same time an order to
make the fact known to the Spanish au-
thorities, which was done at once. This