The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-13
IS ORDERED TO MANILA
10 ASSUME THE DUTIES OF HIS
OFFICE
RElHFoRcEMENTs TO BE SENT
Dewey Gets the Cable and Reports
Preparation to Hold What He
Has Taken



Associated Press Special Wire
~ WASHINGTON. May 1.-the United .
= States will establish temporary .
. government over the Philippine is .
. lands. Orders have been issued for .
. Major-General Wesley Merritt. now .
. commanding the department of the .
East at New York. to proceed to Ma .
ntla with the least possible delay for .
= the purpose Of assuming the Office of .
. Military Governor Of the Philippines .
. Similar orders to proceed to the Phil .
. ippines were sent to Major-General .
=. s. Otis. commanding the depart .
ment Of the Colorado, at Denver. who .
has just recently been released from .
. duty as President of the court-mar- .
tial which tried Captain o. M. Carter .
Of the Engineer Corps. Orders to .
. General Otis direct him to report to .
General Merritt for duty, under his .
direction in the Philippine islands. .
General Otis will be second in COM .
. mand and will act as Military Cover .
nor of the islands in case of the abb .
. sence or disability of General Mer- .
. rift. .
. Orders were also received for an .
army corps of about 1900 men for .
. immediate duty in the Philippines. =
. This corps will be made up Of the .
regulars and volunteer organizations .
stationed on the Pacific Coast and In .
the Far Western States. General 0
Merritt was at the War Department .
today In consultation with the Sec .
rotary of War, General Miles and .
bureau chiefs with regard to the or .
. ganization of the expedition. Prompt .
. action will be had in the matter with .
view to having the troops make an .
. early start on their long voyage .
. across the Pacific. Gen. Merritt will .
. leave this afternoon for New York .
to arrange his private affairs prepara- .
. tory to departure for San Francisco. .
. He said that 1t was his purpose to sail .
. from San Francisco as soon as pos .
. sible. Complete arrangements have .
. been made for the equipment, trans .
. portation and subsistence of the .
. troops and they will be able to start .
. for Manila shortly after the arrival .
. at San Francisco. .
Affairs at Manila
HONG KONG. May u. 6 p.m., Greenwich
Linnell has arrived here with news from
the Philippine Islands. She left Manila
on Monday last and reports that the In
surgents are uncomfortable. The whole
country, 1t appears, is in a state of an
archy and Rear Admiral Dewey is power
less to restore order. The officers of the
Linnell add that even If Spanish rule is
abolished 1t will require large force with
special training to restore order in the
interior. In the meantime the Spaniards
in Manila refuse to submit and Admiral
Dewey is not willing to lombard the town.
He hopes to starve the place into submits
sion. but the Spaniards are confident of
being able to hold out. They allege that
they have ample supplies for $4,000 regular
troops and thousands of volunteers beyond
the range Of the United States warships,
and they are defying the Americans in
the hope of European Intervention.
Two German warships, one French war
ship and warship of Japan are now at
Manila. A Russian vessel is expected there
shortly.
A strong anti-British feeling exists
among the populace at Manila and the
people are desperate and starving.
Orders to Dewey
NEW YORK, May ia special to the
Herald from Washington says:
There IL reason to believe that the fur
Their instructions sent to Rear-Admiral
Dewey via the dispatch boat McCulloch,
which returned to Manila from Hong
KONG. required him Immediately to destroy
any vessels or Notifications which Spain
has in the Philippines.
you must capture vessels or destroy
them" was the direction given to Rear.
Admiral Dewey before the battle of Manila
Bay These instructions were due to the
desire Of the authorities to remove from
the Pacific the Spanish fleet, and thus pre-.
vent the enemy from harassing American
commerce in these waters. 1t is doubly
necessary that 1t should be carried out tc
the letter in view of the fact that troops
will be sent to the Philippines with per.
haps the Bennington as their only convoy
1t Is appreciated by the authorities that
Admiral Dewey has destroyed every Span.
ish vessel of any importance in the Far
East, but 1t is admitted to be possible tina
Spain still has among the islands some
small gunboats, mounting one or two guns
which 1t would be advisable to sink O,
capture. There are also some antiouated
Notifications at lilo and one or two other
points which one cruiser could DESTROY
without much difficulty
Probably one or two of the largest of his
Meet are now cruising among the enemy's
ships and reducing these Notifications.
In accordance with orders telegraphed to
the Mare Island Navy Yard, the Pensa.
cola will be Immediately placed in com.