The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-12
ANDERSON AND
DEWEY DIFFER
General Explains Surrender of
Manila in Different Light.
ADMIRAL MAKES NO REPLY
AGUINALDo ARRESTED AMERI-
CAN SOLDIERS.

NHICAGO, July 11.-General Thomas
y NJ. Anderson has addressed to the
Record-Herald a letter giving his
version of the surrender of Manila. in
which he differs materially from the
statements made by Admiral Dewey.
General Andersons letter is, in brief,
as follows:
National Soldiers Home,
Erie County, Ohio, July 3.
To the Editor: Admiral Dewey is
quoted as saying in his evidence be-
fore the senate Philippine commission
that when Manila was surrendered it
was in pursuance of a definite under
standing between him and the Span
fsh governor general In concluding
his statement he said that his views
did not coincide with those expressed
by General Anderson in a magazine
article, and closed his testimony by
saying:
I'VE differed very much from the
beginning"
Admiral Dewey is a great naval Of
ficer. He did the state great service.
Yet. 1 must say, with all Difference,
that he is mistaken In his statement in
relation to the surrender Of Manila
So sincere is my regard for the ad-
miral that 1 would not make this as
sertion but for the fact that such
statements. when uncoptradicted, pass
into history.
Several days before the assault made
on the 18th of August, Father McKin-
non. the Catholic chaplain Of the First
California, was permitted to pass our
lines and go into Manila. He saw the
archbishop and the governor general,
and when he returned he reported that
The latter told him be could not and
would not surrender without a fight.
as he had to fight for the honor of
Spain.
Subsequently. General Merritt di-
rected me to draw up the tactical or
der for the attack, and this was done
on the assumption that there would be
q bona fide resistance. In the attack
and the preceding skirmishes we lost
~ killed and wounded. If the city
was surrendered as a result of a def
mite understa ndjng, what was the un-
derstanding, and how definite was it?
Was it that American soldiers were to
DC sacrificed for the honor of Spain?
The admiral says we differed very
much from the beginning. j hope our
countrynle2 vii. believe that we diff
Tered very much about this: If there
ever was such an understanding 1 did
not know il, and the army did not
know il.
The admiral is reported to have tes-
NAAASu lAdl the spanish autnOrltleS OF
Tered 10 surrender to him the day he
destroyed the Spanish squadron No
written proposals have come to light
ana the probe bilities are that he was
deceived by the Misrepresentation of
the foreign coDsSls, who We're endeay-
orinS BIZ all means in their power to
prevent bombardment.
Did Not Need to Correspond.
I now learn for the first time that
my correspondence with Aguinaldo
was not approved by the admiral. Per-
nut me 10 remark that he had no oc-
cssion for a correspondence When he
took possession OF the Cayite navy
ya0d he doubled the wages of several
hundred Filipinos working there. That
ala not require any correspondence.
Nor did II require any correspondence
10 induce Aguinaldo to start his insur-
reStion. II is not difficult TO induce
men to do what theys wish to do.
L wrote some letters to Aguinaldo which
arrested some of our officers for enter
ing the town of Cayite without his per-
mission He had forbidden his people 10
supply us with lighters to land our men
and materials We required land trans
portation and he hid all the carts. We
could only buy fuel and forage from
him. Finally he forbade us TO land on
the sacred soil of LuzOn. We did not paw
any attention 10 this last imDertinence,
! thought q correspondence was q Justi- /
fable eXpedient. If. however, / had |
known as much about him then as every
body seems to knOW now, | might have
arrested him then without correspondence. |
Referring now TO my original PROPOSE |
tioF that Admiral Rewey's statement in !
reference 10 the surrender of Manila was |
misleading, | wish TO say that no doubt |
the admiral and General Merritt both |
thought that they had made an agreement |
with the Spanish authorities by which |
the city could be taken without blood !
shed Yet the fact remains that Captain |
General Augustin was relieved because he l
was willing to make such a capitulation 4
while his successor refused TO do so AS /
to this both the admiral and the general /
commanding must have been misin- !
formed.
Speaking for the second division of the |
Eighth army corps, permit me 10 say
that its attack on the defenses of Manila
was not in the nature of an opera bouffe |
demoHstra ton.
(Signed.) THOMAS Al. ANDERSON.