The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-27

desire of the governor general. who
said his honor demanded that a. few
shots be fired, so that had to Ere and
kill few people; but the Spaniards
did not fire, because of my warning
that il would be disastrous to the CITY
for them to do so. They mad in the
city 5000 troops and forty-seven
rifed guns"
Admiral Dewey added that he was
pleased TO supply the committee with
this history. 1t had, he said. never
been printed, and he had been -reserv-
ing it with the view Of writing the
story himself He had copies of some
of the communications received by
him, made because Of this purpose. lint
none Of those from Pratt, as he regard
ed him as a busybody, devOting much
time to interfering with the business
of other people.
"He was consul general for the Init
ed States" Mr.. Patterson Of Tennessee
suggested, and the witness replied:
Yes, but he had nothing to do with
the attack on Manila"
Aguinaldo Was Not With Dewey.
Returning to his departure from
HOngkong, Admiral Dewey repeated
that he had left for Manila without
Aguinaldo, saying he had left as early
as he did largely because he wanted to
get rid Of him and the other 'little
brown men, many of whom were con
stantly coming aboard the flagship"
Il was very busy" he said. get
ting ready for battle, and they were
after me constantly, taking up my
time. None of them went with me to
Mrs bay, for various reasons. One of
them failed to do so because he did not
have his tooth brush with him"
The HongkOng Filipinos had not,
he addea, told him Of any insur-
rection in the Philippines, and he said
he had consented to see them on the
same principle that one gives money
to man often to get rid of him. In
deed he himself had given AguinaIdo
the first Information the latter had re-
cetved that the Filipinos were assem-
bling near Manila. When asked in
cross-examination if he had not repeat
ed his original statement to the navy
department that the Filipinos were
more capable Of independent govern
ment that the Cubans, Admiral Dewey
replied in the affirmative. saying:
Il did and still think So"
Dewey Disobeyed Order.
Senator Carmack called Admiral
Dewey's attention to the fact that he
had given arms to Aguinaldo nOtwith-
standing the governor general had told
him that he would surrender the city
at any time, and asked why he had
done SO in the face Of that understand
ing.
The reply was to the effect that he
considered il a proper military act
strTFh1 T1fTFr,fFsoes
said, and they were doing our work.
II believed that they were so de-
lighted to get rid Of the Spaniards that
they would accept us with open arms.
Even" he added, when Aguinaldo
was at the height Of his power at
MOlOs, Admiral Seymour Of the Brit
ish navy had told Aguinaldo that ne
should tie to the Americans, as they
were their best friends The FilipinOs
then were our friends and were helping
us. We had no troops 10 land. and I
knew that the more closely the city
was invested, the easier it would be to
take it when our own troops should
arrive. Still, I think we could have
gotten on as well withouS them. 1t
was their own idea. We all know that
hindsight is better than foresight.
Looking back, I would not have had
the FilipinOs join me. But I thought
they would be friendly. and I think
they were very Ungrateful to turn
against us.
Explaining His Action.
When 1 permitted Aguinaldo to go
ashore did not know that the United
States troops would be sent. was a
long way from home, and I was meet
ing emergencies as they arose. What
ever did did according to my best
judgment at the time. Later, I said
to Aguinaldo:
There IS the enemy; you pursue
your course, and we will pursue ours
I think that is the wisest thing I ever
said. They were assisting US, and at
the same time fighting their own bat
tie. I had in my mind in dealing with
the Filipinos, the assistance that the
negroes had given the federal forces
during the civil war. We awaited our
selves of that assistance, and 1 thought
I would accept the aid of the Filipinos
in the same way. The one idea was
to get rid of the Spaniards, and I be-
lieve that If on May I, before the in
surrectiOn was organized. we had had
there a few American troops, the Fill
pinOs would have accepted US, and
I =
His reason for taking possession Of
Sabig bay was because he did not
want any other power to interfere -
The admiral was still on the stand
when the committee adjourned until to-
morrow.
a letter was submitted from Secre-
] tary Root enclosing a cablegram from
| General Chaffee relative to the oft-de-
MED report Of the shooting of 1000 Fill
/ ipino prisoners at IrOsin. General
/ Chaffee shows that the matter had
! been thoroughly investigated. Private
/ Walker, who was said to have written
! the letter containing this charge to his
/ father in Massachusetts. denies il, and
/ the officers Of the command all deny
/ it, Details of the operations Of the
/ troops are given to show that the re
port is untrue.
! RESTAURANT KEEPER
KILLS STRIKING WAITER