Report of Major-General E. S. Otis on Military Operations and Civil Affairs in the Philippine Islands, 1899U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - 165 pages |
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action Adjutant-General Admiral Dewey affairs American appointed armed arrived Artillery assistance attack Bacoor Baliuag battalion Brigadier-General Caloocan Calumpit Cavite Cebu city of Manila civil Colonel command communication conference considered courts Department desire directed duty E. S. OTIS EIGHTH ARMY CORPS EMILIO AGUINALDO enemy established Filipino forces harbor HDQRS headquarters honor hostilities Iloilo Iloilo River Infantry informed inhabitants instant instructions insurgent troops insurgents intrenchments January Jolo Laguna de Bay Lawton letter Luzon MacArthur Major-General Malolos ment merchants Miller native occupation OFFICE U. S. MILITARY organizations PACIFIC AND EIGHTH Panay Pandacan Pasig River peace permit Philippine Islands port possession present President prisoners prisoners of war received regiment reply reported request respectfully revenue Rios sent soldiers soon Spain Spanish Spanish Government Sultan Tagalo tion trade transportation treaty U. S. MILITARY GOVERNOR United States authorities United States Military vessels volunteers
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Page 161 - However, the managers of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China...
Page 36 - III. The government established among you by the United States is a government of military occupation; and for the present it is ordered that the municipal laws such as affect private rights of persons and property, regulate local institutions, and provide for the punishment of crime, shall be considered as continuing in force, so far as compatible with the purposes of military government, and that they be administered through the ordinary tribunals substantially as before occupation, but by officials...
Page 67 - SIR : I have the honor to report, for the information of the major-general commanding, that the situation here is not.
Page 146 - I , having applied for admission to the civil service of the Philippine Islands, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United States of America in...
Page 95 - ... became general all along the line. No one can deplore more than I this rupture of hostilities. I have a clear conscience that I have endeavored to avoid it at all costs, using all my efforts to preserve friendship with the army of occupation, even at the cost of not a few humiliations and many sacrificed rights.
Page 4 - The insurgents and all others must recognize the military occupation and authority of the United States and the cessation of hostilities proclaimed by the President.
Page 34 - To entitle such Chinese subjects as are above described to admission into the United States, they may produce a certificate from their government or the government where they last resided vised by the diplomatic or consular representative of the United States in the country or port whence they depart.
Page 86 - All ports and places in the Philippine Islands in the actual possession of the land and naval forces of the United States will be opened to the commerce of all friendly nations. All goods and wares not prohibited for military reasons, by due announcement of the military authority, will be admitted upon payment of such duties and other charges as shall be in force at the time of their importation.
Page 104 - Otis, commanding the United States forces in the Philippine Islands. After a long delay orders have arrived, and I am now directed by him to occupy the city of Iloilo with my troops as soon as practicable. I therefore call on you...
Page 57 - to preserve the peace and protect life and property," your command has been selected for this duty and has been ordered to depart therefor on Monday next, the 26th instant. Those instructions contain the following cautionary language : " It is most important that there should be no conflict with the insurgents.