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10 THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, TH GOLDEN STATE BOYS FOUGHT GALLANTLY HOW MA NILA WAS TAKEN BY OUR FORCES Appreciation of the Hu- mane Action of the Americans. Californians First to Hoist the Stars and Stripes Within the Spanish Trenches. s HONGKONG, Aug. 17.—Manila w surrendered, after a nominal defense, on Saturday August 13. The American flag now flies over the capital of the Philippines and this was accomplished without great expenditure of life. I was one of the first who traversed the walled city. The Manila newspapers on August 5 published the news that Captain Gen- eral Augusti has been superseded by | Segunno Cabo Don Fermin Jaudemes ‘Alvarez, and referred in terms of con- tempt to the Yankees. On August 7 ‘Admiral Dewey and General Merritt, acting jointly, notified General Jau- demes that they might attack the city | forty-elght hours after his receipt of their note, and gave him an opportunity to remove all non-combatants. This joint notification was carried by Lieu- tenant Armitage, of H. M. S. Immor- talite. General Jaudemes acknowledged receipt at 12:30 p. m., and expressed his thanks to the American commanders for thelr humane sentiments. He add- ed, however, that, finding himself sur- rounded by insurrectionary forces, he was without any place of refuge for the increased number of wounded, sick and | women and children who were within the walls. No request was made that the Americans provide for their safety. Forelgn warships Wwith refugees aboard moved out of the harbor on the morning of August A small party of foreigners, chiefly British, remained in the suburban portions of the city. The Concord and mouth of the Pasig in such positions as to prevent any vesséls escaping, but no action occurred until August 13, the delay being to allow the American troops to extend their front on the right of the line. Frequent visits by the Belgian Consul in the meantime to General Merritt and Admiral Dewey led to rumors that terms of surrender were being arranged. Our fleet began to move in at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, Dewey's flagship, the Olympia, led the fighting line as of old. The Olympia opened with her 8-inch guns at 9:35, the first “four shells being directed against the Malate fort, called San Antonlo de Abad. All of these first shells fell short. A passing rain squall made it difficult to get the range properly and observe the result of the shots. The Raleigh, -Petrel and Callao also opened on the ‘fort, the Boston, Baltimore, Charleston " é4nd Monterey standing in as supports. . Most of the firing was done at a range of ‘from three thousand to four thous- and yards. The practice was excellent “as soon as the range was determined. Most of the G-inch shells fell in a bat- i tery protected by earthworks. Sixteen 8-inch and sixty-nine G-inch 9. | filled with women and children. 1 Lieutenant Petrel lay off the | | shells were fired by the Olympla and | the Raleigh and the Petrel each drove in about as many. It was a pretty sight to see the Cal- lao, Lieutenant Tappan commanding, and the launch Barcelo riding in the heavy surf close inshore pouring their | fire on the enemy’s riflemen. There was { rifle fire in reply and the Callao was | | i struck. She was not damaged. The Call-Herald launch followed close be- hind through the surf. The general signal, “cease 'firing,” was hoisted at thirty-two minutes past | 10. Our infantry was seen a few | minutes later moving forward upon the Spanish intrenchments. Their advance was made under cover of a heavy fire from the Utah Battery. With coiors flying and bands playing the troops moved swiftly along the beach. There was the creek to be ford- They plunged into it and were Once over they deployed in skirmish order along Malate, keep- ing up a heavy rifle fire and finally halting on the runeta. As far as I could see from The Call- Herald launch the resistance made by | the Spanish troops was stubborn in the | extreme, at least for a nominal de- i fense. Flag Lieutenant Brumby went ashore | about noon in a Belgian launch, accom- panied by Inspector General Whittier, | to find and interview General Jaudemes | and discuss the terms of the capitula- General Merritt was present to s the settling terms. neral Jaudemes was found after | considerable difficulty. He was finally discovered in the security of a church Flag Brumby was forced to speak sharply and peremptorily to sev- eral officers before he could find the | Governor General. Subsequently pro- | ceedings regarding the terms were con- | ducted in the municipal bufldings, the Governor General consenting to leave the church after a brief conference. | The terms are briefly these: || The capitulation of the Philippines. | | Officers to be allowed to retain their but not stay in | swords and personal effects, their horses, during their Manila. | Prisoners of war surrendering their arms will have the necessary supplies | provided from the treasury. When | that is exhausted the Americans are to make provision. All public property is surrendered. The future disposition of Spanish troops who surrendered will be deter- mined by nc-otiation between the re- spective governments. Arms may be returned at General Merritt’s discretion. | The banks will contlnue to operate, | under existing regulations, which are subject to change by the United States Government. | Lieutenant Brumby, immediately af- | ter the terms of the capitulation had been signed, hurried off to lower the Spanish flag—in reality to lower all of pain’s flags in the Philippines by tak- RoloXololoXoRoloXOXOROROROROROROXOROROROXOROROROROROROJORORORORORORONO) © DEWEY SENDS WORD OF MANILA’S FALL. WASHINGTON, Aug. Hongkong on the Zafiro: ington: at the same time. The were injured. oo o T oo T e o T e e e oo o e o et TeTo ke Xy Governor-General refused. Dewey'’s flag lieutenant. 0000 ceived the following direct official information to-day of the surrender of Manila after a combined land and sea bombardment last Saturday. patches from Admiral Dewey, brought from Manila to “MANILA, Aug. 13.—Secretary of the Navy, Wash- Manila surrendered to-day to the American land and naval forces, after a combined attack. A division of the squadron shelled the forts and intrench- ments at Malate, on the south side of the city, driving back the enemy, our army advancing from that side o’clock, the American flag being hoisted by Lieutenant Brumby. About 7000 prisoners were taken. squadron had no casualties, and none of the vessels “On August 7 General Merritt and [ formally de- manded the surrender of the city, which the Spanish The Lieutenant Brumby mentioned is Admiral [oXoXoROROXOXORCRORORORORONOJOROROROROROROROROROROJORORORORO} 17.—The Government re- It came in dis- city surrendered about g The | ® ® ® ® ® ® © ® ® ® ® ® ® @ ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® [ ) ® ® ® DEWEY.” ) @ ® ® ® o DAY, AUGUST 18,. 1898. ADVERTISEMENTS. ing down one. He was accompanied by two signal m=n from the Olympia. This little party found its way after considerably difficulty into Fort San- diago in the northern portion of the walled city. There a large Spanish flag was flying. Grouped about it were many Spanish officers. Brumby’s presence there in the vic- tors’ unifor . attracted a crowd from the streets. = They hissed as he ap- proached to haul down the flag. Then the Stars 1 Stripes rose in place of the other. Many of those present wept bitterly as the flag of the victorious stranger climbed into place above the fort. Fearing the crowd might lower “Old Glory,” Lieutenant Brumby asked an American infantry officer to move up a detachment to guard it. Fortunately me met a company coming up with a band. The Infantrymen presented arms and the band played “The Star Spangled _anner,” which lent some eclat to the ceremony. The conduct of the Spaniards was disgraceful after capitulation. The gunboat Cebu was brought down the river with a Spanish flag flying, and was set on fire at the mouth of the Pasig. A party of Americans boarded her and hoisted the stars and stripes. They tried fruitlessly to save three launches and several boats, which were also destroyed. Landing soon after General Merritt I traversed the walled city. I found both inhabitants and soldiers looking re- markably well, considering the fact that they had been reported to be starving. Many were well pleased that the capitulation of the city had been agreed upon, as a bombardment of the city proper must have been attended | by severe loss of life among women and other non-combatants. Our troops quickly occupied the ecity on both sides of the Pasig. sleeping in the streets throughout the night of August 13, which was a wet one, and made the strange conditions doubly disagreeable. Yet the conduct of . the American troops was beyond praise. It was simply admirable. They fraternized good-humoredly with Spaniards and natives. A group of regulars squatted in Es- colta street, one of the principal busi- mess thoroughfares, edifylng a great crowd which had formed about them with tuneful plantation ditties. Our ships which were engaged cruised freely at dead low water inside, which on the British admiralty chart is marked ‘‘three fathoms,” although the Olympia was drawing twenty-four feet. As a matter of fact her navigator, Lieutenant Calkins, during her stay here carefully sur\'eyed9 the water along the city front. : The Callao went within rifle range while covering the flank of the troops as they advanced. The services of Lieutenant Tappan, who is her com- mander, will doubtless receive especial mention in the future. The Monterey was not called upon to try her guns during the bombardment, but undoubtedly her presence and the boldness with which she was navigated within easy range of the city, had con- siderable influerce on the Spanish in their decision to capitulate. The insurgents on August 14, the day after the surrender, entered some Span- ish trenches on the outskirts, but were | repulsed. General Merritt notified them that they would not be permitted to come inside the city. It is probable the Americans will now deal with the in- surgents, unless an amicable arrange- ment is arrived at soon. The terms of the capitulation were formally signed by the American Com- missioners—General Green, Colonel ‘Whittier, Colonel Crowdes and Captain Lamberton—and the Spanish Commis- sioners—Cgqlonels San Jose Maria La- guen, Felin Don Carlos Reye and Gen- eral Don Nicholas de la Pena y Cuellas. H. M. S. Immortalite and Iphigenia, whose commanders kept them in mo- tion, watched the fight from favorable positions. After the American flag was hoisted, the German warship Kaiserin Augusta slipped out, presumably bound for Hongkong, without the courtesy of of- fering to carry dispatches from Ma- nila. The Americans moved out of camp early on the morning of August 13, General Anderson directing operations. General Greene, with the left wing, swept along upon the trenches before Malate. General MacArthur led the right wing with the Astor Battery, which took up a position on the right of the Pasig and did gallant work. One instance of this was when a Span- ish bloek house was carried by men using their revolvers. The only rapid- fire gun of the line was silenced by this gallant advance. Three men of the Astor Battery were killed. The hardest fighting of the day was done at a point on the right wing, where the guns of the fleet under Fight- ing Dewey could give no assistance. After the fleet had raked their posi- tion the Colorados, supported by the Eighteenth regulars and the Utah Bat- tery, swept it with the deadliest of fires. The Spaniards fell back before the charging Colorados, who followed them closely, giving them no rest until their position was ours and the Ameri- can flag was raised/by Californians, who had been charging with the Col- orados. The Californians, who were subjected to a galling fire from Spanish sharp- shooters in the houses on the right, moved past the Colorados into the su- burb of Ermita, where Company L, which was leading, engaged in hot fighting along Calle Real, where the Spaniards had occupied street barri- cades. Once Calle Real was cleared the attack was virtaally over. About noon a white flag was floating over the city walls. The Californians advanced at double quick across the Luneta as General Greene and his staff arrived to receive the surrender. By some error, while the troops were standing at rest, Spaniards in the walled city fired, fatally wounding Privates Dunsoupe and Lamerson of the Californians. Our casualties were eight killed and forty wounded. 3 The Spanish loss is estimated at 120 to 600 killed and wounded. The Americans captured 11,000 pris- oners, 7000 being Spanish regulars; 2000 Mauser rifles, 3000 Remingtons, 18 mod- ern cannon and many of an obsolete pattern. LS INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO MERRITT AND DEWEY Must Preserve Law and Order and Treat Insurgents and Span- iards Alike. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The two American commanders at Manila, Ad- miral Dewey and General Merritt, united in a joint dispatch which was received here late this afternoon, ask- ing for instructions as to the manner of dealing with the various elements, particularly the insurgents, now that the city is occupied by the American forces. After a conference at the White House, in which Secretary Al- ger and Acting Secretary Allen par- ticipated, instructions were sent to the American commanders. The text of the request for instructions and of the answer was not made public, but Sec- retary Alger summed up the instruc- tions substantially as follows: “The instructions are to enforce law and order and to treat all law-abiding citizens alike.” It had been thought in some quarters here that the showing heretofore made by the insurgents would lead to their recelving a certain amount of recogni- tion in the way of joint action between the United States forces and those of the insurgents when the city was oc- cupied; but the instructions sent to- night are based on occupation by the United States alone; and as a high ad- minist ion official summed up the sit- uation, “there shall be no joint action except between Merritt and Dewey. They will maintain law and order and will treat insurgents and Spaniards alike, requiring all to observe peace and order.” It was notel that neither the first dispatch of Admiral Dewey nor the joint dispatch of Dewey and Merritt made any reference whatever to the | part which the German cruiser Kaiser- in Augusta took in removing Captain General Augusti from Manila to Hong- kong. From this the officlals believe that the American commanders do not attach serious significance to the course of the German naval authorities. The incident continues to cause some irrita- tion here, but it is practically certain that no official cognizance will be taken of it. A high official of the Navy De- partment said that although the course of the German naval commander was one of bad taste, there is no disposition in any official quarter at present to carry the incident to the point of con- sidering it a breach of neutrality, as has been suggested in some British newspapers. e AUGUSTI SAYS DEWEY TOLD HIM TO ESCAPE American Admiral Said to Have De- clared He Would Raise No Objections. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—A dispatch to the World says: Augusti claims that he offered to surrender himself person- ally to Admiral Dewey ten da ago. Dewey refused to accept his surrender unless he surrerdered the city at the same time. He told Augusti that if he had a good chance to run he had no objection. Augusti requested the Ger- mans to carry him to Hongkong. If the Augucti story is true it makes It all the more mysterious why the Ger- man Consul denied to Consul General Wildman all knowledge that Augusti was in Hongkong. He also denied that the Kaiserin Augusta brought him. The Philippine Junta is delighted with the news, and delegation after delega- tion is crowding the American Consul- ate tendering allegiance. BERLIN, Aug. 17. — The Nord Deutsche Allgemenine Zeitung explains that the Kalserin Augusta, which brought away General Augusti from Manila, left the harbor after the sur- render of the city and asserts that the Spanish officers were allowed to go free, so that General Augusti was able to go whither he pleased. ‘When Admiral von Diedrichs permit- ted him to go to Hongkong onboard the Kaiserin Augusta, saysthe paper, it was by agreement with the American com- mander-in-chief, if, indeed, the Ger- man admiral considered such an agree- ment still necessary. Moreover, it is also to be observed that the Spanish troops at Manila may by mutual con- sent proceed to Spain or Hongkong. MADRID, Aug. 17.—It is now assert- ed here that General Augusti left Man- ila after the surrender. 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Losses resisted, Gross premiums on fire risks run- ning one year or less, $326,603 37 reinsurance 50 per cent... 163,304 69 Gross premiums on fire risks ru ning more than one year, §321,378 08; reinsurance pro rata. ... 16L68@ Gross premiums on time risks, relnsurance 50 per cent... .. mn 1l other demands against the com- PRy T hevaceatigeent INNTIS Total liabilitles veeeen HISEIT 5T INCOME. Net cash actually received for fire premiums ... i e .. $423,198 44 N t Tecelved for ma- Net cash actually v e rine premiums . on bonds, s all other sources. Received for rents. Received from all other sources. Total income ... 3 EXPENDITURES. 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Cash in company's office banks acer Interest due and | “stocks and loans.. . 4mat Interest due and accrued on bonds and MOrtgages .......... .. 32418 | Premiums in due course o fon 254,352 38 Bills recelvable, not matured, taken for fire and marine risk 338 34 | Rents due and accrued. 4,204 58 | Due from other companies for rein- | “surance on losses already paid..... 3,34 65 | Total assets .... ..82,76,122 45 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid, losses in process of adjustment or in sus- pense, losses resisted, including ex- penses ... .. $133,062 67 Gross premiums on fire ris ning one year or less, $1,12 | _reinsurance 50 per cent. 562,892 74 | Gross premiums on fire | ning more than one year, | 43 31; reinsurance pro rata.... 4,1 78 | All other demands against the com- pany Total Mubilities ... INCOME. 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