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Show , . 1 Just History By Albert F. Philips It was on August It, ISM, that tha people went wild over the news of ths capture -of the city of Manila In tha battle which brought about thla reeult, the Utah batturlei participating par-ticipating and doing such good work that they were commended by the commanding , officera of the American army. Admiral George Dewey had on May 1, ISM, sailed Into Manila bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet of eleven veassla, silenced the shore batteries at Cavite and killed and wounded hundreds of rlpanlarda wltbout the loss of a single man; a feat that atands without parallel In naval history. Meanwhile troopa were Toeing massed at San Francisco for transportation trans-portation to "the Philippines to aid Dewey la his siege of the Philippine capital. It was on April It. KM. that the house of repre sen rat Ives had adopted adopt-ed a resolution directing the president presi-dent ta Intervene In affairs In Cuba and thla resolution waa amended by the sonata on April II and concurred con-curred In by tha senate. On April II Governor Heber M. Wells waa asked by the war department to fitrniah wa tMmwim .f li-k tlllery. On April 2 Governor Wells Issued his p roc tarnation calling for volunteers and on May 1, tba day that Dswey captured and d octroyed tha Bpaniah fleet, tha governor wired Washington that Utah had complied with the call and that her troops wera ready for mustering, which was dona, at- Fort Douglas, on May , and tha two batteries and troop of cavalry were mustered, the first state In tha Union to comply with the call. - Batteries A and B of the TJtah volunteera moved from Fort Douglas Doug-las on May M; they arrived at Ban Francisco on the 12nd and on June U they embarked for the islands. Tha expedition was under ths command com-mand of Ueneral Anderson. Battery Bat-tery A was oa tha transport Colon; one-hslf of battery B on the China and the other half on the ZeaJandla. They arrived at Manila bay on July 17 and after a few . days on the traneports they wera ordered Into camp at Camp Dewey. On tha last day of July four of tha guns were ordered to the fronV In the firing Una and participated In repelling the Spanish assault on tha American Ameri-can fercee. In tha advance on the city of Manila by the land forces on August II tha Utah batteries did splendid work and as said ware commanded by tha commanding officers, of-ficers, the city surrendering after a two-hour engagement. A peace protocol had been signed the day before the fall of Manila, but tha American forces wera not advised until after tha battle. Tha Filipino refusing to acknowledge the sovereignty of tha United States necessitated keeping the batteries In the islands and tha Utahns wera sngaged In a number of engage-menta, engage-menta, which -continued until June It, and then came the order for ths batteries to return home. They arrived ar-rived In Salt Lake on August It 1. The Utah legislature during the aheenro of tha he tt erics In ths Island on February . 18, adopted a reeoluilon of thanks to tba batteries bat-teries which were algned by the governor and -legislative I officers and preeented the commandere of the batteries. Four members of battery A and five from battery B made tha supreme sacrifice In the islands. . |