05/19/1898
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"Your report is desired in order that I may be able to give the proper directions to the Department of War and of the Navy."
"For the command of this expedition I have designated Major-General Wesley Merritt."
"This enlightened practice is, so far as possible, to be adhered to on the present occasion."
"I have determined to order that all ports or places in the Philippines which may be in the actual possession of our land and naval forces by conquest shall be opened."