William McKinley said...

I recommend that, following our national precedents, especially that in the case of Admiral Dewey and the Asiatic Squadr...

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an e...

Any authority heretofore exercised in the premises by the Naval Officer in command is hereby ratified as if said power t...

Considering it a matter entirely between that gentleman and his tenants, Messrs. Gardiner and Atkinson, I at that time r...