I said, 'Oh, no, no; we can do nothing until our troops come.' I
knew he could not take the city without the assistance of the navy,
without my assistance, and I knew that what he was doing--driving the
Spaniards in--was saving our own troops, because our own men perhaps
would have had to do that same thing. He and I were always on the most
friendly terms; we had never had any differences. He considered me as
his liberator, as his friend. I think he had the highest admiration
for us because we had whipped the Spaniards who had been riding them
down for three hundred years.
* * * * *
"_Senator Patterson_ (continuing). You sent this short dispatch to
the Secretary of the Navy:--
"'Aguinaldo, the revolutionary leader, visited the _Olympia_
yesterday. He expects to make general attack on May 31. Doubt his
ability to succeed. Situation remains unchanged.'
"Do you recall that visit?
"_Admiral Dewey_. Yes.
"_Senator Patterson_. He came to tell you, did he, that he was going
to make a general attack, and you--
"_Admiral Dewey_. Yes.
"_Senator Patterson_. And you doubted his ability to succeed?
"_Admiral Dewey_. And he wanted me to assist him. He wanted me to tow
one of his guns up into position.
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