OTIS TO WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 9, 1899

MANILA. (Received February 9, 1899 - 8 a.m.)

ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Washington:

Instructions to Miller last night to occupy Iloilo. First Tennessee sent. Shall learn results 14th instant. San Roque, adjoining Cavite, occupied to-day. Insurgents endeavoring to collect force few miles north of Manila. Aguinaldo there in person. Affairs in city quiet. Inhabitants in surrounding villages ask American protection.

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