Medal of Honor Fr his actions by both commanding fcr, Shes and Wood, ‘as denied the reception by plical enemies unl Janay 200, when Car 13s finally awarded t to him pstumeush, ‘Shafi stil batting out ad heat, no surounded Sento and squecad ‘Adal Pascual Cervera lec ut of the harbor weet had oun the oun ‘fA Willian Sampo’ American vessel: On fly 3. 1898, Cer Bet sailed cat, mach to the surps of Sampson. The Spanish knew whet swale them. “Por Spin.” sls captain abr the There to Admiral Cents The sound ofthe ship bugles meat that Spin had become “sation othe Fah chs. After a beef runing batle wih the fr supe American ships which the U.S: Ney badly damaged ail of Cerverss vessel he Spi fet Fuld down its cals. "The fet under my command” tlegrahed Adie ‘Sampsmn fo Weshingon fers the natin, + Fourth f July present the wae ‘of Camere Spain quickly eapitlsed Despite the os fol 400 mn combat, the Spanish American Wer had proven cost The overtment Ra ‘noble thousands of solders who never sw action, bt who ulmatly wo kaw pensions valued at $5 bon At the end of ey year the pensions fom ‘he Sparish American War ail cont the United Sates $160 mon anally Final negations ee the United Stats in conte of the Phlpines, Cab and Paso Ico The Sena had insisted that Cab be free an not» U.S. po ‘esion, but the United States pid $20 millon for Cas the Philippine, Puerto Rie. The dspusion af thee aher errors, however ws ts ea Tio other nation, in adtion othe lipings temsele, had on interest nthe Philppines. Filipino freedom fighters, led. by Elo Agua ed een rot by Dewey fom Hong Kang to elp Mica the Phpines, Aguile ‘en thousand insurgents had helped to captine Manta. Under ete cca tances, iis highly Mel the United Sater would have washed its ands of the Dhlpines nd sstlydeparied By 1898, however there were eter coniderstons.Rooserc, Aled Thayer Mahan, and others had already started to posh the United Sates oath mel ‘age and asa word power the nation needed overseas cslng tations, Wid de !mncation of Hava nu the Phillppnes suddenly became 3 logical exten American naval boss ‘Combined with the presence af Bish and German fle, the fate ofthe 2hippnes san American protectorate wes eae. itn sod Germany bth tad fleets in she regan Germany in arcu, thought lite of te Unita ‘ats saying, "God favored duals, fol, atthe United Stats of Ameca ther nation could have contled the Philipines the moment he Ameen leet let ahough whether they wou have fot each others conjecture A nye, Minky else is reasoning as allows mec eal the Oren—thst wuld be bd business and dsr: able (3) that we could ot lee them to cermacves—they wee unfit fer elfgoveramentand they would 200n have anarchy and mule er thee worse than Spi wan ad (8) hat deve ws nating let for ‘sto do but totake ther al and educate the Filipinos, nd pt nd ‘ln ond Chistnie thera “The ls point, although it played minor par inthe presents decison, had een onthe mind of Protestant Americans, whose mina oct hd sent ‘many angels othe lads. Method, n particu, wot of svn thei {he brown brother Some hitran danse thee eres of concer for {he ilpios as insincere xcure for national economic expansion, bute sal, Phy irae the genuine daca commitment of mnt Chistian rope to eva [McKinley vealed tha the choice he Faced wes not whether to bere the Inds, but which of three natons—the United State, Genmary,o Bitain— oul contol them. Predcabiy when the Star and Sips wen up Mn, Sending the Europea ets packing, tenured respon from the egy tho. ‘and Pipins under Aguinalo, who felt beraed. An nsuectian ensued, and \forayear nd half, guerilla arf bral propestons witnessed bath sides en ‘bangin corre and sic. McKinley aware that the occupation vesuiced the suport ofthe Flip people, persuaded Wilary Howard Tat ed a five ‘man commision o Mar in Apri 1900, Tat, wh lad the Filipins, earned | thir respect and son produced sen conrete sep to eace opin, |” MKinles ply pened the dort antigens, sich as Willm Jen tings Bryan. the Popul, andthe Antlmperaie Lesge. League members Uundad ou leaflets to soldier ithe Philppne, urging therm not t rect Same ofthe mre exveme members of the League compared MeKInhy ms tsudee and ued wld pedctons tht eight thousand Americans woul de “tego hold the snd. The mares quoed Bryan and fellow antigen Edvard Adkinson, thus inspring the rebels ad, pom prolonging the cont, > therey contig to the deaths of US, soldiers ‘Aguado himself remained ease, despite unceasing American tempts toes ad capture i Finally with he astnce of an ant insurectonst lipo group called the Maceabees, guia ws aptured, and in Api 1901 Iesnore an oth of allegiance tothe United Sates. Thre months ater the mi iy goverment ended, rpc by a provincial government unde Tah The iands remained U.S. possesion unt) Word Wa I, although in | 1916, the Jones Act announced American fenton to grant Philippine indepen dece a soon as practicable. In 1934, he Tydings MeDule Act proved ate lief often more yar, setting the date fr independence os 1944, aed | povcing en lection n wich Manel Quer became he fist president ofthe Plppnes. Although Japenese occupation ofthe nde dclaed independence Inyond the 1944 target in 1946 the United Sites granted independence tothe one night came ome this way. (1) we could not gv them fhe Philipines] back to Spin—tt wou be cowardly and shonebl, {2)that we eauld not tun them over to Fance ee Germany-our sme