When the music ceased, from all directions around our lines came flying across the plaza the strains of the regimental bands and the muffled, hoarse cheers of our troops.
The infantry came to “order arms” a moment later, after the flag was up, and the band played “Rally Round the Flag, Boys.”
Instantly General McKibben called for three cheers for General Shafter, which were given with great enthusiasm, the band playing “The Stars and Stripes For Ever.”
The ceremony over, General Shafter and his staff returned to the American lines, leaving the city in the possession of the municipal authorities subject to the control of General McKibben, who had been appointed temporary military governor.
CHAPTER XIV.
MINOR EVENTS.
June 24. The details of the bloodless capture of the principal of the Ladrone Islands are thus told by a private letter from the naval officer who figured in the leading rôle of the exploit, Lieutenant William Braunerzruther, executive officer of the cruiser Charleston:
“U. S. S. Charleston, at Sea and One
“Thousand Miles from Manila,
“June 24, 1898.