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(General Marcus P. Miller)
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General Miller left Manila with instructions to await orders in case he found that he could not occupy the port peaceably.  On January 3, 1899, Shortly before he received the refusal of the Filipino government to surrender without resistance, he also received special orders from General Otis to attack and seize the city by force if he could not take it any other way.  On about the same hour on that day General Miller received a petition from foreign residents not to attack, and they urged that under the Filipino government law and order had prevailed while life and property were being adequately protected.
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Earlier in December 23, 1898, Spanish Governor-general Diego de los Rios formally surrendered the city to the Filipino authories in the presence of his staff, naval commanders,  and the foreign consuls.  De los Rios evacuated Panay island for Zamboanga, the following day.
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Two days later, General Marcus P. Miller, who ignored the latest orders from his superior, received a word from General Otis, who had now heard from 

Washington, not to attack. 
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Source:
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From the accounts of General Miller, The anti-imperialist, Volume 1 , Number 1 and 2,  Atkinson, Edward, May 1899
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The Philippines by John Foreman, Filipiniana Book Guild, Manila, 1980.
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December 25, 1898: General Miller left Manila for Iloilo with orders to occupy the city