Desiring to avoid every possibility of trouble or misunderstanding, I wrote to him last June explaining fully the character of our men, which they have so well lived up to, the desirability of ample landing places, guides, rest houses and places for changing money in order that there might be no delay in getting the men away from the docks on the excursions in which they delight.

Very few of them go into a drinking place, except to get a resting place not to be found elsewhere, paying for it by taking a drink.
I also explained our system of landing with liberty men an unarmed patrol, properly officered, to quietly take in charge and send off to their ships any men who showed the slightest trace of disorderly conduct.

This letter he showed to the Minister of the Navy, who highly approved of all our arrangements, including the patrol, of which I feared they might be jealous.

Mr.Denison's reply reached me in Manila, with a memorandum from the Minister of the Navy which removed all doubts.

Three temporary piers were built for our boat landings, each 300 feet long, brilliantly lighted and decorated.