PRINTER'S NO. 3245

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No.

794

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY QUIGLEY, BARRAR, BOBACK, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLEGEL

CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, GROVE, HENNESSEY, JAMES, KAVULICH,

LONGIETTI, METZGAR, MURT, NEILSON, READSHAW, RYAN, TOOHIL,

in the Philippines; and

WHEREAS, At the Battle of Manila Bay, the United States

Asiatic Squadron destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet in the

first major battle of the Spanish-American War; and

WHEREAS, Commodore George Dewey, who was in command of the

Unites States Asiatic Squadron anchored north of Hong Kong, was

ordered to capture and destroy the Spanish Pacific fleet; and

WHEREAS, On April 30, 1898, Commodore Dewey's lookouts caught

sight of Luzon, the main Philippine island, and under the cover

of darkness, the United States Asiatic Squadron slipped by the

1898, Commodore Dewey gave the order to begin fire, and two

hours later the Spanish Pacific fleet was decimated and

Commodore Dewey ordered a pause in the fighting; and

WHEREAS, The surviving Spanish vessel, trapped in the little

harbor at Cavite, refused to surrender, and fighting resumed

later that morning; and

WHEREAS, By early afternoon, the Spanish surrendered; and

WHEREAS, Spanish losses were estimated at more than 370

troops, while the American casualties were fewer than 10;

therefore be it