Editing George Dewey (section)

===Philippines===
In the early stages of the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, Dewey and the Americans were aided by the Filipino nationalists led by [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] who had fought previously the [[Philippine Revolution]] and were attacking the Spanish by land after Dewey had defeated the Spanish at sea.  There were no U.S. Army ground troops in the Philippines at the time.  Dewey and Aguinaldo at first enjoyed a cordial relationship,{{according to whom|date=May 2020}} and Dewey wrote that the Filipinos were "intelligent" and well "capable of self-government."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The opinions of Admiral Dewey about the war in the Philippines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vtI7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA184 |magazine=Life |publisher=John Ames Mitchell |date=September 7, 1899 |volume=XXXIV |issue=876 |page=184 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Krenn |first1=Michael L. |editor1-last=Krenn |editor1-first=Michael L. |title=The Impact of Race on U.S. Foreign Policy: A Reader |date=2020 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-14998-2 |page=82 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jyr3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT82 |language=en |chapter=Imperialism and The Anglo-Saxon}}</ref>  In August after ground troops arrived, Dewey aided U.S. Army General [[Wesley Merritt]] in taking possession of Manila on August 13, 1898, during the 1898 [[Battle of Manila (1898)|Battle of Manila]], the "mock Battle of Manila", while Aguinaldo's troops, surrounding Manila, were kept out.  In February 1899, the [[Philippine–American War]] started. In 1902, Dewey testified during the [[United States Senate Committee on the Philippines#Lodge Committee|Lodge Committee's]] investigation into alleged American war crimes against Filipinos. There, Dewey seemingly reversed his previous positions, stating that "neither the Filipinos nor the Cubans are capable of self-government" and the Philippines would "lapse into anarchy" if the United States granted them full independence. Despite the clear difference between his testimony and his earlier statements, Dewey stated that his testimony reflected the opinions he always held.<ref>{{cite news |author=|title=Admiral Dewey Continues His Testimony|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1902/06/29/archives/admiral-dewey-continues-his-testimony-he-gives-further-details.html | work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City, United States |date=June 29, 1902 | page=13 |access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref>