You must not permit a single soldier to land without having these guarantees." [107] When General Anderson, with the first United States troops of occupation, arrived at Manila Bay, Aguinaldo did not call on him, as an "ally" might have been expected to do.

Later, however, Admiral Dewey and General Anderson went to see Aguinaldo, but without any of the ceremony of an official military call, the Admiral saying to General Anderson:-- "Do not take your sword or put on your uniform, but just put on your blouse.

Do not go with any ceremony." [108] And they went in that way.
On July 4, 1898, General Anderson wrote Aguinaldo definitely requesting his cooeperation in the following words:-- "For these reasons I desire to have the most amicable relations with you, and to have you and your force cooeperate with us in the military operations against the Spanish forces." [109] On July 5 Aguinaldo replied, thanking General Anderson for the "amicable sentiments which the natives of these islands inspire in the Great North American nation," [110] and also for his desire to have friendly relations with the Filipinos and treat them with justice, courtesy and kindness.

There is, however, not a word relative to cooeperation in his reply, and Anderson apparently never renewed his request for cooeperation in military operations.
On July 6 he wrote to Aguinaldo again, saying:-- "I am encouraged by the friendly sentiment expressed by Your Excellency in your welcome letter received on the 5th instant, to endeavour to come to a definite understanding, which I hope will be advantageous to both.

Very soon we expect large additional land forces, and it must be apparent to you as a military officer that we will require much more room to camp our soldiers and also store room for our supplies.