Proposed Statue to Gen. Wood Not Well Received Manila, July 1.
Rear-Admiral Sumner E, W. Kittelle, commandant of the Cavite Navy yard, left to-day on the President Taft for his new post in San Pedro, California. In Cavite miral Kittelle's administration was best known for his influence in cleaning up the town, morally and physically.
Throughout the Philippines he was known for his admiration and friendship for the late Governor General Wood and for the many admonitions he would hand out to the Filipino leaders and people on variegated subjects.
Rear-Admiral Kittelle's parting suggestion to the Filipino people was that they erect a monument to Governor General Wood on the Luneta, beside the Rizal monument, He suggested that the independence fund be used for this purpose. As General Wood was an opponent of independence, the suggestion has not met with the favour of the Filipino
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