# General Arthur MacArthur — Recollections of Full Years character guide

> General Arthur MacArthur in Recollections of Full Years by Helen Herron Taft.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** General MacArthur, MacArthur

**First appearance:** 0007-v-first-impressions-of-manila

## Who they are

The military governor of the Philippines, a stern ceremonial fixture whose platform presence frames the birth of American civil rule in Manila.

## In the story

### [In Japan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/iv-in-japan)

Military Governor of the Philippines who resents the Commission's arrival and clashes with Taft.

### [First Impressions of Manila](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/v-first-impressions-of-manila)

Military governor; works long hours studying maps of the Philippines; represents the military perspective alongside the civil commission.

### [VI: A Strange Environment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/vi-a-strange-environment)

Praised by Archbishop Chapelle in a cable; agreed to allow Aguinaldo to enter Manila and offered him hospitality.

### [Days of the Empire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/vii-days-of-the-empire)

Gives a reception at Malacañan, initially opposes civil government but later admits the Commission's work has positive effects.

### [An Historic Trip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/viii-an-historic-trip)

As Military Governor, detailed army officers for service; assigned the transport Sumner to the Commission.

### [X: Governor Taft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/recollections_of_full_years_se/chapters/x-governor-taft)

Military Governor before Taft; honored at a reception; later recommended by Taft for promotion and a mission to China.

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