 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mehondo yeSpain neAmerica, Standley akashanda mumonitor uye gare gare muchikepe chinotakura zvombo. Pashure pokunge kurwisana neSpain kwapera, akabatana nechikepe chehondo munguva yeHondo yePhilippine-American. Akakunda rumbidzo nokuda kwoushingi mukati mebasa rokuzvipira rokuongorora rakaitwa paBaler, musi waApril 11, 1899. Achibatanidzwa nechiito chokunyepedzera chaitungamirirwa naLieutenant J. C. Gilmore, Standley, panguva iyoyo akanga ari ensign, akapinda munharaunda yomuvengi kuti aongorore nzvimbo dzevapanduki. 