An orderly desk. adjective. The definition of orderly is something that is tidy or organized in a system, or that follows the rules. A filing system with all files in alphabetical order is an example of something orderly. A crowd that is peacefully protesting is an example of something orderly.
Battle of Chippewa, (July 5, 1814), in the War of 1812, victory by  U.S. forces that restored American military prestige but accomplished little else, largely because the expected naval support needed for a U.S. advance to the north and west failed to materialize.
On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey led a fleet of American ships into the Philippines, defeating the Spanish in the Battle of Manila Bay. Part of the 1898 Treaty of Paris, which ended this war, required the United States to pay Spain $20 million for the territorial rights to the Philippines.