New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-06-08
DEWEY.
The Admiral Gives His Own Account of the
Fight at Manila. f.

The Admiral Gives His Own Account of the
Fight at Manila. ...,, =
Admiral Dewey, in letter to Wash
ington friend, gives the following de-
scription of his conduct at Manila dur
ing the engagement with the Spanish
fleet on the memorable 1st of May:
GAS we moved past Corregidor, the
Olympia being in advance, suddenly,
not 80 yards to the right, there was a
mutt1ed roar, and a column of water shot
upward 30 or 40 feet high. In mo-
ment another to my left. so the place
is mined,' said to Lamberton. Just
then I recalled what Farragut said to
Drayton, of the Hartford, in Mobile Bay,
when the monitor Tecumseh blew up.
torpedoed, very near the old flagship.
Drayton looked little uneasy, almost
any man would at that time and place,
when Farragut roared out through his
trumpet: D the torpedoes; signal
fleet to follow me- I signaled the fleet
to follow, and it did, most gallantly.
81 opened on the Spanish flagship,
Maria Christina, with my s-1nch guns at
$500 yards. Every shot took effect.
The Spanish Admiral Montojo fought
his ships like a hero. He stood on his
quarterback until his ship was ablaze
from stem to stern and absolutely sink
ing under his feet; then, transferring his
flag to the Isla de Cuba, he fought what
was left of his fleet, standing fearlessly
amid hail of shrapnel until his second
ship and over 100 of her crew sank in a
whirl of water like lead.
''It seems to me that history IN it's roll
of heroes should make mention of an
Admiral who could fight lis ships 50
bravely and stand on the bridge coolly
and calmly, when his fleet Captain was
torn to pieces by one of our shells at his
side. sent him message telling him
how appreciated the gallantry with
which he had fought his ships, and tho
deep admiration my officers and men
felt for the commander of the Maria
Christina, who nailed his colors to his
mast and then went down with his GAL
liant crew. r.
The First Illinois OF Bobleter's brig
ade has already departed for Tampa.
This leaves only two regiments under
his command. The men of the Twelfth
Minnesota are now being Yaccinated, two
or three companies day, and the report
is that had the men been vaccinated ear
lier they would have gone to Tampa
with the boys from illinois.
| The officers of the Twelfth and Four
teenth regiments have forwarded petit
ton to our senator's and representatives
in congress, urging them to use their in
Ifuence with President Mckinley to Sc
Icure the appointment of Col. sBoblete1
as brigadier general. Not that the Off
GERS Of the Twelfth want their colonel
lremoved, bnt they want him to be hon.
ored as he justly deserves. With an ar.
my record in the late war to be proud o1
and being the senior officer of the Mime.
sofa Nationa. Guard, the president could
make max no more worthy appointment. IS
Chaplain Clemens of the Twelfth in his
correspondence to the Pioneer Press. Fl. #
A heavy morning rain interfered ma
terially with all plans for Sundays ex-
cursien aud picnic. Where thousands
might have been present had the wealth
er been clear and pleasant, the crowd
was limited to hundreds, and these were
by no means given such a time as would
have been possible under other and more
favorable circumstances. The st. Louis
brought in 430 people. They lWould
have had twice the number had the
weather been good. Tie Northwestern
had the misfortune to fare still worse.
Two trans Of ten coaches each were
hauled into the citY, but neither carried
to exceed $50 passenge gers IThe Great