Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-12
CLEAN THEN ANN QUIZ.
coayoYs FOR TROOPS TO MANILA.


New York, May ia special TO the
Herald from Washington says
There is reason to believe that ~
fuither Instructions sent Rear Amin"
uewey via the dispatch boat McCdl-
loch, which returned to Manila. FROM
Hongkong. required him immediately TO
destroy any other vessels ~ iortiiic"-
tions which Spain has in tbs Philip
pines.
"You must capture vessels or destroy
them" was the direction given to Rear
Admiral Dewey before the battle OF
Manila bay. These Instructions were
due to the desire OF the authorities to
remove from the Pacific tho spanish
nuet and thus prevent The enemy from
harassing American commerce IN th"se
waters 1t Is doubly necessary that IL
should be carried out to the letter, N
view Of the fact that troops VIII be sent
to the Philippines, with perhaps the
bennington as their only convoy.
II Is appreciated by the authorities
that Rear Admiral Dewey has de-
stroyed every Spanish vessel OF any I'M
purtance In the FAR East but IL ls a..
mitted to he possible that SPAN FUN
has among the Islands some small gun
boats. mounting one Or two guns, which
1t would be advisable to sink or capture.
There are also some antiQuated tnru-
ications 1T Ililo and one or two other
points which one cruiser could destroy
without much dtiiculty. Probably one
or twu OF his fleet are now cruising
among the Philippine Islands, engaged
in reducing the fortiflcatlons and In
destroying or capturing the eneny's
ships
In accordance with orders telegraphed
to the Mare Island navy yard. the PEN
sacola Will he imediately placed in COM
mission and she will probably go 10
Honolulu in company with the troop
ships and remain at that point with
the MICHIGAN for the protection of Amer
lean interests. There is some talk OF
having the Bennington, the ginboat In
Hawaiian waters, convoy the troop
ships from that point To a certain point
several hundred miles from Manila,
where the men-of-war Of Admirai
Dewey's squadron will meet them and
give them safe conduct to their destia-
ton.
ny this plan the safety Of the troops
would he assured and the tic
squadron would be reinforced by an
other vessel without reducing the force
in Hawaiian and Pacific coast waters.
OF two fold Importance Is the holding
OF the Philippines and the staiioninG
of a sufficiently large force to defend
them. The first Is the Wrestling from
Spain Of a base which could be used
for operations against American cum-
inerce and the Pacific coast. and the
second, the moral effect of retaining
them at least during the tendency Of
the war,
IT is appreciated that II is out Of tn,
| question that Spain will send a fore,
| down the Atlantic. around the Horr
and up the Pacific to strike the slopt
cities. Her best move would be to re
take the Philippines, If possible. an'
| from this pant make an offensiv
movement against the Hawaiian
| Islands. which. of course. would suffe
as result of their existing relation
with this government. and employing
these islands as base against the Pa
clic coast.
Desiring to strengthen the defens
fleet of the Pacific coast as much n
possible. the department recently or
dered Rear Admiral Miller to retur
from Honolulu, and the department
has been notified of his safe arrlvG
at San Francisco. His flag Ia no'
probably flying from the coast defens
vessel, Monterey. which is stationed I
San Francisco harbor as the guardla
Of that city There is no flagship o
the Pacific coast for Rear Admire
Miller. nor will there be amy hefot
July /. when the Philadelphia will /
placed in commission.
Besides the Monterey, Rear admir-.
Miller has under his command n
monitor Monadnock. protecting "
E cities lying on Puget Sound; the CUR
boat Wheeling, which has been order.
south from Alaskan waters: the bar
Alert which Ia on her way to Ma
Y Island from Acapulco. and five reveni
$ cutters and three tugs. which hay
. been converted into men of war.
The authorities do not fear Spa
i | Will send her feet against the Pc ri,
S coast, but they desire to reinforce Il
q Asiatlc squadron as much as posslbl
hence the orders to the Charleston
{ sail with the utmost dispatch, and II
consideration Of the proposition
send the Bennington to Manila.