Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-21
WITH DnWEY'S SHIPS.
a Letter from Ensign Pearson 10 His Family
al Draper.
urAH's REPRESENTATIVE AT MANILA



A week ago. today the News" pub
u.hsd ,bs ,,ortr,it and rave an inter
- Henry
esunB sk"1'h Oh tAe u'teei 80
Pearson. Utah's naval representative
In the hattie ut Manila. Reference
49, ia, :, ie,..r written to his
""s e,,.,...,,,.t
parents on April ON rom ShiHsH''
J." "''i~i &c -.
been ordered 10 'he Fn'llppiheS' NO"
another letter has reached his parents
giving further particulars. 1t shows
,b,t ba was In charge of tho Zanro
-,
one OF inc HhlSlsh si4pS ulvl'"Sou pS
Admiral Dewey and on which the Eng
lish sailors were retained at wages
,hs4 t,,..,e increased o,e hundred MOI.
cent
War had NOT been declared when
Ensign Pearson wrote his last letter.
'rb,, in,ro,.,nnt declaration was made
-, a., - -
On Apill @"iu' "hlle inc 'esteF pears
date of April 18th. But it Is evident
from Ensign Pearson's conservative
and Interesting letter that trouble was
Anticipated at that time. He writes in
a decidedly matter-of-fact way Of the
seriousness of the situation and refers
chief city of the Philippines and the
stripping of warships for action in a
manner that Is most business-lke.
Spanish spies. he said, were proving
about the American ships rightly in
the hopes of securing Information re-
earning the united Stntes Meet. The
letter. which Is Interesting throughout,
Is as follows:
Dear Fnn,tIv-NTv Inst ,a+.or ,ro,
written from SHANGHAI inst hefore ,ar1,1
in,r FOR unngigo,,a ,I,i,.,1 "a, -,
ATTY men leTt tbS Dtauncoo,, ~, r.,.i
7th for Uonpkong bv mai, stoat,,ar
ara a,.,i,,,i o., ,o.,i '"i, st.uiheI
we arrived nIi vent ~ 80 ~ ~, -
OLYMPIA rho nevt day no r,a,, ,,a,.o
divided among the voTious sbine that
needed them On nr,i,,at ~ It,.,st
kong we learned ti,,t ~ aa,,, az liohs
bought n merrhnnt stea,,,or nai,ad ~
Npnshan with ? ooo ,onn a. ooii az
hoard ma a,,a.hSr ,ii", 'V,i vi
on which coal and ,,ra,,,,, o,e na"t =. .
he nlnced ono meicn, -, ~, w.
Monoracv WINS ,i,,nh ~, ~, Nm a., w
MIA, one sent 10 the Nsnsbon 20 ~, ','
nha.,.., ., ~. w " Nailsl.h 10 take
the zsarn to ~ ~ ,,' VS. sss', on potlIu
two ,,anso, % I'm, a,lne VlaIhe Vi her' Ihese
80, sess rs, Mr'e hhsish vessels be
w. ~. Nc pousht theil' ana when we
~. ,,,','l W" Ny tne s'line crews
t,,,t.,n - 81 "iNiS' pay MS theii
uouuie WaEes,
~ soon as got the Iaiiro we began
a. .'Ne on Ioal ana PROVISIONS for the
ne,t' we nave about FINISHED this
ana now nave on board about $50 tons
OF coai and 10 tons of provisions. The
Nililro was until we bought her. n
passenger steamer between Hongkong
ana Manila, and Is well fitted up with
good passenger accommodations, hav-
ing about dozen good state rooms.
etc. and II Is the intention to use
these as sort OF hospital for wounded
men and officers, If matters come To
the worst.
The fleet consists of seven good war.
| ships and these two steamers Zach
| Of which are to be supplied with sow,
! small rapid fire guns. rifles nistolq
4 etc. All vessels Of thc naot nv,
| loaded down with ammunition GOA
and provisions, and the sunnIv n, th,
| two steamers Is 10 he toIlon t,, ~
| fleet when tbcy run ebort ~ '"'
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