Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-05
GOING ON WITH THE war.
United States Sending Dewey New Supply
Of Ammunition.


Washington, May 4.-The navy de-
partment has now secured two vessels
in San Francisco, the Australia and
the City of Peliln, which Will be loaded
with coal and supplies and rushed off
to join Commodore Dewey's fleet
Whether or not they will carry troops
Will be determined positively when the
commodore is heard from on this mat
| ter
The navy department Is hurrying to.
gether an exceedingly large stock OF
ammunition to go forward by the City
OF Pekin to recruit the ammunition OF
Commodore Dewey's fleet. The first
shipment OF projectiles left New Yorh
yesterday and additional shipments
Will be made until the full quota OF
powder and shot will be In San Fran
cisco within the next few days. There
Will be total of more than 10000 pro-
1ectiles of various callber and weight.
For the four big S-inch guns of the
Olympia there will be 500 light steel
armor-pieroing shells. weighing about
800 pounds each.
For the 6-inch guns OF the Olympia,
baltimore and Boston and other ships
there will be 1000 steel projectiles.
The other shipments will include
about 10000 G-pound rife balls: 1000 s.
inch shells; 1000 3-pound balls, and
5000 1-pound balls.
The navy department Is fortunate in
having laid in an ample stool. of pro-
1ectiles of all weights and sizes. so
that there will be no delay in getting a
full supply ready for shipment to Com
modore Dewey. The supply of powder
Is not so readily obtained, as powder
has been distributed to the several
fleets and ships as fast as it has come
from the powder mills. But owing to
the emergency in the case of the
Asiatic fleet, powder intended for other
uses VIII be forwarded to San Fran
cisco and sent to Commodore Dewey.
Ihe recent explosions at powder mills
have not crippled the navy department
IN their supply of powder, but they
nave caused some delay in filling the
orders of the war department.
"A sensation was caused throughout
the city by the news that came this
morning of the arrival of a vessel sun
posed TO be the dispatch boat McCul-
,2eh at Mrs bay. forty miles from
e,Jns hons ahu cable terminus. The Of
nclAis Immediately fell into an air of
expectancy, waiting for some word
from Admiral Dewey that would NOT
only confirm officially the stirring news
or the battle of Manila, as reported NV
the press. but telling what had b,n,
psneu since the cable was interrunted
UP TO the close of office ho,,rs no
word had come from Hongkonr ana
the officials who believe that rho NJ
Culloch was really in Mrs bay were
put TO devising ingenious explanations
Vi the delay in the receipt of cable
grams. These touched upon the twelve
hours dinerence In time the distance
from Mrs bay to Hongkonp which
had 10 be overcome by the messenger
and the slowness of cable communica,
tion owing to the number of RELAYS on
: he enormously long circuit from Hons
Kong to New York.
some OF the other naval officers how
ever, who steadfastly commended that
ADMIRAL Dewey would not have sent
away his dispatch boat until be Ind
completed his dispatch and received tho
surrender of Manila. pointed out that
II they were right in that ass,mntion
i would not be possible for the Nc
Culioch to reach Hongkong before 10.
morrow evening
Great interest Is felt I'm tho renor,a,
returning of the Spanish Cane Verde |
'eet to Cadiz, but, while ADMITTING the
possibility of the fast vessels OF the
opanlsn lying squadron making the |
passaBe IN I'VE days. they have been |
,ut from 81. Vincent, the naval officers |
were disposed to regard with great I
suspicion news/of this kind emanatjnr |
rom PORTUGAL because of the recog-
lized; sympathy of the Portuguese with
ne spanish side. L would be worth