Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12
DEWEY AND HIS MEN
Will Reap Rich Harvest as Reward
for Their Work at Manila
The Law Gives such Nictors Liberal Compen>ation-The
Amount Depends Upon the Numerical Strength
of Commodore Monieos Fleet.

NV 1Hfik. Nay lo-A dlNftateh u
the tim., from Washington ssys Rear
Admiral p.wry aud his men will no,
have hecn fully rewarded tor their yic-
tory a. Manila when they rc,~iv- the
thanks of c"ngr,'>s and the medals ur-
icr,d - h. struck fur ,h~m. ndrr
ih. law they have h..s,.fn. entitled t. a
rich h'uuty. u;,ss the numerical
imI-'rtance % the fleet of ADMIRAL
Munt.in has bs.-n ovcre>,imatc,i. it,
i'->s> os~r~tat,d. the oficcrs aud the
men ~ the Asia,ic station will he IN
titic,i to share am"ug themselves ~une-
thing like stss .eoo i.ounty ln"ncy.
section .sss of the revised statutes oi
the niiesl State provides "A bounty
shall D. I'aid by the United States for
each F~r~pn en h,ari any ship or vessel
- war belonging to an rncmy at the
commencement II an engagement
- hich b., sunk ,r oth-rNi~. destroyed
in such engagement by ans ship ur vcs-
sci belonging to the { nitrd states or
,,hich 3, may h.. u-c,->,ary {" destroy in
consequence ~ iniuri,, >u,ia ns,i in
action 10 ,lea. Il thr enemy : vessel was
81 an infvri,r furry and of sse0 u
of equal or superior fprc,.. &" L.. divided
Among the officer, and cr,.N ia the same
manner a, prize n,.ury. and when the
actual numl,'r - men on h,,ar,i any
such vcss,-l can not be- satisfactorily a.
c,riaincd II shall h.' estimated accord
ing tu the Complement allowed u vr,-
sells Of IL elias, ia the navy THE nit,.,i
state. and there shall b. paid A. bounty
tu ia. captor~ 81 any vessel uf war cap
tur,-i from az enemy. which they may
hc instructed to destroy. or which il
Immediately destroyed for the public
interest. but not ia consequence. of the
injuries reviewed IN action. $50 for every
person who shall b. un board a, the
time Of such capt,fre.
According to the reports from Manila
the Spanish fleet consisted Of ten or
eleven cruisers, gunboats aud torpedo
buats. with crews amounting ia all Ia
l.>51 men. Rear Admiral Dewey de-
struycd some Of these vessels, perhaps
all of them. but If hc did not. then a
number were destroyed 10y the enemy
to prevent them from falling into the
hands of the United States. Admiral
Montrjn was increasing the bounty
fund with every vessel he sank, and
spain will undoubtedly have tn paw for
tho,c los-'., IN making up their indem-
nifty at the elosc II the war.
At slO0 for each man of Tia. Spanish
naval tarce, the amount to he divided
Among the American sailors will he
Sis s0a. The vessels of the United
States were. II anything. undermanned.
The numbers Will be under rather than
over .s.-s.
The sls.al1 will b. distributed to the
fleet under section l63I Of the revised
statutes relating to prize money. Al
miral Dewey will get on.-twenticth Of
the whole amount ~ bounty awarded
To his command. That viii give him
9Sn0. II he has feet captain ar
what passes for one. the latter will
have share Of something like 81 40
There will Ia. lett to b. distributed to
bc distributed to the v-Ss.-ls of tire
fleet, according to their pay rolls. about
sl55.O0o. This will 20 to the seven
ships and in abput the follow ing shares.
Olympia $4,000. baltimore ESQ oa.
Boston s!5 .o00. Raleigh a. ooo. Concord
10000. Petrol $1,000. Meeulloch
81. .0aO
To the commander of each single
amount to bs distributed to that vesSsl.
The commanders - the ships will get
the amount respectively a. follows.
Capt. Gridlcy, olympia. sl 40. Capt
Dyer. baltimore. Sg.oo0. Capt wild.->.
Boston. - 500; Capt Caghiand, Raleigh.
s.e -; Commander Asa Walker. Con
cord, ss,000. Commander Hoigcsoa.
McCulloch. 5000.
After the amounts mentioned have
been deducted. the residue viii he dis
tributed to the lesser oficrrs and sra
men Of the ship, in proPortsS.n u their
,.t.a - ,a,v- ..u sh.. H.v - FH.s .ss.ss-.,r.