The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-06-10
GOOD NEWS FROM DEWEY
Spanish Troops About Manila Being
Disposed OF by the Insurgents.
Nearly Two Thousand Soldiers and Scores
of Oficers Taken Prisoners During
Many Fights Within the
the Past Week.

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| such matters at the navy department.,
there came at the close of the day one
| important bit of news Incorporated in
| report from Admiral Dewey of import
ant success achieved by the insurgents
at Manila, which the navy department
| posted, as follows:
Admiral Dewey reports that the in
surgents have been actively engaged
| within the province of Cavite during
the past week. They have won several
victories, and taken prisoner about
1,SOO men and fifty officers of the
| Spanish troops, not native. The ar
senal at Cavite has been prepared for
| occupation by the United States troops
upon their arrival on transport"
Gave Great Relief.
| The officials have been more aaxious
than they cared to betray rs to Admiral
Dewey's condition. They were not
seriously apprehensive of personal dam
ger to the fleet, but an impression was
| gaining ground that the admiral bad
not maintained the same measures of
| success in his operations at Manila bay
that accompanied his first effort. Now
| the reports received go to show that
his plans are working out admirably;
that he has succeeded in placing upon
the insurgents the burden of conduct
ing military operations against the
| Spaniards, while he himself is lying in
enforced idleness, awaiting the arrival
| of troops, and that he has succeeded in
preventing the corruption of the in
surgent leadres by the Spaniards,
which appeared at one time to be
threatening, is evident.
There is some speculation here by
anxious minds as to how the insurgents
will treat the prisoners they have taken,
who are more numerous, it is said, than
| all the captures made by the Cuban in
surgents since the war began. 1t was
reported by cable soon after he had Sc
cured the cooperation of the insurgent
chief, Aguinaldo, that Dewey would see
| the insurgents observed the rules OF civ
ilized warfare. This caution was made
necessary by the terrible tales that had
been circulated of the barbarous treat
mem of prisoners captured by the IN
surgents. 1t is sincerely hoped that
| Aguinaldo will see to it that this agree
ment is observed in the case of the 5000
prisoners he now holds, for it is be-
| lieved in official circles that the nations
of the civilized world will hold the
United States morally responsible for
any great excesses that may be COM
mitted in the Philippines as result of
our action there.
| The navy department officials declare
| Dewey is not responsible for the safe
keeping and maintenance of these pris-
oners, which is most fortunate, cOnsid-
ering the limited resources of the ad-
miral in the matter of provisions.
Magnificent Monitor.
The government gave orders today
that the dou uble-turreted monitor Mon
adnock, now at Mare Island, Cal, should
be made ready to sail for Manila within
ten days, and the necessary orders were
hurried1y telegraphed. The Monterey
will not wait for the company of the
Monadnock, but should be off in the
| course of few hours, under the convoy
of the Brutus. The navy department
will Immediately procure another mer-
chant ship to accompany the Monadnock
on her 6,0OO-mile voyage.
The Monadnock is most powerful
| dou ub1e-turreted monitor. With twin
screws and 5000 horsepower engines,
she is easily able to make 1214 knots an
hour. Built on the general lines of the
Amphitrite, she has better engines and
more power than that monitor. She
carries four 10-inch gins in two turretS,
| besides two 4-inch rapid-fre guns in
| casemate and a number of secondary
batteries. Her coal capacity is $50 tons
| in bunkers, and almost as much more
storage room can be found on the decks.
| Consequently the Monadnock has the
ability to make longer cruise than the
| Monterey without replenishing her coal
supply, yet her capacity is too small to
permit her to make the passage from
| Honolulu to the Philippines unaided,
| With these two monitors, Admiral
| Dewey will be able to take care of him
| self, even if the Cadiz fleet, so much
| talked of, arrives
The monitors, at their maximum,
draw only 1415 feet of water, or 10 feet
less IMAM CIlO SpduISI Dd1C1CoAIAP Cisty "
and therefore would be able to pick
| their position in the shallow water,
where the Spanish battleships could not
possibly reach them, and hammer away
at the latter to their hearts content,
presenting themselves SO small mark
as to render it very difficult for the
Spanish gunners to reply effectively.
III - toI-fo I'D of ha
| Monadnock' seaworthiness, for before
being reconstructed at the Mare Island
| navy yard she made the entire voyage
| from the Delaware clear around the
Horn to San Francisco, a voyage longer,
really, than that made by the Oregon.