Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-24
W y. S.
181 Water st,
lec15. eodtf 80 NJ

When Within SuitahI
commenced a series OIL
ing them out with the
and obtaining the most
Streaming in column back N
Cavite and the enemy's alnes
sDrDads.des after br0adSfde
effect
This is the description Of the
the Charleston with the first tr1
Ut was just a little after Ia
o'clock when Smoke ahead ia
from the masthead lookout. and
there was a general rush for the fd4
Everybody, of course, had to satisfy
self that there was no taking. Nm
enough there on the distant hon
could be made out a tiny column
smoke, rising perpendcuiariy In the cain
atmosphere Soon another column spranl
INTO view, then another and yet another.
'T,uniors Of Spanish fleets began flying
eround. as usual. and there was. some
our ships sor not. Il would have been a
rather percarious situation for US should
the oncoming ships have proved to be-
Spanish cruisers. But the good old Bal-.
ttnlore made for the now plainly visible.
four Slips at full speed and at ten min
Sutess To 3 O'Clock they could pe made our
e he,the ci1ares5oli, eenyey.sng tie CITY
nssOn they came. with the Stars and
Stripes flying at every mast head, presents
ing a beautiful sight as they steamed in
columns over the ,nirror-iiEe tropical sea-
Trey had 2J00 troops on board, and long
before they came abeam OF us the upper
IA e4ks ana rails presented very crowded
Essopoesi,4ler engines and as the ships
PISSED IN sreyiew, as it were. cheers,
threas times i hree, rent the air amid wav--s
/ ing of hats and with the bands PLAYING
nsiionaI airs e was a grand fneeting
S,,s OF tAess which happens seldom ~
speaking Of the way the sailors. fayesI
during the siege Of Manila aqi4 the ,pah1bnlet
Store ships ssl,sasa With an kinds OF
provisions came fI.asom sIioEg Kong. and
an1ong our. ships ann troops at prices
s5lneW hat high, but VET VII MIN, lsea en- ne
large Belgian reffiE6rat orr s,e ar,er Sltfls
Of frozen hees and niyttbn, is well as
-quantity of Vegetables Everybody fared4
well, aud w.li4A the headstrong and onA.
and whateyer they could get hold of, We
We're not wanting for anything money
Gould buy b .sy.,
outburst over the capture of} Manila 81;
The Stars and Stripes were Wad41l
over Manila 1T lest, and the proud q j
Spanish t5wn was occupied by Amersfps
tae first Of Mayf And far inshore. AT the
mouth of the P3sig river. a Spanish galns
boat was bt.zing-eyidently sexson fire t
avoid cantuTe, The flames shed a sof.
radiance over the now placid scene and
fingered lovingly on the folds Of Old
Glory. While the, band of our ship played
patriots airs Y a patriptic crew on = ]
As az appendiS the little book cont aims
Secretary Longs cablegram of con-
graduation to Admiral Dewey. Admirafa
Deweys report of his victory ON May Al
the tbombastic proclamation of GovernofSf1
General Augustin. telling how the Amet3sd
can fleet would be destroyed, the rfdfG1le5
lous opinions of the Spanish press befOrEd
the battle of american valor, and the acs]
count of the Eight afterward. Aglinaldps&
proclamation TO the Insurgents, a31
President Mckfnley's message TO sDewe
telling HIM that he had been made rGj
admiral.
The conviction that the pamnl1let Ma
edited is strengthened by "a poem wEItc1
appears on the back of the cover. It We
there. evidently, that soma Jack Tar :hax
full swing far his muse. Although as m
every part of the United States wheK{k3
people We're gathered together, large NUM-
Dewey this one of the dozens that dOun43
less were produced on DeWeys ships VI
printed as the last word on the pamphief&
When bright and early on that nora
We barsled for the right,
We little thought ere noon was b0rM*
No Spanlard d be in sight.
&; Yet so ii was: when MONDAY glare 8
OF tropic sun did shed
Its rays upon our ships, It were
The Spanish who had fed
The poetry Of the Ealtimores te
lie 9 lt5sle thin and aApae, hui
thaf some ono IN tj NSetRx m
ing that editing 0N4xz
rretty good deSes2H GT2