The record-union., 1898-05-05
Tributes Paid to Dewey for His
Fearless Entrance Of Manila.
No Official News to Confirm Report That
President Dole Has rendered
Hawaiian Islands for War
Purposes.

or the various Eu1DdSSleS dAd A~N7N
tions at Washington are being rapidly
recruited by military and naval OIL
GERS. who have been assigned to make
observation of the military and naval
operations in the war with Spain. Lieu
tenant j. Rodley of the Austrian i'm
perial navy arrived here to-day and Sc
cured authorization from naval au-
thorities to inspect the operations of the
United States fleet in Cuban waters.
Captain Lee of the British Royal Ar
tiHery, and formerly stationed at Hall
fax, arrived three days ago, and after
securing credentials from the authorl-
ties here, proceeded to Chickamauga
and thence to Tampa, Fla. He is an eX-
pert authority on explosives. Major DE
Grantprech, the military attache of the
French Embassy, will start for Cuba as
soon as a military movement of any
proportions is begun there. The Count
Won Goetzen, former military attache
of the German Embassy, has been Cd =
dered to return here and will proceed to
Cuba He left here two month"; Gs@
after his marriage to Mrs. Lay OF B2f-
timore, to joint his regiment at Berlin,
which is a part of the imperial guard
near Emperor William.
The War and Navy Departments are
desirous of affording every facility to
the foreign military and naval attaches,
and they have been furnished creden-
tials which will aid them in observing
war operations. Captain Lee, the Brit
ish officer, will go forward with the first
military expedition, even if this be of a
preliminary character. Count Won
Goetzen, the German, and Major De
Grantprech the French attache, will not
accompany the first movement, the for
mer not being likely to arrive in time,
while the latter will wait until a more
general movement occurs. Lieutenant
Rodley, the Austrian attache, probably
will go on board Of the American ships
now off Havana. His observations,
being of a naval character, will be
rather more general than those of the
military observers, as it will take in not
only the operations in Cuba, but also
those of the flying squadron and the
other forces along the North Atlantic
Coast.
These military and naval experts are
united in giving Commodore Dewey the
highest tribute for his recent fearless
entrance of Manila harbor and the fear
ha
it was suggested to-day to one of them
that some of the foreign press comments
were sparaging, he promptly answered
that this in no way reflected foreign
military and naval views. Commodore
Dewey's achievement. he said. was be-
yond criticism, and in time will rank
him with Farragut and other naval he
roes A leading ambassador, on hearing
this remark, added the statement that
a statue of Dewey in time would be
erected in Washington along with those
of Farragut. Dupont and others.
The foreign tributes to Dewey are un-
mistakable, sincere and genuine. The
observation of the foreign experts is nov
directed toward Commodore Dewey's
next movement. One of them pointed
out to-day that while Dewey's force OF
probably $500 men was not sufficient
for occuoation of the town of Manila
vet il was ample to allow him to garri-
son the commanding forts OF Cavite and
Corregidor He believed the strategic
move of Dewey, following the annihila'
ton of the Spanish fleet, would be tC
silence and then occupy these two forts
About l .0C9 men, he said, could ot
spared from the ships without Gripping
them. and with these men at Cavite ans
Corregidor. Commodore Dewey woulc
probably hold the city of Manila and al
its suburbs without the necessity o.
taking possession of the city itself.
The foreign experts are also mucf
interested in the approaching move
ments in Cuba One of them stated
to-day that from a strategic stand
point he thought it would be unWls'
to attempt a military landing at any
point within the present line OF biock
ade. The danger of such LANDING
he pointed out, Was that railways rui
along the coast of Cuba, connecting
Havana with all the points commando
nv the blockade. These RAILROADS are II
the hands of the Spanish, and wouie