The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-11
ENTITLED 10 BOUNTY.
admiral Dewey and Iii- Men WIN Divide
eis1,soo ,itoaniy Monsy if the snm.r..
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admiral DEWEY and ia. Men VIII Divide
ots1,aoo ti,oamy Monsyl if this, Snm.r.
traistrtncth OF the spaniah Biseti IL not
orsrestimated.
NEW YORK, May 1o.-A dispatch 10
the Times from Washington says:
Rear Admiral Dewey and his men will
not have been fully rewarded for their
victory at Manila when they receive the
thanks of congressional the medals or
dcred to, bc struck for them. Under the
law they have. become entitled to d rich
bounty, Unless the numerical import
nnceSot the fieet pt Admiral Montejo
has been overestimated, Its losses over
stated, the officers and men OF the Ast-
attic squadron VIII be entitled to share
among. them something like slS7,00j
bounty money.
Section A,6s6 OF the revised statutes OF
the United States provides: "a bounty
Shall be paid by the United States for
each persop on board any ship or vessel
OF war belonging to an enemy at the
commencement OF nm engagement which
Is sunk or otherwise destroyed In such
engagement by any ship or vessel be-
longing to the United States. or which
1t may be necessary TO destroy In consc-
'quence OF injuries, sustained. In action.
OF 800 &c the enGmy's vessel was OF In.
ferlor force. and OF $500 IL OF equal or
superior force. 10 be divided among the
officers and crew In the same manner AZ
prize money: and when the actual num-
Der of men o board any such vessel
cannot be. satisfactorily ascertained. It
shall be estimated according to the COM
plement allowed ID vessels, of Its class
In the navy OF the United States; and
there shall be paid as bounty to the
captors of any vessel OF Val captured
from an enemy. which they may be in
structed to destroy. or which Is immedl-
ately destroyed for the public interest.
but not In consequence OF injuries re-
celved In action, $50 for every person
who shall be on board lat the time OF
such capture"
According to reports from Manila, the
Spanish fleet consisted OF ten or eleven
cruisers, gnnbodts. and torpedo boats.
\ with crews amounting in all to 1,S72 men.
Rear Admiral Dewey destroyed come OF
these vessels and perhaps all OF them,
but II he did not, then n number were
destroyed by the enemy to prevent them
from falling Into the hands Of the United
States. Admiral Montejo was ~increas-
ing the bep nty fund with every vessel
he sank, ana Spain will undoubtedly
have to pas'1forthose losses In making
up the indemnity at the close OF the
war ~
AT 500 for each man of the Spanish
naval force, the amount to be divided
among the American sailors will be
sls1i, 2Oo. The vessels OF the United
States werent II anything, undetermined.
The numbers will be under rather than
over 1,73S. ~ .sAf.
The SIS, zoo VIM BE distributed to the
feet under section 1851 of the revised
statutes, relating to prize money. Adj
miral Dewey will get ione-twcntieth Of
the whole amount OF bounty awarded to
his command. That will give'him $1,000.
II he has a fleet captain. or what passes
for one. the latter win have a share Of
something like s $500. There will be left
to be distributed to the vessels Of the
feet, according to their pay rolls, about
$4,000. This will SO TO seven ships,
and In about the, following shares:
Olympia. $4,000: Baltimore, $4,000;
Boston. .s25. 600: Raleigh. So. 1000: Con-
cord. 100000; Petrei, sI2, 200: McCulloch.
$4,000.
To the commander of each single YES
sci there will go one-tenth of the amount
assignedito be distributed to that ves-
sci. The commanders of the ships will
get amounts. respectively, as follows:
Captain Cridley. Olympia. $500: Cap
tain Dyer. Baltimore. $1,000: Captain
Wildes. Boston, $500; Captain CoSh-
land. Raleigh. 5000: Commander Asa
Walker. Concord. $1,000: Commander
Wood. Petrol. 81, zoos Captain Hodgsdon,
McCulioch. $500.
After the amounts mentioned have
been deducted. the residue will be dis
tributed to the lesser officers and sea-
mer ofrthe ships in proportion to their
rates of pay on the day Of the engage
ment. The. amount to each seaman, 1t
Is believed. will be in the nelghborhood
Of $50.
There was n story at the navy depart
ment about Captains Lamberton and
Wildes that may become a subject OF
controversy when he bounty Is to be
paid. Captain Wildes had been detach-
ed from the Boston and ordered home.
Captain Lamherton was ordered to re-
llevcs him. Captain WIldes, knowing
that his ship was about to participate
In an undertaking. declined to surrender
the command al once. and Captain
ILamberton, In order to take part In the
expedition to Manila. was appointed by
Admiral, Dewey. as his flag captain or
lieutenant. as such officer he will be
able to Share the bounty. but HIS share
will not be 90 large as that.o of Captain
Wildes. or as 1t would have been If he
had tnken the Boston before the en-
gagement with the Spanish fleet.