The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-11
MONEY FOR OEWEYS CREW.

Nearly Two Hundred Thousand Dollar.
WIN lie Paid Fsr the Manila victory.
New York, May ia dispatch to
The Times from Washington says:
Rear Admiral Dewey and his men
viii not have been fully rewarded for
their victory at Manila when they re.
ceive the thanks Of congress and the
medals ordered to be struck for them.
Under the law they have become en-.
Titled to n rich bounty unless the numer.
ical Importance Of the feet OF Admir-.
al Montejo has been oyerestimated. It's
losses oyerstated, the officers and men
OF the Asiatic squadron will be entitled
to share among them something like
siS7, 900 bounty money.
Section 4,Gy6 Of the revised statues Of
the United States provides;
"A bounty shall be paid by the United
states for each person on board any ship
or vessel Of war belonging to an enemy
AZ the commencement Of an engagement
which is sunk or otherwise DESTROYED in
such engagement by any ship or vessel
belonging 70 the United States, or which
It may be Elcessary to destroy in conse.
quence OF injuries sustained In action.
OF 800, II the enemies vessel was Of in,
ferior force, and Of 500 II of equal or
superior force, 10 b. divided among the
officers and crew in tho same manner as
prize money; and when the actual mum.
Der OF men on board any such vessel
cannot be satisfactorily asocrtained il
shall be estimated according to tho com.
plement allowed to vessels Of its class in /
the navy Of the United States and there
shall be paid as bounty to the eaptors OF
any vessel Of war captured from an enc. !
my which they may he instructed 10
destroy, or which is Immediately do.
stroyed for the public interest. but not
IN consequence Of injuries received in
action, 80 for every person who shall
be on board q. the time OF such can.
ture."
According to the reports from Manila
the Spanish feet consisted Of IOor II
cruisers gunboats and torpedo boats
with crews amounting In all 20 1872
men. Rear Admiral Dewey DESTROY,
some OF these vessels and perhaps ali OF
then' but II he did not. then number
We're destroyed by the enemy to preyen,
them from falling into the hands Of the
United States, Admiral Montejo was
Increasing the bounty fund with every
vessel he sank and Spain will undoub,.
eddy have 10 Pay for those losses in max.
ing up the indemnity at the close Of the
war.
AT 500 for each msn 0f the SPANISH
nava' force the amount 10 BE- divided
lnong the American sailors will a
'ls',2 The vessels Of the United
states were, IL anything, undormanned
The numbers will be- under rather than
'yer 1883,
The 1857, 200 will 10 distributed 10 tho
ieet under section 4Gsi Of the revised
relating to prize money. Ad.
niral Dewey will get one.twentieth az
he whole amount Of bounty AWARDED ia
us command. That will give him 49,. I
No. II be has neet captain, or what
asses for one, the latter will have A
mare OF something like slAOO. There ,
wi DO left 10 be distributed
the vessels Of the fleet ac.
ording 10 their payrolls about q
10000. This will 40 to seven ships S
nd IA about the following share. a
'ympia, AO,OOQl Baltimore, gu, 900 Il
Ioston, te5, OOOi Raleigh, s22. 900; Con. ii
ord, 90, co. Petrol, si2 900; MeCulloch. q,
1000. o.
To the commander OF each single YES. y
! there will goone tenth Of the amount 81
be distributed 10 that vessel. Tho m
Of the ships will get the
mount, respectively as follows Captain fo
ridley, Olympia, n. 800; Captain DYER. OF
aitimore $1,000 Captain wildes, Boa. A
n, $4,000 Captain Coghlsnd, Raleigh, "
200; Commander Asa Walker, Con. -.
nj, $1,000; Commander Wood. Petrol
2OOi Captain Hodgson, McCulloch. W
90.
After the amounts mentioned have 81
on deducted, the residue will be dis. III
Ibuied to the lesser officers and seamen in
the ships In proportion to their rates ye
pay on the day OF the engagement. di
10 amount to each seaman IL Is be-. "a,
we'd will BE- In the neighborhood ofsbO a.