The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
DEWEY'S FIRM BELIEF.
THE FLAG ATMlNIBA SHOULD NETFB
BE LOWERED, HE SAYS.

MANILA, Aug, 3O.-Uncle Sans boys in
Manila are mighty homesick and the going o,
Gen. Merritt and Gen. Greene does not helm
things n bit. The boys show q curious con,
tradiction Of feeling. They admit that Manila
is not such a bad place to stay. very much bet.
ter. in fact, than what they had been led TO bo.
lieve when thew enlisted 80 eagerly to coma
out here. They are Just as eager and anxlous
now as they were then TO have Uncle Sam hold
on to the islands; hardly q man Of them all ia
in favor OF giving tho islands back TO Spain or
letting the Fillpinos undertake to govern
them. But tho war is over. peace is about 10
be determined definitely. there is nothing
ahead but garrison duty. and lot the regular
army do that. The volunteers enlisted ia
fight. not to guard streets or do police duty.
Fighting IL over; now they want TO 60 home.
The regulars enlist, they say, 10 be soldiers in
peace as we'll as war times; let them do thu
work here.
Before Gen. Merritt got the order calling
him TO Washington some OF the more inGuen.
tial among the volunteer officers were doing
their best to get recalls or permission to 20
back. One man who came out to make A
fighting record and has made II. such as 1t is.
finding that he could do nothing here nj.
though he was regarded very fayorahly Nv
Gen. Merritt, worked his pull in Washington
to such effect that he Is ordered to report
there at once and leaves with Gen. Merritt on
the China at noon to-day. That is Gen,
Greene.
There was n flood Of applications yesterday
" we'll y, " u V'uerS III 10.
.uth. y. '" mi me many "t
oneni "e,e. rol 'ne unetCa'Vs s"na'ers "l mo
s.an. nv ~ p m"i y Y wy '"'s are NOT
"rni'.eu W 10 ior nv no Roou VIVA
ever interior purpose may have been served
by their appointment, they have not been ~
ue s.kh,en. use W Az "mN W Is nov
heant wnoresale conuemna''on vi SUN
appo,h.n.e y vne,e u m'" """hG ne
"ppvrhOeos 'on 4" u. Wv navy "e''l uo''S
Eoou "orA u pere' az" u. Iiiehl nave hP"h
cohspicuouslS Suecess'ui. buC 'hesn men
nave an peeh In places wnere their tlNh train
ing h.Veu thern 10 40 thIs WORK NotnbS -
TINS true OF Leut.-Ooi' Iharles L' JeWet'.
Judge Advocate OF inc tlRhth Army C"rnS.
VINO mas peen maze Shlel Provost Judge The
dilettante officers are,Nery anxious +" get
nome now. me glory anu the glamour ara
gone ana business interests beEih 10 call.
business interests couId DC neglected when
there was the run ana excitement oil wearing
a MAJORS straps and getting IN sound OF gun
nre' ana TO some OF them VINO nave no brsl'
ness interests the Joys OF the fall season at
home begin to appeal with great force, golf and
shooting and cross-country riding. These de!
by the Americans. but beleaguered on all sides
by the insurgents.
The sending of Gen. Merritt to Paris nm
doubleday was natural, but Just rs certainly
1t was not the wisest selection that could have
been made. IL knowledge of the situation here
or of the complexities of interest involved
was what was desired. The one man who. OF
course. is in the best position to give informa-
ton is Admiral Dewey. He has made a thor.
..-t. ak,1. 20 Al. .t.I. I'll F.. II
sides. and has been so situated that he could
obtain valuable Information from all the most
and best equipped sources. He
has a complete grasp of the question. But he
does not want to 20 to Paris or to Washing
ton. He told me the other day that. I'm his
opinion. there was much work for him to do
here vet. He had been advised by the Navy
Department TO hold himself In readiness to
proceed by the quickest route to Washington
whenever the President requested him to do
so. He had replied by cable. giving to the
fullest degree possible the information he had
gathered about tho islands and the situation
here. and also his own views as to their retcNE
ton. Later in the interview he signified what
those views were by pointing to the big United
States flag flying over the Lunetta and saying:
Il hope it flies there forever. forever!'
Gen. Merritt, of course. has had the advan-
tage Of much conversation with Admiral Dewey,
who has placed at his disposal what informa-
ton he had obtained himself. But the un-
fortunate fact is that Gen. Merritt has not
been In close sympathy with the Admiral.
The colossal figure of all the operations in
Manila Bay is Dewey. who came simply as -
commander OF naval forces and has developed
into "A diplomat of conspicuous skill and ahil-
ity. F~ar-siRhted. keen, shrewd, alert, nctiyc.
courageous. with a cool. calm nerve TINT is
amazing. the Admiral has risen to and met
| ayarv aInaruannr mud mot or,a ln, l,o ,,,J.,
slip. The administration OF the army here
mas been tar different, The army itself rec.
osnizes this TACT, and IL the truth must be told
the army Is Jealous OF The navy. Gen. Merritt.
OF course. could hardly be accused of such a
weakness. but the fact is. as was said. that he
mas not been In close sympathy with Admiral
Dewey. and therefore has fniled to max" the