Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
MANILA AT HIS MERCY
Dewey Can Capture the City at
Any Moment.
ReinfOrcements to Be Forwarded
Rapidly to the Philippines - War
Department Reports $4,000
Volunteers Mustered In.

from hOuB -hOHB DrOuRHI WelcOme
news Sunday from Admiral Dewey to
the president, and particularly to Sec
rotary Long and the naval officials who
are watching the admiral's movements
with so much interest. While no APP
prehension existed as to his security,
| nevertheless reinsurance of his safety
is always pleasant. The kilograms in
dictate that Dewey has lost none of the
prestige gained in his memorable fight
of two weeks ago, and that, while he
refrains from taking the city of Ma
Mia, he has it practically at his mercy.
The admiral expresses the belief that
the rebels are hemming in the city by
land, but the fact that he says explicitly
that they have made no demonstration
seems to disprove thoroughly the pub
lished reports that they had already
entered Manila and had begun a career
of bloodshed and rapine. The best evil
dence of the effectiveness of the block
ade maintained by the American adj
miral and also of the work of the in.
surgents in surrounding the city is
shown in the statements in the dis
patches that provisions are scarce in
the city of Manila, which seems to indi-
cate to Admiral Dewey an early sur
render by the Spanish authorities. An
other published report seems also to
be refuted by the admiral's advices, and
that is that the rebels had raided Cavite,
where the Spanish naval station was To-
Gated, and where presumably large sup
plies of arms and ammunition were KEEP.
If the rebels have been supplying them
selves with arms it must have been with
the admira's consent, as his dispatch
is originally dated from Cavite, indicat-
ing that he is still in possession. The
greatest satisfaction prevails here over
the good work being done and the eff
fectiveness of the blockade being main
tanned by him. The dispatch, as given
out by Secretary Long, is as follows:
Dewey's Dispatch.
"Cavite, May 13-Hong- Kong, May 10
Maintaining strict blockade Reason to be-
heVe that the rebels are hemming in the
city by land, but have made no demon
stration. Scarcity provisions in Manila.
Probable that the Spanish governor will be
oDlSed to surrender soon. Can take Ma
Mia any moment. Climate hot and moist
on May u captured gunboat Callao, at
coal. One British, one French, two Ger
man, one Japanese vessel here observing.
DEWEY"
Aid for the Admiral.
The officials are making all possible
haste to rush troops to supplement Ad-
miral Dewey's forces, so that if the
Spanish governor does not surrender
the former will not be dependent upon
the mall he Of ~, :ol L
can lily spare from his ships, but will
have the assistance of soldiers in hold
ing his position and maintaing order
1t is confidently hoped here that the
City of Picking, chartered as a trans
port vessel, will be able to clear from
San Francisco in very short time, to
be followed in rapid succession by the
other three ships engaged for a SINH
lar purpose. The Picking can carry 900
men, which, with the marines aboard
the Charleston, just about to sail, will
be of considerable assistance to the ad-
miral, but far from the number which
he will need. The total number of men
to be sent will aggregate probably 49,
900, as Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, who
is TO command the expedition and SUBJ
sequently to be made military govern
or, regards that as the least which can
maintain order in city like Manila,
made up of many discordant elements.
Over ten regiments of infantry and four
batteries of artillery from the volun-
teers have been ordered to concentrate
at San Francisco, and from these and
the regulars now in the extreme west
will be taken the men for the Philippine
expedition. 1t is expected here that
practically all the volunteers will go.
Have Mustered in 65,OOO.
Washington, May 16.-Sixty-five thou
sand troops have been mustered in. Or
ders have been issued directing SO regi-
ments of infantry. II light batteries of
artillery and 30 troops of volunteer cav
airy to go to Chickamauga: regiments
and battalions of infantry, and bat
teries of artillery to San Francisco; 1
regiment of infantry to Key West; 4
regiments of infantry and troops of
cavalry to New Orleans; 1 regiment of
infantry to Mobile: IA regiments and
z battalions of infantry to Washington;
13 regiments of infantry to Tampa.
Illinois Naval Reserves Called.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 18.-Gov. Tanner
has received a message from Maj.
Crowninshield calling for 200 naval
militiamen from Illinois. The naval
militia will be modified at Chicago.
Michigan Troops Are on.
Island Lake, Mich, May 16.-At mid
night the first section of the train bear
ing the Thirty-first Michigan volunteers
left here for Chickamauga park. The
men carried three days travelling ra-
tons and ten days field rations. The
train was divided in three sections, run
ming 20 minutes apart, and was COM
posed of tourist sleepers. But three
days travelling rations were carried, as
the men expect the journey to last but
3S hours, with stops at Dayton, o., and
Somerset, Ky.
Wisconsin Troops Leave.
Milwaukee, May 16.-The Second reg
| iment of Wisconsin volunteers, Col.
Born commanding, left Camp Harvey
| Sunday morning for Chickamauga in