The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-26
WAR NOTES IN BRIEF.

to be mustered out.
Dewey's log Of the war will be inter-
esting. II furnished tn, prologue and
the epilogue Of the whole business.
Both Spanish and American troops
are now on guard at Manila, and armed
natives are not allowed to enter the
city.
This will be known in American his.
tory as the year OF islands. The Phil.
ippines alone add 100 to our national
atlas.
President Mckinley has determined
to disband the Cuban army as one OF
the first steps toward restoring order
in Cuba.
Throwing away the trophies of war
is no doubt an easy business, but the
American people do not propose to en-.
gage IN it.
Rear Admiral Howell's fleet has been
ordered from Key West to Hampton
Roads on account Of yellow fever at
Florida ports.
The last battle of Manila was fought
during a fierce thunder storm, the rain
at times ~obscuring the view Of the ships
from the shore.
The PRESIDENT, it is believed, will
recommend the revival Of the grade Of
vice admiral, which will be conferred
upon Admiral Dewey.
We fought one battle to take the
harbor at Manila and another to cap.
ture the city. Both are ours by the
title Of valor shown by navy and army.
Havana has a chance now to get
down to a common-sense, practical
basis. The past is a dead issue, the
raking in the ashes Is profitless bust
ness.
;. When Manila surrendered the Span
iards wept as their flag was hauled
down and the American flag raised
amid the strains Of "Star Spangled
BanUer."
The United States has some distin.
guished admirals, but none with great
er qualities than Dewey. No doubt
congress will reward the hero Of Ma
Mia as he deserves.
The president has tent imperative
orders to Admiral Dewey and General
Merritt to avoid recognizing officially
the Philippine insurgents and to main.
tain order at any cost.
The Cubans are In q position to as
sure the Cretans that Uncle Sans con.
cert is infinitely superior to that Of Eu.
rope. One goes through according to
} program and the other doesn't.
The German inventor Of the Mauser
rifle is justified in claiming that it has u
tendency to shoot straight ever in the
hands Of Indifferent marksmen. Cas-
~ualities prove that 1t is a good gun.
The Bethlehem Iron Company ship.
ped to Newport News the forward tur.
ret plates for the battleship Kentucky,
sighting hoods for the K~earsarge and
also turret plates for the K~earsaree.
As this country consumes practically
half the worlds production Of coffee,
the annexation Of Hawsii and Porte
Rico, and control OF the Philippine,
will be Of great benefit to the public.
Spanish commercial classes and prop
erty owners OF Havana favor the an
n~exation Of Cuba to the United States
gather than the setting up Of an indie
pendent government under the Cubaus
The insurgents In Cuba and the Phil
Iippines must learn to curb their fool
ish p~retensions or they will find Port,
Rico walking away from them sur
grounded by q halo Of Yankee pros
perity.
The ablest paper in England says /
would DO absurd for this country te
give up the Philippines. While this i
not conclusive, 1t Ii additional proc
that arguments on the other side ar,
scarce.
Capt. J. w. Philip has received hi
commission as commodore, and tn
. event was celebrated on the battleshil
Texas, in the Brooklyn navy yard, wit
q salute Of eleven guns and other cere
monies.
The Commercial Cable company q
New York, announces that censorship
has been raised on all commercial cod
and cipher messages to and from Cubs
porto Rico and all the West Indi
islands.
The naval board will recommend th
construction Of fifteen more battleship
and cruisers. They will be planne
for extraordinary speed and large co,
capacity, and no wood will be- used |
their construction.
Our new Philippine possessions WI
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