Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-20
War Notes.

The third battalion at Camp Roger
has not yet been ordered to the Pre-
sidiO.
Chambcrlain's speech iavoring al
Anglo-Amcrican alliance, is the matte
of grave comment the world over.
Meat was selling at so cents pound
flour at so cents pound and eggs a
10 cents each, at Havana, on the I'll
inst.
The stock markets of the Eastern
cities ply their vocation by using al
sorts of alarming war reports" tickle
news" it is called.
1t is thought that it will take so,
600 troops to hold Cuba. The insur
gents will not prove as effective an aiG
as was contemplated.
A second call for troops will not bc
made just at present, as but 10000 OF
the quotas already called have been
mustered into service.
Within thirty days, it is claimed
our government will have 100 torpedo
boats and half dozen torpedo de.
stroyers ready for service. That's bus
mess.
A revised list of the Spanish losses
at Manila on the LIST shows that it is
much greater than was first reported,
the killed aggregating 32l and the
wounded 700.
London papers criticize the man.
agement of the U. S. Navy Depart
ment in its failure to put the cruisers
to service in ascertaining the position
of the enemy.
A white flag flies over the Governor
Generals palace at Manila, while
Admiral Dewey awaits instructions as
to what shall be done with the con-
quered province.
England is laying in an abundant
coal supply at Esquimalt and Uncle
Sam takes Il "tip" and is putting in
an ample store OF the same commodity
at Port Orchard.
Gen. Blanco's conscriptive orders
force into his ranks class of soldiery
that is ready at moment to cut his
throat or desert to the insurgents when
opportunity offers.
The Spanish vessels at Manila, it is
had double crews, under the
expectation that our ships would be
captured and they would need prize
crews to man them.
The rainy weather at the Preside,
Cal, where some of the Washington
" boys" are encamped, will not be
much of hardship to them. They
are "immunes," in that respect, at
least.
Several cases of measles have been
deem developed amid the soldiers at
the Presidio, and the First regiment
was to-day to have been transferred to
the City of Pekin to keep the disease
from spreading.
1t is said that the President has
abandoned the peaceful blockade idea
Mt Havana. Orders were cabled Mon.
day allowing the commander of the
fleet to shell all Notifications which
show resistance.
The United States has made for.
NAL protest to England against har-
boring Polo, chief of the Spanish
spies, in Canada. 1t is very probable
that Polo will receive his congo with.
out much formality.
Dewey finds the rebels at the Phil.
ippines wholly useless as allies. One.
half of them favor Spain, utterly fail
ing to appreciate efforts in their be.
half, and the other half are disunited
and unorganized squads.
Three men were arrested at Sandy
Hook Monday by the coast patrol who
had been prowling about the fortifica-
tons in small boat. 1t is thought
they are Spanish spies, and if that
fact is proven they will of course su fIer
death.
Our Government is becoming aware
Of the fact that it is much more of a
task to hold the Spanish dependencies
than it is to capture them, and as che
is not waging war for conquest or ex-
tension of territory, new policy will
have to be adopted.
Among the absurd reasons given by
the Spaniards for their defeat at
are these: They lacked target
practice; the Americans arrived too
early in the morning, the Spaniards
being still in their pajamas, and they
had had no coffee, and they could not
shoot straight without coffee.
In giving his opinion of Admiral
Dewey's glorious victory at Manila,
Emperor William remarked: "There
is evidently something besides smart.
ness and commercialism in the Yankee
blood. These fellows at Cavite fought
like veterans" 1t is about time Fa-
derland tumbled to the situation.
The Charleston has returned to
San Francisco for repairs. After sail.
ing Wednesday for the Philippines, it
was found that her condensers were
out OF order, and it was deemed ad-
visable to return to port rather than