Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-22
MONTEREY'S MISSION
Formidable Monitor Going toaI
- Reinforce Dewey.
GREAT EVENTS EXPECTEDs
officers of the Navy. department. Ans1ci-s
pate an Engagement at Any Tisne.
Tn. Or-con's Grent Run. fsut- rs
raio Coming to Newport News. ~

WASHINGTON, May 21.-The news
event of the day at the Navy Departs
ment was the dispatch of the order to re
the Monterey to proceed to Manila to-
reinforce Admiral Dewey's squadron Sgsss
The Monterey is Il tower OF strength
in herself and her addition to Admiral ~
Dewcy'S force, together with the dis--SassSSS&
patch ct thousands OF troops to MAJ
nila. is ample evidence that the admin
| istration h:i; assumed no half-hearteds!s
attitude toward the Philippine Ques-s
| ton and is determined to take no.
chance of disposition until such tir1e3$as
| as the United States itself has arranged
| for the disposition of the islands. ne ss
! Monterey is probably the most forml-sSs.
| duble monitor in the world, yet sne6S
| combines with the enormous offensive
and defensive qualities OF the monitoraE
| ,ype a seaworthiness that is almost
| phenomenal. The Monterey Is descriDSssTTa
| ed technically IS a barbette turret, low
| traeboard monitor of 4 900 tons displace-s&s
,nent. she is $50 feet long by SO beam.
| md Is feet inches draught. she cars
ries in two turrets surrounded py pa
hettes two Pinch guns and two lU-incA 4
guns, while on her superstructure PEE
| tween the turretS, are mounted SIX
6-pounders. four 1-pounders and two
| Cuttings ~
The turrets are 1-2 inches thick and
the surrounding barbettes are IA lnches
and II l-2 inches of steel, and against
this armor all the batteries In 1annas
. might thunder away without eirectlnsS
an entrance. The Monterey's personne.
Is nineteen officers and 1T2 men, andss
once she is safely In the entrance OF
Manila harbor nothing In the Spanish
navy would be likely to bulge her from
her post Her dispatch, therefore, may
: have. an important bearing upon the
T rlans of the Spanish government So
openly published. Of sending reinforce
II ments to Manila. The only DOUBT as
e 10 the feasibility of sending the Mon
y ,erey is her small coal capacity. she
has bunker room for only 2oo tons soI
n coal, and though more might be stoWeo
y on her decks, 1t is doubtful whether she
n could, at the utmost. carry more tnan
If enough coal to take her to Hono!ulus
e. one third Of the way to the Phliipplnes:
in 1t is probable that the MontereyaWlll
- GO, IN, oer,y, 77y,,;,s ,fi cia Ia
II tie fe,sn a,, however, that the on,u
10 pe xnecting great events W Yet fear is
II: any moment M inht i he produced upon
he the efrec. ..'''i NV greatly eNaggelat;sse
a our p'; Su,s,in reports from s spaage
nd anu MS Of some great hunn ,ds Woult
as ,,,.nt In which the op,ai,zad that tn
~ claim Nle. ~ an engagement IN a -.
1lrs S-, nS OF Cuba OF , " - state
a. n els nav reach the Unl.e e,a Madrit
n !" Ma.u the Spanish can .e,,, no matte
and these are Amos. he to make such
ie.t what tlls ,ictory for the Spai pans sna,
any claim OF Vlee w., MT forth by the Sp.
,us; as is even 49, in the case " =
hip iards III ,;,n raw obviously =,
iele battle OF No ~ which the truth 90
leg only ihui .la,.d would be throusn
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the 'the ~. ,,na NV the Oregon tl s.a,,o
St. recoto 40 noint Of view ne :.
do | ellsln NV Department .aaa
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Han Shlt .,nrth of repairs TO us .;a,,o,,s i
ar ceu.s MOI. IL 900 miles ha,,a h
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t the i.,uaa since the ouiloA'e .5sE
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trial ,rha buffalo, Whlch he overha
stiga- oraron from Brazil ~ s,shed with
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