The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-07
DEWEY MADE A ROAR
When Dutch Bills Admiral
Played to SPANS Hand.
WICHITA BOY AT MANILA
Tells How Dewey Threatened
to Sink German Ships.

Splendid was the letter Judge ". P
Campbell received from Joe Campbell in
@Ianila, yesterday. II is full OF exciting
gttle details, such as Dewey's rebuff OF
the German admiral and an interview with
Ole of the natives.
Everybody knows Joe. He is VITA
setachment from battery D, First ba-
taHon OF heavy artillery, California vol
unteers.
His intensely interesting letter 10 as fol-
lows:
~ Board City Of Sidney, Manila, Bay Of
Cavite, July 2, 1883.
Dear Father and Mother: We arrived
here yesterday afternoon. With the ex-
ceptioa OF a few cases Of measles and
one death after an operation for appen-
9icitis, every body Is welL
We had splendid trip; no rough
weather. The expedition stopped al
Guam island, the principal island of the
Mariana, or Ladrones, group. where there
was Spanish fort and garrison of 81
Men, a governor general and five officers.
The Charleston went into the bay and
Tired seven shots al the fort with her
s-pOund rap-d-dre guns. The Spanish
hauled down their flag without firing a
Shot
The dispatch boat McCulIoch leaves this
sfJernoon with mail for Hong Kong, So
You will know al the news long before
tbs reaches you.
We are lying south Of the small perrin
wiz - Tlr,,- -
rorth and east Of Us. Manila is to the
east OF Us in plain sight. and out the bay
10 the east Of Us and 10 the north Of
Manila there are six German and six Eng
ilsh war vessels al anchor; back OF US.
behind Cavite two Of our war vessels
tthe Petril and the ConcorD have Two
Spanish torpedo boats cornered in a small
creek. Night before last two Spanish tor
pedo boats made run for the Petril
when she sank one and the Spanish
beached the other one and took to the
woods. About 400 yards from where we
lay are sunk four OF the Spanish boats
Of the first fight, also one dismantled hun.
The insurgents have Manila surrounded.
and last night We could hear musket fir
ing all night.
The German admiral signaled TO the
Spanish our strength and Dewey this
morning told him the next time he inter-
fered he would sink every Germany boat
In the harbor
Last night the McCuHoch went into
creek. tied onto a Spanish vessel and
hauled her out from under the Spanish
forrifcations.
1 cannot write you a very newsy letter
q to facts, but VIII do my best.
The armored cruiser Olympia, the Char
lesion, which came with US; the cruiser
Baltimore, which met US about $50 miles
from here and piloted US in. the Boston.
Concord, PetriI and McCuIoch Of our
navy, are here. There are three troop
ships in our expedition, the Pekin. the
Australia and the City Of Sidney. On the
Pekin is the First California infantry
i2o0 strong, and 800 marines and man %
wars men
On the Australia are nine companies Of
the Second Oregon. On the City OF Sid
ney are five companies of the Fourteenth
regular infantry, three companies OF the
Second Oregon. twenty marines and two
derachmen-s of Twenty-Five each from
companies A and D of the First heavy ar
tllery, California volunteers
We do not know what is following US
We have no news later than the 4th Of
June and that is only rumors 50 far.
Al this time the regulars and our de-
tachment are in heavy marching order.
with three days ratons. We go ashore
first to relieve the 800 marines at Cavite
toins guard duty.
We have sixty prisoners on board our
ship from Guam island.
Al u
this morning. with fruits such as paw
paws. mangoes. bananas, eggs and chick
ems. Bananas are worth % cents per doz-
en-. eggs. 50 cents for ten: chickens. g per
dozen: manEoes. SO cents per dozen; but
where a person talks Spanish and can
haggle with them he can get everything
Tor about one-Quarter the asking price
When the natives found out We had
prisoners they fockad about Us in their
boats and wanted TO trade fruit for pris-
oners. I asked one young Malay "a sQlen-
did cooking animal what he wanted with
a Spsniard. when ne drew his hand across
rs throat and there was no doubt as 20
h.s meaning.
He told me that the Spanish took no
prisoners and the Insurgents did the same
thing: just one knife blow on the throat
he said Manila was strongly iutrenched
In the rear, THAI there had been 5000 IN
surgeacs killed in the last Two months.
The American feet did some excellent
Cunning here. from the looks ot the huls
Of the Spanish boats. Il just made scrap
from and spInte~s Of them.
I-mUs- close as the mail 1eaves = fifteen
minutes. 7 am Well and had sxce-Ien
heal-h all the way over. Web love 20 a..
and remember me TO all. Your son.
JOE.
?. Sack Barrett. sx-m.niscer 10 sam.