The St. Johns herald., 1898-05-21

Long reLe.seu CommoIOie Dewes W c.. cial report of his remarkable victory il
 Manila harbor, resulting in the destruc
 ton Of eleven Spanish ships, the demo
 lition of heavy shore batteries, and the
 placing of the Philippine islands under
 the stars and stripes, to propose three
 cheers for Dewey! They were given
 with a will by the crowd gather ed in the navy department, including many news paper men and Senator Tillman, But even more astonishing than Commodore Dewey's report that his victory was won
 without the loss of a man, or the injury of ship, and with only six men wound ed, was what followed. Senators Till man and Hanna, two men as widely diff ferent in everything as could possibly be brought together, locked arms and walked over to the White House to talk over the glorious and extraordinary vic tory with Mir. Mckinley. After seeing that the most of us are prepared for any sort of miracle.
 Secretary Long, in the name of the president, cabled Commodore Dewey his promotion to acting admiral. and the thanks of the people, and congress is going to pass the resolution reported from the house naval committee tender ing the thanks of congress, also bill creating an additional rear admiral in tine navy, in order that the position can be given to Dewey.
 Orders have been issued for the for warding of ten thousand troops from San Francisco to the Philippine Islands at the earliest possible moment, and present expectations are that they car be started by the 18th inst. The Philip pine Islands are bigger prize than most people suppose. Thci~ a"ea ie ten per cent greater than that of New Eng land, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware combined, and their esti- ma'ed population is about l6,O0O, ,0OO The fact is not generally known. either. that more than half of the commerce Of the islands is with the United States.
 The next important war news is ex- pected to come from the vicinity of Cuba-it may come any hour. It is cas- fer to get commission in the volunteer army than it is to get direct hint from officials of either the war or navy de- partment, but they cannot disguise their expectancy. News is expected from Admiral Sampson's fleet, which is believed to be in the vicinity of Porto Rico, and to be charged with the double task of whipping the Spanish fleet if it can be located, and of capturing Porto Rico. The first section of the army of invasion is known to be ready for em barkation and only awaiting the com mand to start for Cuba
 Camping grounds for twenty-five or thirty thousand men have been selected in Virginia, several miles from Wash ington, and this week that portion of the volunteer ar ny to be mobilized in the vicinity ot the national capital will begin to arrive.
 Mir Mckinley stood up well under the social and political influences brought to bear upon him in favor of thousand and one incompe ents who sought to wear the. uniform of general in the vol unteer army, and shut them all out by selecting real military men for those positions. all from the regular army ex- cept four of the major generals-Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia; Joe Wheeler, of Alabama; Senator SewaIl, of New Jer- sey and James H Wilson, of Della ware all of whom were generals in the late war, and three of whom are gradu- ates Of West Point But, unless the ravorts Ju.t such 1el as young John Logan. known only as loud dresser and horsey social swell, and Russell A. Harrison. known to the toadies when his father was president as "Prince Russ" :" who has made failure after fail uro in the DuSlHcSo hOiIu, dIO IO OG as colonels and gwen staff positions are untrue, he is going to fall down in making the staff appoint ments Good staff officers are consid- cred as necessary to the success of an army by military men as good generals.
 Secretary Gage was the man who was credited last year with saying that no changes should be made in his depart ment on account of politics, but Mir. Gage has always been able to escape responsibility by saying that he ap- proved the changes because they were recommended by his subordinates as be- ing ''for the good of the service" Now, he has shown the cloven foot by making a change for politics himself, in forcing the resignation of Worthington c. Ford, chief of the bureau of statistics, and
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