The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-05-14
DIVIDE PR ZE MONEY.
There Will be About $fS7. 200 to
be Distributed Among Dew
ey'S Brave Men.

New York, May 10.-A dispatch 70 the
Times from Washington says: Rear
Admiral Dewey and his men will not
have been fully rewarded for their vic
tory at Manila when they receive the
thanks of Congress and the medals or
dered to be struck for them. Under the
law they have become entitled to rich
bounty
Unless the numerical Importance of the
fleet of Admiral Montejo has been over
estimated and its losses overstated, the
officers and men of the Asiatic squad
ron Will be entitled to share among them
something like S1S7, 900 bounty money.
Text of tho Law.
Section 4635 of the revised statutes
of the United States provides:
A bounty shall be paid by the United
States for each person on board any shin
or vessel of war belonging to enemy at
the commencement of an engagement which
Is sunk or otherwise destroyed in such en-
Gasement by any ship or vessel belonging to
the nited States or which il may be nee
essary to destroy in consequence of injuries
sustained i'll action, C 800 if the enemys
vessel was of inferior force and of 500 if
OF equal or superior force. to be divided
among the officers and crew in the same
manner as prize money, and when the actual
number Of men on board any such vessel
cannot be satisfactorily aSccrtaincd it shall
be estimated according 10 the complement
allowed to vessels Of its class in the navy Of
the nited States: and there shall be paid
as bounty To the CaptOrS Of any vessel Of
war captured from an enemy. which they
may be instructed to destroy. or which is
in'1hedlately destroyed for the public inter
est but not i'll consequence of injuries re-
ctiyrd in action. so for every person who
shall be on board at the time Of such cap
turc.
Spain Must Foot the Bill.
According to the reports from Manila,
the Spanish fleet consisted of ten or clcv-
cn cruisers. gunboatS and torpedu-hoatS
with crews amounting in all to 1872 men.
kcar-Admlrai Dewey destroyed some of
these vessels and perhaps all of them. but
II he did not then a number were de-
stroyed by the enemy to prevent them
from falling into the hands OF the United
states. Admiral Montcjo was increasing
me bounty fnnd with every vessel he
sunk. and Spain will undoubtedly have to
pay for those LOSSES in making up the in
demnlty at the close of the war.
At Sl'N for each man of the Spanish
naval force. the amount to be divided
among the American sailors will be S1S7.-
2H. The vessels of the United States
were, If anything, undermined. The
numbers VIII be under rather than over
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The S1S7.2rO will be distributed to the
fleet under section 4G:S1 of the revised
statutes relating to prize money. Ad-
miral Dewey will get Ono-twcntieth of the
whole amount of bounty awarded to his
command. That Will give hIm $1,000. If
he has fleet captain or what passes for
one. the latter Will have a share of some
thing like $500. There will be left to be
distributed To the vessels of the fleet. ac-
cOrdlng to their payrOllS, about S11J.O0
This will 90 to seven ships. and in about
the following shares. Olympia. SO 900:
Baltimore, S4O.0,D: Boston. So, 600: Ra-
1,Ifr
Sl2.oH; McCulIoch. $4,000.
10 III" commander of each single vessel
there will go OEc-tcnth of the amount as
signed to be distributed to that vessel
The commanders of the ships will get
amounts. respectively. as follows: Can't
Gridicy, Olympia. $500; Capt. Dyer Bal
1imore, $1,000; Capt. WilIcs. Boston.
$3.50: Capt Coghlan. Raleigh. 5000
commander Asa Walker, Concord. $1,000
commander Wood. Petrol. S12p0: Capt
llogSdon, Met CuIoch. 5000.
ssamen will Get About $50 Each.
After the amounts mentioned have been
deducted the residue will be distributed
t. the lesser officers and Scamcn of the
ships III proportion to their rates of pay
on the day of the engagement. The
amount to each seaman il is believed will
be in the nci:hborhood of 500.
There was Il story at the navy depart
mcnt about Captains Lamherton and
WildeS that may become subject of con-
trovcrSy when the bounty is to be paid
Capt. Wilde> has been detached from the
Boston and ordered home. Capt. Lambcr-
ton was ordered To relieve him. Capt
Wildcs. knowing that his ship was about
to participate in an engagement, declined
to surrender the command at once. and
Capt. LamhcrtOn, in order to take part
in the expedition to Manila was appointed
by Admiral Dewey rs his flag captain or
lieutenant. AS such officer he will be
able to share the bounty. but his share
will not be SO large as that of Capt.
Widcs or as il would have been if he
had taken the Boston before the engage
ment with the Spanish fleet.