Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-08-18
TO BE REPAIRED.
Pending Establishment Of Peace Our
War Ships Will Re 0yerhaulcd.
They VIII Bs Put In the Pink "f r~rf"c-
tion Authorities Acting on the rrin-
cpIe That the Arm.rticr Might
End In Renewed HosIilittrs

WASHINGTON. Aug. l5.-With peace
proclaimed all the energies of the mil.
itary and naval establishments Satur-
day were directed into Teaceful chan
nels The sudden change from war tn
peace Was manifest at the war and
navy departments. There was no fur.
Their expectancy of dramatic develop
ments Of battles or of new campaigns.
The orders given Friday night for
immediate cessation of hostilitics
brought all military and naval move
mcntS Ia a halt and it now remains
To bring affairs back toa peace basis.
In this. however. the authorities
were acting on the theory that the
protocol of Friday was hut the first
step towards peace. ana that not I'M
til final and last ny peace was Sc
cured could there he an entire return
to peace basis.
This was particularly true as to the
navy department. In that branch il
was accepted that permanent peace
undoubtedly would he made. hut vet
instead of stripping our war ships, re-
distributing them into >quadrons on
peace basis and returning them to
their old channels, the naval authori-
ties acted on the principle that the
present armisticc might end in re-
sumption of hostilitics For that rca-
son the four battle ships and two ar
|
| West Indian waters are To undergo a
complete ovcrhauling, with a view to
putting them in the pink of condition.
| For many months they have been in
tropical waters; their bottoms are foul
and their engines and machinery need
careful overhaulinC. As soon as they
reach New York all work at the navy
ward will be suhordinated to pushing
the complete overhauling Of the battle
>hips and cruisers. Meanwhile the
small warships in West Indian waters
have been ordered To safe harhors as
the West Indian hurricane season is
| near at hand. while sufficient ships for
police patrol are left along the Cuban
and Porto Rico COASTS The big, un-
wi-ldy monitors will remain in Porto
| Rico. and most of the blockading fleet
will center at Key West under Commo-
Gore Watson. The peace protocol will
give breathing spell ami time for
bringing every ship back TO the high
est state OF perfection. The complete
return TO peace basis, the establish
ment OF peace squadrons, etc, is a
matter for the future.
1t is expected that the American &C.
cupation of Manila will occur immedi-
atcly after the receipt by Adm Dewey
and Gen. Merritt of the orders sent
them Friday night. This may not be
deferred 10y the lack of cable facilities,
as the American occupation of Manila
probably will result in the opening
of direct cable communication
between that city and the out
side world. The only difficulty thus
far has been that the cable company
would not recognize American control
of the cable so long as our forces were
not in possession of the city. The or
ders sent Adm. Dewey are much more
specific than those sent other naval
commanders, as the occupation of
Manila and the holding of the bay and
harl or involved more important con-
sideration than the mere cessation of
hostilities. Turing the early hours of
Saturday the war and navy depart
ments received no acknowledgements
from the various naval and military
commanders, but it was presumed
that the orders suspending hostilities
were being carried out in all direc-
tons.