The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-07

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ing upon the insurgents the burden 81 con-
Quoting military operations against thu
Spanish. while be himself Is lying In en-
forced id!enass awaiting the arrival Of
troops, and that hs fsas zslcceedea IL pre-
venslaE tbs corruption Of the insaIrgens
leaders by the SEaEiards. whiea appeared
AZ oae time 10 be threatening.
There ss sogne speculation here by anx-
ioaH minds AS 20 tIow the insurgents will
treat the prisoners they have taken. VINO
airs more numerous II Is said, than all
tbs captures by the Cuban insurgents
since their war begun. II was reported
by cable soon after he had secured the CO.
operation OF the insurgent chief Agu.-
nzldo, that Admiral Dewey would see TO
81 thar the insurgents observed the ruls
OF civilized warfare. This caution was
made nesesssry by the terrible tales that
had been circulated OF the barhavous
treatment OF prisoners captured by the in
surgenss. II IL sincerely hoped that Agui-
naldo viii sse 10 It that this Agreements
is observed In the case Of the 800 prison.
era he noaa holds. for it is believed in Of
fetal circles that the nations OF the civil
ICED world Will hold the United States
morally responsible for any great excuses
that may he committed In the Phillip
pines as a result OF our action there.
Navy department officials declare that
Dewey Is not responsible for the safe
keeping and maintenance OF those prison
ers. which il most fortunate, considering
the matter Of provisions.
The Monadnock Ordered to Salt.
The navy department gave orders today
thar the doable-tnrreted monitor Monad-
mock, now at Mare Island. should be ready
10 sail for Manila within ten days. and
the necessary orders were telegraphed.
The Monterey will not wait for the
company OF the Monadnock. but should
be cir in the course of few hours under
convoy OF the Bru,us.
The navy department will Immediately
secure another merchant ship TO accom-
pany the MonaGnock on hsr s.0o1-mile
voyage. The Moaadnock is a powerful
double-tugreted monitor. With twin screws
and 3ooo-horse power engines. she is easily
able to make twelve and half knots All
hour Built on the general lines OF the
Amph!tFltc. she has better engines and
more power than that monitor. She car
ries four ten-!nch guns. besides two four
inch rapId-iire guns IN "a casemate. ami
a numerous secondary battery. Her coal
capacity Is 80 tons In bunkers. and al
most as much more stowage room can be
found Oh the decks Consequently the
Monadnock has the ability to make a
replenishIng her coal supply. Yet her
capacity Is still too small to permit her
Ia make the passage from Honolulu to
the Philippines unaided.
With these two monitors Admiral Dawey
viii be fully able 10 sake care Of himself
even should the much-talked-ot Cadiz
fieet undertake 70 attack him in Manila
hatbor. The monitors at their maximum
draw only fourteen and a half feet Of wa
ter. ar ten feet less thar the Spanish bat
tieshlp Peiayo ana therefore would be
able 10 piek.their position In the shallow
waters, whore the Spanish battleshlps
could not possible reach them and ham
tner away at the latter ~ thelr hearts
cUaieat. presenting Themselves So sinai!
Is mark as TO render 1t very difficult for
tho spanish gunnerS 10 reply effectively.
There - no doabt entertained Of the Nc
naanock's seaworth!ue~s, for before hefng
Reconstructed AT the Mare Island navy
yard she made :he entire voyage from the
Delaware clear around the uorn 20 san
Francisco voyage longer really Khan
that made by the Oregon.