The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-24


Tae Consul " Manila has Invited al the
slctssHs - come down ana see how thu
Slaa-sa nest VIII ssad Us 20 HI. They
think they have dead easy thing. we
are not art1g much now: we ara looking
a. them throwing away shot. A torpedo
peat : coming thls 1ay: she a steauaaEg
% avo.d Il. tehn Rrey. ~ ire Ralelgh,
says: NnaZ, - tea1 4 .arp@aa2 Train
year avs-aach on it ard remember The
~E@as.~ aas .waes the smoke cleared
away ne ieFf~esio hat was aus % sight.
F4fst sfeod far the Ys-iss. aasi we caeerei
Sov I'D cory. Al ire me we are hsax-
sng away 30 the reet and sAs forts IN
sight
NAnoiher soeresss boat starts from the
slfer~ but oeft.e she gets sar from the
sssh ard dry sa the beach vita ieillng
results.
Catching a Stx-Pounacr.
Our beat receives a ssx-nolutser; ft
crashes sNrossgh car Sig ard hits ore %
eur sars Wi as our stsreeartf battery
Ms see A~fy ems manned. - course she
gun was on The port s.de. aDa. Fortunate
Is. 10 orr was hurg. We have mate eight
circles in the last two hours, A Sine nsg
cruiser came ou, with e9o men 10 finish tire.
ta1as ~. TNcy had ere Admiral; an snd
1s7e essht-freh gan. Killed he admiral and
ssx Of has SIAN cn The Spanish cruiser, The
Sae. caraS from The olympia Az az -
talked Der sTid We fat mole breaIaaa@
wesI: tn out az reach. Then same \ heat,t'
sfyA ShIp, 4 great big tshscs one. She was
sae iook ne inward passage. and while
sssa wsas going. we helped her along with
a osepae O. eight-inch guns
The remainder OF the letter 10 written
aller the snsageIaent as follows:
Then they Rad a cenaoe ~ war ana
nlaie ny, tae'r minds 70 come cut and
maEe ore reid dash We met them and
% Il 4 I'd
ana IN thc meantime 4 was breakfast
tine, and we at. s,esgme,i cur n The gay
Ter breakfast without losing i man from
Any ~ the ships. Wonderful. wasn't Il?
We were struck once. El.e Baltimore once
AMI tha Olympia once.
Wei, wnsn We went out 70 have some
tatns IL cat we ii.,.e thought We would
have iAils.s ous own nay when We went
BACK. But say. our shot and shell! took
enect in The morning. &nd TO our surprise
smoke began 20 rise and we saw that thoy
eese all afire. We had gained .hs. day so
Tar rs The ffeet w2s consarned. We are
s2iag 10 destroy Ehe forts We Killed Q
navy yard ana along the beach. When GUY
captain saw we had ;Eings al. cur own
Way ne lef The apprentices try their hands
az the shooting.
"yes. II was a stubborn fight. When Wa
trst came cat 10 eat the Spanish thought
We we've going 70 land a party 10 capture
me s}"n; 30 they go e9 nane men 10
man The forts SO as ia - pture US but wa
Gian't 10 ashore. We made ANOTHER couple
az Uns n "A circle and blazea away and
kisssas everybody in sight ard sent all The
forts Ia Ill.
'lAr- -Rsleigh is ordered TO proceed 10 the
entrance of the hay, where the two forts
are. ~sith orders that they Surrender un-
teHdttienaily. The feet has given in now.
if-fhe%e forts don't give in the rest az our
rsei vii bosEh3rd the city Of Manila So
ltAe i'ai more and the itaIs.gh went down
10 the fcrts and they surrendered without
firing shot. The general NJ that place
HANDED over his sword and signed the pa
Feys IL our csh.n. 50 we have the repula-
ton OF firing The first shot and being irei
at nrSt and tAeu making them surrender.
IN Is reported that I. 40 are Killed We
hufapd some ffne merchant steamers. IN
fact, we stepped at nothing: we raised
h-~i Ne may come horne soon, either 10
san Francisco or New York have no
more to say. Watch the papers close. Tho
ehief OF The Mccullough died with over
peat IN TIE engine room. Six men were
hurt slightly on the Baltimore with their
own GIN; they VIII come out al right. Ev-
Els lhlas = exe!tf;nept. So good-oy old
mar. ] Will nave lots 20 say when / get
BACK. Nash love 20 all. remain.
Ioar affectionate brother,
Address TO the same place as before.
Gecd-by''
Manila, May 8, 1895
Dear Brother: As we finished things
up tn general here, with the exception Of
The city OF Mania. we are now waiting or
ders from Washington
We may tie ordered TO San Francisco,
New York or Havana, as from what hear
Tire United States don't want this place
ana IA we pGs the feet OF Spanish cruisers
oAt Of com mission and put their tine navy
yardE In ruins why I don't see what we
want here. that Is all ~ Us They were All
dead on to the Raleigh and her ten ii,e-
inch tap.d-fiEe guns. They thought to put
tie RaIeigh out Of commission and then
they would have things their own way.
THESE sh.ps and forts Of IN. Spanish
were ali right. II We knew tnsa how
mary ships and forts We had to bGrr,p IN
against no doubt We would have felt on
me bum. brat as IL was, We we're tod we
would nave an easy time. az there we're
forth
Il will never forget the sisht Of all those
men-Cf-war and forts that were ui~to-tiate
and guns that were No. | on the spanish
side We had Only sevsn. well. you might
think that We KILLED eli those unfortunate
fellows that couldn't see only one way aud
ihat vas The way TO victory.
We'll. that was what we went there for.
ana when the admiral said We must pass
the fort tonight. boys pass we must
There was no getting oat Of T.. and | lust
settled down and said. Wei IL my time
mad come. well and good j will die At
my post Some of the boy chunas osr mine
Iad 20 Eo Down in the aH.munil on room.
They threw out their hands and said.
knew what we might bump up against.
bur hope w'e viii come out al right
Goal Set ar Eoys.
II seemed 10 me that night that nvery-
body had his part 10 play. Do~n in ihe
ammunition rosJfn a fGdle ausi \ tarnhour-
ne were nlayla&. while uns If our South
erFs c0crsz danced tpTf about the time ss
lzsS4ed the forts, ard he word was pass
esi 10 lay low. The others appeared dr.
fereRt. tney didn't have that airy way
about them. t'oT once JACK had HIS own
Day. He could wear any KIND Of c'uffes.
smoke p sen ne wanted -. and lag whers
wanted -. We Rad coal SGT If BOYS:
thAi Was aii that Pc were
There - fort mere IN Manila that hsY
tao s.sgh'~tglct raFfd-Grins guns We'll
taesf people t0id 80 they word surrender
II the forts would outside ~ The entrance
We'll. they gave in. and when We casns
hsss These people chs Dgea their minds ~
I tf3uk w@ wit knock them ont soon X
they don't give In
Yon sec. we coG't IKE ~ hurt women
and children 81 ire city ard the gSvernn1
General hiss i4cs thar - stands n show
-. 80 Ia iR holding 90 IS i5ma as nc can
t8e worst comes. the " hole rfsv viii
up and sc WI leave & in flames behind
us,
'+Tass spanish fiad a grand bail fhr n!gHt
isef8se sise sAs''i~. We CAPTURED tya-D-
s,prt loaded Down with good things
~re -s.t.E tetvsy ~ ~ fA,a ~