The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-05-19
WAR SITUATION.
no pprehension at Washington As ,e
the Atty Ct Adm. Dewey.
"."''y'hG Progress Being Made In the
clustering In OF the Volunteer Forces
Ok Thousand Troops Had Been
Mustered In Up TO SUNDAY.

y NAGHINGToN, May 1G. - The di
patches from Hong song brought we
" come news sunday from Adm. Dewc
II 10 the president and particularly {
% secretary Long and the naval official
n VINO are watching the admiral's move
o inents with so much interest. Will
q no apprehension existed as To his 81
= chE>Y, nevertheless, reinsurance q
j SAFETY IS always pleasant The tclc
= grams Indicate that Dewey has 10,
n none Of the Prestige gained in hi
memorable fight Of two week, ago
- and that while he refrains IRON
I taxing the city Of Manila, he ha
IL practically at his mercy. The ad
3 mlral expresses the belief that the rcb
els are hcmming in the city bv lanc
. but the fact that he saws cxplicitl,
mat they have made no demonstration
seems TO diSprove thoroughly the pub.
HShed reports that they had aiready
entered Manila and had begun a career
OF bIoodshcd and rapinc. The best
evidence Of the effectiveness Of the
blockade maintained by the American
admiral, and also OF the work Of the in.
surgents in surrounding the city is
shown in The statements in the dis
patches that provisions are scare,
in the city Of Manila which seems
TO indicate TO Adm. Dewey an carle
surrender by the Spanish authorities.
Another published report seems alsc
10 be refuted by the admiral's advice
/ and that is that the rebels had raidcd
Cavitc where the Spanish naval station
was located and where presumably
/ large supplies of arms and ammunition
we're kept If the rebels have been
supplying themselves with arms it
must have been with the admiral,
consent as his dispatch is originally
dated from Cavite indicating that he is !
still in possession. The greatest salts
faction prevails here over the rood /
work being done and the effectiveness |
of the blockade being maintained.
The officials are making all possible |
haste TO rush troops to supplement |
Adm. Deweys forces 50 that if the
Spanish governor does surrender the
former will not be dependent upon the
small number of marines which he can
lily spare from his ships, but will have
the assistance of soldiers in holding
his position and maintaining order.
1t is confidently hoped here that the
City of Peking, chartered as trans
port vessel, will be able to clear
from San Francisco in Il very
short time, to be followed in rapid
succession By the other three ships en-
ragcd for Il similar purpose. The =
lcking can carry 1000 men. which.
with the marines aboard the Charles p
ton Just about TO sail, will bc OF con ,
siderable assistance to the admiral.
out far from the number which he will ,
lecd. The total number of men To be r.
cent Will aggregate probably T.. coo, {
IS Maj. Cen Wesley Merritt, who O
5 to command the expedition and T
10 be made military gov T
rnOr, regards that rs the least which
an maintain order in city like I
ianila, made up of many discordant q
lements. Over ten regiments of IN. II
intry and fou" batteries Of artillery Il
rom the volunteers have been ordered I,
, concentrate at San Francisco, and u.
'Om these ard the regulars now in a,
le extreme west will b. taken the ~
zen for the Philippine expedition. 1t b,
expected here that practically all Sc
lc volunteers will go. =,
Secretary Long was at the navy de. 81
lrtment several times during the day.
ld in addition to the dispatch from cr
ic admiral, hc authorized the publ ea
zion of the statement that the tor
do boat Terror belonging to the er
)anish fleet was disabled at Port Of On
'ance, Martinique. The dispatch is cd
follows: IN
Spanish torpedo boat Terror dis Ae
led at Port CT France, Martinique" fir
There was disposition among some on
those who saw this statement t. re. sh
rd it with suspicion, suggesting that in
c report Of disability was intended ma
nply as blind and that the Spanish an
vcrnment had caused it TO be spread ro;
that no complaint could be made to hi,
lncc on account of the stay Of the sh,
at at neutral port None of the liz,
cialS, however. would express them
YES on the subject
1t TIE state and war derartmcnt>
officials were on hand in many Of
but eauS for the greater part OF the A
y. Secretary Day and Assistant
,retarics Adcc and Cridlcr were at
ir desks Secretary Dag said that
had no Important news TO cOmmUni- ,
c TO the press, nor had he any com. u,I
Mt to make on the adyiccs from r'n
drid telling of the designations OF Cb.
entire Spanish ministry. anl
! Adjt Gen. Corbins office, war de. l.
tment, important action in the as .oI
lnent of volunteer troops to the 49,
ious mobilizing points was taken 80
ing the day. The ordes of assign. .,a
1t shows that there has been some 49, 80
nge regarding the points TO which mo,
lntecrS shall be sent, as a great u
ion OF them 20 10 Chick amauga, !,
le those who will come 10 Washing oon,
are less by 10000 than were orig daI,
ly assigned to this city. 4
Between England and France Prophc. for
sled. VII,
Ew YORK, May 16 "A London cable com
a member of the English govern lone
I has prophesicd war between was
II britain ana france. Am,
Adm. Cevera's Doom.
Nv YORK, May 16-A Washington w