The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-09

The battle. which was started about Gao
| a. m. and adjourned at $3.50 n, IN, was re-
sumed about noon when Commodore Dewey
started In 10 put the finishing touches on
his glorious work.
There was not much fight left In the
Spanards by that time, and at p. m. the
Baltimore and Concord had shot the Cavite
4 batteries into silence leaving them In
heaps Of ruins and floating the white nag.
The Spanish gunboats were then scuttled,
| the arsenal was on fire and the explosion
| OF Span sh magazine caused further NOR
tally among the defenders of Spain Oh
| shore.
On the water the burning. sunken or de-
| strOyed Spanish vessels could be seen.
| while only the cruiser Baltimore bad SUI
| fered in any way. shot which struck
| htr exploded some ammunition near one
OF her guns and slightly injured half
| dozen of the crew. Several shots passed
| dangerously close to Commodore Dewey.
| but little OF no damage was done Oh lroafd
| tho flagship. On the other baud about
| $50 men were said TO have been killed
| on beard the Spanish ships, which were
| totally destroyed Admiral Monteio, the
| Spanish commander transferred his dag 10
the Isla de Cuba when his ship caugnt
fire. but the latter was destroyed in due
| course Of time.
| The Reina Christina lost her oa3inin,
| lieutenant, her chaplain ana nidihpinal
| by one shot. which struck her bcldgo.
| About one hundred men werc killed AMI
sixty wounded on board the Cds.iln. SCme
| estimates place the number o. Spanish
wounded during the engagement at ever
| n thousand men
The Olympia was struck five times alout
her upper works.
Although the Krupp guns On the Els
plsnede of Manila were fred continuously
during The engagement Commo1O'e Dewey
did not reply 10 them, and the battery
afterwards hoisted n white ntg il, oxen
OF surrender
The terms Of captuation we're SIN ur-
settled when the McCulloch lei' Manila,
and it was said Commodore Dcety feared
riotlng upon the part Of the iusurg MS
lf he attempted a hombardment o. lie
remaining Notifications at NaIll. The
forts at the entrance OF the bay were dis
mantled on Wednesday, after they had
capitulatod. II Is said the Americin COM
modorc ordered the cable to be cut he
cause the Spanish refused to permit him
TO use 1t until complete SURRENDER e the
city.
1t Is said that the Spanish ships did not
get under steam until after the alarm was
given II is said also that the ships COM
niander Informed the governor general 10
surrender In he interest OF humanity as
1t was impossible to resist successfully
enough to fight and die.
Even when the Spanish fagship was sunk
half way, her commander killed the COM
modore refused to leave the bridge uutl
the ship was burning and sinking. hol gtcIn
Shattered by u common she'll and her steam
ppe burst.
As vet there are no further details cf
the lighting After it was over Com.
modore Dewey sent an ultmatd.n TO the
city battery, ordering It to cease Il ing cr
he would lombard.
The Petrol chased gunboat IN TIE rtv,r
Paslg and tho spanish captain came Ia a
boat to negotiate conditions of sur. cnder.
The American captain replied "uncon-
ditional surrender or fight"
To this the Spaniard nus Worel: 80
are willing TO isht Please allow US to
sond for ammunition. because our store :
| Exhausted
ON propesal to the existing authorities
to continue temporarily IN ls' hr Nmcn-
| can flag pending the tcrniration Of the
war the Spaniards dali} i thelr decis;,:q
aud kept wiring 10 Nalrti Tho Aneria
requested the privilege of using the Nirc,
aad wh.n this was refused they cut tho
| cahle.
The Esmeralla from Hong Kong Il we'd
right in tho middle OF tho battle During
| The adiournmcnt for breakfast an AiteIitan
cruiser was detached to mgct her as II
| was believed She might ne a Spaninud
When found the new arrival was 4 British
vessel ahe was warned TO kgap away. The
| tslnt iilda therefore mnyft M The lav
ten or fifteen miles. Thare are stul 80
or three Spanish gunboais ahOl. the Philir
| pine Islands, but no resistance from. Them
| IS probable. ono recently capt. red an
American bark
| Washington. May Unfortunately for
tbs historian, the records of the navy de-
rartmcnt do not afford much data as to
The character Of the officers aud men of
| the United States navy. For departmental
purposes it suiiices to keep an accurate
account of only faw OF the facts con
nected With the date of appointment of
an officer or the enlistment OF sailor,
and collection OF dates to Indicate his
progress in th9 naval service Thus Il is
not possible To secure lom official sources
| experimentation. AZ TO the personal qudll-
tics or peculiaritIes OF the men who are
! feppited TO have been wounded On tie
| Baltimore in tho engagement With the
| spanish iiect and forts al Cay.te. The
| Facts disclosed by the record as 80 these
Inen are about as follows
| Lieutenant Frank Woodruff Kellogg vas
born IN Waterbury, Conn, July a6 is5I
/
| rectly by The secretary Of III navy and
graduated from the naval academy III 80
| His hrst service WAS on the portsnoLi
Va January 1889, and in August OF iaat
year he was attached 10 the coast suly,y
on tha s,Camer Drift lie was m1de an
ensign junior srade, March 8, 1888, and a
| full ensign IN 1881 In 1888 ho was vt
! tached 20 the Nantic and in 1889 he came
! 10 Washington for service in the naval
observatory Then after few mcntas'
duty IN the bureau Of equipment, M was
ordered 10 the Richmond and a year lu,er
to the Moncngahcla. He became a leu
tenant Junior grade ~ May, 1892, lie
| went 10 the Pacific coGS, January Is. tS,S.
and srved year ON the san Fraaoisao.
returning In 1874 10 Washington aud go,uy;
on duty az the naval observatory and in
the Washington navy yard He tock a
! course In the war college in May, .$l5
| April ,. 1896, he received his eommlyser,
as nal leutopant aud was attached 10
The Marion two months later lie was
ordered TO the Baltimore February rs. ,ssT
aud was serving under that order during
tins engagpment Of last SUNDAY.
ensign Noble Edward Irwin was typl-
cal young American naval officer OF stall
war' bu'll aud mli al daring, tesapertd