The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-07
He Sends Word of the Insurgents
Victories at Manila.
SOME FEAR OF EXCESSES
The Philippine Insurgents May Not Fol-
low the Rules OF Civilized Warfare.
Progress OF War as Viewed by
Washington Authorities.

landing of troops and such matters at |
the navy department. there came at the /
close of the day one important bit of
news embodied in a report from Ad- |
miral Dewey of important successes
achieved by the insurgents at Ma
Mia.
The navy department says Dewey re-
ports the insurgents have won several
victories over the Spanish in Cavite |
province and have taken 80 officers and !
$500 men prisoners.
The officials have been more anxious
than they cared to betray as to Ad-
miral Dewey's condition. They were
not seriously apprehensive OF personal
danger to the fleet. but an impression
was gaining ground that the admiral
had not met with the same measure
of success in his operations in Manila
bay that rewarded his first efforts.
Now the report goes TO show that his
plans are working out admirably: that
he has succeeded in placing upon the
insurgents tho burden of conducting
the military operations against the
Spaniards, while he himself is lying in
enforced idleness, awaiting the arrival
OF troops, and that he has succeeded
in preventing the corruption of the in
surgent leaders by the Spaniards,
which appeared at one time to be
threatening. There is some speculation
here by anxious minds as to how the
insurgents will treat the prisoners they
have taken. who are more numerous. 1t
is said. than all the captures made by
the Cuban insurgents since their war
began. 1t was reported by cable, soon
after he had secured the cooperation
of the insurgent chief. Aguinaldo, that
Admiral Dewey would see to II that
the insurgents observed the rules of
civilized warfare.
This caution was made necessary by
the terrible tales that had been circu-
lated of the barbarous treatment OF
the prisoners captured by the insur-
gents. 1t Is sincerely hoped that
| Agunaldo will see to IL that this agree
ment Is observed in the case of the 500
prisoners he now holds. for IL is be-
lieved in official circles that the ma
| tions of the civilized world will hold
| the United States morally responsible
| for any great excesses that may be
| committed i'm the Phili-oines as a re-
! suit of our action there. The navy
| department officials declare that Dewey
| Is not responsible for the safe keeping
and maintenance OF these prisoners,
/ which is most fortunate. considering
| the limited resources of the admiral in
/ the matter ~ provisions.
The navy department gave orders to-
/ day that the double turreted monitor
! Monadnock. now at Mare Island. Cal.
/ should be ready 10 said for Manila
/ within 10 days, and the necessary or
/ ders were hurriedly telegraphed. The
/ Monterey will not wait for the COM
I Of 10 MnnaHnnglx htt Ghntttd ha
/ off in the course of a few hours un-
/ der the cover of the Brutus. The navy
| department will Immediately procure
/ another merchant ship TO accompany
| the Monadnock on her 5000 mile voy-
| age. The Monadnock is a most power
| full double turreted monitor. With
| twin screws and 3.000-horse power en-
| gines, she is easily able tn make 12l2
knots an hour. Built on the lines of the
| Amphitrite, she has better engines and
more power than that monitor. She
| carries four 10-inch besides two four
inch rapid-fire guns in a casemate and
| a numerous secondary battery Her
| coal capacity is $50 tons In bunkers and
almost as much more stowage room
can be found on the decks. Conse-
| quently the Monadnock has the ability
| to make longer cruise than the Mon
terey without replenishing her coal
] supply. yet her capacity Is still too
small to permit her to make the pas
sage from Honolulu To the Philippines
| unaided. With these two monitors Ad-
| miral Dewey will be fully able to take
care of himself even should the much
talked of Cadiz fleet undertake to at
tack him In Manila harbor.
The monitors al their maximum draw
only 1flz feet OF water. or 10 feet less
than the Spanish battleship Pelayo. and
therefore would be able to pick their
position in the shallow waters. where
the Spanish battleships could not pos
sibly reach them. and hammer away at
the latter to their hearts content. pre-
senting themselves so small a mark as
to render 1t very difficult for the Span
ish gunners to reply effectively. There
is no doubt entertained Of the Monad-
nock's seaworthiness. for. before being
reconstructed at the Mare island navy
yard she made the entire voyage from
the Delaware clear around the Horn 20
San Francisco. a voyage longer really
than that made by the oregon.
The members OF the naval construc-
ton corps are still rejoicing over the
splendid exploit Of Hobson and Powell
The latter. young cadet who sat
through long hours in a steam launch
under the Spanish fire waiting TO fetch
away Hobson and his crew. is also a
member Of the construction corps. ac-
cording 10 Chief Constructor Hichborn
The youngster was assigned TO the force
/ or naval dTCnltects at anndpolS. dc'
cording To the rules. that placed him
in the construction corps as much 81
as Chief Hichborn himself.
That Cadiz feet which was reported
TO be doing strange things in the wes
Indies yesterday rs not giving the nav
al officials any concern. They have
learned through the state department
that the Spanish ships were at Cadil
last Friday. so they could not well hav,
been in the West Indies two days later
Up to the close OF Office hours IL coulc
not be learned at the war or navy de
partment that any news had reached
? them 10 show that troops had landed
! in force near Santiago. and the officials
high and low. made no concealment o.
their incredulity.
| Major Degrandpere. military attseh'
OF the French embassy. left tonight fol