The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-24
ECHOES FROM MANILA GUNS.
GRAPHIC NOTES WRITTEN DURING
THE FAMOUS RATTLE.
Two Jack T'ars Who We're with
Dewey write to rhete Brother In
seattle. Telling How the Amerf-

After all = II the jack tsrs OF rncse
Sam navy thst win the victories. ard
IRE iuspr esssioEs the battle % Manila made
on then, ara Interesting. This 3 SHOWN 10
their letters - friends al home. mo OF
which nave jas, reached here. Tasy are
from Frank and Jack fs8rdoss, who have
broshsr IN tbs city. Jacks letter "a quite
nsyei. as part - Il was written 3a.isIs tEs
AghG- The letters follow. --
PHI. pp.ue Islands.
city az Manila. May =
My Dear Brother: / dreg YOU ssw
ases 10 let yot; know I asn stsIi IN the land
of the living. AS | ted yoa IN ~ lass
letter. Se were ordered 20 Manila 20 Ca
stroy. capture ana esalsstrss ev@Eythi ~ ~
sight Wen, We I'D lust what Cncts Sam
wanted Us 20 do.
Il will now give yoa the story Of one Of
The Shrewdest and TIoSi stubborn ngnfs ~
history Il Will be remembered IN years
70 come. -.
Well We lefs Honskong on ;he TN
day Of April. and as the 1sastlp took sae
Head are went by FIRST and W. went Wild
cheering hef as she PASSED as 10 piAey
where r whole Fet OF rs thought ~ would
never return from. Wei. tAey returned
The cheer. and II hearty one II MAS NsAi
came the brave Iialtinore. and We ElSS
and received good, loud cheers there. TIE
dear cid Raleigh then stepped IN and We
received load cheers: IN fact they ~s-@
louder than any. Tor the smp.S Teassa
that sh-. Is a fighter. every inch II ner. ard
great things were expected from Der when
the opportunity arrived. Then came the
bean eater. ths Bosom. The Eetrsi. the
Concord and the Mccullough. They al! -rl-s
eeised cheers 2nd cAeers, Tor, A!thoasn
they were small. they sa.d We would nAt
them at :heir post. When We were All
strung our IN iiue. w4sa two transports
loas:ed down With provisions and q careo
o. coal the bands OF TIE Olympic anu
Baltimore played The star-spangled But
m nsr We I'll gave taFef spsdts H ,cT J Ls
shook. it was terrible cassr that told us
Victory was our soJ f,.
We passed on ssowly by a big British
feet, including a guardshlp and "a hospital
ship. We could see he boys ia the hos,
pital sap hoabl.ns Oh chairs and benches.
The whole fleet gave US 3 cheer ana WISH
Ell Us good luck. 1t was a great chee-,
better than they gave, think. 80 out
We went, painted W4lr color, AID every
over the side ali the woodwork In he cab
II. al the 6lddy boxes, the 0os.sNa.Gs
chests. lockers. ard. IN fact. every mox.
aole thing in s.Sht- There wasn't much
cay ss..1 asked the admiral Il ne could take
down the bridge. The answer vas that ne
Chs adfairaD was going 80 DO his, fight. ~
from The bridge, ard that The RaiesgIS
bridge did not come down. Old zoe Gag.
Ian. our captain, had 10 face the m--rc
from the bridge Well. We were cleared for
action. and we had general quarters very
night, 50 az 20 get oar haRd IN when the
fun should begin Wen ~ steamed along
and every Ting that few The Spanish flag
sank it. You know dead men tell no
tales.
The First Prize .aa
First We met small boat with the
Spanish flag flying. We overhauled y
pulled down the flag and let her g.. Wsli,
SHORTY after thai Sims SfpuC9I. ana
all thn captains were ordered or bard The
flagship. suppose they got some news
from the small boat Well n two hours
time the captains returned 70 Their boats
and We proceeded on again, looking all tnts
time for the Spanish feet Of sixteen SHIPS
Of war. We had a tip that they were walt
fTs %se4ts2d~ q cove close 10 Mania.
I'VE would 20 out in oar turn ~ a scout
ship for so many hours, then we would
come hack and some other one would step
out. Well IL seems before We left our
port engine got disabled, and IL took tllir-
ty-three hours 20 fix IL up lust as good as
new. We were scared at frst, because the
the hes, you can w.;h one leg iill you get
the other one patched up - when every
thing wss all right we Knew that We stood
a good chance for our Ewes,
II GEMS when the consul left Manila
he brought q pilot with him He also
brought map ~ the Islands. which show
Ell Two great forts and the two channels
20 The harbOr. whore all the mines were
laid. He didn't know just where the mines
were. se we were feeling kind OF curious.
The consul also brought besides tbs
pilot rebel general There was $yi,ltso for
his head. so / heard
We got within twenty miles OF the en-
trance of The haTo3r about o'clock, and
the word was passed taat We wers To go in
past the forts at II O'clock The moon
WITS shining very bright We wished II
wasn't. but then Ne were going 10 try our
chances. We were getting up hign steam.
so ~ - 20 fving by between the two
forts. which had all modern gnBs. and biz
ones at that. Our ships were half \ mile
from each other. Al our fgIss we're out
Il VAS In BOX. 40 thar no one could see
il from elmer side. H. WAS there for our
ships TO keen tab on zach other"
A. this point young LAndon takes ZIP the
fight in the present tense. As things 81
inteFcs. happened ~ totfs3 taeTn down. and
fer mat the letter Is decidedly original. II
reads:
Manning the Guns.
We are getting close 20 the forts: II is
now Haif~pasi 10 / was ordered uI from
the engine room. wnere all 5he battle
aafe-eS wora down. | WA told TO stand
~ az pipe aw4y. ! stood ~ iae stop
valve that cio-ef Ine gtssm or the boiler.
Wei. wher / c3r1r Up I Il over This fsi-
lT.y AID fhat fe1i1w - the lark The chan
keep SILENT and not 70 fire on the f3ftS ga-
iez.s they fred ah ia frs. W gre al at.
our stations, t.ysry gun 81 manned We
AZ going at lively Esit and everything
- weii.
Olympia is past the forts. the Balt.-
Tnre aiso past %ow comes r8e Raj
etEJ. Remember. Re are taf Z n7lir apart.
" nat 30 We Sc tsA5rrs 'FEeJ are .enal-
ing. A rocket e"es up from oHe % tls
islands. They see uF " aEpect lem ~
trs soon. TheY . see az % To2ia 4ga
W. s1!Ds are 917 ~ range ~-
We s-e 4 ASA. T9ry have fiFcd or -