The Portland daily press., 1898-10-29

and he certainly was not afraid of any
other ship in the fleet, but he also knew
that if he fred and missed. he would not
be apt to have a second chance. S, aun
eyed gun. Meanwhile the rest of the feet
with the exception Of the Charleston.
which, for some reason unknown to me,
neither fired nor came into action, banged
away with their usual accuracy. They
froppvd shells into the fort we were
guarding, setting 1t on fire and killing
some of the gunners. as our troops subse'
q uently found heads, trunks ana other
debris in this same enclosure. Great
masses of dirt or masonry fell wherever
shot hit One shell burst In the mldst OF
a company of Spanish soldiers, and there
me, but blood and dirt. / made 1requeho
dashes to the deck during the engage
ment, and thought my time mad come
when two shells from the Olympia went
screaming over my head. About three
p. m. flag of truce came off to the 40.
miral and we were told the enemy had
surrendered. ct 5.45 p. m. the great
Spanish flag which f1oated over the
citadel came down. and the Stars ana
Stripes took its place. The fleet cheered.
The women on shore wept and wrung
their hands, SO was told. That flag had
tioated there since 1870 Then one by one,
each ship in the squadron, the flagship
leading. fired the national salute OF 81
guns. The city and all that is represented.
was ours.
The day after the fight the captain went
to the flagship and when he returned, we
learned many of the details of the fight.
The Spanish would not surrender to the
army. 1t was the navy thev we're afraid
of, and it was to the Admiral they sur
rendered. He, of course. turned them
over to General Merritt. Seven thou sand
troops thus laid down their arms.
Yesterday morning the English flagship
saluted our colors-21 guns The othe
have not done 20. In the afternoon I got
ashore, 48 hours after the surrender Or,
the views and the chances for pictures 1t
is all SO strange and unlike anything
ever saw that I cannot begin to describe
it except by word of mouth. The city Is
everywhere and our troops patroling the
streets Naturally everything is quiet.
The Spanish soldiers are qusrtered in the
churches. Spanish officers can he seen on
the street wearing their side arms. The
insurgents are still without the gates.
They are treaoherous lot and offered TO
fight with the Spanish against us the
day of the surrender. Many of the build
ings particularly the churches and gov
eminent buildings are very ancient. The
walled town with It's narrow i'll smelling
streets, is weird. 1t is surrounded by
meats. I saw priests with shovel board
hats; hundreds of coolies with bales OF
goods and hemp suspended from poles
carried on their shoulders; native chill
breed women in chemise and petticoat
smoking enormous cigars; few senoritas
in upper windows and one or two on the
street. There were streams of people
crossing the bridge which leads from the
walled town across the Passig river and
carrying their goods and chactels evident
ly from safe storage back to their homes
There was bullock hitched to one OF the
queer looking carts such as described
seeing at Guam. Ponies furnished the
horse power for the place. Several poor
women with babies begged for aims.
Finally wandered into an English hotel,
and in the inner courtyard owe rgrown
with trees and vines, refreshed myself
with Cigar 1t seemed to be the head
quarters Of the American and English
officers and civilians. No introductions
were required, and everyone was friend,
IL. learned that General King is still
en- route. Finally I went to the Palace
where General Merritt Is quartered and
saw furniture being moved in, so l sup
pose he is there to stay.
August 22nd. This morning at g. 30 all
hands were called to muster. The officers
stood on the starboard quarter deck, the
men on the port side, the CAPTAIN and OK
eeutive officer between. The executive
then said: "Copy of telegram from the
President of the United States. Every
one sa1uted. He then read the message to
the effect thar the President In his own
name and In that of the nation again
thanked Admiral Dewey his officers and
men for their second victory at Manila.
August Goth. I am still on the Monte
rey as you see and with no immediate
prospect of transference. The admiral
has transferred his flag to the Baltimore.
The Olympia, the Raleigh and Concord
hav, all gone to Hong Kong to be locked
and cleaned. When they return the other
Yesterday Neele and l spent in Manila.
We visited some volunteer troops
quar- tered in the Convent Of San Sebas-
tain. The pictures and carvings on the
walls were quain6 as were also the cor RI
doris and tiled court. They made
strange background to these men. We
lunched in French restaurant on broiled
OF the residence quarter and after VISITING
some regular army officers in their
quarters, formerly some officials palace,
we passed beyond the city limits and
W thin the insurgent lines We had our
shoulder straps on, and was surprised at,
the number of persons who saluted US,
American soldiers and sailors of course,
but also Spanish soldiers, French and
German sailors and insurgsnt soldiers.
August 31st. Day after day we sit on
the quarter deck and look out OR this
beautiful bay and on the distant roofs of
Manila. 1t is eight miles from our
anchorage to the city. A ferry runs from
Cavite to Manila morning and evening
and our launch connects with it. I have
cnUlra1 ffnaG and mo vo TO-
morrow. The trips are always the same.
On the ferry one meets a lot of army and
navy officers, and generally finds &C.
quaintances among them. After an hours
sail we enter the Pasig river along the
right bank of which extend the walls of
the old city. Within are palaces and
many churches. The towers of the
cathedral are very picturesque Opposite
these is the landing place generally OBJ.
ci to the quay. Tie queer ' sights
then begin as we walk I'D town, All the