The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-04


blank a blank coward? Tell the blankety
banked Baltimore 80 close up. Blank him.
tell him 10 close up!'
Admiral Dewey looked across the bay
toward the city of Manila moment and
heclzed the ashes from his cigar The
young officers knees were beSinmng GO
tretnble, and the correspondent was begin
ming to wish he had not been so persist
ent in his search for a historical utter
ance. when their suspense was broken by
the admiral turning with a quiet smile
and saying;
Lets look at the signal book for that
morning That viii tell what l said
The signal book was quickly produced,
and this was all that could be found re-
ferring to the Baltimore;
please close upH'
Soon after Maj. Gen. Merritt reached
Manila he began to experience trouble
with the INSURGENTS. Aguinaldo was not
disposed to pay much heed to the gen
erals orders, and the general complicated
matters more or less by endeavoring 90
avoid any clashing of the American with
the insurgent forces. The situation was
becoming somewhat strained when Gen.
Merritt sought a conference with Admiral
Dewey on the Olympia. The general ana
the admiral discussed the situation at
great length, the former giving special
attention to the question of jurisdiction in
the Philippines At last Gen. Merritt put
this question to the admiral:
Admiral, how far in your opinion, does
your jurisdiction extend on the island?"
Admiral Dewey took two short turns on
the quarterback before answering. Then
he asid:
General. my Jurisdiction extends from
as close to shore as l can move these flat
irons" pointing to the American fleet, TO
fov tptD ba Island I throw
she'll"
If there is any one thing which pleases
Admiral Dewey IL is ueatness in dress. He
has never been known TO set bad example
| in this respect, and is regarded by his sub
| ordnates as a fashion plate for the Amer
| lean navy. One of the standing orders fol-
| lowing the establishment of routine duty
in the fleet when there were no more Span
| ish ships TO fight was one requiring all
officers to wear their white uniforms
| One day a certain paymaster named Mar
| tin. who Is afflicted with an abnormally
bushy growth of red whiskers and a
figure of pronounced rotundity, visited the
| OLYMPIA on business connected with his
| department AS the paymaster mounted
the gangway he was seen by Admiral
| Dewey, and a frown gathered on the brow
of the autocrat of the fleet Paymaster
Martin was a sight to provoke laugh
from a ships fgurehead He was arrayed
| in a dun-colored suit of duck, a loosely
| woven undervest resembling a sweater
| showed beneath his jacket and on MS
head was one of those enormous cork he'll
NETS with a circumference equal to thai
of an umbrella.
Orderly, tell Paymaster Martin wish
to see him at once" said Admiral Dewey
and the orderly sought the paymaster Wltf
a grin on his face. few moments iatel
ana the paymaster, very much PLEASED
with being accorded the honor OF visiting
the quarter deck, stood before the admira
and executed one of his very best statutes
s'Paymaster Martin" said the admire
in his chilllest tones, Il think you ar
drunk"
II beg your pardon, admiral-I assur
YOU 1 am not drunk-I-I am perfectl
; sober" stammered the paymaster' stag
gering under the blow his complaisanc
had received.
1T still think you have been drinking,
: continued the little man In spotless white
"for l can't believe you would come aboar
5 this ship sober wearing such an outlandis
| uniform Go back to your ship, sir, an
don't let me ever see another violation
orders like this = '1 'o'
Among the volunteer officers of II
army is a captain in a California regimen
whose noustache rivals the whiskers
Pavmaster Martin in its business.
snreads over his features from his ey
to his lower Jaws, and reaches back
his ears While ashore one day the a
niral saw this captain at short rang
and his keen gray eyes shone with u
usual brilliancy as he turned to broth
officer and quietly remarked:
ut isn't fair to fight the Spaniards wi
that officer"
why do you say that, admiralT'
Hes in ambush all the time.' was L
reply, and the admiral's joke had ci
culated throughout the whole fleet befo
night.