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| closed doors of the Navigation Bureau.
| AS soon as the Navy Department had
the complete official list of the Spanish
ships destroyed BY Commodore Dewey,
they turned to their data showing the
character of these ships destroyed, as ii
gave a full idea of the extent Of the de-
vastation caused by the American fleet.
| Taking the list in the order reported by
| Commodore Dewey, the ships destroyed
| are as follows:
| The Renina Christina, cruiser, a single
| screw. barque rugged ship with one funnel,
| displacement $3.50 tons, length ESQ feet
beam 43, mean draught 10 feet, Arma-
men 10 Hontona six and four-inch guns,
two machine guns and five torpedo tubes
| complement $40 men.
| Castillo, built at Cadiz in 1887; single
screw, barque rugged, one funnel, cruiser,
| displacement S342 tons, length 246 feet;
armament ten Krupp guns and four re-
| volving cannon, two torpedo tubes; COM
| plement 300 men.
| Don Antonio de Ullca, built at Carraca
in 1887; iron cruiser, single screw, barque
rigged, one funnel, displacement l,l52
tons, length 2l0 feet; armament eight
Hontoria guns, one machine gun, two tor
pedo tubes; complement, l7s men.
| Isla de Cuba built at Elswick in 1896
| Steel cruiser double screw, two-masted,
with military tops, length 1S5 feet, dis
placement 1,040 tons, armament - guns,
/ three torpedo tubes, complement 164 men.
General Lezo, built at Carthagena in
| 1885, iron gunboat, double screw. schoon-
| er rigged, length 1853 feet displacement
| 525 tons, armament three guns, three ma
| chine guns and one torpedo tube COM
| plement 98 men,
Marques Del Duero, built at La Seyne
in 1875, iron gunbaat, double screw, schooner
rugged, displacement 500 tons; armament
three guns, one machine gun, compile
ment 9S men,
The Ell Correo is supposed 10 be the Ell
! Cano, that being the name given in the
| data of the Navy Department. She is an
| iron gunboat of 525 tons, double screw,
schooner rugged with three guns, three
| machine guns and one torpedo tube;
complement 9S men.
Velasco, iron cruiser, barque rigged, ZIG
| feet long, 1,139 tons displacement, arma-
ment guns, 2 machine guns; complement
| 1l3 men.
Isla de Mindanao, transport, built in
1881, length 376 feet, displacement Abs
| tons.
| The naval books at the Department do
not show Spanish ship of the name of
Isla de Ullod. The nearest to that name
is Don Antonio de Ulloa. AS the latter is
| in Commodore Dewey's list it is probable
that in transferring the despatching the
| two names have been made out of this
| lengthy single name.
Shortly before Secretary Long left the
| Navy Department for the White House
and an official confirmation was made
| that second despatch from Commodore
| Dewey had been received The Secretary
| carried this with him to the White House
and pending the conference with the
| President there was intense eagernes
among the waiting crowd to learn the
! contents of the second despatch. Sena-
| tors who saw the President secured
| brief intimation that Dewey's victory was
overwhelming and that he had large
number OF Spanish prisoners in his pos
/ session.
At 1890 Secretary Long came from the
Presidents private room carrying the
copy of the second message from Dewey,
but norder to give equal facilities to the
great crowd of people waiting to gain
| information he held it until he reached
| Mr. Finney, brought the message to the
| large reception room, where a hundred
or more anxious newspaper correspon-
spatch as Mr.. Finney read it. 1t was as
! follows:-
"Cavite, May T. 1898.
Long, Secretary Navy
/ II have taken possession of the naval
station at Cavite, Philippine Islands and
| destroyed its fortifications. Have de-
stroyed Notifications at the bay entrance
| patrolling the garrison. I control the
| bay completely and can take the city at
any time. The squadron in excellent
health and spirits. The Spanish loss not
fully known, but very heavy. One hum
| dred and fifty killed including the cap
| tain of the Reina Christina. l am as
sisting in protecting the Spanish sick and
wounded. Two hundred and fifty sick
and wounded in hospital within our lines
| Much excitement at Manila. Will protect
| foreign residents. DEWEY"
Following this Secretary Long gave out
| his reply to Dewey, which had been ca
| bled by direction of the President, as fol-
/ lows
/ WASHINGTON, D. G., May 7, 1898
Dewey, Manila:
| .'The President. in the name Of the Am
erican people, thanks you and your off
GERS and men for your splendid achieve
/ ment and Overwhelming victory. In rec
aognition he has appointed you Acting
| Admiral and will recommend aavote of
| thanks to you by Congress.
"(Signed) LONG,
4 AS the last word Of the despatch was
uttered, several Of the onlookers, includ-
ing Senator Hanna, called for three
cheers for Dewey. They were given with
will and the usual official serenity of
| the Navy Department for the moment
was broken by a round Of cheers. which
| fairly shook the building,
The officials Of the Navy Department
/ as well as all the army officers who
were on duty at the War Department
| were simply amazed at the extent of the
mortality inflicted upon the Spanish by
Admiral Dewey, for from the moment
| when Secretary Long sent his despatch
of congratulations the Commodore be-
/ came an Admiral
Officers scratched their heads in vain
to think of any genuine hostile engage
| ment between armed forces that had
heen so one-sided in its results in the