The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-03
Dewey's Officers Ar
rive on Coptic.
CAPTAIN WOOD AMONG THEM
LIEUTENANT CALKINs OF THE
OLYMPIA HOME FOR A REST.
They Consider the Situation at Man
liza and Iloilo One of Delicacy,
but Anticipate No Seri-
Gus Trouble.

Among the cabin passengers who ar
rived on the Coptic yesterday were
number Of volunteer and regular naval
officers who, for some reason or an
other, are returning to the United States.
A number of these gentlemen went down
to Manila on the Monadnock and Monte
rey and consequently arrived too late to
see any of the fun, but there are five Of
them who did see the fun and were right
in the midst of it.
They are Captain E. P. Wood, who COM
manded the Petrol on that historical 1st
of May. The Petrol will be remembered
as the smallest vessel of the fleet. Not
withstanding her dininutive size she
steamed right in between the batteries on
the Cavite shore and two of the Spanish
vessels. She engaged and whipped them
all singie-handed and then burned every
thing that was still left afioat She thus
won for herself undytng fame as the
hardest fighting ship of a gallant squad
ron.
Lieutenant c.. G. Calkins was Adj
miraI Dewey's navigator and from
the bridge of the flagship directed the
course that led the fleet past the batteries
at Corregidor and up the bay to Manila
and victory. Lieutenant Calkins is a
brother of F. N. Calkins of the Bank of
California. He is a resident of Berkeley,
where he expects to be allowed to remain
for three or four months before again
being ordered to report for active service.
Lieutenant S. M, Strife is the officer
who directed that famous shell from the
Boston's eight-inch gun which, exploding,
hurled eighty Spaniards into eternity.
Ensign j. S. Doddridge commanded
the secondary battery on the Olym-
pia and owned a wardrobe which was
disarranged on the 1st of May by six
inch shell entering his stateroom ana eX7
ploding in the bosom of a dress shirt. All
11paN liCIn hpT
the curious fact that the force OF the eX-
plosion blew a suit of pink lace paJamas
through a steel bulkhead without inlurlng
either the pajamas or the bulkheaa;
O. H. Hilton, chief carpenter OF the
Olympia, is another man who played nus
part with Dewey and watched the SPAR
ish ships go down. All these gentieini 'a
express themselves highly pleased at De-
ing once more in America,
They consider the situation at MAMMA
and Iloilo one of great delicacy, out say
with the Filipinos, as they think t 5ie
with a little careful management all dill
ferences may be adjusted without resort
Others who arrived on the Coptic are
Lieutenant Fred Dohrmann OF the First
California Regiment, who has been re-
tnrn9 pavi5 home n oR aleh m saRs who
went to Manila in the interests of the
New York Sun, and whose work has
given him place IN the the torem 9y! rang
Runkwitz, a German naval surgeon,
who has been in the Orient in at
tendance on Prince Henry of Prussia,
and who is on his way home to Germany;
Hunting Wilson, secretary of the lega-
ton at Toxic, who is on leave of absence.
lieutenant Commander C. P. Perkins,
who was until recently in command OF
the Monadnock, and Lieutenant ]. f. Nc
MILAN, who was assistant captain of the
port at Manila, and who is on his way
home. Mrs. Mcmillan accompanies her
h11Shon1 Mrs SaWall- wife of Minister
Sewall, is among those who arrived on the
Coptic from Honolulu.
Among the other naval officers who re-
turned are: W. S. Barger, A. d. Brown,
G. Boss B. NJ. Lombard. w. Mclean,
f. D. Read, f. L. Strong, F. A. Wilmer
and w. L. Walker.