The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-05
gARSHIPS TO GO TO MANILA.
.,.s,nrNr ORDERS AN INCREASE
N THE NAVY THERE.

,t,,. MARIETTA and Machias Will
r.. sent at Once-otheF Vessels to
nave Not Yet Been Selected.
l..,o- WAS "a Result of the Consul
tn with Admiral Dewey.
s.n.oatb of the Fleet Will Be
creatiy Increased.
,,...iootop. oct. 4-The President to
,.. dtr..,ed the immediate dispatch 10
& ra.gonires Of a number of vessels of
w.. r7yr including the cruiser Brooklyn
s.5 ,as eun1oats Marietta and Machias.
rta action is the result of Admiral
Dsu.y,s interview to-day, in which he
rsof over the Philippine situation with
the President,
The orders given are in line with the ex-
messed determination of the President to
cornish the army and navy every resource
for Stamping out the Philippine insurrec-
fon All the earliest possible time.
Al Admiral Dewey's extended interview
with me President to-day the former went
r,o the Philippine question at great
.ergth. explaining carefully the existing
condition OF affairs and his views of the
o9llook. concluding with an earnest rec
ommendation that the Brooklyn and some
other vessels be sent at once to the Phil
npiDes. This reinforcement of the pres
ent feet of the Asiauc squadron he urged
as necessary, and said their dispatch
should he directed as early as possible The
President Immediately communicated with
the navy department and instructed Sec
leary Long to issue an order carrying
out the AdmiraFs recommendation and to
see that the vessels be got in readiness at
once
Others Not Yet Selected.
Beside the Brooklyn, Marietta and Ma
cHas the other vessels have not yet been
seectrd The Brooklyn is now with the
North Atlantic squadron off Tompkinsville,
IS8tn Island. The Machias and the Ma
ueta are .g the navy yard in this city on
waiting orders, having been brought here
to participate in this weeks celebration in
honor of Admiral Dewey. These reinforce
.meais viii add considerable strength TO the
AsiaIc squadron and the administration
thinks their presence win have a material
effect in eXpsdiung The end of hostifities.
AAE A'AbNhiA II ~ all dilllUlE1 cruiser OIL
the first rating, carrying twenty main bat
!. ery guns and having a total displacement
ol 9-i5 ions, and is so well thought of by
Rear Admiral Schley that he desired that
she be assigned as his flagship in the new
Iso1n Atlantic squadron.
The Marietta is a composite gunboat of
n" tons of displacement and with a main
battery equipment Of six guns, and the
Slaea,as with a displacement of LIT tons,
leaues battery of eight guns.
Their commanders are all veterans of
long experience in The service. The Brook
ya Is commanded by Capt. Theodore F.
'sweff who mas seen fourteen years of
sea service; the Machias by Lieutenant
commander Leavitt c. Logan, with fifteen
ears OF service at sea, and the Marietta
iE Lieutenant Commander Edward H.
9aeen whose record shows seventeen
years of sea service.
l4e hrooklyns formidable equipment
VIII make her Of invaluable general serv-
'se While the Marietta and the Machias
are expected TO be of much usefulness in
u'e numerous shallow waters about the
dr. hpelago where larger craft cannot go.
IL Is not known now soon these vessels
eao be made ready, but they will get away
ss early as possible