The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-23
DEWEY's AUTOGRAPH.
An American Clergyman Tells How
He Got 1t for a Child.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe
The Rev. Peter MacQueen. formerly pas
tor Of the Day Street Congregational
Church, West somerv.lle, writes as fol-
lows to a member of his former church.
Manila, Philippines, May 15.-My Dear
Miss Ruby: When your letter came I
was out in the front line Of battle and
could not get into Manila because of the
danger from rebels in the woods behind
the army. In trying to get into the city,
a distance of thirty miles. the party l
was with was ambushed several times
and fired upon.
he rebels have an extremely fine rife
called the Mauser, which is better than
the one We use, called the krag. The
Mauser Will kill man a mile away.
As l was passing the pickets one day I
said TO the sentinel "How far away are
yonder insurgents?" "Thrteen hundred
yards" he replied Are We in danger
Of their rifes?" l asked, preparing my
camera to take a picture. Just then the
angry hiss of a bullet came between the
man and me.
one day six of us went out to take notes
and get views in the rebel country When
we had gone three miles beyond the Amer
lean lines we stopped to photograph some
dead horses and Filipino soldiers AS we
lar, rebel chief, rode over the hills and
caught sight of US
Thinking we were scouts. he ordered the
whole 800 rifiemen to open fire on us. In
few seconds bullets were pouring in
among us. / thought my last hour had
come. But quick as a flash we all got
down behind a ridge in rice field.
The rebels had our range, and it was
death to lift our heads. You have no
idea what a queer feeling it was to lie
there half an hour among the dead Fill
pinos and get hammered at with bullets.
The boy next to me had his hat knocked
Off. We all escaped 1t was a Providence.
Between us and the rebels twenty-five
scouts happened to be lying among the
swamps. Would you believe it, when
they saw us so peppered they thought we
were all dead? One of them told me so
afterward.
Wen, these twenty-five men charged
upon The 300 rebels, and you should have
seen how the whole ridges were friuged
and lit by flames. After a while the firing
| stopped, and we crept into camp after
| d@r...
Tonight the leader Of the scouts was
! brought in severely wounded. l was with
| him an last week, and it is remarkable, |
| have been hit only once, and that time
/ only on the back of the hand, enough to
! take the skin off.
have been in Manila a day or two. get
ting in a supply for a new expedition and
writing letters.
| l am going back to the front tomorrow.
| To-day | went to see Admiral Dewey He
| wrote me a nice invitation to go on the
| Olympia, and l have been on her four or
| five times.
| She is a nice boat with fine officers, but
| The best Of all is Dewey. lie was sending
| off callers and correspondents and | was
| talking with Capt. Lambertou. When
| Dewey got rid of a lot of fellows with
| cameras and Associated Press men and
| and others, I turned TO him I'm Kind of
| laughing way and said: Admiral, if YOU
were not refusing so many requests, !
| was going to put before you a request
have from a young lady of St. Johnsbury
| VI"
ooh, a young LADY," cried the admiral
! TN do anything for her-and from ST
Johnsbury! How old IS she? What is her
name?"
Ten years old" said I. Miss Ruby
Stone; and she says Vermont is proud Of
you. and she wants your autograph.
BY George" said the admiral, I'm dc
| itH'
So I gave him a leaf OF my diary and he
wrote George Dewey, May 10, 1899 Ma
| MA"
have sent 1t TO you In this letter. Now
| you must keep il alf Your life, as the sig
nature of the best and greatest man The
world has ever known