Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-05-26
Cruiser Pulls Away from
Manila after an an
chorage of over
a year
The Admiral Is Enthuiastic
Over Coming, but Says He
Hopes His Friend Won't be
Too Demonstrative When
He Arrives.


Olympia with Admiral Dewey OF
board left here on her homeward
journey 10 the United States at 4
o'clock this aft. rnoon. As she
steamed away the Oregon, Balti
more and Concord fired an admirars
alute. AT tho first shot tho band
on the fiagsbips aft deck played Il
lively air aud her white clad sailors
crowded the d, cks and gave n tire,
mendous cheer As the Olympia
passed the Oregon, the crew of that
la iir.'!t gave nine cheers for tue
Olympians, who reSpondes by throw.
ing their caps so high that dozens of
them were left bobbing in the wake
of the cruiser
Then followed the noisiest half
hour known i'll this harbor since the
battle which linked its name with
that of Dewey. The din of guns
and brass bands echoed through the
smoke, fleet of steam launches
shrieked their whistles, the musicians
of the Baltimore played "Homo
Sweet Home" her flags signaled
good by" and those of the Oregon
said pleasant voyage"
= Admiral Dewey is enthusiastic
oyer bis home going, but when
mention was made of the welcome to
him he said he appreciated the
friendship of his countrymen deeply,
but hoped they would not be too
demonstrative. He intends to go
directly to his home at Montpelier,
Vermont, and live there. On it being
said that the people wanted him to
go home By the way of San Fran.
cisco and across the continent, the
admiral replied: "If 1 were twenty
years younger and had political
ambitious L would not miss that
chance"
Speaking of the situation, Admiral
Dew ey said:
Il believe we are near the end.
The insurgents are fast going to
pieces. The sending of third
commission shows that they believe
this commission means business"
SCHEDULE OF DEwEY's MOVES
Washington, May 20,-So far the
navy department knows nothing ex
cept in the most general way of the
itinerary o. Admiral Dewey's cruise
from Manila to New York. He has
reported simply that he will come
by the Suez canal route and has not
indicated officially how long he will
take in making the trip. Tho
actual departure of the Olympia was
made known III the following Gyo
words coming by cable from Captain
Baker at Manila:
"Olywpia, Hong Kong, Assumed
command"
The understanding at the navy
department is that the admiral
will spend about two weeks at Hong
Kong, for the Olympia is TO be
docked and her drab var p int must
be covered with spottlcss wife which
makes ibe American naval slip the
most beautiful in the world.
In tie absence of other information.
it is assumed that the Olympia frora
Hong X eng will follow the usual
course OF the warsbips coming home
by the way of the Suez canal. She
will touch first after Hong Kong al
Singapore, then nj Colombo, then
perhaps. at Alden, at the entrance OF
the Red sea, to take on crew ol
Lascars to fire the boilers in the in
tensely hot passage through the sea
and The Srez ear al. Stops will be
made OF necessity at Sues and a!
Port Said. 1t is assumed that Malts
l
. will b' torched, and perhaps Geuor
or Nice befcie reaching Gibraltar
Leaving the diterranean. tht