New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-22
CHEERS FOR RALETGHS MEN
ENTHUSIASM PERvADEs THE DINNER
GIVEN BY THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB.

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| sonely decorated with American and British flags,
| and ten large ,ables weighted with good
| things for the returned heroes OF Manila for-
| malities were largely dispensed with. and every
officer OF the trim little cruiser was thrice wei
coined and made to feel that he was In the house
| OF his friends.
| The officers present were Captain ]. b. Coghan.
Lieutenant G commander T. s. Phelps. jr Captain
James Entwistle of the Engineer Corps Lieu
| tenant W. Winder. Lieutenant Hugh Rodman'
| Passed Assistant Engineer Ward 7. Wincheli'
| Lieutenant c. b. Morgan Paymaster Samuel L..
| Heap Passed Assistant Surgeon j. NJ. Moore En-
| sign II. a. Pearson. Ensign +. J.. Chadwick ana
| First Lieutenant OF Marines Thomas c. Treadweh.
| Elihu Root president OF the club was the chair
| man Of the evening. Resides the officer guests
| there sat with him at the guests table ex-Mayor
| William L. Strong and Charles +. Gregory.
The dinner began at o'clock In closing MS
| eloquent speech Of welcome Mr. Root said:
They did their duty. not thinking about Theories
future government; They had their orders; h,
orders led b them no tS1Rns o. of h
alone but behind them were the great IDEAS 'ha'
Greater than they knew when they did it, greater
than we know tonight. was the work done by the
| followed Dewey into Manila Harbor
| Here President Root stopped and proposed three
cheers for Admiral Dewey. They were given so
| that the building seemed TO throb In syinpa.hv'
| Three mighty cheers followed for captain |oshiah'
Almost louder than either were the SHOUTS OF ap-
prevail when President Root called for three cheers
| for the men behind the guns" There was great
excitement and enthusiasm, and as II subsidized IN
| part come one began THE Star Spangled Banner
In minute it was taken up by all in the room ana
| the completed.
CAPTAIN COGHLAN'S SPEECH.
Captain Coghan was then called upon to speak
He received an ovation as he rose The Captain
began rather hesitatingly:
When we accepted the invitation to come to your
home tonight you know /: with the under
standing that We were to do no talking. We are
free to admit that we get frightened when asked
any mistakes. When listened to the eloquent
euiogy of your distinguished president and heard
me at first, Can he mean ~, But when he had
far n he9 ssw Ra he
was simply firing over our heads at him. ao,,
about us. we will accept them thank lin Ior
them as being said for Admiral Dewey. Anything
hat 'Gu and pc my a eOmrades If we accepted these
things on any other basis: would feel that we com
We accept all your kindness In his name. 1t was
a great pleasure and honor to serve under him;
Every day were with him We learned more ana
more to love him. and more and more how the
countrys interests were safe In his hands and now
to his countrys credit Through all those long.
weary months Of waiting ana NE most S S
the very bone. he held himself up, and he held us
up with him.
Admiral Dewey. told the following story about the
visit of an officer sent by the German Admiral
Our friend Admiral Won Diederichs officer, came
down one day to make complaint II was my
pleasure TO step out on the quarterback just as
he aboard. 1t was partly by accident and part
g by design him the tell he Adm n1 about his
Tell your Admiral those ships Of his $, must stop
when say so. ! wish to make the blockade OF
The German officer replied. But we ny the Dag"
The reply Of the Admiral was just like Dewey; lie
yard anywhere"
There was no fun in that expression of the Ad-
German flag. and that whole Spanish fleet might
nD Se a% f'a% nd s
Ms has s se hao Of ssd Ss
I'm bockading here. Now. note carefully what
say, and tell your Admiral that say It. have
as l could, but I'm getting tired of the puere work
here 1t has been Of such ebTan a
fight over IT. but the time has come when 1t must
Now listen closely and tell the Admiral as say
IT. Tell your Admiral that the slightest infraetion
81 fas rd e Of amy rule viii only
thing. That will be war 1t VIII be so accepted "a
ready for war with the United States they can
have IT at any time" 49,. .,. 1880
breath away. 1t came so suddenly ~, We had ex-
peeted 1t all along, but things you have been e (,
AS he left. with a face about this long dndica-
said to me. Il think your Admiral does not ex-
actly understand" Now, you've all read Victor
der said when the English called on him to sur
render confess said something IKE thd h,,d to
but he means what he says. and you'd better
After that they did not breathe more than four
times successiveiy without asking permission.
THE BATTLE OF MANILA.
Captain Coghlan told in picturesque way OF
the battle of Manila. and of the firing Of the first
gun. After telling about entering the harbor, he
said:
we Il
time we were little anxious We had seen tor
NAL. daughter Sometimes you shoot them of
them alongside Of YOU. But we knew that these
were held down, and that they could not go back
We knew they were waiting for US.
The Olympia went through the field first She
Then the Baltimore went by. and we came next.
We We're so brave that we would have gone right
through a graveyard. We thought that probably
up the bank a ways, and would probably get down
TO business after we had passed. as spaniards
Just then happened to loo over toward the bank
and and saw saw flag, nag l thought i was one of our
TO me, Hadn't we better ire?" I said. no, there
to help u.s. and it may hit of them Just then
shot came toward us II struck that II must
have been about fifteen miles high far
over us Another one followed. and It a little
closer. Just then II appeared TO of that II
might be fine idea II OF us put a shot back
That fellow there (pontng down the table 10 one
OF his offcers) had the honor OF opening the ball.
INTERRUPTED WITH CHEERS.
Every and gave three cheers for the
man who fired the first shot at Manila. Captain
Coghlan went to say that the men on ship
board passed a really anxious night Every one
was awake all night. although the Admiral had
said that all should sleep get a good breakfast
and then go In and wipe them off the face OF
tn eearth. The day broke suddenly there being
no twilight in the tropics. II the most beauti-
full day imaginable. but they found themselves
right under the guns Of Manila.
There was not ship in sight The moment day