Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-07
WHY WE WELCOME DEWEY
Seine Of tha Circ;,.l.s. ;31;.-ea At,epdine
His Vic. DRY.

From C5liieT's Ne5Nly.l
In order 10 3Iqraeiate the naval vie
tory at Cayite. which will b duly hon-
cred when Admiral Dewey reaches
New York. It j. EeedfuI 10 r,c:I the
state of Things # things which existed
at The rime OF tn Achievements. If the
files of European newspapers ana
periodicals far 3Eo mcutl-,r or March
and April 1898. he eo--lIlted. Il win
he observed that large majority Of
repUaal exf,.SiS were Hen of s.le i'll
len That the Spaiards would he found
decidedly Superior 10 our Goun-GSrlen
at sea. Even in England Admiral Coz
l0mb0 and ether naval officers showed
themselves DISPOSED 20 take a gloomy
view of our prcSi ectS # success Up0H.
the ocean. owing partly TO the fac: tllaI
Spain was known to possess 4 number
uf arnoret cruisers built IL cSr Les;
Eunoi e.ta s,.ipyar,is but nilinly ia the
vast Xtent Of the SeacUa.t We should
lave to defend a. the Idc,fc rs We'll
as the 'Atl8w;it- on the Pacfii. from
The moment tilat The batt1eship Oregon
" is ordered to join the vessels CHorat-
- III 4l'74t-- - i4-t-l> Otli 4t-'clIS " uc-
fenSa were almost exclusively cCnfi~ed
TO THE squadron under DcWey which
had been stationed u the Chin, seas.
On April 26th, 4 dis, Ig:e-h arrived from
Washington ordering DCWe5. to s,r0-
ce9d Il once & : the Philippine Islands.
tc begin operations against the Spanish
tlee5- at-.l - eaW-ure Or destroy IT, Al
TWO n'cicek On tie very neNi day. The
sailing pennant went mp. and Dewey's
dee 5is rcd 1gtlWald acln=~ go
miles Of ore eff the rolTGhe<t seas III the
world. winch lay 1letwes n II ard the
Philippines. On Agril 3Gth. It reached
St;big Bay. blfween which nd Manila
lay 4 distance CT thirty nli1@sl II was
learned Thar the Spanish squadron lay
Inside the Fay Of Cavite the sides OIL
WnIcl and The entrances cc which vare
known to be fort If and mi al There
Is new L d-g,:}5 that 90 far as Land de-
lenses we're concerned, Cavite was far
b5i2r equipped than WIS Santiago in
to which the fieeJ urd r y ,Gniral S,rnp
SOi. never ventWed to enter. C.ar!.a-
dore Dewey did not st0g to b-Nesti..lte
tne strength o. the fCr.ifca4t-,lS ihra1r
eninlE tie entrances fc the Fay # Ca
vic. nor the reality of the submarine
mines alleged. to exist. bIrt I sle very
evening CT HIS arrival he.t uf AcuiI 81.
SWEPT info tile Bay Cf Cavite reca.ving
the fire OF the fortifcations and defying
the mices. two of which oxplcd q. one
ahead IF the flgsh-p In
front or me American vessels Law the
Spanish squadron defended at the rear
ard on BOTH tanks by land arteries.
Leaving out the tremendous advantage
give-i to tie Spauiards by these bat
5eries. 10 u consider the relative
strength Of The naval forces engaged.
Dewey had six fighting ships and the
revenue cutter NcCuN0ch. which took
no part n the action. The SI73uiar7e
had ten fighting ships and TWO tornado
boats, the latter. however. 1bciUr c.raC-
IDEALLY Ous of action The Americans
had 81 classified big guns and Il rlrid- /
tire arsl machine gums: the SDa -iariS |
had y classi3ieeI big guns and - randi
Ire and machine gurus. The Ameri- |
ans had Il 4 e; Eht-inch guns. while the
largest Spanish GUNS We're So inches. |
It follows that. if the land glattelfes he
3tsregarded. Dewey had slightly the
advantage IN weight Ct metal and in
heavy guns As r CARDS the nucnher
Of met engaged. THO snaniards had
|, I96. and the Americans LOTS. Tic
teSult of the hattle WAS the annihila- /
jon or capture Cf every SnlnG-Gl yes
Eel and the surrender Of tie shore hat
-enies. The Sparlards admitted los
If G34 killed and wounded. while .he |
Americans had net ona killed and only /
eight wounded. Il / the completeness /
If the immediate result which gives |
Manila 4 great place il, the history oil
naval battles: hin what adds immense /
7 TO its Importance Is ~ fact hat II /
involved tie cession by Spain 10 the /
United States Of an Island en,gfire con
aiming upward OF eight million inh2b- /
t3nt7. at-d lsosaa>r7ed Of inmeaSurl'lle /
Natural resources. No naval victory /
III the annals Of III world has brought /
lhout the transfer from one power t. |
mother Of 50 large a population.