Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-12
DEWEY'S WANTS.
tie Makes a Il quest For More War
ships and supplies.
Wuh Ills Present Vessels. the Captured
spanish >hip' and Those tnder Wav,
ptwry uHl Have the Largest
IIect IA Time of Peace

WASHINGTON. Jan. . The navy de-
partucnt received lo. cipher cable
ii>patch from Adm. Dewey making
acquisitions for ships and supplies
urgently needed on the A>iatir STA
tion. The admiral reiterated the re-
quest Ia has made several times il,
hc last few weeks, that additional
light draught gunhoatN should hc
sent to him. notwithstanding the
fact that Secretary Long inform
rd him Friday that the 'astur
was starting Immediately 10y way al
SucZ. and other vessels would follow
when they could hr spared. \ reply
was sent Ia the admiral saturday that
the Bennington. now nn her NAY from
would toe ordered Ia Manila in the
course Of few months, and the
Machias. now repairing at Portsmouth,
y. H.. would follow the ta>tiu,
through the Mediterranean in few
WEEKS ~ join his fleet.
Secretary Long added request IL
Adm. Dewey Ia designate specifically
any other gunhoat> he desired. in or
Ter that the department. might CRAFTY
him. il possible. The authorities rec,
agnizc the advi>ahility Of sending all
the runhoats that can he spared IL
the Asiatic station. ON account Of their
adaptahility Ia service in the archiprl.
ago. hut in addition To the Concord and
Petrol. which are now nj lluiio. the
lIr!cna i al Fort said nn her way tu
Manila. and Adm. Dewey now has in
commission the Callau, the Manila. the
Culroa and the liarcclo. which he cap
lurcd from the Spaniar,l>. and in 4
few weeks the lsla de Luznn and the
l>la dc Cuba, which he raised and sent
In Hong kong. will be manned 10y the
crews >cui ont ON the Buffalo.
lie also has the captured gunhoat>
L"yte and Mindanao awaiting crews.
Bennington Join him he will have 80
vessels under his command. not count
ing the Oregon and the Iris. which
viii soon he at Honolulu. awaiting
orders Ia go Ia his support. such 4
large fleet has never in times of peace
been under the command of a single
Am, rican officer. hut the department
has such confidence in the admiral,
Judgment that ii will not hesitate Il
send him any further rcinforccmcnts
that lac demands.
In his dispatch Adm. Dewey call,
for large quantities of plug tobacco,
soap and American food. 1t will bC
remembered that soon after the de
struction of Montojo's fleet the adj
miral cabled for 40. 600 bars of soap,
finding he could buy none in
Asiatic waters. This supply ha,
either been exhausted or the
admiral is determined 10 have
fresh supply ON hand before il
gives out i'm order that there shall To-
no uncleanlincss in his fleet. His de
inand Tor more plug tobacco II eN
planned in letters which have recently
reached Washington from officers al
the fleet. telling how tired the men ar,
of Philippine cigars. and how they mis-
their sweetened navy plug and clay
pipes.
To carry these needed supplies tn,
Gcpart mcnt decided Saturday To fit ny
the auxiliary cruiser Yankee or hel
sister ship, the Prairie, and load then
full of necessities. sending them I,
Manila by way of the Suez canal
These vessels are now at Lcagu,
Island. but one of them can he sent
around To New York and made ready
to start in the next two weeks