The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-29

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tne time l left l said that the insur.
gents were on their last legs. It's got
70 come, they can't stop it. They can't
nold out against the Army and NAVY.
1 Deileve then that they would be un.
aDle 10 secure the arms and ammuni-
tlon, without which they could not
wage war, but have learned through
the newspapers since that they have
recelevd the necessary supplies. That
must be stopped, and the insurgents
will then be Of little strength. They
are good soldiers, splendid ones. and
their powers Of endurance are remark.
able"
do you consider that the Filipinos
are yet capable of government. at
least enough so to allow of the with
drawal Of American forces?
mo, they are not, but in time they
Will he. 1t is bound to come out right.
Bound to-" replied Admiral Dewey, de-
cisively
81 will say this much, though, for
the Filipinos. They are more capable
Of governing themselves than the Gu
bans are"
"Some of them I doubt not, are now
capable of administering affairs, but
the great majority of them have the
crudest ideas of an honest and efficient
government. Their greatest fault is
this: They don't know the meaning of
the word honesty OF course, like all
Malays who have had educational ad-
vantages they are wonderfully capa-
Bile of initiative construction and are
Q6O1ipo hln ,nrficonc {7-oi
At this point Admiral Dewey was
asked what he thought Of the mention
Of his name for the Presidency. The
gallant seaman braced his shoulders,
thrust out his right hand expressively
and laughed good naturedly before he
replied:
"They don't know me-"
"Gen. Joe Wheeler has been mention
ed as your running mate"
"Well, well, is that true? A fine
mess we two would make of it, The
army and navy. That's too good, real
ly, to be true. You know the old say
ing, Once Il soldier always a soldier
That covers Wheeler's case.
"Then it is once an Admiral, always
an Admiral" was suggested.
"Yes that covers my case" laughed
Dewey.
"But the change would be only to an
other craft, the ship Of State" was
said.
"Too much of a change. too much"
replied Dewey. "Now, Wheeler has
had some political training in his life,
but for me, my son, l know as much
about politics as Bob here" said the
Admiral, STOPPING to stroke the dogs
head and dismissing the subject with
one of his expressive gestures. Then
he Strengthened up stiffiy. Orderly, go
in my room and get that picture of
Gen. Luna" he said suddenly. "Luna,"
he resumed, was killed by AguinaldO's
orderly while | was on my way bacE
to the United States. The orderly was
/ an expert swordsman and when Luna
attempted TO brush past him after the
! orderly had refused to let him pass,
/ Luna was killed.
"He was one Of Aguinaldo's best gen
| erals Paterno. | should say. is the
ablest of them now. Aguinaldo is
nothing but figurehead. He is only
| of average intelligence and ability,
| The brains are hack of him. In Manila
| he is held at his true worth and there
| they know who Is responsible for what
successes. If any, that have attended
! the efforts of tho Filipinos to rebel
against our government. AguinaldO
was only a clerk in the navy yard at
Manila before he took the field against
the Spanish. The men who actually
have the most influence among the
Filipinos are a number of lawyers, I'M
questionably able men.
"I have a very fine cane made Of ma
tive wood and trimmed with gold, that
was presented to me by Aguinaldo.
We became quite friendly before the
Filipinos became our enemies. SO far
rs that goes we are friends yet" and
Dewey gave a quiZZical smile. The
photograph of Gen. Luna, typical Fill
ipino with decided train Of negro in
appearance, bore on its back an inscr'p-
ton written by the Archbishop of Ma
Mia, Bernadino Nesalcda.
"The Archbishop said Dewey with
another of those quiet smiles. sig the
gentleman who declared that the Span
ish fleet would wipe the scum of the
earth off the face OF the sea, when the
Spaniards heard that we were on our
way to Manila. Well, the Archbishop
became a good friend of mine in good
! time, and we passed many pleasant
hour together on the Olympia. | re-
| member very distinctly one day, when
he turned to me OH the quarter deck
and pointing to the crew mustered for
ward. said, Admiral, you must be a
proud man to know that you nave COM
/ fin hndu nf nd
to know that they respect and love
you"
81 answered that our ship was only
| one of many on which the same re-
lations existed and where the crews
I were made up Of Just the same fine
chaps. The archbishop was quiet for
n moment and then said with every
show of feeling, Admiral, they are not
| the scum of the earth. Those men are
the nick Of the earth | have seen the
| ships and crews of every nation, but
I have never seen what is shown to
! me on this American warship' ! call
ed to one of the men and asked him,
/ How much do you get month";
/ Eighty dollars he said with a salute
| Dewey smiled again i'm his quiet way.
"That's more than n whole ships crew
gets on board Spanish man-of- war.
Why shouldn't we have the pick of the
earth, didn't those men show it in the
way they fought at Manila, and
haven't they shown it ever since?"
The criticism aimed at Gen. Otis
from certain quarters was mentioned,
and Dewey said with quickening in
terest:
"The last thing that told Otis when
7 left Manila was this: You're trying
to do too much He's down there
wearing himself out, and more than
once have | told him that if he did not