The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-23
Assistant Surgeon Of the Battle
ship Monterey Here.
IN THE FIGHT or AUGUST 70


There arrived last night a. sas iistsi
Butter Dr.. Cbasnssy H. Burr. seo ar as
ssxtSng zs.rxsgza * the 1sSa4t0r Aic1tsseS
during ttse past summer. saw the faiI OF
Manila Assx1ags 3. He was osa -aFt ~
DeSey's famous squadron Isr. Burr,
young mae. bright ard oisserxaat. gives q
very plain ard raptlc account u The fight
wbEea ended Epasa's sway sa the 0slsas-
He Is on ats way 70 the naval station AZ
Port Orchard. .aere he VIII relieve Dr-
Curl, who has paen ordered 70 The Asa-
sersy He reached ssa Francisco several
day. ago on the TRANSPORT Nero.
The battle of August - was not Tire CITE
which made Dsxey immortal bat Il Was
the eouzumInassoa u tsse triumph Of BIAS ].
when TAG hatserlea of fsEsfe wsrs ssisnes5
and Manila Vas practically taken
On The morning OF August H. ] should
say Al about o'clock. the squadron
formed 10 line IN front Of Manila running
from the Passe river 10 Maiate fews. SAID
DR. Burr. We OF the Monterey we're STA
toned some % yards ahead Of the iiss and
probably a tie iezs than olia mile 70 front
Of the iunstte battery Ut modern le-lnrs
guns. The Monterey MAS ths most heavily
erraorTd ~ she American s'aFsstEsE. EaS-
.ng two sen-incn and two swsive-iach gsrs-
mirai was 10 watch these big modern gans
and 10 open fire upon them II they began
II. But they did not begin. mink that
serey. Had there been american galnsers
behind these pieces the feet might have
beer In danger.
engagement we're the Olympia. the Raleigh.
the pssres ard two small tugs, TIE caHao
and the Earctio.
.srhe three larger ships fred into Nal
ate fort ard at TIE Spanish troops fesFest-
ing from |, n the walled city OF Manila.
TIE TWO small beats ran along taf shore
following The retreat OF the Spanish troops
email guns into them. These little warriors
went right under the big kfupp guns,
which could have blown them cat Of me
Rater hut thprc was no return or fire
from them or from the Malate gups west
of shem-
game Tire pisn was 90 force The retreat %
the Spanish troops from the vicinity OF
Majase 10 The walled city - Nassih~ T7sE
army pursued the spanish on land and
shtf,s kept mp FIRE from the bay. Never
did plan work more successfully. Al
o'clock that afternoon the olympia steamed
tn Manila and the signal. asking IL the city
hau SURRENDERED. WAS raised ~ wss an
exceedingly critical moment. The Spanish
flag was not drawn down and the Amer
ran raised untii twenty minutes 10 ~ the
evening Gen Merritt had arranged the
terms of capssnlssion and the city WAS
turned from Spanish to American author
pr Burr does no. believe that the Fill
psros are eanahie of governing themselves
nj all Hs. says there - no recognized
isader on thn islands.
@Agninaiao T. merely the 'saasr OF ne
composed ~ several millions. u does rot
eomrrtse all ths natives 81 the Islands
Moss II the iarEer csiies ard eaast towns
ar~ inhabited hy people Of tbs tribe. but
there arr the parnpaeras With from one
n two millions. who are bitterly opposed
Ia AgaIinstdo and the rule OF the TnTaios.
Thare ear be no harmony between fnese
factions In nv opinion. I do rot believe
that n the people af the Island we're len
"a their own devices thew could govern
.<. 74.e.a s4kxaf
IL in continual warfare vith the smaller
tribes. either making up more factions er
slsfirg with the larger.
ssSsssstrfiu4~ last fall there was A very
sanvufnarv hattie between these two tribes
ahcus 800 miles North ~ Manila, ] never
learned the aesails - the fight bat II is an
would ~ destructive Of civilized. or any
other kind OF central government.
Or Ytirr related several inspiring incl
dents that occurred ~ the fan ef Manila
There were four English four German
and one Japanese wnrshins n the hay
Mt the time When tire American war
SHIPS formed into line IN front OF Manila
The Fng,ishneen moved along thS rear.
Under the rssir~ 80 neutrality there could
r. no cheering ny az outsider: but. with
q b.nthersfness that Aroused the overcast
tnw gratitude ~ tngse Sans hofs tite
British hand on one of the visiting war
boats strz1ck up Yankee fsaaAia' ard
when that was run thfosfgh. TIE Star
rssargiet Ranner.s playing American airs
all through the engagement
TIE wisdom ~ dauatehsnw thu Monterey
"a b~weyss aid was shown in the more
csusrtsnus s~otafiuct ~ tha Germans after
her arrival The American admiral had
established rsfs@ - ~ observed fr Manila
hsv The English ana other ravat snen
otaeyef these regulations Without nhfat-
tsnn has the TssisnF5s snsistea ST ignoring
oil the ffstrsar requests they dared When
the Monterey arrived there aAa however
n s,s~ssiv ana wholesome charge * shafr
sl-zss .
rof under nrY s'tFy-uFsss*s r~ss t-tsFe wffh
fha tor srA "a etNr-ineh 4@ns cf csc yssssal-
tor ard theveaffeT were &s er.lfthass~ sa
s>osilf ~ asked
The surgeon hRs nat uaueh fagth I'm ss5a
Insurgents After the August battle tf,ssY~
we're ftssn1rV afeat that fAa fNsf=ltssfsa ts,
scn1Ta AtfstsrNnT - eantwre the Mon
ssrrv. en areeilmt ~ her fqw lex r,
fefwStaU ihis - quart was kesys on A-rk
for two or three weeks. and 80 officers