New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-20


..,.,ao 80 Tho Caravans in Manila Bay had been
a sunrise he argued and there might De sun
greater surprises in store. lheio
doubt in his mind that II the Monterey a"" w
Monadnock had arrived at Manila When "e me-
wanted them there would never nave oe'" "'''
German demonstration" Concerning thH' "''0
question so frequently asked by cfl'loS o'
Administration of naval and military anaiIS III
the Philippines. why did Dewey not san away
after the destruction Of the Spanish nee, ~,
Barrett gives a long letter from one OF '"V
mirars captains. This letter. says our a"'"'-'
"was written n me ny man who was an
authority II any one in Dewey meet ''"'
SO rated. and know that he echoed the OPINIONS
~ the Admiral" We give II comple'e' ~ i''
lows:
risb m sav that under the conditions INA.
o,,otied and developed such sailing away va
tnonossible Had it been possible feasible any
wise Won may make UP your nina 49, ,1as
have gone Not man in the Navy ,, M
would dare go on record to the enec' ma
Dauev could with discretion, nave sdicu 60
Ineto ,honsand miles away and nearly forty
DAYS steaming He could not go 10 any pa io 20
the Far East. That was preventSu 10y iror1edi-
~ neutrality. As for starting honle 49,,
otelv With his whole squadron on 'na' '",5
tourney. with all the problems or coal suppls,,
yUith his speed limited 10 that OF MS Sto"r W.,
vessel with opportunities anu ~
af~e md M nraparations for various posSl"il-
hes no naval man would state that Dewey
could have sailed away .-o.ofSatia
There was also the immediate ana una NoIuo
rasnonsihilitv Of meeting conditions that ue-
veloped at Manila after the naI'e. iUu ~, 80
we'll imagine the cry or shame aIlu 1ri,a
criticism that would have gone up over & e
II Dewey had sailed away with the HpdIlIsI. ','s
stu living over Manila. and left 'he 9p1i ~, 49,,
With an uncaptured point OF rendeZVouS III "a
Pacihc from which n proceed against w ~ az
rnthlessly bombarded and DESTROYED s -na,,I,a
uitb its hundreds Of foreign residents -
Ices women and children, non-com paldil'S, Ga
millions Of foreign capital the MOI 5ts
you'd have cried shame. and eNeriast'is ur
Grace would have been on his snou.ue ,,,,
- ,bere were a dozen small spanish 80
800, ~ deetroved that could have capluIru
OH American ships that came 10 the r ar "a -
~ and 7 understand the temper OF NiS
American people well enpusMm =. ~ ensuing diffi-
Dewey sailed away. with all the siSu Io6 ro,
c,,ltias that must have confronted MS squaul'iS
with the inevitable complicauohs ,uetar,otionai
have followed possibly leadihg ~ he snan
var Nth the Inconsistency OF leaving we ,tts
,sb eag diving in sight Of our victorious ~
ard With Spain suffering only the luS' 80
squadron which could be rep,a tror, the erin
+birtv davs and have saved her from " ~
W. loss Of a colonial empire when o'ne.M o
rould never be replaced WaNe -, NAT
STRANGE would have swept Over - DeIrev hut
-,onid not only have condemnen 80 g.,
Moul1 f bsve swept away the Administration
from its feet. , % him He
go The arrival Of the Army, ana WIN -o
i,.a1 foIloved all the other condluons
which he could not honoraoy NI'T rn,.e, knew
Dewey did not sail away, because X, mai
No. II was neither wise nor poSsi"Ie - -
80 ~ much critics may look pack no" a.
saw how this that and the other nv ou the
hecn done who were faIiliil o., .bst the
conditions and circumstances Aio" 49, hin,
Aaroiral followed the only course open 'o MINI
,o-.+. has ~ course. some humorous
-Ni' or,o,e anecdotes 10 tell.
Among the former perhaps the best j. Una.
-, r.,a+es n Lieutenant Ben Tappan ol '"'
,,.,o,u, ,.ho was put In command OF me
,..ih -,,nhoat Callao when that Vessei "79
...rtorlad and hoisted the American "dN'
,.,1-h., tho Admiral eignalled that Vesseis gums
to- cotton on the 18th Of August shoui" ~
,,,ovo all ,nGammabe or explosive ma'eil"'
-r.oDar came alongside the Olympia anu "
Iivared from the Callao one pint of kerosene OH
and q half-pint OF turpentine. There Is alSo
tho story OF statue IN the Plaza AT CaN"e
which the Admiral wanted 10 seno 10 "'S"
,ngton or Montpelier as souvenir OF inc Victory
IN the Philippines That" he sail Is 70 De NY
nrivate loot" II turned out that the statue
was made Of wood and. we gather rotten WOO"
AZ that. Montpelier is still without us SOU
,enir" In graver vein Mr.. Barrett narra'eS
the history Of the Admirals narrow escape al
Manila. He was dining with General King
when a volley Of bullets was fired through the
zinc roofing over the heads Of the Admiral ana
his fellow callers. and little later, when the
marty was returning in a launch down the river
n was fired upon again. some Of the shots being
en- well aimed that the occupants Of the boat
we're splashed by the water thrown up by the
bullets Dewey never showed the sneH''S1
concern Said q sentry from the washington
regiment: That Admiral has got nerve. he
handled those ladies az If he were OUT on d
summer picnic in Vermont About the AL
rnirars attitude toward the temptation or Pres
idential ambition Mr.. Barrett has some inter-
TING things 10 say. I'VE listened TO hear the
buzzng Of the bee" he says ana adNS' w"
we're disappointed" Many letters and tele-
grams reached the Admiral urging the amm'''n
vnon him. but he refused TO BE tempted Mr.
Barrett concludes: I'm my opinion th''e ~
onlv one condition that would tempt the Ad-
roiral 10 accept the Presidential nomination.
That would he either request from both
,s-,iee or q unanimous request from one party
,~bore Il was in such A position that acceptance
would no tantamount to an election. The
Aam,ra, has never said anything Of this kind
~ mo Int with All his refusals to consider the
,,si,,on do not believe that he would stand
- ono side and say that he would not accept
II he was fully convinced that It was DUTY
which he owed his country. He would no more
hesitate than he did when he entered Manila
BAY" Abiding 10 the Admirals politics MI
Barrett says that che Is neither a pronounced
Democrat nor Republican,
We may add that besides containing an ac-
count Of the Admiral a. Manila this volume
gives some notes on his appearance. character
istics and habits with references 10 the various
members Of his family. There are numerous
arnosi,e and we'll REPRODUCED illustrations
FrRTS TANNANY COUNTY OFFCERS.