Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-17

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the best products of British ship-yards
manned By 5000 men. The American
army is 5000 strong, every soldier OF
which is required i'm subsection the m
dams and criminal classes; Spain mas
10000 men at home under arms, and d
Colonial army in active service OF SVJ'OVJ
men. In the event of conflict, IL y
probable that the United States Wouiu
eventually win on account OF us sIea'
wealth. numbers and mechanlcal lnsc"
uitv but il will not be until they have
los many battles on sea and land, seen
their shipping disappear. and their sea-
ports bombarded and burned
This was about the mildest opinion
PASSED by our European friends. There
were others which read to-day more ike
the rawlings Of madmen or the dreams OF
an opium smoker than the utterances OF
sanity. A French journal prophesied the
can+ure of New York. followed by The
occupation of Washington by spanish
army. while a Spanish journal sketchen
with bold hand the landing of Zb'VJ
trained warriors upon the Florida coast
and their swift conquest Of the great re-
public
A THUNDERBOLT.
The opening Of the war by the victory
at Manila was a thunderbolt to the out
side world. 1t made every cabinet revise
the plans which had been halloWed 10y
years Of complacent belief. 1t destroyed
at a single blow the fetishes OF the great
Powers. They saw clearly that IL Was
not the number of ships. nor the thlck-
noss Of the armor nor the size or power
of the armament nor the number OF the
crew nor the bravery of the men, Dut
the trained intelligence behind the guns
which was the real factor In the problem
of naval supremacy. 1t raised doubts III
every capital and query and protest III
every governmental opposition IaiE'
France and Russia. which mad lohe
prided themselves upon their naval ar
mament. anxiously asked themselves no"
far their navies were creations upon 20,
utical paper Austria. Turkey, emma anu
Brazil openly admitted that they WEE
not 10 be regarded as sea powers IN INC
present condition Of the world. Grea'
britain true to it's bulldog nature, I'M
mediately started building newer ana
bigger navy than ever before. and almost
i'm direct words took advantage OF the
lessons which it had learned from its CO.
lossal daughter across the sea.
In the various year books Of 1898 the
United States was placed eleventh on the
list OF worlds navies as a sea power ia
the year books OF 1899 1t was placed III
the fourth or third rank.
The promotion was largely due 10
George Dewey!
American ironclads and gihcs AT Ainerl-
can naval constructors. In 1888 every
naval architect of Europe hsd on his
desk the plans of the Olympia and Balu-
more. the Concord and the Boston.
sCHOOLMAsTER TO SHIP-BUILDERS
Without the least intention to serve in
that capacity, the American admiral
served as a schoolmaster TO the ship
builders OF Christendom.
tory ever be underestimate. Non-pa-
triotic and cynical thinkers are too
ant TO measure facts by results and not
nv actual conditions. Because DeWey's
SQUADRON destroyed the Spanish fleet,
silenced the Spanish batteries, escaped
the Spanish mines and torpedoes and
captured the great naval arsenal at
Cavite. they proclaim that the Spanish
feet was worthless. the batteries ineih-
Client. the mines and torpedoes OF no
use. and the troops Of no ability or
daring Nothing is cheaper than THIS
style of argument and nothing more
false Manned by Dewey's men and COM
manded by Dewey's officers, the Spanish
fleet would have destroyed the Americans,
the Suanish batteries would have sunk
every ship. the mines and torpedoes would
have fulnlled their deadly purpose,
and the fortified arsenal would have re-
rnatned in the possession OF It's occupants
II was the men who performed the feat
and II was the man over the men who
directed their fierce intelligence. IL was
a marvellous 1gloit. Here was a great
city which represented Spanish ciVlllza-
ton In the far East. In and around II
we're thirty thousand soldiers who had
served and fought for two years. They
had the best rife which Europe pos
sesses-the Mauser. their artillery repre-
scented the Hontoria guns Of Spain, the
improved breech-loaders Of France, and
the superb cannons from the krupp
works OF Germany; they had forts and
batteries which had been constructed by
engineers trained in the best military
schools Of Europe. The Notifications OF
Corregidor should have sunk every war
ship which came within the range Of
their guns. Those at Cavite and Manila
should have held off fleet five times
as strong as that which Dewey led across
the waters OF the China Sea.
The mines and torpedoes came from
British and French workshops and In
skilful hands would have done irret!iey-
able damage Nor were these all the
difficulties which lay before the Ameri-
can sailor.
MANILA'S DANGEROUS HARBOR.
The harbor Of Manila Is shallow and
the channel vexed and tortuous The
charts are so incomplete and the dan
gers so numerous. that for years war
ahiDs and peaceful traders have inyarl-