The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-10
TALK WITH CAPT. FORSYTH.
SAYS FILIPINOS NEED MORE Sc
WERE DISCIPLINING.

The baltimore, skipper Thinks the FiEhtins
Is About over. but for Their own Coco
the Native. Must lie Managed with a Firm
Hand-Neda = for some OF the SHIPS Men
There were thirty-nve happy bluelackets
aboard the white-hullet cruiser Baltimore
anchored of TompkinSville. yesterday moIh-
ing. when all hands were mustered att on the
starboard side and capt. Forsyth made IA little
speech TO them telling them what a galiah'
and modest lot of fellows they were. how they
deserved well Of their country and that IL was
his privilege 10 present to each Of them a Dewey
medal Of their services at inc
battle in Manila Bay two years or more ago
They had been a long time connecting win the
medals, and "a they were pinned on the neh
looked a little bit prouder than their shipmates
who did not happen TO be in the great nsht'
but who doubtless would have done credlt 70
! themselves and the navy II they had had the
chance. As each man received his lohg-deierrel
bronze memorial he bowed In the awkward
fashion Of a real hero unused 20 anything pu'
plain sailor salutes. The medals came uo"h
~ the cruiser from Washington yesterday
morning. Lieut.. NJ. j, Mccormack capt
Dion Williams Of the Marine Corps and Boat
swain IL. r. Brayton also got medals Tor their
valor with Dewey.
one Of the brightest and longest homeward-
bound p~ennants ever seen hereabouts he" MI
day from the main truck OF the Baltimore
There was a foot OF II for every MAJ aboaru'
which made 1t longer than The shtP herJSa,
Everybody who wanted 10 look az me cruiser
and her battle scars was peLinltleu 70 ugaJ
from colors to sunset. More than TWO huhuted
persons, including many young women, hNuileu
tbarr selyss OF the privilege. Most Of the young
women wanted 70 have q tax WIN Nli'la',o
Budinger, who was severely w3uhdeu % 10Y
bursting Of a 3-pound shell exploded by a 5,ihch
Spanish shot that hit the BALTIMORE, Dun
fingers left eye IS seriously affected. lie has
no control over its muscles. Inc 9ynnh IA Him
winking pershtently at then. while he was zen
ing all he knew about the fght ana showing
them whore the Spanish shot went IN ana What
damage il had done. Budlinger. was oniY ,an
apprentice then. Now he j. an \ IS Nu tne
women visitors took a long look AZ me spaht7n
she'll. which l. mounted on a bracket near we
engine room skylight and is inscribed Manila
Bay, May I, 1898" H.
Tho biuciackets say that when 29 oi mem
went w from Havre to Paris, Nher" tiey sIeHV
four days. they were honized by, the Amer;
cans there. Although they had plenty OF
money they could not buy anything, Inc
American colony had sent out word that NO
Yankee sailor should be permitted to 7Ieud
a cent in the presence OF any AgmerlTan e'is'n
yarn in the forecastle that one ot the blue-
Jackets fell in love with Il French ElrI a. uaNre
aud had the nerve 10 ask the 'aIthln ioI edhc
~ absence 20 that he might marry her tie
Ths Baltimore will be Inspected by a special
naval board tomorrow or next day. AZ OF
receive their discharges. II Il. likely thhl ,luo
large majority will ~retn,st Refore, the expirhhii
l.. entitled to three months .pny as bounty,
cant. FORSYTH will recommend that the Blitl-
moro be- not used hereafter az "A flagship. she
j. not modern enough, and not, swift enough
l. il his opinion that the place Tor an Adlnlral
Is aboard n hr.'-class blttle-hlp On lathr-
like cruiser that can steam ABOUT IKE q t3r-
redo boat. Tie Baltimorc's boilers originally
developed 10 pounds pressure 10 We -qlare
~ tunTrc1 AMI fya nornds CAPT. FORSYTH
will suggest that the cruiser have new boilers
which vii enable her to steam at about eighteen
lie viii also suglef that her commodlous
cabin aft. for ~" Admiral, hc CUT NJ INTO ON
enlarged, that the space formerly, hIlrd ny ne
tprupdu mechanism he utlllH"1 Tor cont ana
that, instead Of her present armament, sle
have a main battery Of ten 6-inch rapld-hre
Can't Forsyth said this about IN" situation
in the Philippines. I believe ih9t IL WIZ ne "hty
a question 81 time when the FlllpinuS VIII sub
init 10 American control. The trouble has
been that the natives do not understand our
intentions. They have the impression That
we may treat them a. the Spanish have been
treating them for Hg"s. They cannot r"uiHt
that we can have any but a purely selfish interest
in occupying the Islands, They DO not under
stand our ru-ning American ways. W" want 10
do things now. They want . wait uutl to-
morrow. They spread ont their energies over
a long period Ike thin butter over a liarg" sll'e
Of bread. We concentrate ours. | belev"
that thu war will soon degenerate into conflicts
with guerrilla hands
Cant. Forsyth said he believed The tackles
would not be wearing their Dewey medals
long. They were a modest lot and did not
like anything that might attract attention
10 them. He had known many, instances OF
men who had won service medals refusing to
wear them. and accounting Tor their absence
by saying that they had left them at home
or that they had slowed them away somewhere
and could not find them. The captain said
that he had never seen = better lot Of men
than we're on the Baltimore. The ship was
ninpty-three short OF her complement simply
because they could no spare any moro men
from the AsiatiC station. Many of the men
had served four months overtime. For this
they will receive one-quarter more pay.