The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-20
GAVE BATTLE At SEA
Batterymen Reproduced Scene
Before Manila.
JUST AS DEWEY DID 1T
BRILLIANT AND THRILLING DIS
PLAY AT CALDER'S PARK.

Fighting fiercely with no rest or sur
cease for nearly an hour, the boys in
blue last evening put Spain out of the
business and settled all international
intrigue with neatness and dispatch.
1t was remarkable battle. While at
least fifty volleys, were fired from the
| Dig guns of the American artillery,
there were no casualties and the whole
was concluded in a blaze of fireworks
that demonstrated that there was the
best or feeling on the part of both sides
engaged.
All this took place on the waters of
Calder'S park last evening. Cannon
doomed, vOlley after voIley of musketry
from the marines was fired and the
smoke of battle filed the air almost
10 sutfocatiOn. Utah's brave battery
men, with whom originated the idea
or reproducing the battle of Manila and
VINO carried ii through to such a sue
cessful contamination, were in the hey
dey of their glory.
10 the men who went forth from
Utah to defend the flag in foreign lands
IL meant very much. 1t recalled to
them the scenes stored away among
their cherished memories, and once
more they donned their khaki uniforms
ana wore the red badge of courage.
They did not attempt to reproduce the
battles in which they figured so prom
lnently; that was impracticable with
the surroundings. They preferred to
give as nearly to the truth as they
could the battle on the first of May
when Dewey fired the shot heard round
the world
A Realistic Battle.
And they succeeded. OF course the
lot
ness of real conflict were lacking, but
only because it would have been an
impoSsibility to reproduce them. Every
thing else was there and it all made
a very graphic and thrilling scene.
civilians who had never before been
so near battle alternately shuddered,
held their hands over their ears and
cheered their admiration. To them it
was all very newt was their first
taste of war and the grandeur of con-
f1ict
There were lots of them there who
were yet to see their first battle, real
or imitation. Close onto 3,0GG people
had taken advantage of the emporium
lty afforded by the batterymen TO see
how Dewey so ably fixed things. They
lined the banks of the lake an hour
prior to the scheduled time for the
battle to start and waited patiently the
signal for firing. In the meantime the
National Guard and the batterymen
were sounding bugle calls and making
ready for war to begin.
Governor Wells and his STAFF occupied
reserved seats on the vaudeville pavii-
lion. Some ten minutes before the time
for the opening, the place was crowded
and 1t deVOlVed Epon an attache of the
park to get it cleared. And he did
it in most unique and original man
ner
These seats are reserved he called
out among the crowd they're for the
governor and his stat. Everybody that
don't belong to the governor and his
staff must get out" As there were
the place was soon cleared. !
Band Was There.
The battery band. which furnished
the music for the boys in the Philip
pines, was stationed on the pavilion
also and furnished patriotic music dur
ing the bombardment
Everything was arranged for the bat /
tie proper to take place out in the lake /
and fifteen platforms had been fixed to ]
look very much like real battleships. /
On the south was Fort Malate. a beau
tiful reproduction of an old Manila
landmark, and in the center of the lake
was a reproduction of the goddess of ]
liberty, to be unveiled at the right |
tirae.
1t was 10 o'clock when the first shot /
was fired. 1t Came from one of the
sunboats on the east. Desultory firing
without much effect on either
side. The sound of a bugle blowing
reveille came from the west, sounding
clear and distinct upon the evening air
as if affair off armies were being mus
tered. 1t gave a delightful touch of .
the military to the scene.
A vOlley of musketry from the west
opened hoStilitieS proper, and was re-
turned with vigor from the east. Then
he firing came thick and fast, all of
he gunbOatS stationed on the scene
taking part and sky-rOckets and Ro-
nan candles adding to the brilliancy
If the scene. Pretty soon one of the
cannon barked forth deafening report (
md then it was that the batterymen
who had been stationed on the pavilion
% furnish the music began to get anx-
GUS
Enthusiasm of Batterymen.
''There she gOes-there she goes"
relied one of the musicians. who wore
lis khaki and who was wanting TO get
n it himself That's the old gun
himself in pure joy of spirit And
When one of the boats got dangerously
lear to the pavilion and began to fire
Roman candles in close proximity to
he spectators, he yelled, There, kings
X, we're not SpaniardS." He was a
rood part of the show, because his en-
husiasm was typical of that of all of
he battery boys.
While the stOrming of Malate was
'oing on on the south side of the lake.
ire works and red fire were ignited
n the island in the center and old
Tory was displayed wrapped around a
icture of Dewey. The band then
truck up Yankee Doodle and it was
IL very thrilling. The goddess of lib
rty was then unveiled amid the strains
f The Star Spangled Banner" A
eproduction of the sinking of the
iaine was given in fireworks and the
Whole concluded with innumerable and
brilliant skyrockets.
The battle will be given again tonight
nd additional efforts will he made to
ring the affair off even more success
ully than last night.
|IIR0IS REbTEN RY III MR. WITT