The Washington times., 1906-05-02
MANILA BAY HEROES
CELEBRATE EVENT
Dewey and His Officerssar
Informal Dinner.
REcITADS OF INCIDENTS
Led by Commgnder-in-Chief, Partiei-
pants in Memorable Event Tell
r. of Experiences

Admiral Dewey, the hero Of Manila |
bay. celebrated the eighth anniversary
~ the great naval victory. in company
.,.,.L 100 dozen of the officers OF his
sbins at an snfopmal dinner at the
Raleigh last night
II was a happy dinner party. The
Admiral and his C,fh0ers. many of whom
now are retired. sa< about long ovai
table in the center of which was
miniature warship. irons which was fdis-
plaved a miniature adn1trafs flag
There were no set speeches There
was really no toastmasteT, although
Admiral Coghlan took the position of
leader in the conversation. between
courses, Admiral Coghlan wound suggest
that some one reeite his experience on
that memorable morning. This would
remind some one else of an inteyestirIga
incident, and so the evening passed in
a round Of Joyous reminiscenoes--
laughter-p-o -oviding recitals of incidents
that were not calculated 10 product
laughter in the gray dawn on Manila
bay.
Toast to President.
1 During the drinking of toasts. all
rose and auaffed the sparkling fluid to
. health of the President. Then fol-
the 1 standing toast to 'Our beloved
lowe, Nrder-in-chef. Admiral Dewey"
comma ne present was called upon by
Every O. oghlan for talk. OF the two
Admirai = Ne table. there were only
dozen at IL were not either captains
three men whI ficers of the American
or other nigh o. Iohn T McCutcheon-
feet. They were ct. who chanced TO
the famous cartoon. 7ps and gave the
be on one OF the sfl the world: F. D.
news of the battle to Representative
Hardin. a writer. and ID said he was
loud. Representative LoL belonged to
proud of the two days he ad a poem,
he American Navv. he re ID F,verett
by Mr.. Hale, son OF Eowal His Head
Hale. on The Chaplain WAH . oem. in
which a high tribute was ~ I'D .'men
nliraI Dewey and his officers Al ID ward
behind the guns written - ey in
G. Keren, and sent TO Admiral Pse
his office yesterday. was read. er
In the flow Of "reminiscences nufhb
OF interesting stories OF the battle o.
Manila bay that are yet new 10 the /
developed that that engagement, aside
from changing the geography of the
United States and the world. also affect
ed for evermOre the diet Of the Admiral
OF the Navy. who, as a result, ever
since has foregone Indulgence In what
always before had been his favorite din
ner and luncheon dish-pate de fol gras.
Grit of Bluejackets-
Admiral Coghlan related an incident
illustrative of the grit of the blue
jackets. ''As we were withdrawing" said
the admiral, "a seaman, properly salut-
ing, asked one of the officers why we
: were drawing away. be was informed
that It was thought best to drop the
fight for a few minutes in order 10
have some breakfast, 20 which, in
( most disgusted manner, he replied To
hell with breakfast "
By another officer story was told
I illustrating the friendly feelings dis
played by the British during the excite
ment before Manila bay. When the
smoke OF the engagement had cleared
away" he said, the captain of one of
the English ships came over the side of
the admirals flagship. After being pre-
! sented 10 the admiral he casually asked
1 If the cable had been cut
Yes, L have cut the cable Dewey
replied
ficer, and promptly he returned to his
ship. Within three hours the other
cable was cut"
OF the 125 or more officers of the ships
i number have since died, many have
been retired, and a large number are
N scattered throughout the world. The
n largest number that ever came together
at one Of these reunions was twenty-six
Last night there were twenty-fOur al
the tables Besides Admiral Dewey
they were:
Admiral J. D. Ford. retired; Comman.
Inander T. =. Howard, Commander r
T Hall. Lieutenant Commander II. II
Caldwell, Lieutenant Commander J. NJ
EIHcott j. T. McCutcheon, Admira
III Inch. retired; Representative Loud, +
ti d. Hardin, Lieutenant Commands
ID Kaemmerling, Rear Admiral J. =. Cogh
Ian, Lieutenant Kayanaugh. Captain
a Dutton, u s. NJ c.: Colonel Bergman
N L. S. NJ c.; Rear Admiral Asa Walker
Lieutenant Commander Gibson, retired
Commander v S. Nelson, Pay Directo
J. R Martin, Pay Director Gait, Com
mander F. II. Bailey, Commander B. w
II Hodges. Lieutenant Commander s. s
Robson, Captain Calvocoresses.
Many of the officers came some dis
tance for the occasion. Admiral COghlal
II having come from New York, where a
X IS commandant of the navy yard.