Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-20

finally wallowod out into the eve Of
the westering sun, gong 5000 u3cs
TO rescue comrades in danger.
Day by day. with life and perhaps
the lives of hundreds Of mon down
! there with Dewey at stalk, tho men
| of the Monterey worked the sap
! across the ocean. They endured tor
rible discomforts as She rolled and
bucked her way. half submerged in
! even calm seas. Down into t!uUc
waters she plowcd and the heat Ia her
/ fire rooms was terrific. her crows
! quarters and ward room almus, IN
! bearable under closed matches. Death
might Turk behind any gathering Of
clouds. She was not dCs En6a 10
/ meet the sudden storms OF the Pa
| citic. But she plowcd on, out uf touch
/ for weeks on end for there vas 70
wireless then TO tell her VIVA: Law lee
tore, until finally the entrance 10
Manila harbor doomed ahead cs the
sea stained, rust reda-n,d lC~ and
inside lay De~oy's fleet.
| That ended all fear of the Ta,eyo.
! With the batteries Of the Iuat,rg 10
, back him up, Dewey was oa-sr FIR
! the battleship 10 come. but Sic had
! turned back at the canal. There rg-
maincd only the last s. -ae OF q. var
to be staged, the capture OF {. city
! Of Manila. In that scene. IT,. No.-
tcrey was to taIie~a picturesque at.
Just few days after her ARRIVAL.
/ the monitor, her turr,ts oyar.4l,5i
and Big Betsy" glazing omtuDus.y
shorcward, moved into action. b..
hind her Dewey on the Olympia lci
the cruisers fleet down to hammer -
| the Spanish fort and break tho back
OF the Spanish trench line for tie
troops. Close in under the an.i M
walls of the old city. however stood
the Lunctta massive carthworks that
, housed krupp guns of greater power
than anything aboard the cruisers II
was on these the Monterey trained
Zig Betsy" The ship steamed down
inside the bombardirg line. ig0ar-
ing every other object. She pllr'ad
her bulk, grey now in war PANT bat
sui with the rust and sea stain ot
her long voyage upon hor sGgardy
opposite those menaCirg kulrps.
Broadside on and just few under
yards from their muzzl5s. she
stopped, crouched like bull dog IN
leash. her own pondcrous rifles load
cd and swung cupboard ready 20 an
swer the first squirt of fame from the
shore batteries.
1t never came. The roar Of Dew
eys guns died away, succeeded 10y tne
mutter and crackle OF rifle fire ashore
as the troops pressed home the A.
tack. The dust kicked mp hv The
shells settled over the wrecked f.rt
where the cruisers fire had conferred
Struggling groups Of Sparisn troops
PASSED sullenly backward over tie
Lunetta into the walled city. White
hass appeared everywhere. on tie
walls. the battery earth works. the
clustering houses and then the hluo-
shirtcd, bare EARNED men Of the army
s"armed out across the open 70 gath
err under the old walls and comIIgte
occupation of the city. The war was
over.
For years the Monterey and the
Monadannook. also n monitor 70
NAMED as guardians Of Mania tar-
Dor Their day had passed. however.
and finally the Monteroy's flag came
down and she passed out Of commits
sion as fighting ship. She still was
useful to the navy, however. and rs a
station ship. a humble server Of the
newer, finer fighting craft that came
and went, she served in many ports.
IN Chinese waters, finally in Hawaii
where she floats today. awaiting the
wrecking crew that will turn her into
junk.