. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. y Admiral Dewey for$54,000. When the squadron leaves this port,which it may do before any declaration ofwar is made public, it will proceed to somebay on the China coast and go through neces-sary naval tactics for a day or two. Thenthe ships will proceed to Manila and beginthe work of destroying the Spanish fleet andcapturing the valuable supply of coal whichis stored there. In the action, if one takes place, it is un-derstood that the Olympia, Baltimore, Bostonand Raleigh will take the front lin
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. y Admiral Dewey for$54,000. When the squadron leaves this port,which it may do before any declaration ofwar is made public, it will proceed to somebay on the China coast and go through neces-sary naval tactics for a day or two. Thenthe ships will proceed to Manila and beginthe work of destroying the Spanish fleet andcapturing the valuable supply of coal whichis stored there. In the action, if one takes place, it is un-derstood that the Olympia, Baltimore, Bostonand Raleigh will take the front line, theConcord and Petrel supporting it in the McCulloch will guard the cargo boatsand be held as a reserve. She is insufficientlyarmed to be a good fighting boat, as her guD«consist of only four six-pounders, Hotchkissrapid-firing guns, and she has no armor. Hercrew is small and the probable use she willbe put to will be dispatch-boat work and feel-ing for torpedoes. It is possible she may beused for the latter purpose on account of herlight draught. m THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. COMMODORE DEWEYS FLAGSHIP, OLYMPIA, SIGNALING TO THE SQUADRON THATWAR HAD BEEN DECLARED. The German warship Kaiserin Augustaprobably will go to Manila with the Ameri-can fleet, to be on hand to protect Germanresidents at Manila. It is understood thatan English ship will also accompany the fleetfor the purpose of similarly guarding theBritish residents. There are now living in Hongkong aboutforty native Philippine islanders, who wereleaders in the rebellion and who were boughtoff by the Spanish government for $400, sum was paid them to surrender theirarms and cease fighting. The arms were sur-rendered and the leaders were paid andshipped to Hongkong. The money is now ina Hongkong bank here, and is tied up in liti-gations among themselves. In the meantime,the profession of leadership having proved tobe so remunerative, other leaders have suc-ceeded them on the islands, and it is sa
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