Show BATTLE OF MANILA Some Interesting Incidents Told By a Diary Philadelphia Inquirer In the diary which he wrote while on the United States revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch Thomas Bailey who has just returned to his home in Philadelphia Philadel-phia describes some of the exciting incidents in-cidents of the battl of Manila as follows fol-lows As the squadron again wheeled and came down the line we saw a large white ship move out to meet the Oljm pia AVe suspected and this nfterwartl proved to be true that the vessel was the Spanish admirals flagship Rtlna I Christina She was met by a storm of shot from all the guns of the fleet that were in range and realizing that she could not reach tho Olympia at close I quarters she wheeled about and tued to make her way back to the little harbor har-bor of Cavite from which she came At the instant however the stern swung in line and one of the big Sin < h rjiks In the forward turret of the lympia hurled a 230pound percussion shell which true to its mark raked iJie lice ing ship from stern forward exploding her boiler and setting her on fire This shot the Spanish surgeon afterward stated killed the captain and sixty men while the entire loss on the Reina Christina during the desperate sally was H7 killed and more than 200 wounded e could see two black boats which turned out to be torpedo launches coolly waiting the Olympics approach As the flagship came on they started for her at lull speed ine Olympia gunners gun-ners realized the danger to their shio hut were not rattled for an Instant Failing to hit the small targets with the large guns as the launches rap idly approached within SOO yards tne secondary battery of rapidfire six I ptunders poured in their shell with such deadly effect that the first launch I blew up one of our shots either exploding explod-ing their boilers or the torpedo which I was destined for the Olymsia as we I could see a huge column ot water soup so-up and the torpedo launch immediately I disappear with all her crew The second I launh was riddled with shot and was beached Afterward it was found by 1 us with a dozen holes through her and all bespattered with blood I The diary which will doubtless be preserved In the Bailey family for generations gen-erations to come as one of the most precious heirlooms fills 100 or more pages Among its other contents is a I complete transcript of the notes made I i by Colonel George A Loud paymaster i of the Asiatic squadron during the I progress of the battle Colonel Loud I was also on hoard the McCulloch I There are besides three original poems written by members of the crew of Admiral I Ad-miral Deweys squadron an accurate map of the Philippine islands drawn I by Seaman Bailey a table of distances from different points to Manila a roster I of the ships that took part in the memorable I mem-orable engagement a complete translation transla-tion of the account published in Manila and a comparative statement of the pay drawn by officers of the navy and the United States army n |