Show f il X r Lie a THE TE HE SALT LAKE L KE TELEGRAM THURSDAY EVENING NING- NING MAY 1 J Pf s Dewey Dewe s' s of 0 J J 7 Flagship 05 J- J Asked Vets ls F s i t i 1 a. a 1 i J 5 v T n i f The U. U S. S S S. S Olympia Admiral Deweys Dewey's flagship no win the Philadelphia navy yar yard l. l By N NEA EA Service PHILADELPHIA May 10 Save Save the Olympia eThis e This is Is the c cry renewed with de determination determination de- de termination on th the fifth twenty fifth anniversary anniversary an an- of ot the i battle battle a of Manila bay May 1 Members o of the Spanish War are Veterans are circulating a petition to to save the Olympia Deweys Dewey's flagship during the memorable battle The Olympia lies Ires all but forgotten In the lagoon at the Philadelphia navy yard ard waiting to be scrapped under provisions of or the Washington on conference conference conference confer confer- ence for Cor limitation of nav nav 1 l arms The veterans wish vISh her preserved as a an n floating I memorial The A battle m of Manila bay In which the late Admiral George DeWey then thena a a. commodore destroyed the Spanish fleet leet without the loss of ot a a. man or a ship ranks with the most colorful In American history At 5 6 o'clock on the morning of ot May ray 1 Deweys Dewey's squadron steamed into the harbor and bombarded the fortifications fortifications of ot the bay and the ships of ot the enemy y T The Spanish ships I o outnumbered outnumbered b theT rc JS the American fleet e but t because of or better training and better fI fighting equipment Dewey made a clean Job of or it Unofficial news of ot the victory quickly quick quIck- ly trickled back to the United States Newspapers of or May 2 carried complete accounts of or the victory In dispatches from London Madrid and It was not until m mara ara araa May 7 fei however ve tb that D Deweys Dewey's e official cablegrams a ot of i confirmation reached Washington from Direct cables from Manila had been cut Dewey was raised to the rank of rear admiral and soon afterward made admiral The OI Olympia around round which there now rages rases a storm of ot protest against its destruction played a mighty part partIn partin partin in this battle The bronze tablet presented by the citizens of ot Olympia Wash Vash Is still on the ship GrId Gridley Ie you OU may fire tire when you OU are aret ready the word oer spoke of to Captain Gridley t re by Dewey is the e legend on this tablet Veterans of or the Spanish war want the ship made a trophy vessel Impotent Impotent Impotent Impo Impo- tent as a fighter tighter but valuable as a patriotic shrine and monument to o the stirring days of the Spanish war |