Vernal Express | 1959-11-05 | Page 16 | Fritz Stewart, Jensen, Reports from Manila Bay Section

fritz stewart reports lepor ts from manila bay whenever I 1 pilot a boat across manila day bay I 1 cant help but recall the year 1898 1808 w when I 1 ten admiral dewey bottled up the spanish fleet and brought about one of I 1 the greatest naval victories ever achieved those were the words of jensen fritz 11 stewart as am hn hi spoke from the helm of 0 a U S navy 40 oot foot boat while making a duty run ut rota manila day the son of mr and mrs aritz of jenseni young stewart la Is serving on the staff of rear admiral edgar A cruise commander U 8 naval forces philippines lie ile Is 13 the coxswain of a 0 sleek cabin cruiser which ferries mili militate personnel and their dependents between the american embassy landing at manila and the US U S naval ase at point javete its a se seven en mile run by wit wa ter from swingley ingley Sti Si Hgley point to manila and each trip takes about 45 minutes stewart averages about two trips a day at times says stewart theres not much to do but steer the boat however when 11 im m not on a bay rn im quite busy ashore As a member of tae 15 man boathouse at point part of stewarts ties are those thosa of maintenance and upkeep of tits his boat before each run lie sees to it that the 40 foot cruiser is in tiptop shape and clean us a a whistle this harbor lie he says Is full of sunken chips resulting from admiral deleys deweys annihilation hi ot of the spanish fleet anti and the casualties brought about by the last world war I 1 over D ver there near biear the lite beach I 1 he I 1 S indicates with a sweep of tits hla hand a cratil cran ani na borge barge are now buy busy trying to ralda arnken sub bub which Is glassed laaser as aa a hazard detoro reporting to ills hla pro me sent job a lit point seaman stewart served bervid at the naval training center at san ban diego caul lie he joined the alie navy in 1958 1938 of the philippines stewart has hai this to lo say it gets a little warmer out here but I 1 dont mind it too much the people out here are very nice