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Show i I, i i i - H The Volunteer Fund. H Amount ol subscription for volunteers H received up to date $185.00 H Amot.nt disbursed ; H Telephone '.25 k M Powder 150 Walter Edwards . . . 27 50 M Phillip Dallimore 27 50 fl Fredrick Racker 2.150 H Money order 10 H A. Gudmuneen, (5 silver badges. . 4 50 H Total .$84 85 y M Balance on hand $101'.05.' - , X H Tho otiier 3 volunteers who have re- H ceived the volunteer silver badge aro H Sylvester Wilcox, George I. Ynughan H and Curtis E. Kendall who aro in- H structcd to hold themeelves in readiness H for another call and will get their H proportion of tho subscription fund H when mustcicd into service. There 5b H some subscription money not paid over H yet, but can be obtained when needed H which will amount to over $200 in all.- H Tho balance on hand will bo held by tho H committee for a leasonablo time, and if H not used for tho purpose for which it H was given will be returned prorata to H lo tho subscribers. H James Harwood. H A Sweeping Victory. M In the gannala of war on the ocean H there is nothing so complete as tho vis H tory of Commodore Dewey and his bravo H officers and men in tho harbor of " H Manila. It was boldly planned and H skillfully carried out, resulting in tho H total lota of tho Spanish fleet, tho H silencing of the laud forts, which wero -'; H rated as formidable, and the killing and 'Jjjjfeja . H 'mindihTJbr.lFOmiflr40!Wflto , H forces, whilVtho loss on tho anierlcnu ' H siue uiav be rated as nominal. All our H half-dozen wounded aro likely tore- H cover, while tho damage to our ships H can bo repaired by tho - artisans on -H board. H Tho i C3ult of this sweeping victory ia H aleabon in naval warfaro that, will not H soon be forgotten. It showfi not only H tho value ,of modern shis and ap-. H plianccs, as compared witli thoso ten H yeais ago, but it also demonstrates tho H genetic difference in the fighting values H of the men, There was a time when. H Spain liad good sailors and men on her H warships who could do as well as die. H But the decline in Spanish commerce is H evidently accompanied by the failure of H her men in sea battles, so that her H standing1 as a naval power may at H present bo rated near the bottom of tho H listj below that oPTurkeyyl M |