Excerpt from Sketches From the Spanish-American War in the Philippine Islands
We get up this second edition of our little pamphlet somewhat altered, by request of those, who did not succeed in getting a copy of the first, owing to the limited number printed. So much has already been written oft he naval battle on May 1st, that any more in that direction must needs be going over previously well beaten ground. Pretty much everybody has by this time of course read all the particulars of the American fleet"s splendid achievements on that memorable day, but as a good many wishes to keep this little book as a souvenir, and as it would be incomplete without at least a brief description of the opening and chief feature of the Spanish-American war in the Philippines, we reprint a condensed account of the battle and the movements leading up to it.
In describing the miscellaneous events we have had to resort almost exclusively to our own observations, as news from the various ships as well as from the camps ashore, has been rather difficult to obtain.
There is one statement of ours, which doubtless will cause comment: - the fact that we give the number of dead on the Reina Christina as 364, while Admiral Dewey"s report only shows 150, In alluding to the official report of the Spanish authorities, the local press makes use of the larger figure, and we have taken the liberty to do the same, although it is more than probable that a good many of the missing men were not killed in the battle. A large number of the Christina"s crew were native Filipinos, impressed in the service, and no doubt a good many of them availed themselves of the opportunity to desert, when the crash came.
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