| Show I From Captain Grant Captain Grant of Battery n also writes j a letter to his family giving an account cf the hattie which is practically the same i as Captain Youngs In addition however hOW-ever he writes under date of July 4 the letter heng mailed at Manila givIng an account of thc taking of Wakes island by the expediton wih which he crossed to the Phllnpines Hp says This lornlrg It sas lrOwn that we were not rar Item an isand that had not been seen for 70 ers Captain Seabur sent a man aloft to look out for it and at 845 I m the lookout hailed the brde Bridge ahoy I Aye aye Land three points on the starboard on the starboard bow sIr Then all was commotion on board The men flocked to the forecaste head and In a few mInutes General Greene sent for Colonel Hale and informed him that the exercises would be postponed until later in the day and that he was going ashore when he was near the island He Invited I the colonel to accompan him I The nenemal prepared a paper to be left onTrbee on the 7Fed and eg i 1f his nice dcmpp r to get really a small box to put papers l and to take along a fag I I I was on the bridge at thc time Lieu t tenant ColOnel McCoy came up and said go to me Why cant wo get a bat and I goI told him to ask General Greene He I did so And General Greene turned to Cap tain Seabur and asked If another boat could be sent off The captain reilied reled that he could send e boat but that he could not allow another offiCer to leave the shin Mr Bret the fIrst officer was going with General Greene I said I will tale jhet captain and he saId l right go ahead and told the second officer to lower another boat I when we were close enough in Captain f I i I i I ill w I I I 5 A I I u I H J l I t i 1 h j I 1 r Jwf r MI U i IMli r IIIj f j Capt Giants Map of Wakes Island Hoper was asked for a boats crew 01 his men which lie kindly granted and we iedr lrhi started to Cre r for the tril e tour oh t-our old clothes our cartridge belts and revolvers re-volvers and polded eerl cntens and some lunch By the time we had completed our arrangements ar-rangements the Senator came alongside and was orere to go ahead and take the lead and to steam at Clght knots an I hour Away they went and shortly after they left us we could hear Captain II Youngs guns firing a salute but as she was to leeward and going down the wind the sound soon died away At 115 a m General Greenes boatwas oft then ours I WM dropped back to the gangway It was leaking so badly that the second of ccc ordered It hauled up again and aflo flr came ol lowered By this time I the other boat was well on Its way to the island Just as I was going over the rail liar I vpr Dnpnhnr hrv < thnlhttnl id Dort you want thi flag o and I kit I k-it and stuck i in the stem sheets of the I boat The crew of our boat was as foI lows Lieutenant Coionci McCoy LIeutenant LIeu-tenant Colonel Jewlt Major Moses la I jor Anderson Major Boll Lieutenant Brooks Private McCauley of the First Colorno Infantry and r ei Ijr the Denver Republican Mr Bast of the New York Evening Post and Harpers Weekly all Dr Kimball and others16 In allWe We were not far from the ship when the gulls came along In flocks and we had to scare them away with our hands t keep them from alighting on us one old fellow tried to pull the hag away from me Ve estimated that he would measure four feet from tip to tiP We made a landing hl g1s hl g on the island which Is named on the chart Wakes island and Captain Sebur gave mo the latitude 19 deg 15 min and loam 10ng tude 66 deg 3 min This is for the south end of the island Ve steered about north going ashore and after landing we followed fol-lowed along n shallow Inlet In a northprl direction and in a few minutes arrived at an Inland lake or lagoon about two mies wIde and three long The water In UU 1 lagoon was a beautiful color a light blue I is a coral land yet at one time i is believed tQ hate had a volcano where the lagoon now Is The water is very deep The Island Is about seen mUe In diameter dIam-eter an dabout 2 feet high and covered wIt a scrub cedar The coere Island is of coral and shells of wch J i brought away a great variety I also saw a piece or crockery and picked up an old I rusty iron washer whIch showed me that some ship had been wre ked there I Just as we turne to flrce our steps to time boat I heard shoutng on head and when I looked Major Bell was out In the water ot the Inlet UI to his hIps trying to drive a lot or nsh Of 1Ie Captain Hoopers salors were helping hIm Some one gave the naj r a riOe and he shot about a dozen large green fiih I gen fh I think that they ould > weigh from three tb eight pounds each welh I Upon meeting at the boat w were I I loaded with shells birds es fish etc J < < j fOund General recfc under a tree eating eat-ing lupeh and he called t me to gome and nn some but I was loaded with booty and iasrtd on to the bat where 1 Tort my cOllection hud got the harem sac With 01i hlncb 1 yas startn back to the tree when I heard the quar tcrater who was stripped and out i the water 1 to his n k scream A I shark A shark and simply OJ ashore I called for Major Bell to bring his rile but he did Irot hear mc We ate our lunch and all sige th doumcnt t be burled on the island and thenEathcred In a grl with the little American ha sprad to the breezeit was tied td a himbsvhlie Mr East took I at zamewelt rthor itt UI w0 tii 1104 ti then went back to the boats and as I was goIng alt o sit down in the stern sheets there a cry of shark agairA i turned and saw a large darkcolored fish swiththimme laUly toward the boat I could not see n rUle so I blazed away with m i voiver nod hit him He veat to the bettom turned started off turned again and amc back I By ths time alor Moses had come up and both fired but it is hard work to shoot anything In the water as the but jiema ginee off I We retizrne to the ship which had I steathed in about two miies closer and foundthat the menaboard hadbeea nay I lag tulle an exciting time tlshiug for sharks Just after I had climbed onboard on-board there was teat cheering amid I gut fOriard just lii time to see them haul aboarda shark weihleg about 1OJ pouns The man who caught 1dm has promised me some of the teeth and Joe go a good photo of his sharkahip and also of the green fish that Major Bell shot At 4 oclock today time Fourth of July sxercIses commenced and as I am enclosing en-closing ihie progranntae I shall just note that the speeches ivjare the best Fourth of July ematios that I over imsiened to I After the orators of the day had beea I cheered tIm chaplain lroposed that we give three cheers for Captain Senbury and the oficers of time good ship China Th nen shOuted Bring him ouL anti Genera Greene started after him It I nis funny to mice the captain shoot out 01 lila cabin door and start for the bridge General Greene caught the do serter and brought him back The cap talc took off his hat nail looked at it he rubbed his bald head omit then faced I the crowd looking downon it paternally anal said Well boys swim eat all you want to anti have a good time I dont kriou what do say 1 have said all I cap So ended the most original Fourth of July sleechon reeoral tlcreis the programme FOURTH 10F JULY D ISIS Second Detnqhmnent Philippine Expedi tlOrl Steamship Cimina at Sea Seaby by all 2Prayer 3Coronatioa Glee Club 4Reading Declaration of independ emmee Chaplain Fleming 5Yarkc Doodle Band 6Yitnkee Dewey Glee club 7Address General Greene SBattle Hymn oS the Republic Aliutane Brooks and chub 9Address Colonel A Hale 1Rnll Columbla Band 1lOrftlbn Colonel Jewelt 12Dixie Glee club 13Benediction 4 14Starapangled Thinner 1 Private Guthman and Glee club |
