Show EPIGRAMS VID AND HEROES A I 1 few eplura 8 and same heroes 1 have av come out oui of 0 the war of it days dc dui ufa atlon t ion arh whether e ther the abs observation of sergt bill an anthony hony who came to salute sai aai lute when ho be rn anict e t capt f in midair and diacou discoursed r zed to lo this erect sir I 1 have to report that the ship has been blown blonn up and la 1 atom to sink whether r this cark can be cleaned its as an epigram or merely ns As a bald statement ment of tact fact I 1 leave tor for other to decide dc clile cere commander command C r na ain wrights assertion at havana as 03 ho be hauled down dan the rayed frayed arid and discolored ras rag that floated boated i over the submerged scrap heap which wh ae it I 1 ras v as once fence the maine taine IN was epigrammatic matic we will collect coll Lct tor for this and it wont be at the end of a lawsuit I 1 either said the gloomy wainwright the th spanish hit a d thing talc but the water ater was capt ID bob 0 b cavanas profane criticism of the s spanish pa n gunnery ed to a lin new if paper baber dispatch boat beat after a brief be cn ga gement in spite of 0 its ha profanity I 1 i perhaps because of it ll it will live in history 1 capt evans Is also alo the author of a iti signaled message to sampson which tf n one of its variants has been aecil bed I 1 to wainwright when ahr ill shore bat at san sail juan were engaged sampson signaled evan to fall hack back still further aiom ff om the forts iavan E van responded with hla his nag flag 1 I am afraid to got get farther away I 1 have strained my guns 1 already at this range ranee r thus nuch for the wit ot of the war the th difficulty lifts bas been more prolific I 1 c of hereto many blany names lave have been bc n added to the american ca calendar londar of naval and military paints th e full list hat be submitted to clo congress n greser for than thania iq and all 1111 also come fr from 0 m t the lie departments part ments some of the s subordinate u bo C names on the naval register may be remembered longer than one or tw tn 0 of the trio of admirals who aho owe their grade to 10 the mar hobson for or instance will be remembered ii believer a forlorn hope or desperate chance Is thought of his 1119 act was waa without question one of the moet picturesque of the 0 war with hla his name are arc bracketed those t h of ills seven companions selected front from hundreds of afi olunice ra from the amati can fleet they are daniel 1 montague 1 machinist on the new yorka york J C coxswain on an the iowa u asborn born duignan coxswain on tho the mer r almac I 1 ni a C I 1 I 1 F r phillips on tho the bler arancis kelly mater tender on tho the iter merrimac Merrt mac R clausen Cl auBon coxswain on the bew new tork georg charcotte gunners mate malo on the tha ne new w york rk these men took a collier under the runs guns c of morro into tho the teeth of Cerv cras squadron equa dron where they sank her 0 in o rn flold id channel for clean etrain courage the merrl mac affair easily takes lakes rank with anything performed per foamed by naval heroes i since the first days of the republic public ensign worth bagley baeley of winslow whose death was one for a sailor find and a warrior will be remembered by boys longer than his monument will nill endure one of the youngest execl five officers in the nal navy Y he be alth w ath his skipper Derna bernadou dou went into the unequal light fight with their marine bicycle against the shore batteries of cardenas bagley ley and four of his crl craw w wore were balled libut bernadou Bernau ou still sut got ferling from roni its ills wound has just jurt reported for or duty at washington washing ton perhaps I 1 should haci mentioned mention fA dewey D ew e y earlier in the allt it Is 13 tho tha P residents intention to le commend ad maral mir a I 1 dewey devey for promotion prO MOLIon from rom his present grade 0 of rear admiral which came to him with aith the thanks of congress tor for sinking montejon montejos Monte Alonte jos squadron without losing a gnan to the place of vice admiral deney began the war an and d with his bombardment and capture of marilla ended R I 1 admiral schley the title Is comparatively now new Is 13 the next in the hearts of hero worshipers ills his brilliant chase of the squadron as it fled from santiago and the active part his flagship took in the ultimate destruction of the enemy have been the subject of 0 so much newspaper neue paper comment that thera the Is I 1 small fear schley will ever be forgotten forge by the admiring populace LI il I l iii 1 I richard lit as he looked upon the wrecks of the spanish ships le marked grimly the llaine 11 alne is aver ged wainwright was mas the maines Ma inest executive officer it at the time of the ill e w A arsh I 1 p a assassination in the destruction of ct Cerver 1178 squadron he engaged with the i stormed yacht the gloub gloucester in an armored and two inc torpedo boat destroyers he subsequently received admiral cers corvera a 9 aard in token of the batters lat subhi submission 5 wa I 1 cwright Is ri a washington washing ton id idol I 1 lie he c comes 0 men from rom a naval family and was wag born and brought up in that city ensign franklin Bu chanad Sull scillian Su illian fian n Bal baltimore baldimor timor boy grandaunt 0 alie oll comodo co commodore modo e fro rom w whom own he e acts la it alii clvin ell name V allt 11 have 1 I an 11 X al to if a junior lieutenancy iben the board tor for the recognition of oc bravery gets beia around to lo bin li case cas air 11 x I 1 had d charge of the artt alter r port guns ot of the find and with one stint shot re ducep who spanish blockhouse to I 1 splinters sullivan Is regarded as 05 the beat grounded student ot of gunnery gunner y practical awl arl theoretical in uio navy after the ilauno il ll alno airle affair and prior to th the declaration of ft war he risked his life hc dally a fly in ilav havana 1 I in investigating the strength strong til of 0 the cites defend v and the condition ion of the batteries 1119 hl report on n t th he H havana a y a n forts s la in one of the most c acte of 0 the aanden kind on lie file in the dc pa rt ment n ent L allcut 1 t C 0 r n m adolph nho ho with the scorpion formerly the yacht A h t sovereign ove reign engaged and beat ott oft six alx lx spanish gunboats cun gun boats oft if Manzin tilo will bo be remembered red ahen the honors are handed out capt cap robley D evans evana has ever been a popular seaman ills hia bluff marilty w waye ILYS won him admiration even lipford ho he rave eave an account ot of himself aith uh the lotia loti a in the cerveria aff affail baj r Is b befit acin known rg as righting fighting bob w h I 1 c h I 1 Is guin tu CC dently fitly indicative of hla his c charac I 1 r ac t tar or capt philip of th ahr texas who sank a ship or two IT 0 O bade his men inn not to cheer in the hearing ot of the th defeated span lards tiu ile struck la a chord in the soul ot of every generous man ufa his modest sug to his men that god aas entitled to thanks for the victory Is one that ii III bo be last in mind among other heroes do not forget iho criticised criticized Comm commodore odom denays Defte ys orders to 10 cealo firing in order lo 10 a set breakfast ci on n the ground that the spanish were almost licked and breakfast could wait on tho the military side the deeds of darin ing owing to an ungracious Censor censorship sh lp have not been so well mel starred as 03 th they Y III be eltes charo up u el cancia s hill gen joo joe wheelers spectacular ti tree climbing specialty and kents activities are arc not to bo be overlooked we will hear these sto bics I 1 of really featly fary dolar in the course of time lime the soldiers are 07 on their III homecoming 1 m e and newspaper bistor historians I a abound eugene lewis in chicago times tims 1 ferald |