Show HONORS OVERDUE The news that the Oregon has been sent to tho Chinese station recalls the fact that of all ships she Is without a peer In storm and battle sho Is superb su-perb and when she comes In I from a battle or a voyage half round the world she Is always ready for any required re-quired service All this brings back the fact that the sailor under whom the great ship made her first fame Is still without reward Is I really relatively lower in rank than when he throttled the Spanish lleot off Santiago and compelled one ship after another to turn and run for shore A writer In the Record of Philadelphia reviews tho work of tho Oregon at Santiago As everyone knows sho had rounded the continent and without being be-ing docked had taken her place In the Sampson fleet When the fight came on the beautiful II Iowa though only a few weeks at sea could make but ten knots tho Texas was a little better the Brooklyn could not make mbro I than half speed That was the condition condi-tion when the chase of the Spanish licet began rue Oregon swiftly forgod tothe front This writer In the Record says the chart show that the Oregon first headed off the Maria Teresa and caused her to turn In shore In a few minutes tho Oregon had the Oquendo in the same fix with the same result and the i Oqucndo turned and made for shore Then It was an Oregon 13Inch shell falling beside the Colon that caused that s ship to head II for shore He believes that but for the I Oregon the three forward ships of the Spaniards would have escaped and I that had the Oregon been alone the whole Spanish fleet would have been destroyed de-stroyed just the same Save a little medal Just like those sent to other Captains Cap-tains Cupt Clark has had no reward That is I not the way for a nation to use her heroes and there should be some special legislation for Capt Clark He really stands next to Admiral Dewey among the sailors of the war His ship had sailed 17000 miles yet de eloped more spped than on her trial voyage and she was fought for everything insight in-sight He ought not to be neglected Were ho to be made an Admiral we do not believe there would bo a thought among his brother sailors that an unjust un-just discrimination had been made In his favor but that the honor had been magnificently won |