Show SHOULD BE AN ADMIRAL 1 Tho Utica N Y Herald prints the r following Of all tho Captains who had n chanco to distinguish tliemsolvea In tho war with Spain Clark of tho Oregon ban most I cause for complaint Despite tho wonderful wonder-ful sorvlro rendered by that ship under I hlB skillful vigilant tireless fcarloss guldanco hj stands two number lowr In I I tho naval rrglslor than when tho war began be-gan Further proof should not bo asked of tho unulbdom and unfalrriess nf ibo prenont plan of rewarding officers by ad vajielng them so many nmnhorx Capt Clark was put back by tho advancement of Manila Captains lie docs not cm plain but nhows tIne nobility of his char actor by preferring recognition by modal to advancement which would Injure other us ho bus been Injured not by design but 11 fault of a systems For gallant cervices officers have been directly advanced over men who had been their superiors See how Sheridan wont to the front I thcro Is such authority as that then Capt Clark ought to be made n RearAd miral He did the best work that was done at Santiago not that he was any braver than the others but when the test came his ship was in perfect order I or-der though it had made n 13000mile Journey and had not been in dock Capt Evanss ship which was supposed sup-posed to be the foremost ship In the navy had been but a few weeks out of do dock but the utmost speed she could get on her was ten miles an hour The engines of both the Brooklyn enbnes and New York were In such shape that neither ship could get on more than twelve knots although they were both over 20knot ships Tho Ore gon ran faster than on her trial trip after that enemy that was trying to escape and the reason was that she was in good form The most unaccountable unac-countable thing in tho world is that that fleet which had lain oft the mouth of that harbor thirtysix days expecting expect-ing dally that the Spanish fleet would come out and give them battle or sock to run away wits half helpless when tho test came We believe the little Gloucester and the big Oregon were the only ships In good form and then Capt Clark had taken the ship around from Seattle to Jupiter inlet FIn and for twenty days of that time was expecting to meet the whole lleet of the Spaniards and was Intending to lick the whole flcCU The strain of that voyage was not over when he was ordered or-dered into the squadron of Admiral Sampson and with others took up the watch off Santiago hold his place until the crisis came and then wan the lion of the squadron He not only ought to be promoted swiftly hut his chief engineer ought to be put at the head of tho engineers in the navy The way to have great services performed Is to reward adequately tlioso who have performed great services I |