| Show SAMPSON AMPSON SLOWLY PASSING PASSING I NTO NIO TilE THE DARK DARI SHADOWS Is Steadily GroWing Growing Growing Grow- Grow ing Weaker and Death Is Question of but a Short Time WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Feb Even the thet champions of ot the Schley t lent ardent the tragedy of Adi Ad- Ad k teak r n of ot Sl Sampson Admiral i zaI al Sampsons Sampson's Me J retired and has hall b been know be ies es not ilver ver will wit know He lIe does not know Schley court of ot at the outcome of the He does not his has been Sow President has the final w that the t peal peal from Schley under advisement nd md he does not know kno that the Presidents Presidents' President las s' s received from his attorneys a brief aiming all credit for tor him for winning f e e battle at Santiago In July 1838 His lIlg is almost entirely gone At times here ere are brief intervals of ot Intelligence cannot frame Into words th the ut t he noughts he may have Ei i Case Is Hopeless Blost lost of ot the time the Admiral Is quiet md utterly oblivious of ot what Is going I roun round him His physical fon has progressed steadily with the theof of his mental faculties l lie ife e breathes n he takes nourishment but that IsI is He Hi is like the hulk of ot a ship dis dis- dis I tIed lied th engines rusted and nearly ess 8 floating passively with the tide t t t V SAMPSONS SAMPSON'S RECORD I V. V Born norn In Palmyra N. N Y February V V liP ary 9 1840 1810 t tV t V Appointed cadet at Annapolis tj September 24 21 1857 Vi III D V. V Graduated at the head of ot his V P V class 18 1861 1 P. P IP t Commissioned Lieutenant July V. V Vi IP 16 t 1862 5 V IP First sea service In 1862 Ironclad b. b V bt was blown up in Charleston harleston harbor hert har- har hartt hert t tt V t bor and only his bis own coolness if IP saved Sampsons Sampson's life liCe J I t Commissioned Lieutenant Corn D V H Po t mander July 25 1865 Commander V. V t August 8 1871 Captain March 1889 f V President of board that inquired l lV V into the destruction of the Maine V Appointed to command North V rJ tf Atlantic squadron during war with f. f V S Spain IP V Commodore 1898 and Rear-Ad- Rear tr miral 1890 1199 S St V. V I Iao J ao V. V t t tH bt V. V V V V. V 5 t tand V V. V and waiting for the final bi breaking caking up I IThe The Admirals Admiral's case is hopeless He may die at any time and he may survive survive survive sur sur- surI sur- I vive for days or weeks As the doctors describe It hl hi his life lite is slowly ebbing away He i io th weaker every morning than thanie Jie ie was vas the morning before Admirals Admiral's Career Caleer Admiral Sampson was of humble or or- His father was a laborer In Palmyra Palmyra Palmyra Pal Pal- myra Wayne county count N. N Y He had eight children of ot whom the present Rear-Admiral Rear was the oldest He dug dugat dugat dugat I I at ditches with hi his father when he was wasa I a boy and turned his hand to whatever I labor came his way His ais Annapolis Career In 1857 there was a vacancy at Annapolis Annapolis Annapolis An An- at the disposal of the Congressional Congressional representative from Wayne coun- coun His Condition Is One of Apathy and Oblivion With Brief Intervals of Intelligence ty district wh whose se name name Is long since 1 I forgotten He offered it to several of oft the well well-to-do boys l in t the village They all t ri refused it Then he e offered f 1 the e plate place a ato to young Sampson son of ot the laborer and Sampson took it He went to the naval academy and graduated with credit Sampsons Sampson's first sea service was on the ironclad Patapsco He was a Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant when the v vessel was struck and sunk by a torpedo in the harbor of Charleston January 15 1865 A Sea Adventure Sampson exhibited even then an unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual degree that coolness of temperament temperament tem tern which distinguished him in more mature years and aided materially in his his' own promotion As the Patapsco went down in the dark Sampson was caught around the ankles by the boarding boarding boarding board board- ing net and drawn down with the ship Waiting until the first rush was over he deliberately worked his feet loose rose rosa to the service and was picked up Secretary Long made Sampson president president dent of the court of inquiry that investigated Investigated investigated gated the blowing up of the Maine After After Af Af- Af- Af ter the court made its report President McKInley selected Sampson then a Captain for commander of ot the North Atlantic squadron to relieve Rear Ad miral Sicard When war was declared he was in command of the fi fleet et operatIng operating Ing in West Indian waters |
