| Show r Om OFFICIAL l C REPORT ON MIS U I C T Due Itie to Flare Back ack of Gas Remain Remaining lug hug In ill thc tue Gun After Discharge SOME EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM Particular ular Mention laile of Acting Gunner Cox Mate Itc Mos Mas Mossell sell ben and C S Washington May 3 a Acting Secy Bec or of tho the Navy Nivy Nl Darling today made 10 pub I 1111 In the thu hI report of ot tho court of 01 In mn Upon explosion on 01 the tho battle battlo ilium Missouri off ulf April 13 Ae As stated In III these Ih so lust luat night nighttime tho time accident Is h attributed to a 11 tiara Inlo buck back of ut gas gaB gU remaining In III the time bore of ot time the BUM lIun attN after the time discharge and the opening emmett I mug of 01 o t tho UIA t he breach brea elm and a tnt no ho otto one Is blamed Admiral In III endorsing tho time report points point to tJ the Iho need of ot a II ro I upon the tIme rapidity of o ilmo 1110 of 01 big JIg guns HUllS with powder of or unknown quantities ami 1111 tutu the time necessity of oC inquiry by experts Into lute time the nature of or these powders with a I view to 10 tho time of or time tho management of ot tin tur lets mete and gun practise c The lie coUll Cotti I thuds 1111 that whilo every oihi und did his whole duty and In III probably tho time most trying that can como to men Inca time the fol ful following lowing named and men are aro worthy of ot particular mention under tho time I head of heroism name namely ly Iy Acting Gunner It H U 11 1 Cox ox H ii Mans Mons soil lOn chief mate male and l H fI gunners mate and time the following are arc deserving of ot special III commendation namely W Vt H Ii Commander Comman den der J 1 M Orchard Clelland Da Davis I n vie vis 18 W V IV II It Scott Brett Ralph Karl I A W V Marshall I 10 R I IC RC C Hammer of time the United States ship still Cleveland Midshipman A e Carte Caffe M MIt MI ML It L I Higgins chief mate mateJ J Croft chief machinist II K R I Elliott died train from tho the effect of or the tha poisonous unset gases Inhaled In iii the tho work of at rescue C e Brewster gun captain C CHelm Helm seaman 8 H C Burgess litter W tV Gibbons cox coxswain coxswain swain I IL B Johnson gunners gunner mate mato J JM SI M ordinary seaman Heaman ami W Wa V VS a S Wells ordinary penman lien man That there were ivere others who deserved sprout special com commendation appears clear to o the tho court COUlt hut but tho the curt ourt Is la unable to establish their Identity In time the opinion of o the court no further proceedings are necessary In his review of or the time Admiral Harker commander of ot tho the North Atlantic fleet says of ot the tho bra brav bravery braer cry ery er displayed by the and men of the Missouri The disaster was wan appalling hut but It developed heroes History records 1 no nomore nomore more mote heroic act that that of ot who wha crawled through a 11 hole Into tho the burning magazine to 10 put lut out the time lames The Tho conduct of o the captain mind and crow wa wal superb showing excellent and marked murl ell personal cour courage courage age hero no so ninny many excelled It Is III dif dlf to draw the time lino IIno between com corn and extraordinary arts acts of ot b I hence he lire the approves the recommendations of ur tho the court of ot Inquiry which was enjoined to mention tho time names of ot any one ono deserving lag ing notice for lor heroism herol rn He lIe calls culls attention to those points brought out In the time testimony Exhaustive Inquiry as to tho time nature of ot the gases given Ion off of by hy smoke smokeless less lees eBB powder which remain l In the gun un or cartridge cases and whether or not lIot these thelle gases galell run ran be prevented Be It be possible to arran the tho Interior of turrets so o ns liB to In separate te one gun from roam another and both hoth from the tho handling room making accidents from exploding shell or burn hurn burnIng Ing powder Improbable if It not bio ble Third Revision of ot rules for or target practise requiring the Ihl reports of ot chief umpires urn pires to state stata whether or not an nn al ul allowance lowance of or time was ivas given for tor flare lare backs and It If so the th exact amount At present many of or these reports report are i not clear I |
