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Morro Ca Castle t le oftheUnited5'rate5 oftheUnited5rate5 ' " - By ELMO SCOTT WATSONHE WATSONHE WATSON r autliorlzedI HE other day congress congres " , authorIzed authorIzedthe authorizedthe the presentation of a medal ofhonor ofhonor of i I honor to a man m'ln mln ' wro " who "ho ho ] , , as a lIeutenant lieutenant lieuten- lieuten - 1 lieuten1 l\ l lant \ ant In to the United states States/\ States Statesnaw . , 'during during 'during during ' / \ naw naVY during the Spanlsh- Spanlsh Spanish- Spanish SpanlshAmerIcan SpanishAmerican SpanlshAmerican - - American war W'lr Wlr ' . , had " won "on on on onworldwide > 3 \ worldwide orldwlde fame f'lmo flmo ' overnIghtHe overnightHe overnight ? He was the Col CoI Lindberghof Lindbergh - of his day d'lV dlV ' He FIe was thele'lder theI theIegder the , Vk leader le'lder lelder Iegder ' of an expedition , , thestor thestop the I jj thejj storv stor stop , of winch whIch tlinlled thrIlled the thewhole thewhole theS whole nation natlOn and put his hisname hisname hisrtr name on tlie the lips of e everyAmerican every everyAmerican , ery eryAmerlc'ln American Amerlc'ln Amerlcln ' Of him the author authorof authorr authorof of an article In a Boston Bostonma Bostonmagazine Boston/ Boston Bostonmagazine / ma magazine 'lZme lZme ' In September , 1808 1803 1893Bald , saId 'The The ' The Spartans who held the pass p'lSS plSS piss ' at Ther Tiler Thermopylae Tilermopylae Thcrxnopylac mopylae may be forgotten foi gotten , the COO GOO 600 Cngllshmen Englishmen Cngllshmenwho Englishmenwho Englishmenwho who made the charge at Balaklava Dahhhm Bahklava may m'lY mlY ' go un unsung unsung unsung sung , , but in tills thIs land under the Stars ' and 'lnd lnd ind Stripes Stripesforever Stripesforever Stripesforever forever will wlll linger l1nger the memory of the gritty grittyCbrltian grittyChristian grittyChristian Cbrltian Christian ' : gei gel get tieman , Richmond Pearson Hob IIob Hobson Hobeon IIobon son on of Alabama Ahbam'l Ahbaml Ahbami ' . . . " "Sic Sic " transit gloria glona mundi . . . . " " indeed n ' ror rorRichmond rorRichmond ForRichmond Richmond Pearson Hobson had to wilt w'lit wlit wait ' nearly nearlyB5 nearly85 B5 85 3 sears ears for the official officml recognition recog'Dltion recogDltion ' of his deed deedand deedand deedand and \ when hen it finally came , the ne nev nes , spapers , "hich hich sshlch "hichhad sshlchhad " whichhad had once emblazoned embla7'oned embla7oned ' his name in streaming streamingheadlines streamingheadlines streamingheadlines headlines , recorded the award a"ard aard " of the medal of ofhonor ofhonor ofhonor honor In a ne news " s story storv of only onl-r onl r - a few brief para pan- pan parl- parl parlgraphs pangraphs paragraphs - graphs graphsHobson Hobson " was "as as ssas born at Greensboro , Ala , August August17 17 . , 1870 1S70 Educated Iducated : In the Greensboro public publicIchools publicschools publicschools Ichools schools ! and In the tl1e Southern unn unir unnersity erslty ersity , , he be- be became be became - . came Interested in the na navv nags , v ' during durmg a 11 visit to toNew to'New toNew New 'New ! ' Orleans and won an ' appointment 'lppointment lppointment to the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States Naval Kaval acidemv aC'ldemv aCldemv ' at Annapolis Annapolisfrom , from which he was "as as " grade gradiuted gradulted ited In 1889 188D In the theacademy theacademy theacademy academy he had devoted himself to nival nwal naval con con- construction con- con construction construction - struction and in 1891 1591 he " was "as as made an assist assIst- assIstant assistant assistant - ant naval constructor with tlie the rank of lieuten Heuten- Heuten lieuten- Heutenant lieutenant lieutenant - ant Spanish , " which "blch blch sshich he be held at the outbreak outbrenh of the Span Span- Spanish - ish American war . Just before Dewey's Deweys ' memorable victory at atManila atManila atManila Manila bay in the Philippines PhfUpplnes a Spanish fleet fleetconsisting fleetconsisting fleetconsisting consisting of four armored cruisers and three threetorpedo threetorpedo threetorpedo torpedo boat destro destroyers ers , led bv by Admiral Cervera Cerveraleft , left the Cape Verde islands for Cuban niters nitersCervera " witersCervera 1ters 1tersCer"era Cer\"era Cer "era era Cervera \ ' " succeeded In eluding the "rh rh " 'Thing Thing "rising rising ' Ing Squad Squadron Squadron Squadron ron " of the United States na nasy nav , ; , , commanded by byCommodore Commodore Schlev Schle'i Schlei ' , which had set out to find findthe findthe findthe the SantiagoIn enemy , and entered cntered tlie the harbor of Santiago In saret safety Schlcy Schley folloss folio followed " cd ed him to Santiago and andestnbUshcd andestablished andestablished estnbUshcd established a blockade blochade of the enemy fleet fieet whUe while whUeawaiting whileawaiting whileawaiting awaiting the Hie arrival arrhal arrisai of Captain C\pt'lin C pt'lin ptlin ' \ ' Sampson , acting actingrear actingrear actingrear rear admiral and commander comm'lnrler commlnrler ' in cliicf chIef of our na naval naviii naval val viii forces , " who "ho ho " was "as as hurrJ hurrlng hurrying ; Ing to Santiago S'rnti'igo Srntiigo S'1nth S1nth ' ' ' o " with "Uh Uh a lleet fleet led by his flagship , the New ness ew ' Yoik YOlh YoikThe forfame fortame YOlhThe YoikThe The story of hoIIobcon bow ho\ ho ho's hos ' \ Uobson IIobcon IIobson ; got his chance ch'lnce chlnce ' for tame fame Historyof Is told by John Jolla It Spears In his ' HIstory of Our Nay Navy ) " ' as follows follo\\8 follo 8 follo8"After follows"After follows"After \ "After After " reaching reacblng Santiago Santl'lgo Santllgo ' and nnd taking tnhlnJ ; one look lookat lookat at the nnrroentrance narrow nnrro\\ nnrro \ entrance . to the harbor the pos poselblllty posIIlbIllty poselbillty IIlbIllty elbillty of sinking sInl.mg sInlmg . a ship sl1lp there to effectually effectuallyclose close it ft , , and so prevent pre\ent pre ent present \ Ccrvera's Ccrveras Cervera's Cerveras ' e"tIt etIt e"tItas c-dt c dt ectt " - , , , \ was \\as as ap up apparent upparent parent to many of the ouicers officers of the squadron Sampson squadronSampson hadconsidered , knowing knoinJ kno\\ kno \ inJ the " width ssidth Idth of the channel , . had andIn consIdered the plan of sinking smkIng a ship In It . . , . and in a dispatch dated Slay May 27 7 had ordered Schley to Schleyto sink the collier colller Sterling SchleyIgnored there , but Schley ignored the order On the \ very sery ery day he reached Santiago reachedSantiago , Sampson began to carrJ carry carr out the plan pllln plan"Ihere plan"There " "Ihere Ihere "There There 'lhere lhere ' was the Merrimac Ierrlmac She had h'ld hld hid ' been sold to soldto valueShe the government go.ernment goernment . at a price twice her value She " was 'IS IS ' a bad ship-sIle ship sIle ship-she she ship - - she could serve the nation na- na na - - tion much better In . thanIn blocking blocl.Ing bloclIng the tLe channel than herInto in any other way "ay ay slay " , and preparations prepar'ltlons preparltlons ' to sink her Into the channel ch'lnnel chlnnel ' were Immediately immedlatcly begun Atthe At the earnest reque requc-st requc st request ' : > - t of llr 1Ir Mr Richmond Pearson PeorsonHobhon Hobi Robson > on , assistant aSSi&tant aSSitant & mn nag naval al con constructor , : > tructor he , was put 10 in 10ctto.rge putin charge ctto.rge cttorge . Ha IIa Ra had h'ld hld ' been placed pl.1ced pl1ced . on the New York to " watch "atch atch her workings "orhings orhings " In actua actual } war "ar ar " , , and writea wntea wnte write a leport report thereon for the chief of bis his bureau bureauHIs bureauIlls bureauHis HIs Ills knowledge knowJedge of ships fitted him for the tnsk task tnskand taskand taskand and he had already alreadv sho\\ sho showed shoed \ ed his courage when he he"orhed heworked heworked "orhed orhed worked " the range r'lnge rlnge ' finder on the New Folk YOlh York dur dur- durIng during during - - ing the bombardment of or San Juan de cle Porto Rico'About Rico'About Rico Rico'About 'About About ' two t0 trio t\\ t \ 0 hundred men were emploJ employed ed In InstrlPIHng Instripping instripping strlPIHng stripping the Merrimac Ierrunac , for It was Intended to tosend tosend tosend send her in just before daylight ne-st ne st ne"tt nett " - mormng morning morning.However morningHowever . Ho\\ Ho Hoe Hosseser \ e ' er , after stripping her , ( It t " was gas 'lS lS ' necessary necessaryto to fit her \ with \ Ith torpedoes that th'l.t thl.t thlt ' . " would "ould ould sink clnh ; her in- in inst'lnUy In Instantly Instantly - stantly st'lnUy stlnUy ' w \ when hen lien tlie the time came , and this took so solong solong solong long that th1t day d'lv dlv ' had h'ld hld hid ' anived arll-red arll red ariived - on Tune Junp 2 before beforeshe beforeshe beforeshe she was ready re'ldy reldy ' Hobson w " was 'l l ' is ' anxious 'Io\.Ious Io.Ious 'Io Io .Ious Ious in.lous inlous ' \ . to go then thenbut , but the admh ndmtial admhal III ordered him to wait "alt alt "alt'Meantime " Meantime 'Meantime ' a cre crew " of slmen 51meo sl\ sl 51\ 51 six ' \ . \ men meo had been se- se selected selected se selected - - lected fiom flom from among the hundreds that th'lt thlt ' crowded crowdedaft crowd crowdedaft d daft aft to volunteer They \ vveie sere el e Daniel D'lmel Dlmel Diniel ' Montague Montaguechief , chIe1 chief ' mister m'lster mlster master ' at arms of theew the : \ New \ew ew York ; ; George GeorgeCharette GeorgeCliarette GeorgeCliarette Charette Cliarette gunner's gunners unner's unners ' mate m'lte mlte ' , flist filst fist class chcs clics ; , , of the Xcw New XcwYorl NewYork NewYork Yorl York , J E C CImphy : \ Mulphy \Imphy Imphy Murphy , . , coxswain cO"tS'lln cocsw'dn cocswdn cO"tS\\ cO"tS cOtS " \ ' 'lln lln ' on the Iowa ; John P Philllps Phl1llpS Phillips , a 'l l ' machinist m'lchlnist mlchlnist micliinist ' , Obcar Oscar O c'lr clr ' Deignan Dergnan Dcignancoxswain , co\s\\am co s am cocsuam ' \ : \ , , ' and 'lnd lnd ind Francis rr1ncls rrincis Kel1 Kellv Kelly . , a watertender w1tertender wgtertender , , all allof allof allof of the ' Merrimac 'Ierrlm'lc Ierrlmlc ' To this ciew Clew crew of sit sI"t six " men Co\.s Co.s Co .s s Cogs Co.swain Cogswain Co\swain Co swain \ . wain Rudolph Rudolph3 nu olphJ ; Clauscn Cl'lucen Cllucen Clausen ' ; of th the ( > Ne New " York Yorl added addedhim addedhimself addedhimself him himself < ; etf by eluding eludmg tlie the vigilance vIgll1nce of the of- of officers officers of officers - - ficers . "At At " 3 o'clock oclock o'cIocI ocIocI ' . on the morning mornm6 of June 3 these thesemen thesemen thesemen men headed away asvav for the harbor h'lrbor hlrbor ' A steam hunch launch hunchfrom launchfrom launchfrom from JosephW thecw the ! \ New \cw cw tiew York Yorl under ' Naval N'aal Naal Nasal , Cadet Joseph JosephW Josephw W Powcll Powell fo11o\\ fo11o followed fo11oed \ ed to pick plch up the crew cre\\ cre creof \ of tl1eMerrnllac theMernmae tl1e the theMerrimac Merrnllac Merrimac , , sliould should they succeed succeed In getting away from awayfrom her after performing performmg their work worl . , in either eitherthe eitherthe eitherthe the rowboat ro row " boat bO'lt bOlt ' or the Iiferaft hfer'lft hferlft liferift ' that had been pro provlded provided provided vlded vided for them"It them them"It ' "It It " 'It It ' was a cloudy night Dlght but because bec1use the chan chan- channel chan- chan channel channel - - nel was W'lS WlS ' so narrow n'lrrow nlrrow ' It w \ ' as 'lS lS 'lbcolutel lbcolutel ' absolutely ; ) ' cert'lin certlin certain cert'linthat certainthat certainthat ' that the Mernmae Merrimac errlmac would be disco discos discovered . ered erect before beforeshe beforeshe beforeshe she heavyfire hea'yfire reached her destination , and that th'lt thlt ' a hea\'y hea 'y y heavy \ ' fire from the batteries battcrles of ot otall all hmd kindb kinds \ would ould en enfi1adc enfilade enfilade fi1adc filade her , while 1\'h11e 1 'h11e h11e \ ' the sentinels and the troops en encamped encamped encamped spatterher sp'ltterher camped ' along 'llong llong the shore \ were ere likely lIhely to sp'ltter spltter spatter ' her deck with Mauser Mnuser bullets as tIS a tropical rain- rain rainstorm rainstorm rain.storm rainstorm . - storm " would "ould ould pelt her " with "ith ith drop drops of \ water 'lter lter ' . In Inshort Inshort Inshort short short . , , there was not one chance in a thousnnd thousand thousandapparently , apparently throughthat , for any of these men to live through that ndienture adenture adsenture ad\ ad \ enture and nnd Jet set ; et the thev then , had eagerly vol volun volunteered volunteercd un untee tee teered red for it ft and , one had h1d stowed himself a\\av a av awav aavon awavon awayon \ on board " without "Ithout Ithout permission permlsclon permissions ; ' Nor was W'IS WIS ' the thechance thechance thechance chance of Cadet PoweII PoweIl Powell and aDd his men much bet bet- better better better - - ter , for It was ssas \ as bis bls his dut dutv duts , to folio follow folloss " the Mernmaeto 'Ierrlmncto Merrimacto 'Ierrlmnc Ierrlmnc Merrimac ' to wouldbe tlie the mouth of tho the harbor where he , too , , would be as easy e'lS\ e'lS elS eass e'lSa ' \ a target t'lrget tlrget ' ' as 'lS lS |