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Show - - - - Itrlessd , by Western Newspaper Union UnionFarewell Farewell , Old 'Oregon'I OregonI 'Oregon Oregon 'Oregon'IHUE ' ' ! TH mIlE HUE E USS Oregon Is headed for ror tor a ascrap a.l ascrap .l l . _ scrap agalnl again agalnlBut ( inl inlBut ! But thIs thl time It i s a dIfferent-It dIfferent It difYerent-lt difYerent lt dUTerent - - lt a I a ft . ' scrap crap pile Initead Instead of a scrap scrapw cr pw w th the enemy that the she 8 S hC heading headingf .Iding Iding .Idingf < . f r became because the navy der de depart art cut elit cut1 cutI elitI I dS is d Issued ordera orders to break h r up upfor upfor upfor for the eisentlal essential metal metals * wh d it ( .1 1 . she shec shec c r I talnsn talni talns tabs talnin talnsJt n 13 Jt it , , . as the gallant old bultll"ohlp bultllohlp battleship bultll"ohlpsels battleshipsets buttlcshipnet " ; sels sets * out upon her lust last j Hey ir ey cy thou thousands thousands thoulands sands of ot American Americans * w II rpt rPI m LIT its her heranother heranother beranother another journey whid whlc1 whici she shl ' ride r ide > de 40- 40 40odd 40odd 40-odd 40 odd - - odd year years * ago-a ago a affo - - * dash tt It r ugh two twooceans twooceans twooceans oceans which whlLh was wa f I I ! wed with withbreathle3s withbreathless withbreathless breathle3s breathless Interest by U It Ci e entire na nation nation natlon tion and which ended Iter i I ter er porticl partici porticlpatlon participatton partlclpatlon patlon patton In a great nav nay nov i 1 victory at atSantiago atSantiago atSantiago Santiago CubaBack CubaBack Cuba CubaBack Back in March 1898 there were wererumblings wererumblings wer werrumbllne rumbllne rumblings * of war between Spain Spainand Spainand Spainand and the United States At that time timethe timethe timethe the Oreeon Oregon w WdS was s at San Francisco FranciscoWhen FranciscoWhen FranciscoWhen When her calli cat I 11 i n was I I sabled Babied sabied tor for torservice forservice forservice service by 111 lI ill ! . ess .ss ss ens command of the thevessel thevessel thavessel vessel was u g ven yen Vefl to Vermont born bornAnnapolIs bornAnnapolis bomAnnapolis AnnapolIs trained Charles E Clark Clarkwt Clarkwio darkwl wt wio o 0 had served under wider ITarragut Farragut Fisrragut at atthe atthe atthe | the Battle Daltle < ( f t M bile Bay nay during the theCivil theCivil th thCivil Civil war and who had rijen rilen risen to cap cap- captain captam captain - - I tam tain in 1896On 1896On use 1896 useOn | On March 1C 16 Clark received or orden ordera order den dera to join Admiral Sampson s a * fleet fleetIn fleetin fleetIn In Florida waters with the th greatest greatestspeed greatestspeed greatestpeed speed ( possible He lie had just 41 48 hours hoursIn hoursin hoursIn In which to make his preparations preparationsfor preparationstor tor for the trip and when he started on onMarch onMarch onMarch March II 18 he was strictly atrictly on his hisown hisown hisown own For there was no radio In i I I 1 1 REAB REAU REAR ADMIRAL ADMmAL C E CLARK CLARA CLARKIBS 1898 IBS ! by which he h * could keep in constant constant con contant stant tant touch with his superior ott\ ott olfl ott'rs o olflcera l lcera \ cera 'rs rs ' ceraWben ceraWhen 'rsWhen When Wben he h * arrived at Rio Janeiro Janeiroon on April 30 he was told that war warwith warwith warwith with Spain had been declared and andthat andthat andthat that the whereabouts of the Spanish Cpanisq Spanist Cpanisqfleet Spanistfleet : ; Spanishfleet fleet under Admiral Cervera was wasunknown wasunknown wasunknown unknown Thera There thi the navy depart department department department ment placed upon him the resp respnsi respnsibility respjnsiblllty msl mslblllty blllty bility of deciding whether he should shouldremain shouldremain shouldramain remain safely sarely at Rio Janeiro or pro pro- proceed proceed proceed - - ceed to Key West , . . , and risk meeting meetingthe meetingthe meetingthe the Spanish fleet In a battle baltle in which whichthe whichthe whichthe the Oregon would be hopelessly out outnumbered outnumbered outnumbered numbered . numberedClark Clark was not long In making hi his hisdecision hisdecision . decision He immediately slarted started slartednorthl startednorthl startednorth northl ! Ever since he had led lett left San SanFrancisco SanFrancisco SanFrancisco Francisco the prayers of the na natlon nation nation tlon tion bad had followed the Oregon as asshe asshe asshe she steamed IIteamed forth torth uion ulon uton her lonely lonelyvoyag lonelyvoyage lonelyvoygp voyag voyage ( ' and when he left Rio Janeiro Janeirothe Janeirothe Janeirothe the nati natl nal n1l1 anxiety was increasedThen increased increasedThen Then < ( ( n May 24 there was I i alion ation alionwide ationwide atlonwld wide rejolc rejoic nfi nit ng when the word was wasflashed wasflashed waslashed flashed ( U at tl U ti e Oregon Or'gon Orgon ( ' had arrived arriveds'ifely arrivedsifely arriveds s'ifely sifely ' fely at Jui Jo1 ler ter li II it let In Florida FloridalIere FloridaIlere FloridaHere lIere Ilere he was cunr Lon lorr pelled pelted to mdke make m ke an another au auother another other n IT ii i ( ' entous 'nlous nlous decis dec is r I In or order order order der to join Ad i 1 u iral ' > Sjrnpsol Stnpso , lfnp o 1 s < thet fliet thethe fliethe niethe he would have to over r de the ) > pll1 pin pll1Ion pinion pinIon Ion it i ( f tin t I is cht chif ch t t rig ' n 1'1 11 K g 't t ( ' er e r Si \ t \ ) ad advised advised advised vised him I t go to 10 N rf rr 1k Ik navy navyyard navyyardt navyyard yard yardt t ta\L ta L last I avi \ theOreg the Oreg Or'g Org ( ' i VNIdied verta vert VNI died diedThe ,1 1 , led ledThe ledThe The navy depnrtn departn departsu t-i t i LI ii - t t idi id ld i 1 Jthor ithor JthorIlt'd ithorIced ilhorIred Ilt'd Iltd Iced ' thin thi thl < ' ! act acl i b t I an aK ag 1 i > Clark Clarkdec Clarkdec Clarkdec dec dcd ded t I "et et tet " ( , et t the ei CI e I . 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