| Show LIEUTENANT FRANK H E NEWCOMB SW 1 I AND THE GOLD MEDAL AWARDED WARDED A HIM FOR HEROISM AT CARDENAS a l I 1 Nr J ot of tho the must moral r rj j i mils of ot the thu Amer p 0 lean war wan the tho multitude ol ot haroun evoked by that start short but hut decisive conflict While 1 It worn seam Invidious to v discriminate III or differentiate whore where cv lad jj ery muti seems to 10 have awe dune duno his hili duty And Arita to hAve fought us liS a though thu out outcome r 1 come of ot tho war depended depend d upon his p per Iler r 0 1 effort thore there arc itro a n 1 few Instance ot of of American valor that hut forth I conspicuously front from nil all the rest reel Among ur thin th n I la tho Ito foal feel performed by hy i 4 tint IIII Prank Frank If Jr nt nl the tho outset n I of oC the tM war which Is ts commemorated by byth Ir i th the gold gild medal awarded him by lIy con non conI I n pros and recently presented t t Tho rhO heroic h deed decd tray TIny have been lout lost of oC by hy the In the ilia stirring r events that followed to II 0 Immediately after 1 s i 1 but hut cognizance of or It WUN tuns lakon not only at rat the lime hut but subsequently RI ns M II from fran the In III th thoa thi the thet t ern i oa OUO o which narrate the lie In bt detail and authenticate th this daring act net h It may IMY Ire he b recalled r ll that at lit the time wore ware given Riven for far the Ih blockade of f Cubas Culm ports In III in IMS much uncertainty p r Milted M ar I to the location lot allon of oC the and there ere wan great doubt an nN n to 10 toN N the t he law Ita of ot operations elf lion of ot Santiago an ns n a refuge decided the lie point and the scone Kene of ot nimr I was II illicitly from fromI I tho north h oon t to tho the south Hut But I ni III I tr tM ho beginning l our were un bl lly off ott nn 11 end ml Cardenas i where whre like Ii kt hounds held hela In leash lash they th I their chance atones fur for t it an un opening p I he bout hout tl With the Iho enemy l The rue t l I b Io ra V i ind wn were ten Stationed i 1 oft off n It port porI with harbor within which were jov Hev i 8 anil Ifill r I 1 h gunboats Whose t I Ire 11 r o hud lj com Orders e 1 l clars were werf is ore l Ann u el l to Ip attempt Il r to cut them rant nut and A 1111 develop j G tho the of ot the enemy on rm stars shore Tile The slow and the lb e Hudson II IJ In 6 H 0 Qt f light tight draft sero delegated to 10 this duty heaving already mart made c co n h r lied It d dashes Into Inlo the Iho harbor so n tar far as liS liSin a an athe s in n the b would allow 1110 They Theys I 11 n I wove s l ore decoyed d under tho tilt guns g f C n he walked rn battery hattery by lIy which tho Iho Window po pas i was soon disabled idu u Tho The rest heat of ot tho Iho tory story Is tN told In the theof of ff t official dispatches the tint first potion portion of ot rl which Is ill the report from Lieutenant II this IRI tho the commander of at thin tho th Win Winlow YI t low lolY Incorporated In Commodore Ite He I ILa La J report to 10 the navy depart department at m il 1 bent ment at rat H It Is dated M May y f i iI li I 1 1 l I I 11 1 I I A I 1 I 1 l 1 1 1 1 I I tit 1 1 II I i 1 ll I l il 1 u 1 l t 1 l 1 1 I h i 11 I I 11 1 I 1 11 i l 41 II I 12 1698 S 8 1111 day tay after thin the engagement occurred all I sots directed rl l by l er Todd TaIt l to approach n a 1 small email alongside the wharf at III the tho eastern end of ot the I town and nilI examine exo 1111 her hor character toward thin the bale nt rat full tull speed p d dOn On Ura approaching t VII within Ul I 1 lu 1600 JOO yards Yala 1 gun gunboat boot boat and battery on oil shore opened o lire The Winslow returned and maintained lire until th the end anti of ot the lh union nellon woe was riddled and 1111 woe was finally towed tOll out of ot range by lI the Casualties as A reported hl morning n 1 t des desire I re to tl t tass I ex z zIt It ass my thanks t ks to Lieutenant Now New Newcomb t comb commanding of lit the Hud Hudson son 1011 ns ne he ho towed a l I our forest out lilt of at tto ac C lluu dla wo were wre under um ter heavy heny tire lire This Is IH thu Ihu terso dispatch 1 V l 4 ll t of rat tho commander r u t of ot the Window to his hen all NII u I Im casualties to In which w t I lie ho le referred Included live five m me ell n killed and Ova five Wounded In lu this thiN 11 rut l engage meat nent of oC the Iho war 1111 tho the 1 Ir blood t was nten shed when s sr tho tile 1 I Ina r I n e nod and tour four of ot othla n r its hla companion caP l U i Millars were wert killed e All were wera heroes There hero wan tint not a n 1 shirk among them And AnI when Lieutenant Newcomb ran tIlh in III With the Hudson to which ho Ito had succeeded us nH commander nit but n a few tew months previously and had to Cuba ns as noon SOOIl an RH war was Ins de lIe cloyed he but bul performed his 1110 duty as oa ho he hofIA saw Haw fIA IY it The Tile air woe as full tull of ot shrieking shells Atreus says soya n an nn eyewitness of at the Oi ail If I I 1 I r I I 1 It h I 1 III I I Hp 1 k 1 1 I 1 1 I 11 I 1 1 1 1 III 1 i 1 h 1 I l I t 1 1 l 1 I I 1 1 light Ight as RII the Spaniards had tool concen concentrated their lire the tho craft eruCt with aview a view to 10 her hr d Yet Vet 1 in wont ent the Hudson and Its rev crow and nil hitched on to 10 the till as coolly as liS ury department accompanying tho the nl I pretreated d to Lieutenant New Under the of at n a joint resolution o of the tho of the j a y j a J l lt r r rr t r I r l It If thin Iho they were IC about towing a barge In a iI peaceful tul harbor Moro titan than three years later tho of at that May day wore narrated I In a n letter from the United States treos treas 1 I I I I 44 I 1 I 1 ll 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 11 I 1 hl I I II 1 1 d States approved May rny 3 l 1900 OO there thero wile WAS awarded to 10 you OU a 11 gold medal In rec ree recognition of at your conduct and services cervices Inthe In Inthe Inthe the battle of at Cardenas Cuba on tho the eleventh day of at flay Moy IS S Unsolved by lIy the senate and ant home of ot u lit u u 1 I u I I is I I 1 u 1 i i u u u I representatives re ro of ot the Iho United d States of ol I In l That In ill Int t of th the of First l tenant II If Newcomb of at the rev revenue nu cutter r service the revenue r v nu cutter lila Jule and th the men 5 J 4 IIII lf ni 1 T Ty y r 1 e affi s y ly t I of ot his ills command for their Intrepid and he heroic role rolo gallantry hi ill the action at al Carden Cuba on tot the tho eleventh day of ot May MIlY I when wheel wh the rp the Iho United torpedo turp do boat in the lute taco of ot n a 1 matt in oft I gulling gelling tire lire from tho the guns tine the low bring being lei 11 I her IlIr captain wounded her h r only other officer and hull halt ot of her crew cr w killed tho the command commander or er of tho tile Hudson t kept ken Ills his vessel easel t In la tho the very velY ear tear o of at tho lIna hollst hot leat lire of at the nc tiC lion ilon although In iii constant OOn danger ot of go going GOIng o olag ing lag on on account of ot the tho shallow wa wn water water ter until nn dually allY he got cot a n lino IIno aline fast foat to the tho t and Owed lowed that ve s l out of ot range of ot tho Y a guns gun In lu commemoration ration ratio n of ot this act of at It li l I s hereby i enacted that tho Iho secretary of ot the theIr Ir lury be authorized and l directed III to la tl CHUM ellae III to 10 lit be prepared tred and to present to 10 Lieutenant tit rank H It h e n revenue I service n I gold Iohl medal nod to lo each Of his ills sheers a 11 sliver silver medal and to each cach member of ot his hla crew a n bronze medal Yours Youre Is I tho the proud distinction of at being tho 1110 only ani 1 commissioned l of any s rv I tae lot to 10 whom congress awarded n II goldmedal gold goldmedal I medal for tor heroIsm In n battle battla during the tho war with Spain I take Inko pleasure In hi patenting to you the Hul dal al awarded and In congratulating you OU u upon on the recognition thus Ihus bestowed bythe by bytho bytho tho the national legislature H Jr A It r Acting Secretary Not less gratifying perhaps to the tho gallant lieutenant woe was tho the assurance of ofu u the naval bond board bon Ill appointed by the thu secre secretary airy tary of the tho navy to 10 examine Into and andreport report upon the record of or the tM several vs 19 of ot tho the navy and IntI of oC the tho attached to 10 them with n a view to de do determine termine whether r of ot the tho navy or marine corps corpe than thull those al nl already already ready rendy recognized were lIere entitled to pro promotion promotion promotion motion or reward for Cor eminent and con conduct In ill battle an ns follows follower The rho board finds that on nn May 11 WS ms 18 near Cardenas Cuba Lieutenant New Newcomb Newcomb comb displayed eminent and conspicuous ous oue conduct in III battle In taking tho the this dis disabled bled torpedo bout boat Winslow In III tow aft act after after er 1 about halt half on an hours effort while she woe under a ft severe evero tire fire from Crom tho the enemy end and removing her from tho the engagement then going on If It Lieutenant New I belonged to 10 the line lino of ot the tho navy nn the Iho board would recommend him for tor ad advancement seven seen numbers Tell fell mo me not In mournful numbers should ho n a refrain well remembered by hy bythe bythe the subject of ot this commendatory pa in inper per for tor assured that ho lie ought to 10 be advanced the regulations of the respective cUo departments hMO have stood inthe In Inthe the way WRY of oC his substantial promotion However ho he hll hlas already received what many a n man mah would WOIth be glad tad to have havethe havethe the plaudits of ot his Grateful countrymen and nUll tho the highest commendation of ot con coil grece s Lieutenant Newcomb woe born In Poston Nov 10 ISla 1810 and yam ns educated ed e 1 In the Iho public schools lie Ho conies comes of ot good old fighting stock his hie great grandfather having been ti u sergeant atthe at nt atthe the battle of ot Lexington At tho the ago age of ot fifteen ho accompanied his father tin an anold old ohl sailor and on Oil a 1 voyage vono around the world and nt at seventeen en err enlisted listed In the tho navy at the tho beginning of the civil war Ho Ito resigned his com Coto commission mission at nl the close of at the war going Into railroading but In 1870 1610 he lIe woe ap op appointed pointed painted a third lieutenant In tho rho rev revenue revenue marine when he ho June has boon been on both coasts of our country In ht arduous service Including three ten lien I sons SOilS In ill Alaska after he ho hail had been pro promoted II rooted to a n first lieutenancy Ho lie woe next net sent to na no an assistant In III n of tho the life lite saving from fromY t which I ho was t Y as detached In III October ISM 11 aka taka placed In ht command of ot tho Hudson Ho lIe was wan among the u first of at the tho revenue c to t o be e called upon by the Iho govern government h ment anent for the lie navy i iThe The rho hero of o Cardenas was ono one of oC the first firs t to t o arrive with Ills his vc se on t the tho to Cuban Cobalt coast and his hula motto moUD seems to have been i that et of oC a brother r I Tho rho u United Sla States lea expects overy every man mun manto rata n nto to do 10 his ills Spaniard Ho JIo Is le now sta sill stationed Honed at nt Patchogue Long Loni Island us tie Inspector of a n life lICe caving dietrict faithfully serving his hla country In that branch of oC tho the treasury department to which ho he was assigned so co many years ago 1110 So little confidence Is fe there In Turk Turkish TurkIsh ish let employees that when some time limo ago OliO opportunity wa WIlS given to send packages and reul letters only ono one of ot each was received at nt Stam Stamboul haul boul In ten daysI days P II I I I I II 1 I I I 1 hl II I I 1 1 11 1 AI 1 |
