Show WHAT OF THE ENGINEER Mill gans work forgotten in praise showered on capt dark having talked themselves nearly to a standstill about the achievement of capt dark in bringing the battleship oregon through the straits oi magellan not around the horn aa it has been published countless times and putting her into action at the battle of santiago ehg for the first time should pause to insider by what means the gallant captain was enabled to accomplish that wonderful teat A belief Is grow ing in the navy that her engines brought the oregon around who con trolled the engines kept them going prevented journals from getting hot governed their speed and made sure that they did not suffer the usual breakdowns 9 I 1 guess that genius was robert wiley malligan did you ever hear of milligan chief engineer of the oregon on that most famous of all voyages since jason sought for the golden fleeced I 1 trow not like brer rabbit he seems to have lain low all honor to dark but there are a thousand officers in the navy who could have command ed such a ship on such a voyage I 1 doubt however if there lives an en gincer in the service who could have equaled malligan s work in the engine room but malligan remains a chief engineer with the rank of command er and is now on shore duty in the norfolk navy yard unappreciated un honored and unsung what in heaven s name would a battleship be without her engines 9 A derelict what sent the oregon after the span lards with a bone in her teeth her engines under malligan the per of mechanism Is there no reward for the new york press |