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Show M'CALLA WAS NAVY HERO Admiral Who Died Recently Distinguished Distin-guished Himself in Spanish War and at Peking. Washington. The most brilliant achievements of Rear Admiral B. H. McCalla, U. S. N., who died in Santa Barbara, Cal., recently, were in connection con-nection with the war with Spain and the Peking relief column, for which he received signal recognition In the shape of a congressional medal for distinguished service in battle and also international acknowledgment of 'JWd'ni- SMW Rear Admiral McCalla. his labor through the bestowal upon bim of the order of the Red Eagle by the German emperor and the Chinese war medal by the king of England. McCalla. then commander of the cruiser Marblehead, was in the first fighting line in the Spanish-American war. He landed the marines at Guan-tanamo, Guan-tanamo, the first of the American troops to set foot on Cuban soil, in the face of a fierce fire from the Spanish Span-ish troops, and maintained them there for many days until regular troops could be brought to their support. At Cienfuegos he went In boldly under the Spanish batteries and cut the cables that connected Cuba with Spain, thus accomplishing one of the most important functions in warfare. But perhaps his most brilliant achievement was In connection with the Boxer uprising In China in 1900, when the legationers were besieged In Peking. Rear Admiral McCalla was born at Camden. N. J., In 1844, entering the navy in 1861. His services during .the almost 39 years of active duty in all parts of the world were noted with conspicuous acts. |