| Show R Of F T E fAMOUS FLY NG HERE Deputy County Clerk Evans Will Entertain Surviving Heroes of Sea Fights OME O-IE of at the most dram laic scenes S SOME of or the naval battles between the North orth and South during tho the Civil war are arc still lIll stamped lio O. O vividly upon tho the brain of Barr Harry F F. Evans a deputy In the county clerks clerk's office that tho they seem but events of yesterday esterday Mr 11 Evans Ivans during his four years In the I Northern na navy naon on the Mississippi river In tho gulf and In the tho North Atlantic squadron served servell under Admirals Far- Far Port Porter r and Godon and anil afterwards afterwards after after- wards saw on foreign n stations So fat far aa ns known Mr Mr l van i itt is the tho wILra Un ohl mano pian manIn I In n Salt alt Lake who nuo u I Flying Squadron during the stirring tunes times Just boor tho the close of oC tho thu war There Thoro are rc other naval veterans In Salt Snit Lake City and Utah but Mr EV Evans Is Isalone isalone alone of ot the Flying Squadron who has found round his wa way Into Utah and has hag made mado his home homo here John C. C Sharp is 18 also a naval veteran and ho lie and ond Mr Evans E havo have formed themselves into a committee for or the entertainment of oC tho the naval war veterans veterans vet- vet erans crans who will come hero this week to take tako part In fn tho the national G. G A. A R. R en en- en The old jackies jackles will have their headquarters rs at tho the II Halls hotel Third South and State streets It is expected that at least 00 members will arrive arrivo In tho city o of whom more than tifty fifty will be members of the famous old Flying Squadron A i Civil nr nr Hero John Dorman of Cincinnati 0 Is alread already al- al ready read In the city for Cor tho the encampment and he and Mr lr E ans have hn lived over am a-am gain an-aln more than one stirring incident I at othe the campaign on the Mississippi river I Mr Dorman Berman Is staying at the homo home of ot I O. O F F. Davis an old friend John Dor Dorman Dorman Dorman man is 18 a hero of tho the war and proudly exhibits a gold medal awarded to him after the war var by act of or Con Congress ress for COl distinguished services rendered on eli numerous occasions during the tho battles battleson on the river Mr Evans has received letters letter from froma a number of naval veterans from tram both both- Atlantic and Pacific coasts assuring him that a large number will attend tho the encampment nt here Upon their arrIval arrival ar at- rival they thoy will be bo tak taken n to Sal Saltair for fOI fora fOIa a baptism in the briny deep to make tho the old feel teel at home borne More lor than ono one old sailor has gone Into the tho I water at Saltair declaring there thero was no salt water In the tho world which could frighten him but tho the lesson has been learned with rather painful re results re- re suIts Mr Ir Evans says sas he will warn the old tars that it is not lIl like e swImming swimming swimming swim swIm- ming in tho the ocean and will see that each one Is ia careful on entering th In- water waler I Tho The roster of at the Flying Squadron of or Naval aval Veterans Veteran I bears the names of ot men who served on ships during I tho war There are aro at nt least more mort whoso names aro not nol on tho the roster Of or these men it is believed ed that about seventy give ve will be hero in Salt Lako this week I Mr Evans served under Admiral Farragut Farragut Far- Far Porter antI and Godon Codon hi his four tour years in tho the navy W When only seventeen l. l years ars old Mr Evans joined the navy 0 of oi the North and Wn wa was assigned to duty on tho the river boats on the upper Mississippi which Wore en engaged In carryinG carrying car car- troops from points all alon along the river down to Cairo Ill In this work there thero were Vero man many battles with orate erate boats boaLe though none nono so 80 severe as ae in tho thio Southern states where he ho was later shifted Served Screed With l After ACtor a 11 service of or ono year vear on tho the rl er Mr Evans was to tho the Mea ea and was fIlS with Admiral Farragut ut in Ute the Gulf culf of or Mexico Jt lt t was while s ing as a man before the mast that he attained hl his majority After a l year ear with the this Southern fleet Mr Evans de- de to take tako a n hand In the tho fighting Sighting on land So 10 he left lert the sea ea for or a time and enlisted in tho the army lb Ho was sti- sti at nt Fort Knight Pa and wa was with the tho forc forces that protected the bridges at Ut harrisburg It was while engaged In this Important duty that tho the battle of ot Gettysburg was fou fought ht and Mr Ir Evans Ean did not get in that awful carnage After Atter one ont year ear on land the love lovo for Cor tho the sea Ilea ea a again came over hint him and anil Mr lr Evans Evan enlisted again In th tho navy For another year oar he ho was with Admiral J Farragut Far Far- and later was transferred erred to the tho Northern Atlantic fleet Jeet under Admiral S. S W. W Godon Codon For two years ears Mr Ir Evans I was on the tho Susquehanna a frigate that t I took an Important part In many of the naval val en engagements After tho the close of ot the war the Susquehanna Sue Sus- q lehanna wan ivan dispatched to Brazilian waters and Mr Evans remained i 1 ship for tor another year before t ls enlist mont meat ran out and ho he left to again re ro sume eume civilian life lire Stirring Incident nt crowded tte tho four tour years of at fighting experienced b by Mr Evans Evan and now for the first fint lime time in years years except except for tor his visit to old ship mates in San Francisco l a year ago ago ago- those thoe scenes scene are aro flooding back through memory Mr Ir Evans Evan was wall In both the tho battle bUI at nt Galveston ant and at Fort Fisher tho thu last lant Important naval battle of at th war And It was vas while fighting at nt Fort Fisher North Carolina that Mr lr Evans first encountered ROblo Robley D. D Evans recent recently resigned admiral Admiral Evans E was than a middle Just out of t Annapolis and it ft his I was first Important engage engage- ment After Arter the siege of ot Fort FOIt Fishier Fisher which had lasted for tOr weeks It was arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged that most of tho the marines would go o ashore to join the Yankee land forces In storming tho fort tort The signal sig sig- nal nat was given to the tho fleet off ott the fort rort to cease firing and tho the marines and land forces started their chargo on the weakened fort which hart withstood t mon rol Waa ui qi Niagara did dill not R gt hi gt-hi t the Signal and antI one of ot the iSis shots hots struck In tho thu mM midst t of ot th the marines who had just Junt Gono pono ashore Scores of men Inca were welO killed and Admiral Evans was shot through both J knees nees by a flying piece of or the shell When Evans Bvans was as In Salt Lako Lake a n. year yeal ag ago he ho and Harr Harry Evans met again and talked with Interest l of that battlo at Fort Fisher when the boy later a great crent admiral was won wounded n d ed The I Flying Squadron was the fleet of or Admiral Godon and the North At H lantic fleet of at the tho present time still sUIl bears that title There Thero were five ships besides the flagship in fn the tho squadron and after acter tho capture of or Fort Fisher FIshel the fleet was wal sent on a a. roving ro commis sion slon after the tho Tallahasse Florida and Alabama three privateers of or tho the South which had been creating no end of or trouble None of at tho the privateers was ever captured but in roving around the onto tho tilt Stonewall a ram fleet Cleot ran which had Just been built In English naval na yards ards and was the tho most modern vessel then afloat It had 1 a B prow war 0 could coult have havo feet long and twenty Iron or or Iron In the tho vessels sunk an any of ot the woo wooden en Northern navy y unit Him the 1 Squadron Squad Squa- Tho five ships In tho thio Flying ship ron ron started after this dangerous and ran It aground in H Havana harbor the thelast thelast thelast Cuba That was in and was of or the tho naval war var capture last clearly Mr Ir Evans still remembers incidents about Admiral Farragut many his historic order mado arid especially mouth of or tho thio Mississippi river in to the him that tho the when it wo wets reported to 0 bed of the river wa was full tull of qt torpedoes Never Nver mind the tho torpedoes go so ahead abend tho the thomen themen The order gave gae new strength th to spirit Indomitable this and same men against led to victory after aCter victory victor the Southern waters vaters odds In Mr Evans wont went to San A year ar ago when the tho United States Francisco naval Among Amon tho the there thorO fleet ant found nine nino who were at ot he veterans where Fisher In that engagement Fort part two took vessels vessel seven fifty ven war var of his son on of at whom wore were shipmates One of ot tho the men mon menIs monis the old anti and the theother theother theother serving In the tho nav navy is still practically pensioned at off b by bytho bytho other Is though ho lao Is still stUl doIng doIng doIng do- do tho the government along stations government Ing duty ut at the Pacific coast trying to locate as ag many Mr Evans Is possible would as naval veterans with catlon communication like to get into of furnishing entertainment en en- them for the purpose to the visiting naval heroes when arrive arrivo hero this week cok eok Headquarters Head they thoy havo navo been established at the quarters and Mr 1 Evans would like mee Halls report veterans to have all local al naval there and anti register |
