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Show BATTLE STORIES OF" A NAVAL SURGEON 'The battle nf Sintliio nltordrd a fine oproitunlts for a. display of thi heroism of the Spanish oillcers nn I th splendl 1 magnanimity or their Amerl can conquerors sal I Kuign 11 It Peris t randull of the Unlt'il btutes 11 ivul re crultlnr boiud tod is 'There was the most commendible courage hown on the American ships nnd isi .alls by the nppmitlieV he continued, I was heartily sorry foi the gallant Admliul t erveia He seemed to be heart lu nken when he was ic-nlvid ic-nlvid 011 boaiil the Icmiu ' It Is what 1 have expected from Ihe lime J lert the roist of Spain ' wire his sorinwful woids In 11 momentury burst of ingulsh lie muld not npic.i 11 cry nf complaint against his own (!ov-crnment " I nsk for toil, sail the Admiral This tell 1111 coal it Vuitlnliue 1 i to Maillniqui No e.i 1 1 Then I bus tii (Internment lias fnignttill me. 1 must t,ii to ill foul to dialh' Cirvera said this with sinh n pathetic pa-thetic nll dolctul ulr that ivn iillku on the Iowa, froni ltob' Hv ins down was touilad 'W lould not but feel a piufoiind resecl for biich heroic stlf-s.11 stlf-s.11 rlflce Hint tins. I remember 11 wns my turn tn uric ns caterer lu the uHlieis 111, ss. and n busv night I hid of It I cun assuiu sou Our ulllurs uptn the It lirdei nnd wine chests lu tin Ir prison era nnd wlmt betwei 11 lulling oft limbs binding up wounds nnd dliegtluR the servile In tin wind luom I hud ins lunula full W 1 trcntcd ninety Spanlirds In the operating mum that nlclit One stnl w nt jjnunh Srini"h o or cim nbonrl with his !ft aim luili-liig bs a sitlkl t, n Um his ra 1 1 1111 In d nnd lumcai 1 1 his did 11 it 1 1 1 v nt I1I111 1 omlng tn at tentlnn ns a 1011 is be tin hid the ib 1 k mil In liming his tight I nnd up to his pillld blow In film, Tin bnltle Inipusa I me pnrtli ulnrls with tin light liLiiitt 1 itiuiiigi or our .ipptcntlres buss nf li mid li It was an Indifference to danger amounting 1 1 rcikless bravado. 1 hv whistling nf shells OMlli.nl tueniid to uffoid tin ill the gnatist itinciuni nf spolt Tins intilo billcvc tin s vieit 1 1 islng at bus, lull nnd would villi stitli shouts ns Illkh ball' llet imdonii joiiDiW Over th phitu nil right but 11 Utile high And to 011 tins would kicp up thill shouts Must of thelil win boss from Inland towns too who weie get ling their baptism of tin ' |