Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-22 | Page 10 | Men and Affairs

Men and Affairs Affairs I By ROBERT T SMALL Copyright 1923 by The Standard- Standard I WASHINGTON July The n-The 21 dea of Hear Ilear Admiral Charles captain of ot the MalDe Maine at New York on Thursday marks the tho passin of one ono of oC the last lost naval commanders of the Amer Spanish ican lean war Admiral Sigsbee out out- outlived outlived out outlived lived by lear tars fars most 0 of his contemporaries of oC the service They are virtually all nil gone now now-De now now Dewcy ey ut of Manila Ba Sampson and y 0 of Sa Santiago righting Bob Dob Evans Evan Phillips ot of o the Texas who said Don Don t cheer hoor boys the poor devils are dying Ordley ot of o the rn Oh-rn- pla pia who could conid fire tiro Whon he reads read and Clarke who brought the Oregon all the way around the Horn and ond put her immediately In- In Into into In Into to the forefront 0 of the fighting line IIno after her bor thousands of oC miles mUes of steady lc Then too there was of Hoch D T D-T r Kaiser fame tame and who was executive of- of of officer fleer of ot he hc hc Maine under Captain and lat later r in command of the little Gloucester which got tn- tn into In Into to the midst 0 of the Santiago af- af af affair fair fair-a fair a sort SOrl of David among a bat bat- battalion bat battalion aC 1 ol ot The t Spanish-American n war was wast t not a 0 big war sar ar as 03 wars go nowadays but It way was l an sort of i er- er r r war here bere the Individual had his hour or minute in the Uie sun sun sun- th the I bt of glory There u is l glory enough ellough for nil said the gal gal- gallant gal gallant lant Schley It was W absolutely eer- eer certain tam tain for fOl Instance when Colonel Theodore Roo Roosevelt evelt accompanied the Rough Kough Riders to Cuba that deeds deed of ot valor alor were in store etore for tor him If I the Colonel had be bc n his hill wish to go so to the word world war In 1917 he be might easily ha base been engulfed in tile the groat great anonymity ratty mity of ot a battle line lint far flung along four tour hundred miles 0 of fight log Ing ine And Arid it l is necessary to go so back to othe the war for the popular of the American navy for It was stag only in that war nar our mas mas- mas- mas master master ter fighting ship met mot the best the tho enemy could co ld put upon the seas There Ther ws w- w s s valiant and effective Ben Ito in tn the world war splendid operation co operation between the American and Cleet marvels of ot con eOll vey work and nd 0 of achievement nith depth derth bombs rifle against the German spectacular su sur marines But the spec naval fighting of the tho world war was over oser and done with before America went In after atter its its glorious at Jutland the German high se seas as fleet took to the tho seas sass no Our splendid super dl ew- ew cod had radl no chance to fire tire a abig ahie biz big gun in anger er So the individual ship comman- comman commanders derr comman-derr den ders e even esen en the squadron comman comman- commanders commanders ders wire were swallowed up In the big big- bignes nes ot of the world W war r It Is I If a schoolgirl or bo boy to- to toda today to today da day could tell you the name of a 0 single cap ain engaged in the world nar ar flet Thus it Is seen that shut hat the Spanish American war lacked I li i-i size it made up In In- In Individuality in individuality of ot service was W a great lov- lov lover lov lover er Cr 0 of the tho sea Virtually all of ot his long actis active e service was afloat lie He ships of the line for tor 39 years This love 0 of the tho open reaches hes of ot deep green waters Was typified in his last lost words It It Sterns Sl he said eald as if It I t am once more putting out to sea tea