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Show V T'-nMO'-OF'-MAEDX dAPT. onibLtv Ltrr uoosB THE FIRST .GUN. ,U the AHla 'Xtlit I,,1 Shlpt and rotta from the Cooalag T"" of the eiljwpU Wat Horn ana I1lala4 In ladlana. Jtonm. A'T- Charles V. wl'liMtV'Jr Orldl'X. comman-ffi!5? comman-ffi!5? dcr of Admiral De- iw'vv7At wey'a flagship, the Vlt7i.in j Olympli.would fell I 9i2r bt know ll0W ,h i 9325 People of Krle, l.'a-, I wmrutAuA nl hum0 t0n' nr ItJlJ Tjrj! celebrating his 1 lM( (jK liraw conduct I" I vlL-W i7l tbe great baltlo of Manila Hay CapL Orldlcy Is an Indiana In-diana man, but hla wlfo was n 1'enntyl- anion, the pretty daughter of John V. Vincent, and Krlo has been his home ever since 187!. when Miss Harriet Vincent Vin-cent became Mra. (Irldlcy. It was the Otympla that fired theint shot of the si'ack in the battle of May 1. and Cart- Olldlcy w,ss In the running lower ot Ihe ship Watching tho enemy and ex-poeed ex-poeed to their ehclli Thlt wnt not tho first time tho brave (Irldlcy wat InJho tmnke of war He was In Mobile' Mo-bile' bay on the Oneida, and though then a, young man, dltllngutthed him-self him-self In tho fight. Ills couduct was plaited thus by hla eommnndrr: "The conduct of Acting Knilgn Charlca V. Orldley la beyond all praiie. He had charge of the matters' dlvhlon and assisted as-sisted In conning tbi ship from the top.g'alltnt foreeittlc" In 18T2 Capt Orldley wat nielgned to tho steamer i'.Vt ' CAIT OrtlDLKY. hllfrliari at'DctrSlt, iiVtl In 1S7 w.at ir.llhcdtfo thfe'Monoii'ifa'licla. He wss promoted to a cohimandcrthlp In UK. .and In July or letr )ir,. after having 1-sneanwUtn Von n coptttniy, he was ;lven.r;dmlnstd'-of tho Olympla, with .Iflffirailc.tqvteton. |
