WORK OF THE SEBRASRANS
EH.VO Deeds of the First Regiment in the
Battle of Qningua.
JOHN F , BASS TELLS OF THE ENGAGEMENT
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Under date of April 28. John V. Uass ,
special correspondent of Harper's Wocklv ,
writing from .Manila , describes as follows
the cngaRcmcnt In which Colonel Stotson-
berg wa * killed
After Maloloa hail been taken the op-
tlmlata in the American nrmy hoped that j
the fighting was over. Willing always to do' '
hU duty when called upon , the American
soldier will be only too gald when tula
unfortunate war ban come to a conclusion.
Home prisoners had reported that Agulnaldn
would surrender If our troops succeeded In i
taking his capital This hearsaj evidence
proved misleading The fall of Maloloa i
jrcant little to the Insurgents , and thej
ino\ed their capltAl further back , and , as
MUbnefiucnl events showed began digging
trenched with undlmlnlshcd cnerg >
During General Law ton's expedition to
Santa Cruz on the l.aguna de Ha ) , Malolng
had been made a new base of supplies All
these ( supplies were brought up by railroad
trains for on Investigation it wna found
that the bars at the mouths of the rhcrs
1n that district prevent any water com
munication with Manila during the dry
season. The railroad had therefore to be
'Protected , and small bodies of the Oregon
nnd Minnesota regiments TV ere placed at
short Intervals along the track from Manila
to Malolop The plan of campaign this tlmo
was to ad\ancc In two parallel columns-
one along the railroad line and the other
rear the hills on the cast In this way
It wns hoped to corner n large number of
Insurgents between the two columns , or to
< lrlvc them out of the vnlley Into the hills
General Law ton was put In command of
the column which was to march along the
base of the hills. H started on Saturday ,
lAprll 22 General MacArthur's command
consisted of two brigades that of General
Blale , South Dakota , Iowa and Nebraska , on
the cast , that of General Wheaton , Kansas
and Montana , on the west The Ponnsji-
vanla regiment had been sent to CavJte , and
parts of the Oregon and Minnesota regi
ments , under the separate command of
Colonel Sutnmeis , were waiting ot Boca\e
to start BCIOBS country toward Norzagaray.
where they were to Join General Law ton's
division. '
On April 23 Major Hell , with sixty-one
men ot the Fourth cav.ilrj. under command
of Lieutenant Rutherford , went northeast to
rcconnntter Ihe cnem > 's position at Quln-
Kiia. This body left the American lines at
3 In the morning They advanced In n di
rect line on the town of Qulngua and at
about da > break drew the fire of the en
emy. The reconnoltcrlne party must have
advanced well Into the enemy's terrltorj ,
for It soon became apparent that the In-
biirgcnts were trying to surround them.
I-roni front and right and left the Insurgent
lire came. As far as the Americans could
< pl | , the cnemj's trenches were In a V
shape , Into the center of which the smart
band had been advancing Here two or
three of the fourth cavalry were killed
nnd their comrades found It difficult to carry
nway the bodies. The Insurgents evidently
estimated the American force as small , for
they kept closing In , and the flrr became
so hot that the body of one of the troopers
of the Fourth cavalry had to be left behind.
Itvac hldden carefully In the bushes and
then the Americans withdrew rapidl } from
a position that was no longer tenable and
ivhere they would undoubtedly have been
captured or shot down had they remained
.Major Del ? states that the fire Was the hot
test ho hnd ever oxnerlenced. The Insur
gents drew In closer and closer , following
the little band of Americans , and it was
with the greatest dlfllcultj that Major Bell
and his command su ceeaed In getting
through the narrow gap between the insur-
Kent flanking parties before the circle was
completed.
In the meantime Major Mulford of the
Nebraska regiment , temporarily In command
on account of the absence of Colonel Stot-
senberg In Manila , awakened by the heavy
firing , started to find out what the matter
was. He was under the Impression that the
Iowa regiment was firing nt an Imaginary
enomj , as most troops do when the > first
come Into active service. On arriving at
the Iowa lines , however , he discovered that
the shooting was further east , bejond our
Tines , and at once realized that his Imme
diate help might be needed He therefore
sent back for one battalion of the Ne
braska regiment and with them went for
ward toward the point where the firing came
from. On the way ho mnt an orderly riding
back to Malolos with a report of the state
of things. Ho gave orders to this man to
end forward the rest of the Nebraska regi
ment , and the Hotchkles gun In charge of
a deta.hment of Nebraska soldiers. He aUo
pent a request to General Hale for Borne of
the heavier Hold pieces \ little further
nlong Major Mulford met Major Bell and the
troop of the Fourth cavalry coming In A
hurried consultation waa herd iMajor Bell
was In favor of advancing and taking thepp
Insurgent ttenchcs , which heretofore wcr
unknotvn to us
Major Mulford was unwilling to follow
Major Bell's plan * , ns hi > feared by making
< nn attAck oil such a stiong Insurgent peal
tlnn , that ho would bring on a general en
gagement brfore the appointed lime Ho
agreed , however , to movev forward to recover ,
If possible , the bodj of the cavnlrjnian
whkh had been left behind The search wns
begun , but although the ) found the clump ot j
bushes where the soldier had been hidden
he VMIR not there , Further Investigation !
Mtonrii that thi < bed ) hud been dragged out
Into the toad and down toward the Insurgent
position. The AmeriJans followed up the
track In the hope of ratihlng the Insurgent *
heforo the ) reached their line of trenches.
After this fashion the troop of cavalry ad-
lancril touard Qulngua and finally reached
the end of n grove of trees , 1.000 yords be
yond which were- the Insurgent trenche * At
this po'nt ' the Insurgents unluckllv caught
eight of the Americans and opened .1 heav )
flre upon them The troops look refuge as
best the ) could In the woods but utlll the )
were under severe lire and reall ) found lit-
tie protection To retire a second time be
fore the Iniiirgonts would have given most
undesirable- encouragement to the Insurgent
nrmyftcr consultation , therefore , It was
decided that the taking of these mllltarj
trenches had become a military necessity
Major Mulford. realizing that more troops
vme necrnsar ) sent back for the remainIng -
Ing battalion of the Nebraska regiment and
naked thai some of the Itah guns be hurried
outThe
The N'phraftkfl regiment did not return the
fire of the enemv Their position in the
woods a far from Mtlsfactorj and several
were wounded Just ahead of the woods
toward the Insurgent trenches wa n ditch
which , while giving no protection from the
hot sun would afford excellent shelter from
Mauicr bullets Two companies- Ncbraski
moved Into these natural trenches and lay
there under flre without shooting , while the
rest of the battalion spread themselves
through the grove The Fourth cavalry took
shelter In n ravine a little to the rear and
left , where they could mtct nn ) flank move
ment of the enemy and still be protected
from the Insurgent flre from the trenches
The small Hotchklso gun swung around i
good wa ) to the right , taking up a position
well bcond where the American troops were
In order not to draw the vollcs of the In-
I
surgentn on the fpot where our men lay
more or less unprotected. This gun opened
flre and pounded away at the Insurgent
trenches , with no other visible result than
to Increase the furious vollejs from the
onemv
Nearly all of the Nebraska troops were
moved out Into the open , and as the sun
grew hotter the petition was well-nigh unbearable -
|
| bearable A sergeant came back from the
ditch end told Major Mulford that many of | !
the men were In danger of sunstroke , and
begged permission for them to come back
Into the grove Major 'Mulford ' pointed out
to him that to crowd the whole Nebraska
regiment Into one small grove of trees
Pdomed like exposing their lives to the flre
of the Insurgents unnccessarll ) . that moru
troops would ( onn be along , when a forward
I movement was llkel ) to be made If however -
[ ever , the men were really in danger ot sun
stroke , they might tome back one by one
The sergeant returned to the ditch , and the
men decided that they prefened to duffer
from the hot sun rather than he exposed to
Mauser flre
- General Halo came up , and after having
the situation explained to him , agrc'cd ' that
Majors Bell and Mulford had decided rightly
In not retreating from the enemy's front a
second time , as such an action might rea
sonably bo Interpreted by the Flllplnca as a
victor )
Four Utah guns under command of Major
Young , came lumbering up and swung Into
position side by side along the road , and
began to pound the Insurgents' position
The latter stuck with pertinacity to their
trenches , and It was apparent that some
time would ehpse before the Infantry would
go forward to charge the enemy's position
Under these conditions General Hale de-
elded to withdraw the Nebraska regiment
out of the broiling sun back Into the woods
At that moment Colonel Stotsenberg ap
peared on the field and started out toward
the extreme right of his line He had left
Manila on the morning train , and on ar
riving at Malolos and hearing that his regi
ment had been unexpected ! ) brought into
action , he had hurried to them as rapidly
as possible General Hale , seeing the colonel
nel going across the open toward the right
of his line sent Lieutenant Rutherford
with an order to the colonel to withdraw
his men from the ditch Into the woods.
To understand what followed one must know
that Colonel Stotsenberg was not enl ) one
of the best regimental commanders on the
Island , but he had become , during the last
few months of fighting , greatl ) beloved b )
his men No colonel could get so much out
of his men as could Colonel Stotsenberg
The reason for this was self-evident. The
Nebraska regiment had been fighting
nearly continuously from the 4th of Febru
ary to the 23rd of April. At San Juan del
Monte hill , during the long weeks when
they protected the pumping station and
were constantly having small skirmishes
with the Insurgents , during the whole of the
campaign up the railroad , Colonel Stotsen-
bcrg. at the head of his regiment , was to
tie found where the fighting was the hard
est. Losses on the field , disease and suf-
feilng cut the regiment In two , but the
little band that remained swore by their
colonel , and , although their hearts were
not In this war , not a grumbler raised his
voice against the colonel. It was during
the campaign along the railway that the
duty of charging the encm ) fell on Nc-
biaska. They occupied the extreme right
of the line and as the enemy Invariably
moved off before our advance , from our
front to our right , Nebiaska had hard fight
ing every day , even when the rest of Gen
eral MacAithur's division found little re
sistance It came to such a nass that the
mere > ippearance cf Colonbl JUoteenberg
was the signal for a charge
When Colonel Stotsenberg crossed the field
toward his men they rose from that ditch
with a shout. For hours they had lain undc"
the scorching sun , exposed more or lesi to
the enemy's fire , without answering. Many
wounded had already been taken back There
came their colonel He would lead them to
victor ) , as he had alwajs done Nobraski
with a wild cheer started forward They had
gone some distance before General Hale re
alized what they were doing.
"Why" he exclaimed , "they are not com
ing back , they are going forward' Stop
them "
"I'll tr ) " said Major Mulford "but when
the ) once get started the ) are hard to stop "
When the major reached the Nebraska
line however. It was so near the insurgent
trenches that he reallrcd the folly of bring
Ins It back over that open field , and Instead
of delivering General Halo's order he joined
In the charge
Colonel Gtotficnberg had to run to get up
with his regiment. When he reached them
the first enthusiasm of the chargp had worn
off He shook them Into foim and the little
con.panlcs now went ahead by rusb ° s alter
nate companies kneeling to flre while the
others ran forward The Insurgents made
Ian effort to stop them Every Mauser from
i the trenches emptied Its contents across th"
I open Held Ae the American line advanced
the Utah guns had to stop firing- With good
marksmen In these trenches the position
could not have been taken by infantrj on a
j direct charge. Gradually the firing from the
trenches grew Ifbs and less , showing that
the Insurgents were retreating and nt last
the first American ciossed the trcnchca It
was another victory for Nebraska hut dearl )
paid for When the losses for the day wcro
counted It was found that seven were killed
and fort ) four wounded Near ! ) all of this
lOfB was from the troop of the Fourth cav-
air ) and the Nebraska regiment. Grcitest
I Iocs of all Colonel Stotsenborg was shot
through the heart 200 jards from the In
surgent earth-works
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! TRIUMPH OF JULY THIRD |
Becollections of the Great Niml Battle
Fought One Tear Ago.
ANNIHILATION OF THE SPANISH ARMADA
'Hie On.rt. ( Inllnttlr lloint , HIP
Clinnc nnil HIP Surrender nt the
rirrl. HUct.'licil from It rhino
of tinttrooUlj n >
The eve ot Americas natal ila > rank" FCC-
end to none In the mllltnrj and naval annals -
nals/ > f the countr ) . Octtsburg Immortalizes
the "prowtss of the American army , San
tiago the pre-eminence of tlie American
navy.
As the shadows of waning dav lengthened
over the land one ) ear ago rumors of a naval
engagement began to circulate. The ) were
Indefinite , could not be trace , ! to a reliable
source and served to whet public anxlct ) .
Desperate flglUIng had occurred aroiltid San-
tlago , and the l"sue. while not uncertain ,
was not then ns satlHfactor ) as the country
hoped for The signal service of the army
reported early In the da ) that the Spanish
fleet had left the harbor and tliat terrific
cannonading was heard seaward , but It was
late that night before the wires apprlecd
the newspaper offices and the country that
a great naval battle had been fought and
won The glorious news published on the
nornlng of the Poutrh did not Indicate as
cimplcte n victory as had been achieved. It I
was thought one , If not two , ships ot the '
Spanish neet had escaped. By noon , howevei ,
dispatches brought the details of the annihi
lation of the Ppanl h fleet and the further
gratltlng new * that the American fleet wa *
practically unharmed National rejoicing
was In consequence Intensified and bound
less. The victor ) presaged early peace
The naval battle of Jul ) 3 li regarded by
competent critics as a greater triumph for
American amis than Devve's victory at
.Manila The opposing fleets at Santiago rep
resented the latest tpcs of war ships and
were more evenly matched than the fleets
at Manila Three of the four Spanlin ships
were armored cruisers rating higher In
fighting strength than the cruiser New York
The fourth was of the tpe of the Brookln
The American fleet consisted of the cruiser
Ilrookbn , the first-class battleship Oregon ,
and the second-rate- battleships Iowa , Indi
ana and Texas To offset the Spanish tor
pedo boat destrocis the Americans had the
converted ) acht Gloucester and the sea tug
Vixen. Outwardly the contending fleets were
falrl ) well matched But American seaman
ship and American gunners , as on all former
occasion * proved their matcbles skill , de-
strolng the pride of the Spanish nav ) In
teas than four hours
How it was done Is a familiar stor ) . But
It is worth ) ot repetition on the anniversary
of the day The enl ) Impartial and exact j I
description of the great achievement was
written b ) George B Graham and printed In
McClure's Magazine. Mr. Graham was the
representative of the Associated Press enl
board the flagship Brooklyn , and stood by
the side of Admiral ( then -ommodore ) Schley |
throughout the battle. Mr Graham says , in
part
Tnlin Suniln ; 'MornliiBr.
Four American battleships , the Iowa , Oregon
gen Texas and Indiana , with the armored
cruiser Brooklyn , formed the guard , with ,
the two converted yachts , Gloucester and .
Vixen , as pickets. Of the ships of battle I
the Indiana could not exceed a soeed of
nine knots , and her forward thirteen-Inch
turret was out of order , the guns Incapa
citated , the Iowa had steam up but for five
knots and was also having trouble with her
forward twelve-Inch turret , and the Brook-
ln had some of her five-Inch guns badly
strained by the bombardment of the day be
fore. None of the ships had steam for more
than ten kncts , and the Ilrookin's forward
engine was uncoupled. That God was with
us on Ills own day will be shown by this
plain , unvarnished tale , for In the land
locked harbor la ) four heavllv armored and
htfavll ) armed crulFer , with a speed al
leged to average eighteen and one-half knot *
and two torpedo bsat destroers , both of :
them better armed and sw Ifter than either the
Gloucester or Vixen The conditions , there
fore , on this Sundav morning were that
a superior force of the enemy was being
held Inheck In an Inferior force outside , [
and In addition , the fire of the shore batter
ies could reach the American ships
Dressed In a pair of shabb ) , blue serge
trousers , a black aTpaca coat and an officer's
white summer hat , with no Insignia of rank
upon him , Commodore Sthlcy braced his
white-shod feet against the hatch combing , ! !
tilted his chair back plucked rather ner-
vousl ) at his Imperial and remarked "This
Is pretty slow '
-j > ti me nuiLT Hum me jexds came < i
sweet bugle call to church and the bell
tolled softl ) Three bells clanged out on the
Brookbn , and Captain Cook and Executive
Officer Mason came on the quarterdeck with
their swords on "We're going to hive gen
eral muster , " said Captain Cook. In response
to the Inquiring look of the commodore , and
the men began gathering in their various di
visions General muster la compulsory every
month In the navy , and the solemn act of
reading the articles of war Is gone through
with In a perfunctory sort of waj A look
through the glasses showed on all the ships
similar tableaux , and the tpleal quietude of
Sunday prevailed On the forward bridge
Navigator Hodgson had relieved the officer of
the deck , and Quartermaste : Anderson was
keeping the long glass
trained on the sus
picious smoke just back of the high hill at
the entrance
I lie ( omliiK Plrrt ,
"That smoke IH moving , sir , " he said
qulctl ) to Mr. Hodgson.
'Give me the glass , " said the navigator ,
and , fixing It on the ha/y smoke In the en
trance , he took a long look , Anderson
caught the glass as It fell , or It wouM have
been smashed , while Hodgson , picking up
the megaphone. ) elled "After bridge
there' Ileport to the commodore and the
captain that the encni'K ships are coming
out "
Then was little necessity for the cadet
on the signal bridge to repeat the message
Before he had stumbled down the ladder
to the quarterdeck the strident tones of
Lieutenant Commander Mason tould bo
heard "Clear ship for action , " and the
clanging bclla notified those below of the
summons to battle Captain Cook rushed
forward to the conning tower to move the
ship , and crabbing up his binoculars , Com
modore Schlev started forward
I followed him closelv and as he passed
the after bridge heard him call to Hnelgn
McCaule ) 'Signal 'The enemy Is escap
ing' " Lieutenant Sears , who was near ,
shouted backVe have already done to ,
sir " and Schley , as he hurried through the
gallery toward the forecastlr , answered :
"Signal the fleet to clear ship"
As be climbed the ladder to the forecastle
I remember his pulling out my watch , which
I had loaned him. and sa > lng to me "It's
Just o 3" ) o'clock" Just as we reached tht
point of vantage , a wooden platform two
feet high elevated around I lie conning tower
there came the sharp detonation of a sl.\-
pounJrr and we > a > v from the smoke that
the Iowa bad fired the first shot and was
tling the signal. 'The enemy Is esiaplne , "
having run It up several seconds before the
Drookbn served the same notice following
quickly the warning of the Iowa the doughty
Texas opened with a big twelve-Inch shot ,
and ai > Captain Cook shouted to the quar
termaster , "Full speed ahead " the Brook-
] n't fort ard eight-Inch guns boomed out.
From the time of Lieutenant Hodgson's
announcement to the time of the boom of
the DfOOklHl 5 EUns was har lv lhr o tnln.
utf , and wlul to a laman i > ecmrd the |
direst pandemonium and disorder WAS the
finest of discipline nd the acme of order >
That men flew by you dropping their shirts
from their backs as they ran , that orders
flew thick and fast and that men and offi
cers seemed tumbling over one another was
no criterion. That every gun was ready to
fchoot , that flro had been started tinder four
fresh boilers , that every battle hatch had
been lowered , that every water-tight com
partment was closed ; that ammunition was
ready for the reloading of the guns , th.it
the fire pumps were on and the decks wet
down and that ever ) man of 500 was In the
place assigned to him for battle completes
an Indisputable miracle.
Tlip IlrooUH n tlnscK In ,
Turning so as to flre her port battery , the i
Brooklti moved northeast toward the har
bor entrance while the big bittlcshlps ,
somewhat slower In their movement' ' ,
pointed straight In Glasses In hand , Com
modore Schley tried to make out the enemy's
ships It was a trlng and nerve-destroying
moment The terrific effect of the 8-lnoh
gun fire on otic'n ear drums , the distressing
taste of saltpeter , the blinding effect of the
dense smoke and the whiz of projectiles of
the enemy In clcse proxlmlt ) , all were for
gotten , and ) ou stared through your bedimmed -
dimmed glatsce at the entrance full of
xmoke a } ellow mass at which the first
terrible fire of the \merlcan ships was dl-
lectcd with lch frightful eflect Out of
the midst of It there suddenly projected a
black , glistening hull , the position of which
showed It tn b * pointing westward Would
the others follow , or would they break
through at different polntB' Still the fright
ful fire of the ships continued , and flashes
of brilliancy from the mass ot smoke In the
entrance showed that the enemy had opened.
The wtftcrn battery on the crown of the
hill was also dropping shot to the west
ward.
At Commodore Schley's elbow stood Flag
Lieutenant Scars , also with glasses glued to
his ejcs Tor a minute the pall of smoke
rose , and then Lieutenant Sears exclaimed :
"They arc nil out and coming to the west
ward , commodore "
The Maria Tereei , the Vlzcia , the Colon
and the Oquendo were now In plain view ,
In the order named , with the torpedo boats
Turor and Pluton following
"Tell the men at the guns to fire delib
erately and make every shot tell , " called
Schley to Captain Cook , and out of the
choking smoke and fire Lieutenant Com
mander Mnsou could be heard auletlv In-
structlns the men In the turrets as to the
distance The Brooklvn had described a
rcrfcct circle , and , although under a de
luge of shot and shell , uninjured , pointed
west and began her famous fight. The
Colon could be seen sneaking up behind
the Spanish line , as If Intent upon getting
away , while the Oquendo and Maria Teresa ,
evidently stilving vainly to shle'ld the tor
pedo boil" , were receiving a most horrible
baptism of shot and shell.
The Instant the Colon had cleired the
harbor It started up the line behind the
three other shins , doing but little firing
The two long , snaky torpedo destroyers fol
lowing It also attempted to hide themselves ,
but Captain Walnwright , in the Gloucester ,
had seen them , and In a moment the little
converted yacht was bearing down upon
them At the same Instant everv ship In
the fleet opened up on them with the rapid-
fire one and sK-pounders Like an aveng
ing angel seeking more tribute for the
Maine disaster , a sreat shell from one of
the big war ships , either ithe Iowa , the In
diana or the Orezon. whizzed over the top
of the Cloueestcr and struck the Pluton In
the middle , and with a roar and a plunge
It vanished from sight as It the sea had
opened tin a great grave to receive It. The
Furor got partially behind the Oquendo ,
which was now directing a heavy flic on
the Texas and the Brookhn , but the Glou
cester , despite the shore batteries , turned
In after It and falrl ) riddled It with small
projectiles Stung to death. It turned for
shore and broke in two on a reef , the wild
serf sounding Its requiem. Those of Its
crew who survived flung themselves wildly
Into the surf , but some were rescued by
the crew of the Gloucester.
1 S'iiii * of DeotriicOoii.
It was at this time , looking back from the
quarterdeck of the Brookbn , that the fright-
fill work being accomplished on the Spanish
ships by the American squadron could be
appreciated. It was one yellow pall of
smoke where the American ships were , from
out of which would shoot blasting flames
whose tongues licked caressingly the ends
of steel projectiles as they sped on their
journey , to attempt to analjzo which of
these engines of destruction did the terrific
work on the enemy would be extreme self-
assumption. No man who aided In fighting
ehlps that day can say more than that his
projectile was aimed to hit the black crafts
that , with but a slight stream-like smoke
from their guns , tried vainly to creep along
the coast to the we3t The active firing had
begun at 9 40 o'clock The Oquendo , still
working Its guns , caught fire at 10 22 , and
for ten minutes Its men tried to put It out.
But from the mllltaiy tops and the super
structures of the big war ehlps was pouring
a deadl ) flio of rapid-fire six-pounders , while
the Iowa and Texas were dropping four and
nix-Inch shelln In It. Just ahead of It was
the Maria Teresa , the flngshlp , while the
Vlzcaa was passing along Inside of the two ,
followed by the Colon. The punishment be
ing Inflicted on the Maria Teresi was not s-j
heavy as that on the Oquendo , but the
Brooklyn was raking her fore and aft Sud
denly , In the lull , a big shell from the
Texas crashed through It just above Its
armor belt It evidently cut KB fire mains ,
for the next Instant , when a shell from the
Brookl.vn smashed through the side , Just for
ward of its beam , and exploding set fire to It ,
It turned to the beach hclplces It was JUKI
10 31 when the flagship of Ccrvora tan to the
beach a trms of flames , and five minutes
later , and but half a mile farther west , the
Oquendo , half her mm killed and the ship
fairly riddled with shell , followed In less
than forty minutes the two best ships In the
Spanish navy had been destroed , as well
as two torpedo boats , and the superiority of
guns and men over armor was demonstrated
At 10 38 the positions of the shirs were
singular ! ) favorable to the cnem ) carrying
out his plan of escaping with at least one or
two ot his ships The battleship Indiana
had been unable to keep up the pace set by
I the leaders of the Spanish ships and the bat
'
tleshlp Iowa , arriving at the point where
Ccrvcra's flagship had run ashore stopped to
, pick up drowning Sponlardw of Its crew
1 Both the Indiana and the Iowa had done
splendid work In assisting In the destruction
of the two torpedo boats and the cruisers Ma
rla Teresa and Oquendo but their lack of
I speed forbade them continuing the chase
The Oregon , which bad been at the farther
end of the line , had gene outside of these
other battlcuhlps and was coming raplll ) to
the west , smoke pouring from Its funnels
The movement was not at first understood ,
but when It became apparent that It was
leaving the other battleship * , behind and was
coming to the aid of the Brookln now al
most alone with two heavily armored and
heavily armed ships a cheer went up from
Scale'a flagship for Captain Clark and his
splendid ciew. Not that we can't lick
'em , " said a gunner's mate to me after the
cheer , "but lt'8 good to have help. "
Now brgan a fight that was to set the
| naval world thinking and discredit the pre
I dictions of the prophete The Vlzcaa , with
I armor double the thickness of the Brook-
I ln and guns of larger caliber , had often
been placed by crltlre as the superior of the
Brookln , and there wae a low murmur of
approval on the latter ship as the word
waj pasted to concentrate flre on the for
mer Commodore Schley ald to Captain
Cook "Gt In close. Cook , and we'll fix
her " A little turn of the helm sent ( he
Brookbn tn to within 1.000 ) pardt > of the
enemy and there they were broadside to
hrngrUM'ln hundrcil and fifty
railed the messengers in'o the turrft decks
and the nwer was the terrible boom of the
biR eUht Inch guns follow el b ) the tenor
of the five-Inch nnd the shrill treble of the
six-Inch and one-pounders The smoke was
so dense that It was hard to sec the target ,
but up forward wo could see the Colon
( .pitting out smokelc s fire from her Mde.
When fiva minutes hid pissed nnd we had
not felt the ship tremble with the concus
sion of Spanish shells we lonked at one an
other In amazement The water about
and between the Hrookbn nnd the Vixen ,
which hid kept no.u us ab olutel ) boiled ,
while the sons of the shells over us and
a few muffled explosions on deck told that
the Spanish aim wes not so bid
At precisely 1051 the Vlzcaja was seen
to be on flre and at the same time It swerved
out from shore , as though to ram the Brook-
lii as its dlng effort The flre of the big
cruiser was too hot for It , evidently , for at
11 06 It turned In to shore nnd hiuted down
Its colors The Texas and the VUen were
seen to be about a mile to the rear of the
Oregon , and the VI * ava was now left to
them and the Iowa , the latter stnlng b ) It
flnall )
V rorlorn llniir ,
What Fcemed to bo now a forlorn hope
faced Commodore Schle ) , but faith In the
Brookbn and in the splendid battleship
Oregon , now close on the chase , never fal
tered The Colons accredited speed was
nineteen and a half knots , and while the
Brookbn a Is greater than that It was Im
possible to make more than seventeen knots ,
because the forward pair of engines were
not coupled up and were rjlng uelc s The
Oregon had a speed at the most of fifteen
and one-half knots , so It appeared as If the
chances of escape were good , and everbody
believed that for one ship to get awa ) would
spoil the day's victor ) There was one
chance , however , and Schle ) , quick to see
It , determined to take advantage of It. The
Colon was running clo e In to the shore
and to continue Its course had to make a
long detour to the south around Cape Cru ? ,
sl\ty miles west. The Brookbn was two
miles further out to sea than the Colon ,
and , after consultation with Captain Cook
and Navigator Hodgson , It was concluded to
run a straight course to Cape Cruz and
try and head off the chase The Oregon
In the meantime ntaed In close , so as to
get a range on the Colon's broadside If It
tried to run directly south This line of
tactics having been decided upon the chase ,
which tasted from 11 2" > to 1 15 , began
The chase continued for about an hour and
a half without much gain on either side , the
Colon at 12 1 , " having a lead of about four
and one-quarter miles Forced draught for
the furnaces was being used on the Brook
lvn , however , nnd It began to gain slow ! )
At the same time It was apparent that the
tactics adopted b ) Commodore Schley had
worked well , and It was evident that the
Colon In rounding Capo Crur would be near
enough for the Brooklvn and probably the
Oregon to broadside with their large guns.
It waa at this time that Captain Clark on
the Oregon , In facetious mood , signaled over
to Commodore Schley , "A strange vessel to
the eastvvaid. Looks like an Italian , " an 1
knowing the ship had been purchased from
the Italian government the commodore
answeied back , "Yes , I guess It was built In
Ital ) . "
The Kn.l.
A moment later a pennant went up at the
masthead of the Oregon , and there was a
shout of approval as the glasses made It out
to read , "Remember the Maine , " as If the
burning ships ashore spoke not of remem
brance and retribution
At 12-20 Commoder Schle ) directed the
Oregon to try a large shell , and at 8,500
) ards a thlrtecn-lnch shell rushed like a
great railroad train by the Brooklyn and
struck just short of the chase. A signal was
sent to tell the Oregon the effjct , and then
It tried another. This time It hit Just astcin
and threw tons of water on the deck of the
Colon. The effect must have been terrlfing ,
and when at 12 40 the Brookbn opened up
with Its eight-Inch guns and landed a few
shots against the Colons side. It became
evident that the game was cornered. How
ever , everybody expected that the bhlp of
the enemy would put up a last fight and only
surrender when overpowered , nnd we were
all : ry much surprised when , at 1 n
o'clock , down came the ensign of Spain and
the o'lip ran ashore.
As the Brookbn nnd Oregon moved in
upon the prev , the men poured out of the
fire rooms , black with smoke and dirt and
glistening with perspiration , but wild with
joy , and when some was raised a broom
to the mastheid , there was a roar of ap
plause from the Oiegon , and an answer
from the Brooklvn Cllmblne up to the
bridge , Commodore Schley eazed down at
the lubllant men wl'h Just a suspicion of
a tear in his eve "Those are the fellows
who made this day , " he said polntinc to
them , and then ordered Enslcn MacCauley
to make signal , "The cnpmv has surren
dered " rive miles to the cast the Texas
saw the slsnal and repeated It to Admiral
Sampson on the Now York , some miles
further away
So ended the bittlp of Julv 3 , a vlctorv
not Ipss sweeping and complete than that
achieved bv Commodore Dewey at Cav He
The Spanish | O SPS were 600 lives , 1,200
prisoners and $12,000,000 worth of property
The American loss , for the markmanshlp
of the Spaniards wn * as poor as over , was
one man killed and three wounded The
\merlcan killed was George H Ellis , ehlpf
) eoman of the Brooklyn. Among the Span
ish dead were Commodore Vlllamll second
In command to Cervera and Captain
Lazago of the Oquendo who blew out his
brains at the moment of beaching his ship
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PERIODS OF
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i 1109 ir THE pHOCtin i a "au co CINCINNATI
JULY FOURTH A YEAR AGO
MimlrrliiR fur tlic Wnr In-
Mtrnil of ItftiirnliiK
from It.
If Independence dav orltors of IS1 * ! ) wish
to point to some former Fourth of July and j
draw a striking contrast with that of thin j
jeir they will not have to look back overi
the jears Thcj will look back Instead over ]
merely the last twelve months and find much
worth celebrating. And heie In Omaha the
chingcs come as much Into evidence as any-
w here
Last jear the real celebration of the
Fourth took place , of course , Ht the exposi
tion grounds People flocked there by the
thousands , excited bj the news from Santiago
bay until thej were almost beside them
selves with pitrlotic pride In American
arms and heroes The Midway parade nnd
the exhibitions of fireworks planned befoie-
hand were cirrled out with a ? eal and a
display of life and color not dreamed of by
the officials themselves Even the sons of
foreign soils caught sonic of the infection of
enthusiasm and Joined In celebrating thej
knew not what
The Fourth last jear was the first ot the
exposition's big days It was not preceded
bj a Santiago annlversarj- this jear'swlll
be , but on the contrarj was made bj cir
cumstances a combination of the original
Santiago day and the great national holldtj
By noon 30,000 people had passed through
the gates Into the exposition grounds and
were mnsaed along the line of march of the
great Midway p-irade. Kvery where ( lags
were hung fiom buildings and fljlng from
fiagstaffs , and thousands of sm ill ones wcic
worn by the people The floats In the parade
fittingly celebrated all but one of the gre.it
achievements of the war up to that time.
The one which did more than any other , per
haps , to bring the war to a close was jet too
new and too vaguclj * reported to have nnj
symbolical representation
The remainder of the daj on the groundo.
was observed much as it will be this jear , j
the display of fireworks and Illumination of ]
the Midway thoroughly entertaining the'
tbousandn of visitors.
Last Fourth of July regiments were still
mustering for the war. The Third Nebraska
was In camp at Fort Omaha , awaiting mus
ter In f > nd transportation south. Its mem
bers had a celebration all their own , as thej
could not leave the camp Speeches were
made to the bo > s by several prominent cltl-
rens of the etate and Colonel Brjan was pre
sented with a sword.
This jear the former members of tint
regiment will celebrate where and .is they
pleise free from the restrictions of military
life Members of the Second leglment will
this jear go to picnic * in Nebraska groves ,
Instead of marching in reviews through the
choking dust and heat cf Ohlckimiuga
the riist will pass their Fourth this jear as
last , on the water , but bound In the homeward - i
ward direction
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