The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-21

millions Of dollars on this ship or down 90
your homes. AT the last moment the
United States government learned OF the
scheme and seized the Dunderberg. We
tried TO get out the gun-boat Il. X. Cuyler
IN this way, and our efforts met with the
same result | was ordered back to Peru,
and was semitic London as naval attacho
TO the Peruvian Legation, the minister
being Don francisco dc Reverb. We were
arranging for more war ships when an
armistce was patched up between the re-
publics and Spain.
Il went back Ia Peru and commanded
the gun-boat Tumbez till the revolution,
headed by Gen. Canscco, broke out at Are
quipa. President Prado and the secretary
OF war marched to Arcqupa with the Pc
ruvian army and invested the place. | was
ordered to convey rilled gun from lsly to
Arcquipa, which was done with great diff
Guilty. An advance was ordered on the
city, and the Presidents regiments, wav-
ing their muskcts in the air. cried Viva
Causcco' and deserted 10 the enemy.
Maj. Smith and the cavalry guards re-
NAMED loyal. and President Prado, accom-.
panied by myself and u few other officers,
broke Tor the Bolivian frontier. We
starved and suffered dreadiully from the
sirocco. After terrible march, during
which we were very nearly persisted, We
reached La Paz the capital of Bolivia
where President Mclgamio received us
Hospitality. went back 10 Peru but left
when the great earthquake occurred.
have no stomach for peace with incidental
commissions OF nature.
FIRST TURKEY, THEN RUSSIA.
"Aftcr visit to the United States and
England, ] entered the Turkish service
with the rank OF hey, and organized
torpedo bureau. Sometimes ! was in the
navy and sometimes in the army, as u
colonel OF artillery. When the insurrec-
ton broke out in the provinces around
Mecca, great effort was made to choke il
off, rs the sultan, being raliph, looked
upon the possible spoliation or loss of
Mecca with horror. | took command Of n
troop-ship and conveyed an army to llo-
dcida. When the rcbellious shicks sur
rendered under promise Of amnesty the
pacha commanding our forces invited
them all to u big dinner lie was very
gracious to them and very merry. After
dinner the unsuspccting shieks were cs-
corted behind the pachas headquarters
and their heads were cut of. Such Is
iuiklhn nWluOf,
During the war between Turkey and
Scryia / served on the Danube. Gen.
Ronald Mclycr, the hero OF fourteen flags,
commanded a brigade of Servian cavalry
and did terrific work. lie is in New York
and called on me the other day. In 1879
| left the Turkish service. Later on, when
the war between Russia and Turkey
started, Gen. lgnaticir induced me to 20 to
st. Petersburg. There Admiral Lissoilsky
and the Grand Duke Constantine con-
suited me rs to my knowledge Of the Turk
ish navy and the Danube. ! proposed to
tit out two torpedo boats aud take them on
u special train overland To the Danube.
We did 1t, and early in June, 1877, the
boats were launched. We destroyed two
Turkish monitors. one being the Ami lllah
lllclp Of God. That's the last service
was in
"What have you gained by ii ali?"
rheumatism.
"Arr You through iighting?"
''No, sir. liy the way, do YOU suppose
there is anything in ihis talk about the
row in Nenczucla''
And the veterans eye slowod rs the ~
porter left.