Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-07

1905 n nuorsOu lOlreu tue Ameflcan
navy, serving on board ths frgates
Falmouth and Congress. How he
came to be one of the crew OF tha
Mouitor hs tolls himFelt In Az interest
Ing way-all The more interesting, per-
haps, because hrs account OF me Dst-
tie differs somewnut from the official
report. AS Anderson is the only sur
wing witness oil the battle, Commo.
dore WoTden having been taken away
carly In the fight on accOuL. OF his
injuries, his TecOllections, Gays the
Times- Herald, are OF some historical
value.
81 camo up to New York on the
the frlg.ie Congress Just before Christ
macs, 1861, says Anterior. 81 heard
that the Monitor was iosdy to 70 to
sea, but lpcknd some Ct her crew. L
went st once to the rendezvous In
Cherry street and offered myosli ss
one OF the volunteer crew. was go.
oepled, ana the next day We started
down tho East River from the navy
yar1. The piers all The way round
TO Castle Garden were black with peo.
pie, who cueereI ana shouted as We
passed thom by. On Su Dday night we
arrived at Hampton Roads, and little
tug steamed out aud asked, What
little thing Is thalP We answered, 1t
10 the III cd States Monilor,' aud
they hau sUon reaaon to remember us.
The Minnesota was agrount, nnd We
went nlongeide OF her until the next
morning. We had had nothing 10 cat
since leaving Brooklyn except bit Of
salt pork anu some bread and we did
not get square meal until we were
through with the MsrrImac.
"In tho morning. tho Merrimac was
seen. l was on dock looking at nor
through glssi. Us was the tiieer OF
the deck. l was the only ono VINO nad
ever Seen tue Moirimsc beioE', am
told the officer that II was TIM boat
they wanted, but ut hrsi no
she looks like the roof OF a
house, he said. toll him that was
just what she did look like. Well,
ne sent mo to report TO Lieutenant
Worden. The Lieutenant came on
deck, AMI after the Merrlmac had
unanswered some and sent shot at
the Monitor We got In shape for action
anu sent n suOt at her. II went high,
or rather glanced iuto the air from tue
sloplDg deck OF the enemy. L. ell en-
ant Worden ordered tue gunusTs IL
deDress the guns and take lower aim.
The second shot was still to high, ana
the Lieutenant louted to the gu Iuers
to take elevating sorewsi In their hands
and let the guns come down. Toe
third shot went all the way through
the rebel. Just before this, however,
one OF the shots from the Merrimac
had struck tho Monitor at the pilot
house, and the shell expi1del just
as one OF tue protecting bars
of the pilot house broke. Pow
a a.. To-.
tenant Worden's face was blackeneI.
He started out on deck to gel som air,
| anu on his way went through the fir
Ing turrot. Theenemy's suRgpshooisrs
would be sure to pick him of, ami l
took the liberty to grab hold OF the
lieutenant, telling HIM he must not
90 out.
"Signais were given to some Of the
| other ships OF the fleet to come and
take the lieutenant away, and this was
| done,and the com mand OF the Monitor
was now In the hands OF Lieutenant
| Green"
Anderson does not seem to regard
the new commander as very
courageous fficer, judging from tue
nature OF MIA narrative. "The
Merrlmac was done for, ami 1t
could DO plainly sesn that she was
sinking. Lieutenant Green ordered
the Monitor, which was then not lar
rom the Roads, turnoI toward Fori-
ross Monroe aud away from the scene
| OF combat. | and three OF the crew 1
the turret looked through the peephole
and saw what was going on, and we
all became indignant. /, hs an old
mau-oi-wAr's man, felt that 1t was my
uuIy tO speak out, aud told my com
| panions that n rhey ielt as | did the
| commanding III r must be forced to
turn about anu < to the MeFrimac and
finish her. They agreed with me AMI
| wanted me to become the spokesman.
L went to the chief engineer ami told
| him that the men In the turTet wanted
him to GO to the lieutenant and have
him order .he Monitor put about.
1.-THE engineer said, You dom.
want to commit mutiRy, do you?'
S"I told him no, 1 did not want to do
mat, but as true as there was God
above him l and the men in the turret
would force the Monitor back into
action unless the lieutenant gave
OIders.
"The engineer went to the lleuten.
ant. who ordered the Monitor turned
about, and rang four bslls to go ahead
at iull speed. But the coward went
| uUW II III bun IOoul anu
oIGered the speed reduced to one bell.
The boat was not far from the shore,
and there was considerable tide, and
we were wondering why the Moni.
tor made no headway, and We did
not hear OF the lieutsnanps visit 10
the onglne room until later, In the
meantime the Merimao had sig.
nailed to the battery ashore for as
sis;ance, AID, looking through the
! peephole OF the turret, We had tue
. modification OF eeeiug tho Mer-
| rlmac towed down In safety by vessel,
sent out from Norfolk, when with q
! brave commander we wonld have sunk
her, The Merrlmao was sinking anl
: all resuy TO holt the white II AZ be-
. cause OF her c3nuition, wheu she sud
. denly cav that 4. was not necessary
1 as the Monitor wac unDing sWsy.",
/. Andetson continued in tho nAvJ
7 after the War. His last snip was Ia,
1 Monitor Caiskill. He IL now old anC
. broken dow a in heAitd anu inoapaui
3 tated for bodily activity. He has Nv,
broken ribs, u fractured elbow, an In
Iured ankle, and defective eye q
memsntos Of his service IN the navy
At fret his pension was only Sl2
month, but In 1892 CongGeasma,
# Coombs called tine attention OF Con
n gress to the claims Of the old man, an,
the peutl0n WAS Increased to $50 pc