The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-07-12

Captain j. l.. bret, gun Sllo'' il9h'
elbow.
Lieut. II. l.. Kinnison, gun-shot left
breast and elbow.
Lieut.. II. q. Lyon, gun-shot, right
Captain \. c. Ducat, sun-shot both
thighs.
Lieut.. ". Il. Simmons, gun-shot, right
arm.
Lieut.. r. L. Spencer, gun-shot, right
leg and left hand.
Captain Lassiter. gun-&h0t, right side
The following are sick: General ;.
+. NJ. Young. Captain \. B- Heyl, Can
tain S. T. Allen. Lieut.. c. NJ. Saltzman
Lieut.. c. II. Pattcn. Lieut.. /. w.
w. +. p. French. Major j. \ Coe,
Chanlain Dwight caIIingcr Lieut.. W. I.
Rivers Lieut.. c. B. Humphreys, Lieut..
+. Perkins.
All sick from the effect Of heat, but
are doing well. The massage was
signed by Ogden Rafferty,. Major and
Surgeon L. :. Y.
The st. Louis arrived at Portsmouth.
\. H. with 500 Spanish enlisted sailors
and forty officers captured from Ger
ver;'S squadron. Her coming was her
aided by the United States coast signal
service The fidelity With which tho
tttttiS1 VI tIit l't- snip " % Il lhNtt ttli'l
reported to the Navy Department III
short intervals from the moment that
she was first sighted off the coast af-
fordS striking illustration of the per
tlcticn which this branch Of the naval
service has attained under the energetic
direction Of Captain Bartlett Every
Iifc-Sayin@ station and every light house
on the coast which sighted the ship
flashed its report by telephone ana teIe-
graph straight into the headquarters Of
the service in the Navy Department,
where skilled operators are on duty
cyery minute of the day and night. Tho
incident is gratifying az showing the re-
mote danger Of anv hostile ship an
rroaching the United States ports with
ont the knowledge of the Navy Depart
mcnt
Admiral Ceryera himself was among
the unwilling passengers on the St.
Louis. lie will not remain ut Ports
mouth. however. AS soon as the en-
listed men are landed on Scayy's Island
in the quarters prepared for them. he.
with the officers of his SQUADRON. save
the surgeons. who will be left with the
mon. viii hc sent to Annapolis to bp
confined within tho limits Of the Naval
Academy reservation. Captain Cooper.
the superintendent has prepared very
ia the cadet buildings. and viii come -
WASHINGTON to consult Secretary Long
rs to the cNact measure of inaulgoncc
to he shown his charges. Thc bringing
Of Admiral Ccrvcra tc the United States
does not signify that the proposition ~
narolc him has been finally dismissed. i
has been simply postponed for time,
though it may be Surmiscd that the Nd
nliraI VIII he much moro comfortable
here until the feeling Of unnatural rc-
sentiment displayed against him in Spain
has subsidcd.
The ordnance officers of the army ar"
indignant ut the statements that have
appeared III the press. some of them at
trihutable to hi@h army officers, ques-
tioning the merits of the Springfield
Rifle. with which Il large proportion Of
th" nitcd States army is armed. These
statements, they say, are calculated to
do infinite harm among the volunteer
forces. though the regulars know and
Ike the old Springfield too we'll to dis
trust i now. The principal argument
mace against its employment by tho
/ critics IS that its short range enables
the Spanish, armed with Mausers, 10
llck o!i our men long before they get
WITHIN range Of the Springfelds. This
: Said 10 he based upon error. Tha
! 'i-ii-'i'4'' mas Il range OF InIItN-lDli'
/ hundred yards, which is only a few
( hundred yards short of tie Mauser and
/ ~" ioFmerS big five hundred grain bui-
lei IS SaId to have greater killing power
4 1T the long ranges. The opinion of some
good practical soldiers as to the re-
sncctive merits of She Springfield ana
the modern small bore is shown nv tho
fact that such able soldiers as Colonel
Ray and Colonel Schuyler, OF New York
who are organizing independent rnri-
ncntS. have specially requested the War
Department to supply them the former.
\ good deal has been said also as to
the great superiority of smokcIpss now
! der used in the small bore over III,
Black powder Of the Snrin@field bnt ono
g the best ordnance officers in tba
War Deparement has declared that
! there are merits in both powders
CHICKAMATGA'S QUIET DAY.