The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-21


regiment and the service at large have
suffered an irreparable loss"
Second Lieutenant A. NJ. Miller, IT.,
of the Tenth cavalry. writes from San
tiago, July 18th: The day before the
fight we were plodding along to theI
front, hot, wet through and loaded
down like pack males. We turned out
of the road and took Il trail to the left.
Mr. Ship WAS standing there t. 'li"cctI
us. I'll never forget the bright, cheer
full smile he gave me as | passed hint
1t checred me up and z "" me newt
strength. The next day, afte@ we hadl
gone into action-It must have becnl
about 10 o'clock was lying with myl
troop under cover of the creek :'ani;,
when he came by hunting for Colonel
Baldwin. He looked exhausted and ii
called to him to stop and rast. He stop
ped for moment and then passed Oh.
! never saw hmm again. Mr.. S.jpp and
Mr.. Sm,rh lived together. fought to-
gcther and died together, and if there
ever were brave men AMI true they
were. but | knew Mr.. Ship better, IN
loved him mara the better | knew him.
Lieutenant NJ. il. Barnum who was
desperately wounded the day after he
buried Lieutenant Ship, all who is az
home in Indiana on furlOugh in speak
ing of the newspaper mention ct Lieu
tenant Ship, writes: None of thehI|
the papers, speak too highly OF ycur|
brave husband. In fact, if the whole
truth were known as to his gallant con-
duct on that fearful field, under that
storm of bullets, | am sure they would
give him still greater praise. 40 OIL
Ger from general down dill more TO help
in the glorious victory that the Amrri-
can army won that day than did Lieu
tenant William e. Ship, of the Tenth
United States cavalry. From What IL
know Of the situation, when he fell he
was cndangering himself from our own.
fire by getting too far to the front as he
led our men on
CAPTAIN ]. G. Ircdell, an eXConfed-
crate officer, who has done much to help
get the circumstances of Lieutenant
Shipp's death by talking with the
wounded troopers at Fort Monroe,
writes: Il would like to die such
death as his" All, what soldier would
not?
Major T.. G.. Carter, surgeon, United
States army, now i'll charge of the Letter
Hospital at Chickamauga Park, who
served with Lieutenant Ship i'll the
West and was with him in some of the
thrilling experiences of the Geronimo
war. has favored lis with this tribute to-
his dead comrade:
Among the victories won by the
American arms, the battle III front OF
n Santiago will always be conspicuous. III
was Il remarkable fight i'll many ways.
IAN intrcnched enemy, quite as numcr-
Gus as the attacking force, and armed
with one of the most powerful ana Ell
fcctive weapons known to modern war
fare, and supported by artillery ana the
guns of II formidable fleet, was driven
ill., foot by foot, by an army without
cover and without artillery. Ih" char
acter of the officers and men who won
that fight accounts for it. The selt-re-
lance of the officers and soldiers OF the
regular army is Il popularity OF our. ser
vice Life in the great West, among
dangers by day and night, show men to
each other as they are, mot as they
seem. And the reputation of an officer
with his men and with his comrades Is
a certain criterion of his worth.
Rightly Judging by that standard
there was no more valiant or admirable
man went 10 his uCdtll tli''' N'S'
Lieutenant w. Il. Ship, of the Tenth
United States Cavalry. 1t is not posi-
HE TO know now the circumstances Of
his death. But those who know him.
will know without telling. that he met
his death fearlessly and firmly Seven
Years ago. i'll Arizona, the party OF In
dian scouts with which Lieutenant
Shipp was serving was surprised, their
commanding officer killed and the sec
Oud in command captured. The III
dams. who knew mans worth, insisted
that Lieutenant Ship should not only
assume command. but that he should re-
tnin il even after the return of the cap
tured officer whose rank was superior
to Shipp's. This, of course. he would
not do. for modcSty and unselfishnesS
were as marked characteristics of the
man as his coura &c and hardwood.
"Thcre are other brave men III our
small regular arfny-other good Officers
but Lieutenant Ships loss will be felt.
not only by his family and kin, but
kccnly and lastingly, by his comrades
who served with him and loved him.
'E. G. CARTER,
'Major-Surgean, L. 5. ~"
We have before told of Lieutenant
Ships heroism in the Indian war. when
he carried the body of his dead captain
across his horse i'll front of him for two
DAYS and nights to save it from mutlia-
t;,n law tho eoyoUCS and In give If Il