The Jersey City news., 1898-09-28

ON BOARD THE TEXAS.
Chaplain Jones Lectures
About the Unhoodooed
Battle Ships Work.
NEARLY NET NAMES FATE
Seaman o'Boyle's Patriotism
Had To Be Subdued
With Morphine.

The Rev. Harry W. Jones, chaplain OF
the United States battleship Iexas' ue-
liyered brilliant lecture in the bergen
Reformed Church, last night, on the part
the Texas played in the war Has rec
ture was interesting, instructive ana VII
ty. He paid the highest tribute 70 tne
bravery of the American SOLDIER ana san
or. and did not forget to give the Spailaiu :
the nraise which was due him Admirai
fervera he spoke of as a true man, true
sailor and a perfect gentleman.
The lecturer started with an account Oh
tbe Texas cruising around Dry Tortugas-
He told two instances, illustrating Tue
fact that the hoodoo had been taken OH OH
fhe shin. The first was while lhey WsIe WEI
cruising The battleshlp stfucA . ~ ~ :
Inf ascar1ed without serious lnJull les.
serond uss an even narrower escape. Inc ne
Tewas had orders to relieve the Name u
Havana harbor, but at the last ihg ~, giiaelas'
just as she was preparing 70 insfead.
IN Galveston. Texas. The night Of the
arrival in Galveston the officers Welte lS
ashore They We're n thelr @ y} ro9iho morning ing
when several reporters got them out u
pe1 wv f. have come to tell you that the
Maine has been blown up Ia nay 'i'a i''-
poll 1--WE told them said Chaplain Jones,
ssthat we had come from the CITY o. yer
low journalism and that shey lnlgnt re-, re-
tire. We went back to bed not IN the me
least disturbed by the news e ulu5i 4
believe a word of it. we We're uNue- -
ceived, however. when we bought fne
illUInlns Gbani5in Jones reviewed the events
which occurred between the blowing up
Of the Maine and the sending OF the ,ts.sis deAas
10 Cuban waters as a part OF the fiylns
SQUADRON He said that the squadron re-
mained SO long at Fortress Monroe dong
nothing that the sailors dubbed It Inc
Fixed Squadron .,.4 i
was the providential laying aside OF
Admiral Sicard that enabled Admlral
Sampson to lead his ships to victory.
Chaplain Jones called the big guns Nc Nc
Glinley peacemakers, and told how the
Texas went to New York to have the
guns so arranged that they couid pc
loaded every one minute ana tWehty-
five seconds instead OF every eiSie iiiii-
ntes. as before.
He told in detail the events which pre-
cede7 the blocking of Cervera,s fleet IN
tion of the sinking of the Merriroilc, ana
told of the few scrimmages Wnlcn occur
red along the coast while the sqoasurspn \
was on blockade duty he tolo llp ela.as o. ene
at not being permitted to go on me Me-
rimac the second night after beins ".
board all through the first night OF weary
waiting for the order to enter Inc mar
bor entrance The doctor had TO give
O'Boyie morphine to keep him quiet
Chaplain Jones buried the hrst Amerl-
cans killed on Cuban sou, me Iiiaalass VIZ
fell at Guantanamo. While he was read
ing the service at the graves the Mau,
ser bullets were whistling about ms nead
and three companies OF men WeIs eiis isss sas- .
ing the Spaniards He concluded with a
graphic account of the destruction OF
Cervera's feet.
He said that as the order was given to
prepare to engage the fleet he addressed
the men near and said:-t.Men, am your
chaplain, but ! want to say a WORD 70
you and admonish you to do your pest.
member that Cuba is second and the
Maine is first.
Chaplain Jones paid tribute to the
Spaniards. He said that after the Plutoh
was cut in half the firing continued from
the severed portions, three shots being
fired before she sank.