The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-23

tlagO. july 2.ptn: / ne tdA ~ '
fight we were plodding along t" The
front. hot. wet through ana loaded
down like pack males. W, turned ont
81 tbc road and took Il trail TO the left.
Mr.. Shipp was standing there u 'iI"ect
rs I'll never forget the bright. cheer
fnI smile he gave nae as | passed hlnl.
If chcered me up and @sS" me new
strength. The next day, aft"@ we nai
zone into action-lt must have been
ahout 10 o'rIuck-I was lying with my
trnop under cover of the creek .'anE
when he came by hunting for tolcIel
Baldwin He looked exhausted anu l
called to him TO stop and raSt. II" stop
ned for. Il moLlant and then passed o..
never saw HIM again. Mr.. S3Ipp ara
Mr.. Sm,fh lived together fought to
gethcr and G.ed together. ANA II there
ever w,rc brave men AMI true they
were. bur | kaew Mr.. Ship het-er. IN
loved him nor the better | knew him.
Lieutenant NJ IL. Barnum who WIS
desperately wounded the daT after he
buried Lieutenant Shipp> az who IS II
home in Indiana on furlou@h. III speak
ing of the newspaper mention "t lieu
tenant Ship. writes: Nom OF theEt
thc papcrSl speak too h.-hl| 81 your
brave husband. In fact, il the whole
truth were known as to his gallant con-
dunt ON that fearful field. under that
storm of bullets, | am sur tt@I would
Give him still greater praise. 40 DILL
Ger from general dow III! more to help
in the glorious victory tnaE the Am"rl-
can army won that day than DID Lieu
tenant William II. Ship. Of the Tenth
United States cavalry. FROM Whit l
know Of the situation, when ne lell he
WAS cndangering himself from our own
fire by getting toe far to the front rs ne
led our men on.
Captain j. c.. Iredell, an eX-Confed-
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: 4 would like to die such a
death as his" All. what soldier would
not!
Major T.. G. Carter. surgeon. United
States army, now i'll charge Of the Lc!Iter
Hospital at Chickamauga Park. who
served with Lieutenant Shipp IN the
West and was With him IN some OF the
thrilling experiences OF the Geronimo
war. has favored us with this tribute to
his dead comrades:
among the victories won by the
American arms. the battle in front OF
Santiago will always be conspicuous. 1t
was Il remarkable fight in many ways
An intrenched cnelny, quite as numer-
Gus as the attacking force, and armed
with one of the most powerful ana Ell
fectivc weapons known to modern war
fare, and supported by artillery ana the
Guns OF Il Formidable fleet. Was driven
in. foot by foot. by an army without
,.t sr u. chan -
acter Of the officers and men who Won
that fight accounts for it. The ~Seif-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 rs they are. not 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 death that day. than
Lieutenant w. +. Ship. of the Tenth
United States Cavalry. 1t is not posi-
bic to know now the circumstances Ct
his death. But those who know him
will know without telling. that he met
his death fearlesSly and firmly. Seven
years ago, in Arizona. the party OF IN
diam scouts with which Lieutenant
Shipp was serving was surprised. their
commanding officer killed and the sec,
ond in command captured. The Tx
dia rs. who knew Il mans worth. insisted
that Lieutenant Shipn should not oniN
assume command. but that he should re-
tain it even after the return of the cap
tured officer. whose rank was superior
to Ships. This. Of course, he would
- fl.- .NA1aaty- a1I JlN,lJ fISI nnGc
were as marked characteristics of the
man as his courage and hardihood.
There are other brave men in our
small regular army-othor good officers
but Lieutenant Ships loss will be felt.
not only by his family and kin, but
kccnly and l~astincly, by his comrades
who served with him and loved him.
"E. G. CARTER.
'Naior-Surgcan. L. s. A."
We have before told of Lieutenant
Ships heroiSm in the Indian war. when
he carried the body Of his dead captain
across his horse in front of him for two
days and nights to save it from mutlia-
ton by the Sava@eS and to give it 4
Christian burial. We have told. too.
how the modcsty of the man kept him
from writing one word. even To his moth
CT. of his own conspicuous part in this
desperate cpcdition. and that it only be.
came known through the public dis
patches. No one ever heard him mention
it. nor did any one ever hear him
utter one word Of complaint ut the mani
fest injustice to him in the bestowal of
Il medal and promotion upon another of
ficer for his conduct in this camnai@r,
while his own gallant and brave deeds
were passed over with only commenda
ton in orders.
1t WAS dis sublime courage that in
spired him as he led the gallant "Rlack
Troopers mp the hill at San Juan calm
ly. cody. judiciouSly. without faltering
with the Spanish fire concentrated upon
him. And this devotion to duty led him
rs he sank upon the field with a bulle1
through his heart. to raise his arm with
Il last effort and wave his men on il
the charge up the hill. Did they obey.
The fact that before their heroic lead
or's form was cold in death the Amcri
can flag was waving over the Spanish
trenches and the Spaniards were fleeing