The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-16

still within range Of the guns of Moro
That our ships succeeded in making such
short work of the Spanish ships was due
principally to TIE fact that our officers
and men are better gunners. There is no
doubt about that. And then, again, we
must not forget that credit is due to the
men in the engine rooms. Spain has
had considerable trouble with her en-
gineers. Mostly Englishmen and Scotch.
men have been employed as chief en-.
gineers of these big warships ] under.
stand however. that when hostilities !
broke out most of the foreign engineers
abandoned the Spanish fleets. The run.
ming fight is continued Our ships, after |
the enemy's entire fleet has passed out !
of Santiago harbor, steams abreast and |
continues to fight Then our battleships
are trying TO get ahead of the ships Of
the enemy. >In this way we can see
where our ships are practically cutting
the Spanish ships off
This is the proper way to fight.
Push your enemy all you can Try to
get him near the rocks--and this, you
see, is just what our men are doing. In
this way we soon have the enemy's
ships at our mercy, except the fleet Co.
lon, which is steaming to the westward
at her highest rate of speed. All, but
look at our boats Here are the ships of
| Spain capable Of steaming about 20
knots an hour We find the Oregon
after making run of 1900 miles as
compared with run Of 5000 miles
made by the armored cruisers of the
! Cape Verde fleet The bottoms Of our
! ships are supposed to be more foul than
the bottoms Of the Spanish ships And
! yet, with all these odds against u.s. we
keep abreast of the Colon. We do moro
we steam ahead of her and capture
I her. And look at the Texas She travels
for two hours under forced draft at the
rate of over l6 miles. Wonderful Do
you know what that means? Do you
realize how these brave Americans
work and work in the hot firerooms be-
low? 1t is that kind of work that tells.
But | can realize how our men worked.
They were fighting for the stars and
stripes, and they were remembering the
Maine.
"In this way we find the Vizcaya,
Oquendo, Maria Teresa and the two tor
pedo boat destroyers disposed of i'll short
order The Brooklyn succeeds in cut
ting the Colon off. Then the Oregon
comes up under her quarters, and finally
the Texas is on hand Can you wonder
that under such circumstances the Span
ish admiral struck his colors? What has
happened is this: First we have sue
ceeded in getting the Spanish ships and
our ships at the same time outside OF
the range of the forts, and then we have
kent up fearful, deadly running fight
from the very start to the very end
, 1.-THE part the Gloucester played IN
, this sea fight cannot be estimated too
J highly. Lieutenant Commander Rlchare
, | wainwright, her commander, deserve!
, all the praise that has been given e
him. | have the pleasure OF knowing
Mr.. Wainwright personally. He served
, under me. and want to state that III
r is q wonderful man, an excellent oflcer
: At the time was the commanding 9th
a Ger of the flagship Tennessee, when Al
a miral Jouett commanded the north AT
/. lantio squadron, Mr.. Wainwright wa
attached to the flagship as senior watcl
a officer. You remember there was troupi
q ON the isthmus of Panama. A revolu
I ton had broken out, and the American
! shins were sent to Colon for the purpos
/. of seeing to it that there was an uhln
O terrupted transit from one ocean 70 IN
n other across the isthmus. 1t becam
p necessary to land opr marines ana sal
ors. Mr.. Wainwright commanded tn
; first division of that landing party
% There was fire in his eye when he wa
a assigned to that command, ana ne cel
Il tainly Sroved himself most ef1clef
~ officer. Then, later OH, he was appoin
d ed secretary to Admiral Jouett. he
% an author as well as fighter. he III
n written several books His works al
:. being printed. But. notwithstandiI
% the fact that we have had peace Tor
g long a time our officers and men nay
v. had opportunities at times TO iaho al
!, 90 into actual service. Such exerci
"a kepes them in practice, OF when tn'
m avail themselves most fully.
=, lyon ask me what difference the
n was, if any, between the battle Ioug
~ at Manila and the battle at santia'
1. last Sunday. These two battles are e
20 tirely different, although the glorio
"A results achieved may have been q
:. same. The greatest difference betwe
80 these two fights was that at Manila
=. Spaniards were compelled to receive
al attack made upon them. AT Santiae
;s ON the other side, the enemy's sni
". were free to make such use OF TIT
of guns as they saw fit. They could N
he newer their ships. At Manila the
chors were down, and at times no dou
sb certain guns could not be brought
r.. bear upon our ships. Then again, tne
Ct was a difference in the ships tnemsei'
cd at these two points. AT Manila we =
ms no regular first class armored snips
NO our side, nor had we armored SHIPS
ev fight against. At Santiago migne
~ 30 that the strength of our ships lay III
'0' ar,,,or Our armor was probably m'