The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-11

other side Of the deck. MacNan never
paused in his work. The rammer was
/ finally placed IN the bore and the Shell
elected. The gun was Immediately put
IN action and NfacNatl resumed his duties
as coolly as II what he had done were a
matter o fevery day routine.
| The battle orderlies we'll merit a place
among those whose conduct is worthy OF
special mention. They were on the move
! constantly, bearing battle orders to al
parts of the ship. and in no instance did
| they fan in the prompt and intelligent
performance Of their responsible duty.
The signal men occupied very exposed
| positions during hte action and rendered
excellent service. Signal halyards and
numbers. battle flags and speed cones
were rddled by small projectiles and frag-
ments Of bursting shells. casualties that
| show in what a zone of danger the sig
nal men perform their duties. Signalmen
| Coombs and Mcintyre and Battle Order
lies Hall and Davis were so near Yeoman
Ellis when he was killed that they were
despatched with blood.
The following are the names Of the bat
| tie orderlies:
To the flag oficersLPrivates Hall and
Davis
To the commanding oficer-Prtvates
Kelly, Smith and San julie.
To the executive officer-Privates Bren-
men c. Wismer and P. O'Donnel
The flag orderly, Private Richmond. and
commanding officers orderly, Private
Woodsum. were on deck an drendered
good service
The following are the names Of the
signal men:
Forward-Privates Coombs and McIn-
tyre
Aft-Privates Shaw and Allen.
The music boys, Drummer Weisenberg
and Fifer Stewart, were stationed on the
main and the gun decks, respectively. to
sound trumpet calls. and behaved man
fully.
None showed more unfinching courage
than the men in the military tops, who
stood by their guns. delivering their fire
with unerring precision. undismayed by
the projectiles flying about them and
striking in their immediate vicinity.
Private Stockbridge. the only man on
the sick list. climbed into the maintop at
the signal for battle. where he remained
to the end Of the action, doing good work
at his gun.
The non-commissioned officers. First
Sergeant Manning. Sergeants Bristow.
Montair. ingalls, and McDevitt Corporals
Dittmeier. Doyle and Gray. showed excel
lent soldierly qualities in the manage
ment Of the men and battery.
First Sergeant Naming rendered vaIu-
able aid in supervising the widely sera
rated detachmen,s If Re guard
l cannot speak too highly OF the con-
duct and bearing Of Lieutenant Borden
His courage and excellent services proved
him valuable officer.
There were no casualties Of a serio,s
nature Two men were slightly injured
one. Private Flynn, in the PACK bv !
splinter; the other. Private Bal-fel5 in
the leg, cause unknown. In neither case
was At necessary for the man TO leave
his station.
Ut is a matter of greatest pride 20 the
guard. officers and men alike to be abe
TO claim a share in the splendid work
done by the Brooklyn on the third in.
slant
\ report nearly identical with this has
been made TO the commanding officer.
Very respectfully
PAUL ST. c. MURPHY, Captain.
United States Marine Corps, Command
ing Guard.
To the Colonel Commandant. Hea 1ouar-
terS United States Marine Corps, Wash
inEton.
Second Endorsement:
United States Flagship BROOKLYN.
OF Santiago de Cuba. July x 1SoS
Respectfully forwarded. The con5yc,
OF the marine guard under CAPTAIN Nrpr-
phys command on the occasion Of the ia.
stTuetion Of the Spanish squadron on Ju,v
5 1888. was in every way worthy of -ba
accompanying report.
W ;. SCHLEY. Commodore I. s. y
Commander-in-chief Flying Squadron.