Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-27

Now I feel - well and strong,
have no more headache, and no
pain in side. and IL Us an owing TO
your Compound. I cannot praise e
enough. IL Is a wonderful medicine.
I recommend It to every woman
know"
the squadron under your command.
After referring Co the fact that the
brooklyn was sent 90 discern thn .i"n-
tlty nf cruiser which proved Co., he
900 Austrian warhIp Commodore
1 nav, never before witnessed such
deadly and fatally accurate shooting
ns wHs done by the ships of your come
mlud ns they closed ln ON the spanish
HQubdron. and I deem 10 q hiuh pr'Vi-
lorc tu commend to you Tor such action
pH you may deem proper The gnllnnuN
and dushiuE cpurIEa. the prompt de-
clsIon aud sklilrm hluiuns VI their
respective vessels, ~ capt IhlIlp
cant Evans. Capt clark nrd 0gpaeI1l-
u.s. N my chief Hffu capt Cook VINO
was directly under uN per nuHl uhH 'iH
walton. md who's GOODNESS. prompinrHH
and courage were NJ thH hlgh'at order
Z THE dense smoke OF she combat shut
out from view the Indiana ana
Gloucester. but nE those vessels wDf'
I closer 30 your flagship. nn doubt th'lr
part lu the conflict was under your
Immediate observation.
Commodore Schley then mentions
many ~ his officers who displayed cone
spiCuuua courage. ana says;
] Thlitccnth-t have never In my We
[ served with u Drawer better or wnrihint
I crew than that of the BROOKLYN.
/ During She combat. lasting from 1888
Z until ii'ii pm, much ~ thr time un-
/ DIR nrr. they never nnrrod for "a mo.
mrnt and were apparently undisiurhod
[ o. tho storm ~ proiecilloH rnf'lns
/ ahead nstprn md over the ihip.
F0urtornth-Thc result m the onrngr-
mont waH th0 dHsurtt'on ~ the SPAN
] ish srradr, - ana ths capture Of the nd
I mlrtl and some 900 On 1900 ~ 'aunnfa
] with the loss ~ several hundred Killed
estimated by Admiral ccrvcra az ool
] mon.
! THE shin were! q. IT, EiliH. chief ycn-
| man. killed; J. Burns fireman, nrni
| class. severely wounded The marks
ana scars show that the ship was struck
! about twenty-five times and she bear.
! In AN forty cone scars MS the result Of
Z her participation In the grent victor,
uf your forcn on July Q, 1898. Tho speed.
| cone halllntdH were shot away. and
| nearly an the signal hllllnrds. tn,
| ensign 40 tho main was Hn shattered
that In hauling II down nt the close OF
the action 10 frll 90 pieces.
slNtccnth-I congratulate you most
sincerely upon this great victory 20 Oh.
| squadron under your command ana
am clad I had an opportunity Co cuu'
tribute lu tho least 90 Victory that
seems ruuugh Tor On uf uH.
Seventeenth have the honor o.
transmit herewith the report of 90.
commundlng officer and q drawing ir
profile on the shin. showing the location
of hits and scars, also memorandum
~ ammunition expended and Tho
amount % nI her allowance.
Eighteenth Since reaching this place
and holding conversation with several
90 tho captains, via; Capt lsulaiT oi
the Nizclyn, ma The second In come
mnnd ~ the Colon, Commander Cou'
tr6rlH. I have learned that the Spanish
admhul's scheme was 60 conrentrlt,
Am urn Tor while on the Hrnohyu
and the NigcHya in ram her, IN hopes
that II they could destroy her m
chance ~ escaping would De- Increased
NJ II was supposed she was the swift.
set shin N our fqundron. This OK
plains The heavy Gre mentioned and
the Nlzcny1'a action In the earlier
moments 81 the engagement The exec
Cutlon OF thr purpose was promptly de-
fcated by the fact that an ths shlp'
NJ tho squadron advanced Into close
range ana opened an lrroHIstlhly furl'
Gus and terrific fire on the gnDmy'i
squadron as it was coming out N th'
hprhur.
Nlnotccnth-T am glad 20 say that me-
injury supposed 90 be- below the water
line was due 90 a water valve helna
opened from some unknown cause and
flooding the compartment The injury
90 the bolt N found tn be only slight
ana the leak small
Twontleth-t bcg 10 cnclDgo liFt oi
tho officers and crew who participate ID
IN the combat Of July Q. iNos
Twgnty-hrst-f cannot close this re'
port without mentioning ln high terms
| NJ praise the splendid conduct ana sup
port of cant y. c, clark M tho Orc
gnn. Her speed was wonderful ana
her accurate ilr0 fnlrudIily destructive
CAPT CLAKs REPORT
Captain Clark commander NJ the Ore
gou, made h's report on July T.
Flrat-l have th' honor 10 report
that at $3.50 am, yesterday tho
spanish fleet was discovered standing
out uf the hlIhlr OF Santiago dc Cuba
They turned 90 Tho westward ANA
opened Gre. 20 wh.hc our uh.pg rr'
piled vIgoroualyn For short tlmr
there was an almost continuous illgh'
Of prploctlloH over this ship, but when
our line was fairly engaged and thr
Iowa had made a swift advance, ai
u 60 ram Oi close, the vuUmy'a ur. hr.
cime detective In train 49, wen ai
range. Tho ship was only struck thru.
times, and Ut least two OF them wer.
hy fragments OF shells. We had o..
/ piFulltluH.
second As soon as q was oyllonl
that the encmy'H ships were ,rylng O.
break through the escape Go Tho wuat.
ward. we went ahead ut fuli speed WIN
tho determination ut carrying nui 90 On.