The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-27
aESlf Old FIGHTS WHO ARE STILL ON DECK

os Valparaiso. Fighting Bob Evans was
s@aE 70 hss relief with tire Yorktown
Fighting BOZ wss a mere boy wsssn the
esE4l war broke Gus, ard WAS stu iearEisag
his iessons al the naval academy. But.
boy though he was be entered the service
IL ample ;srs7s TO show tfs= spirit that Was
ta hlsu. fn the assault on Fort FAssssr ne
landed wlta force Of Seanasn and ma
rissss ard was wounded twice By rife
sfg1s. HI, ytf! bears sha marks Of his
daring service az that zine. Fighting
KsGAs' = ons Of The rnosr active men N the
service. ard IN ease Of hostshsies he wfa
have ~ important command. wnteh VIII
bring him into the thick CT tee comeaf-
Com George Dewey ss a veteran who
needs ua few service to give him place
is3 naval history Tie Was q lieutenant
wnen the eivil War began. having JUST
been graduated from Annapolis, and he
FIRST came 10 the from; with she desSrslc-
tioff of the old Mississippi which had
served on stations all over the globe. bore
Perry's penEant AZ the opening Of Japan
~ the world ard was enshriusd IN the
affections OF many an officer who had
sailed her The Mississspp! was destroyed
In the river whose name she bore. and her
lozz was the result OF a gallant action.
Capt. Smith and iIs chief subordinate.
Lieut. Dewey. conducted themselves with
fine courage throughout. and they Were
the last 10 leave the ship. 1T is IN such
trying moments said Admiral Porter. IN
commenting on this INCIDENT, that metl
show Of what metal they are made. and IN
this instance the install was OF the best.
Dewey was at both attacks on Fort Fish
err and since the war Ia has seen dis
tinguisned service. fie r. now IN com
mand of the Asiatic station, and would
have control % operations against the
Philippines, which would unqgestionably
be undertaken Immediately on the oRt-
break Of war with Spain.
Com. Albert Kaufz became a lieutenant
In the navy in April. tsei. lie lad an
eventful record. In lse2 Lieut.. kautz
served upon the staff OF Admiral Farra-
gut on the Hartford. He commanded
the fret division Of great guns III the
engagements with Fort Jackson and St.
Phillip. the Chaimette batteries and the
capture Of New orleans IN April, lss2.
He had command Of the "howitzers"
under Capt Henry Bell al New Orleans.
with his own hand hanied down the
Tone STAR flag from the city hail after
the mayor had refused to strike 1t. and
hoisted the stars and stripes in It's place.
Lieut.. kautz was In the engagements
with the batteries at Nickshurg and
served CALAMITY through the war. lie
Is now commandment Of the naval station
al Newport
Com IIcweI H. another veteran. He
was graduated from The academy In lSos,
was attached to the gulf hiockadlng
squadron and took part in the battle
OF Mobile bay. lie is now commander
Of the European squadron and his night
ing qualities VIII doubtless be again
shown In case of war. He is the inventor
or the Howell torpedo boat, which is ex-
tensively us,'d aboard vessels OF the
United States navy
There are two officers OF the navy whose
names are always linked together by men
who have been graduated from the acad-
envy In the past twenty years. THESE are
Captain Slgsbse and Admiral McNair-
Sigshee's qualities have just been tested
before She eyes OF the world. Should
test come 10 McNair it is believed he
wouid pass through II with equal credit.
These two officers were stationed at An
napolis for years. and each in turn WAS at
the head OF the department of seaman
ship. where each impressed himself
strongly upon the boys in his charge. With
the cadets who took their first lessons
from them IL is To this day 'McNair says
So" or "Sigsbce would have Ii thus"
Fer years they have been the pride and
example of the navy personnel. In ac-
tual war Admiral McNair would have a
detail which would bring him inevitably
aud brilliantly before the eye Of the
world. Sgsbee is there today.
Both Ssgsbee and McNair have war rec