The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
THE VARIOUS WAR CRIES.
Remember the Maine" Is Only One
of a Large Number.

Owen Oliver in Chicago Times Her
aid: Remember the Maine is a slogan
OF the soldiers and sailors in the war
with Spain. Flying from the masthead
of DeWey'S flagship in Manila bay the
mystic signal cheered his tigers to a
victory uneoualed in the worlds his
tory Of battle. In vari-colored flags, to
be read alike by friend and foe-for
Dewey used the international signal
| code Remember the Maine had a
dual effect. 1t cheered the gallant lads
OF the Asiatic squadron and it shrunk
the hearts and courage of Montojo's
/ nnen. Remember the Maine" IS as
thrilling to the Spaniard as it is to
| the Yankee-but the thrill is productive
OF different emotions. To the one it
serves as wine. to the other as opium.
| To the warriors at Santiago "Remem-
Der the Maine was as stirring and ap-
pealing and effective as to Dewey's men
at Manila and to Schley's fighters when
Cervera's good ships were beached. All
| along the lines the battle cry was
sounded. and it was needed wherever
heard. Men died with it on their lips
Rough riders fell thinking bitterly Of
| the men who died like rats in trap in
foul Havana harbor. Officers, while
not encouraging the shout, were glad
| to hear it. and never a man was eau
toned to be silent if his voice found
vent in Remember the Maine" The
great battle cry was punctuated with
rifle shots. chorused with the shrieks
of cannon balls and echoed ever hill
and dale, early in the morning and
when the stars looked down.
/ Nations. tribes and clans have had
their battle cries ever stree war was
invented as a means of settling QueS-
tons nobody can solve in any other
way. The hosts of indian in the valley
of JeZreel were struck with consterna-
ton when the ISraeiiteS lifted Up their
slogan. THE sword of the Lord and of
Gideon" was the cry of The chosen OF
the Lord. and this is the earliest record
of the use of slogan in battle. Nations
usually invoked their particular patron
saints. but when war came each party
had its separate cry. The "droit de
bannierre" and the ''cri de guerre"
were given over as conformity the at
tributes of the mobiles who bore arms.
For instance. of Sir Simon de Felbridge
it was said he was a gentleman de
nom. d'armes ct de cry" The rallying
cry of ancient and honorable Otter
bourne was Percy! PERCY" and the
fate of Banbury field was decided by
means of the slogan, "A Warwick! A
Warwick
But war cries became too vicious and
their effect too marked for merrie Eng
land. So. in 1895. an act of parliament
was passed which forbade all these
cries and slogans. 1t had become the
custom for Strolling bands of mischiev-
Gus gentlemen-at-armS to rally to their
sides all sorts and conditions of men
by means of a particular cry. Mischief
was set afoot easily in those uncouth
days, and many d man was pinked IN
a street brawl that had its origin in
nothing more than a slogan, Shrieked
out into the night air by some knight
o'erfed with wine and seeking an en-
counter with anybody who would draw
and defend. So the strong arm of
Englands law was introduced into the
matter and all knights and their re-
tainers were ordered henceforth to call
only on est. George and the king"
The effect produced the result
that was desired. Street brawls became
less frequent, and the only excuse for
stirring a fracas was when some per-
sonage declined to shout for the man
who killed dragon and the defender
of the faith who happened to occuoy
the throne at that particular time.
% % G.
"Montjole, Notre Dame and st.
George was the war cry of the an
cient kings of England. The French
c
old-time Spaniard screamed San
Iago." In the feuds of the middle ages
each party had it's own slogan. For
instance, in Scotland the retainers of
the clans of Douglas and Home rushed
to battle with the cry. "A Douglas, a
Douglas or "A Home, a Home" Hot |
spur at the battle of Shrewsbury rail- |
lied his hosts with ''Esperance, Percy"
Seton, earl of Morton, cried, Seton"
and "Abo." The Irish cried, "Crom-a-
boodr' and "Butler-a-boo." when first
they went into battle, ages ago. These /
cries, however, were especially prohib- !
tied by law. In the heat of conflict the
embargo often was forgotten, and the
old-time Hibernian warrior. daring and
contempt for the laws. He shouted his
slogan whenever the spirit moved. /
Sham O'Neil's bloody followers used
"Laundaig Abop The Bloody Hand
and Strike for O'Neil." 1t is believed |
that the present British motto, ''Dieu |
ct mon droit'' was a war cry long be-
fore it became a royal trademark. for |
Richard I is recorded to have said: |
Not me, but God and our right have
vanquished France at Gisors."
Scripture was used by the Puritans. |
The cries of the tribes who revolted |
against the house and rule of David /
were adopted by the republicans who |
made history in the seventeenth cen
fury. ITO your tents. Oh, Israel" was
the slogan of these defenders of their
rights, and at the battle of Hylton-on-
the Wear in 1914 the great rallying field .
CRY of the Scotch was, THE Lord OF !
Hosts Is With U.s." In the same bat
tie the Marquis of Northampton struck
with the shout Now or Never" Cor
nishmen fought valiantly to the old /
song:
And shall Trelawney die?
There's thrice ten thousand Cornish
men