The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-01
SOME LESSONS OF THE WAR

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| SOME LESSONS OF THE WAR
with Admiral SIMPSONS fleet OF Sana-
ago de Cuba. June s-Among the un-
celebrated acts OF courage in the naval
campaign. one performed by me young e1-
ecutive officer OF the torpedo boat Porter.
who is the son OF Admiral Gillis. takes my
| fancy. one dark night as you have heard.
/ Admiral Cevera sent q destroys r out from
! the har5or OF Santiago 70 torpedo two or
! three Of our ships OF war. Whether the
/ DESTROYER ever got back 60 Cevera Is not
/ certainly known: bat next morning some
/ OF the German torpedoes were san foat-
| ing around aimlessly among he American
| feet.
I Nasing aIond under steam for three
knots rolling in me sea like a cork cigar.
! the Porter cited one OF these mnch-feAred
/ engines. and II was coming straight for
I my little brute" says Captain Fremont
! in telling the story.
I'VE must capture that said 90 Gil
| lis. pressing the indicator for more steam.
Yes sir he answered; 'ru get Il for
you
DO YOU know ellis? Hasn't any head
1 plain nerve. ! have to watch him AL cts
! time or would lose him and the Porter.
/ and myself too. and I don't want - do
| that. because I like him. and I'm re-
/ sponsible for the preservation % tho
| Porter: and Furthermore. have happy
! home But this time he was zoo quick Tor
me. The torpedo was coming slowly. "
/ fl touched our side. there would be moth
ing more for any OF Us but bed under
/ water.
! HE had his shoes OF before knew q.
J and his coat. and I said: Don't do 81.
ellis she's got her war nose on
/ I'm unscrew IL sir, said the boy. and
] over the side he went threw his arms
around the torpedo. headed Il away from
US and then began feeling for rs business
| end
IL happened that this to-pSdo had no
business end and no tip o0nta3ning ne
I Illuminating charRe(a fact which shows
I how careless Spaniards are. and why they
4 are ineffective IN war. and. the air cork
I opening just then. the torpedo diver from
ellis arms 20 the bottom Not many
/ minutes afterward the lookout reported
another torpedo. and this one alive. (
! war-n0se and all. was power huckied
/ or S6idded. aboard. under the CAPTAINS d.
I rections- and now 81 lies by the port-rsii
OF tho torpedo boat Porter. a most inter
esting prize and worth 90 officers and
I crew just s. 20 Of the governments money
This war has been disappointing thus
far 70 those curious patriots wno Dc rnandsd
q for the sake OF what q would teach
about modern armor plates. projsctlles.
the respective values Of heavy and light
armament. about sand ard concrete com
pared n IN masonry. and dynamite oruis-
ors. and war balloons. and box kites.
Yesterday the Nesuv3us succeeded In
throwing dynamite lnto Santiago hsrbor
from those fixed guns q hers thaf are
aimed hy the ships helm. and aside from
the interest this feat no doubt sHcitsf
IN The Statest'' SHE surprised herself BY
making tho dynamite explode shs iz
likely now - take W tSe plan or mapping
[ the channel and wa~uovez a summaries
mine IS anchored. drop a dynamite she.i
there 70 destroy o. EEo>Y, one oeher sga-
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THIS has been the novelty OF ths cam
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