The Atlanta constitution., 1898-08-08

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wrong we lowered 'ne oii'sS' p"1 Vou''
hot reach 'ilell, lH "1i ii'9',''' -
cadelS peSah jumping oNti "o''i" ~ va
assistance or the men uhth an olh'cr VI
the deck and give positive ORDERS
prohibiting any more scamen from jump
ing oVcrboard ,,. 80 .
again l remember an hcla@h' oi q
naval cadet. uhe nephe" oi cohlii'on"''
Schley. We were accustomed ~ ciiiip
over the maStS lor eASlo''C' O'a' '
Schiey, Just IN 'front.' OF me io7t ms ioo'i'l7
at the top struck top san yilru Ieoo"il"-
ed, and fell overheard. ms ""u5 500" ap-
peared on ,he "'tei' IVY M t, tha
ehuN no me III L. 3,t 49, - -t tf,,,
was raging, II was ii'poI pi7 O,o ~ tha
snip around win Ihe VIM O'0
ho&tS was Instantly ~" ~ .+.,,,,-
were quickly oNertrrhed' anu Wei
glin& IN the water lol '"el' - ~, I,,r,.,-
hlepoat WI" l''i Nv Ia.irc ,vorlt m
'a' ''" 'NCiS c,i, .,. hro,,obt 70 the
cndlhS S"r"S ~ ~ ,,,, ala mot know
HSoN IN - ,..,0. .,,,1,- average sailors
a." a., eort or stufr the American
n"' - +,l,r Uoud aheersD
navy - -, rr;,oo
The SINKING OF tne NAei ll4A''0'
"rt was this sort of metal that was eX-
bi,,i+od h1, the men who sank the Merrlmac.
So nager were the men to make that eXpc-
ditior that only a short while after the
,I fn ,.oI,utaers had been made pro-
ni,+.t. ,,dn. was issued that no more
,,,,, would be wanted. one hundred brave
saiIora had volunteered on the New YORK
alone; and the Iowa siGnaied across .Il0
water that $50 men had NoI"hItc'I' I' '
'.JuSt before the vessel started Ihl" INV
mouth of the harbOr a conversation N"H
,arInord among two of the men when
,,o+ra,-nd the belief on their part that the
,,oseoI was to be three miles mp hhe
| harhor. When the mon took their stations
~, t,o AIerrimac, for their final start. every
| NM, Law fiat on his face the deck with
s,,onial torpcd, to manage. Directions
| b,.1 haan Given them. and it was expressly
,',,roaa hat no man should heed the enc
! ,,,,, dra no matter how hot it got, not
| o,,an to raise his head. Moreover, it was
| o,rned tbat in case the proiectiles from the
! cnarfeb puns aow thick and fast and any
! man was wounded he was still to remain
: a. he nast attending, if possible, to the
! enncia, dntv assigned MIN Those men lay
| thorn and those men attended to those
| It; :, ,,,o. no occasional shot that
| ,,,, fr,,,, th,-o o,,ar,v,g puns. 1t was a
! ;I ~ ,ta; . raic storrn of
l .t,,I, ,rbo,, ann, tho tremendous
| - ~ ,Hu +t 1nII Lid ,o.
| = -n+ dow, h,.
5-'', , ,''' ,1 t9,lsa u,aro moments that
! ,S7 -, '',. -, 49, ,,,4 yyrho,, , hid,
! c'.V' =, 5i9,T,. =, front Of
! tbn 1ittla ,rrorn wing buddlcd on the deck,
! when one shell went into the bo.iefs ana
/ let the steam loo9e by the Slde OF 'IlS 'iiei,
! the strict command, no man move Iil
! orders, was obeycd to the letter II there
! was ever It time when circumstances would
! have forced an observance of the old pTin-
! cipe of self preservation, it was then, but
! not a man budged. Wheu those men were
! in the water. being hunted by Spanish
! boats looking for any that might have es-
! capped. the order that no man should move
was o0eyed perfectly. on the arrival at
! Morro. when the men were placed in cells,
| and Spanish soldiers made threatening
| signs at them our sailors merely laughed
! at them. we would do it again tonight
| If it were necessary replied one of the
| American men, III answer to a Spanish
| question: