The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-08-22
FAMOUS SAYINGS OF THE WAR.


come famous in our history. says the
Salem Statesman. Our American
authors have produced epigrams
which have found permanent rest
ing place in literature, but the Amer
lean soldier and sailor is not far be
hind, and their sayings make it evil
deLt that the defenders of the Stars
and Stripes are scholars as we'll as
fighters. The sayings of our men at
the front form condensed but COM
plete history of the war, which is as
unique as 1t is an honor to the men
and 10 the country. Uttered on the
spur of the moment and in the heat
of battle, many of them show the
culture of the finished scholar, and
every one is thrilling to the extreme.
At what might be called the real
beginning of the war, when the
Maine was blown up in Havana har
Dor, ''Bill'' Anthony's report to Cap
tain Sigsbee is an inspiring epigram
for a starter. Immediately after the
explosion, when an ordinary man
would have been thinking of safety,
"Blll," Anthony stepped up to Cap
tain Sigsbee as the latter rushed out
of his cabin, and saluting him said,
81 have to report, sir, that the ship
has beer blown up and is sinking"
That saying shows the GOODNESS and
discipline of the American sailor
which has been responsible for the
winning OF our great victories on the
sea. Then came Captain Sigsbee's
81 ask that the American people sus
pend judgment" which probably
saved this country from rushing into
a war for which we were poorly pre-
pared. eve will make Spanish the
court language in Hades,'' declared
"FightIng Bob" Evans, of the battle
ship Iowa, when war was declared,
and in that he expressed the senti-
ments of the people. Then came
that wonderful message from Cap
tain Clark, of the battleship Oregon,
on the way around the Horn on the
most daring voyage ever attempted
by battleship: Don't hamper me
with instructsous; am not afraid of
the entire Spanish fleet Captain
Clark expressed great faith in the
Oregon when he sent that cablegram,
but subsequent events have proved
that he knew what he was talking
about.
"You can fire when you are ready,
GrIdley p said Dewey, and that was
the signal for the opening OF the bat
tie of Manila, the greatest naval en-
gagement in history and a few hours
later that old hero demonstrated how
cool he was by signalling: Twenty
minutes for breakfast Think of a
commander ordering his vessels to
withdraw and take twenty minutes
for breakfast. A few days later
when Captain Gridley lay on his
death bed, his dying words were
'sThe battle of Manila killed me; but
would do it again" Don't get
between my guns and the enemy
was Dewey's signal to the feet of
Germany when it arrived at Manila,
and not long after he said to the Ger
man admiral: 81 want to know
whether your country is at war with
mine or not; If Germany is not at
war with the United States you will
have to move" ''There must be no
more recall iron will break at last re-
piled Hobson when Sampson signalled
that he must delay his trip into the
mouth of the harbor with the collier
Merrimac.
Colonel Wood, of the Rough Rid :
ers, yelled at his men in the first
charge al Santiago: Don't swear,
boys, fight" and a moment later
Captain Catron at the head of his
charging company exclaimed when