The age-herald., 1898-06-12
AMERICAN FLAG
 FLOATS OVER CUBA Eight Hundred Marines Raised Old Glory at Guantanamo. BURNED DOWN THE TOWN All Is Ready for the Landing of United
 States Regulars. LIEUT.. HOBSoN'S GLORIOUS FEAT Was the Subject for an Official Bull
 Ietin at Navy Department. HIS ADVANCEMENT ONE FULL GRADE Secretary Long Promised to Reward Him as Cushing Was Rewarded, and Will
 Redeem His Pledge-Wili Be
 Full Constructor.
Was the Subject for an Official Bull
 Ietin at Navy Department.
HIS ADVANCEMENT ONE FULL GRADE

Washington, June 1.-The navy depart ment was in communication today with Ad- miral Sampson off Santiago by cable with the result that it is now known officially that the American flag. floats over Cuba. That it was raised by United States ma rines at the mouth of Guantanamo bay and that it has been maintained there since last Tuesday. The marines who have thus glorified themselves were 800 in num- Der. They were obliged to fight for their lives and in the course of that fight to burn down the town chosen as the site for debarkation. All is ready at Guan- tanamo now for the landing of the United States regular troops as soon as they ar rive there, the marines holding the ground that they won and are being protected by the guns of the Marblehead under Cap tain McCalla. Regarding the fleet of transports no state ment is obtainable at the war department and it is believed the situation is as it stood yesterday with respect to the start ing of the expedition.
 Hobson's Glorious Deed
 A subject for an official bulletin today at the navy department was Hobson's glo- rious feat in bottling up the Spanish squad- ron with the hull of the Merrimac. With the frankness and candor peculiar to the man, Admiral Sampson withheld no credit from Hobson for either the execution or projection of a well worked out scheme to which the constructor was entitled and he has cleared away at once the small cloud of dissatisfaction that had shown itself among a few of the line officers be- cause of the selection of a stan officer in Af I4l,e fa f1IInf hn dn0 perate enterprise.
 Reference was made in Sampsons state ment to the inspiring letter of Secretary Long as basis for the request for Hob- sons promotion. With the consent of Sec retary Long, the particular passage in the letter to which Admiral Sampson referred is now made public. It reads:
 Each man engaged in the work of the inshore squadron should have in him the stuff out of which to make possible Cush- ing; and if the man wins, the recognition given him shall be as great as that given Cushing, so far as the department can bring this about.
 JOHN D. LONG. Secretary"
 Will Redeem the Promise
 Hobson has won and if he escapes from his present thralldom the navy department will redeem it's promise. A consultation of the records of the navy department shows that the recognition accorded Cush- ing was his advancement one full grade, that Is, from the rank of lieutenant which he held when he took his little boat up to the Albemarle, to the rank of lieuten- ant-commander. In addition he was given a vote of thanks by congress. If Hobson is rewarded in the same measure he will, if kept in his corps, be raised to the rank of lieutenant commander at least and made a full constructor instead of assistant con- structor which he is now.