The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-16
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Yankee.
A brawny set Of Yankee lads man
the two boats. The Alvarado's crew
served on the United States cruiser
Texas when Cervera's fleet was de-
stroyed at Santiago. The crew OF the
Sandoval served on the Marblehead,
the Vulcan and the Inflated Maine.
The second officer on the Sandoval Is
Ensign Harvard, and the second officer
on the Alvarado Is Cadet Hand. The
chief machinist an the Sandoval is A.
p. Lombard, OF Maine, the first assist
ant is D.J. Menahan OF Bosten, and the
second Chapman Shenandoah, who is
a full blooded Oneida Indian, from New
York, and VIII is said to be the only
tall blooded Indian in the United States
nav He is a fine looking and verv
Intelligent man, and a thorough Amer
lean.
Among the crew OF the Sandoval Is
Harry Tackle, a New York boy who
was on the Maine when she was blown
up in the harbor OF Havan on thai
! fateful night OF February 18th last.
He was badly burned and his right ear
was split open. A white seam clear
across his ear will follow him to his
grave He is happy as any tar, how
ever, and quietly smoked a cigarette
when he told a Messenger reporter OF
his experience yesterday. After the
Maine incident he served on the Mar
b1ehead.
Among the crew Of the Sandoval is
Frank Williams, a seaman, who served
on the Marblehead and who was with
Lieutenant Anderson when he was out
with the Marblehead's boats graphing
for the cables at C~ienfuegos. He came
very nearly falling q victim to a Maui
ser bullet in that heroic action, and he
carries one of the most curious souve-
- 49,
Mauser bullet struck the shell of a car
fridge in his belt and pierced it
through, but lodged and formed al
most a cross of the two.
Chief Machinist Lombard was on the
historic old ship Kearsarge when she
was at Southport in 1893, and was with
her when h was wrecked on ROnca-
dor Reef. in the West Indies, February
2, 1894. He served On the Marblehead
when the liable were cut at Cienfue-
gos.
TWO HEROES OF THE WAR.
III two 1ieutenants who command
the Sandoval and Alvarado are heroes
of our var with Spain, and both are
sons of North Carolina. Their names
have rung in the ears of the nation,
and their fame is Americas heritage.
Lieutenant Blue was the son of Col
onel J.. G. Blue, and vas born in Rich
IN SoNiSJ As oS AO"A AN Wv ~
Laurinburg. His father was a lawyer
and moved to Marion, S. c., from which
place Congressman George w. Dargan
appointed him a cadet in the United
States naval academy at Annapolis, in
1883. He graduated in 1887. While
Cervera's fleet was bottled up in San
tiago harbor this daring young officer
rode seventy miles on a mule around
Santiago, r~econnoitred the Spanish po-
sition, often penetrating their lines and
was the first to report for a certainty
that all of Cervera's fleet vas in the
harbor at Santiago. He is as modest
as he is brave and daring, and North
Carolina is proud Of i'm.
Lieutenant Anderson is a Whining
ton boy and this city and the state Of
North Carolina has a heritage in the
gallant and distinguished part he bore
in the war with Spain. He was
born on Masonboro sound, near Will
mington, and was the son OF
the late DR.. E.. A. Anderson, Of this
city. His sister, Mrs. T. H. McKoy,
now resides at the family home on
Front and Orange streets, in this city,
and Lieutenant Anderson is there dur
ing his visit to our city. The Hon. A.
M. Waddell, present mayor Of Whining
ton, while in gres appointed Lieu
tenant Anderson to a cadetship in the
Naval Academy in 1878, and in 1882 he
graduated and entered the navy. He
has served on about twenty vessels OF
the old and new navy, including the
Dale, the Mayflower, the Constellation,
the Kearsarge, the Quinnebaug, the
Pensacola, the Passaic, the Nantucket,
the EndeavOr, the Alert, the Albatross,
the Columbia, the Michigan, the Vul-
car the Marblehead and the Sandoval.
Since he has been in the a he has
been around the world. While on the
! 1o~ 1~I L~-~ - r.
c1flc station, n was with Professor
Agassiz when he explored the Gala
pages Islands. While on the K~earsarge
n Quinnebaug he made two trips to
Europe, Asia and Africa. On the voy-
age Of the Quinnebaug he visited Syria,
Jerusalem, Damascus, Joppa, Ba1bec,
BeyrOut, Smyrna, Constantinople, Ma
cena, Tarsus, Alexandria, Cairo, up the
Nile, Port Said, took a voyage around
the north coast of Africa, visited Al
giers, Tripoli, and cruised along the
west coast of Africa, visited the black
republic Of Sierra Leone, Cape Palmas,
MOnrovia, Gaboon River, and took a
trip up the Congo.
AS everybody expected, Lieutenant
Anderson made himself one Of the he
roes Of the war with Spain. At Glen
fuegos he commanded the boats of the
M~arblehead, which cut the cables. The
readers Of the war dispatches will re-
member hat thrilling episode of the
war. With $500 S%paniards ashore,
pouring a hail Of Mauser bullets into
h Americans, Lieutenant Anderson
succeeded in cutting the cables. He lost
half his boats crew in killed and
wounded. He was spared to return to
Wilmington to receive the homage Of
his own people for the heroic and gal
liant services he rendered to our coun-
try. In cutting the cables at
Cienfuegos in the face of a well
protected enemy, no more daring or
gallant deed was done during the entire
war and America will give him the
reception he justly deserves. On ac-
count OF his heroism he was advanced
five points in the navy.
AT THE THEATRE.
The celebration at the opera house
was grand and enthusia site, and was
carried out in Wilmington's usual SUI
perb style. About a thousand people
were present and gave the two naval
heroes a perfect thunderous\ ovation.
The parquet and balcony of the play
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