The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-17
ODD PHASES OF COURAGE.
EHINGs THAT HAZE MADE OFFICERS
or PROrED SPIRIT FAINT.

Awakening Of n Loutish Lnndsman-
Brave Act of n Powder Boy-1Ten Who
Have Acted Promptly at the Right Mo-
ment = Many Varieties OF Bravery.
WASHINGTON, July 10.-Cournge possesses n
man completely ut one time and ut another
does not even find him. 1t may be too much to
cay that the quality called nerve Is a mood. but
there are many instances that 20 20 show how
ptYonR n man may be on one occasion and how
SS-aAnsh on another.
Aregular army cavalry of1cer. one OF the men
70 20 down with n bad wound in the frst fight
before Santiago. had proved his valor In Indian
campaigns when he was wearing his first shout
der straps. He had been a witness Of many
scenes Of violence on the frontier. and he fought
we'll and hard before Santiago. He has always
been known among officers and men who have
poldiered alongside OF him rs intrepid. few
years ago. when he was commanding his troop
down in one OF the Arizona cavalry garrisons,
one OF tho soldiers OF his outfit shot himself In
q at OF remorsc after n protracted spree. The
soldier waited until mess call for dinner. Then
he got his carbine out Of the rack, put n ball In
Il. pulled on his right boot. and, working the
trigger with his toe. sent the bullet crashing
into his head, dying almost instantly. The COM
mander OF the troop. the officer OF proved cour-
age, was on hand In a few moments BE passed
through the crowd Of troopers, and took one
look at the dead man. Then he put his hand to
his head. reeled dizzily. and. In q dead faint,
fell into the arms OF n couple OF soldiers. He
was unconscious for fully ten minutes, and IL
was the sight OF the blood that did II. There
had been no comradeship between the officer
and the dead soldier. such as often springs up
between enlisted men and officers who spend
many years together In the same outfit or post,
a. a -l-sl III l-A- 49, 90
the troop. It was a pure case Of whiting at the
sight OF blood on the part OF the officer.
although he had been used to violent scenes
since his earliest manhood, and he could afford
TO. and did acknowledge 1t freely.
Capt. Gridlcy. who died at Hong Kong,
whittier he was carried very i'll after he had
done his share OF the fighting with Dewey In
Manila Bay, had n similar experience when he
was n Commander. He was in som OF the bad
fighting jobs OF the civil war. and was a con-
spicuously brave and cool-headed man. When
he wns promoted to the rank OF Commander
his first ship had as n member Of her crew n
Jack-o'-the- dust who was a heavy drinker, but
30 valuable a man that the officers overlooked
q good many bad breaks. A Jack-o'-the-dust
Is the striker" for the paymaster and the
paymaster's yeoman. He holds the rate Of sea-
man, and is assigned as Jack-o'-the-dust to
dish out the provisions to the mess cooks and
to act as general factotum for the pay office
aboard ship. Gridley had not been in COM
mand OF the ship for a month before
the Jack-oi-the-dust went on a spree
and had to be put in the brig over
night. Gridley had been shipmate with the
man on and off for twenty years and liked him
and hated to see him in trouble. So. when the
Jack-o'-the-dust got sober enough Gridley had
him brought aft to the cabin instead of jawing
him NJ '.tbA. atiak ~ md uaya him "a O nlaynFn
man-to-man sort OF talk as a bluejacket ever
listened to. Then, instead Of furnishing him
for his spree. he turned him loose. This was
on q monthly muster morning. The remorse;
I pre ssefi h Sa ThU got Gi into SIs mH HabtIliE sa Clothes hes
End appeared on deck all right for muster.
When the men were dismissed, he went below
TO stand in one Of the Paymaster'S storerooms
until the. skipper had finished inspecting the
ship. Gridley made a very thorough inspection
OF the ship in company with the executive Of
fcer. and the, inspection was to wind up with
the offices and storeroOms in the after part OF
feet ahead Of the executive oflcer, and when he
reaches The last paymaster's Storeroom and
executive officer, utterly unconscious. The eX-
ecutiye officer called out for the surgeon. and
then looked into the storcroom to see what
Gridiey. The repentant 5}ack-oethe.dust was
eitting on a box of salt water soap. dead. with
30 painful an impression upon Gridley that he
was under the weather for some time, and yet
ne was one OF the nerVieSt men In uncle sam
An engineer cadet, who is now an assistant
engineer on one Of the cruisers in Cuban wa
bis ship one morning, about. Ave years ago:
When he returned aboard for luncheon all
faced landsman, a former farm hand from in
terrier California. who had been the butt Of bis
FnSssm as an Rn lnP boitad S Of td dfn Tawe s6d kind Rds I This
ing over the starboard rail. looking no more
stupid Or inert than he generally did, A big
e climb from the steam launch that brought CHI
Himself up E1'T on the llt axedI iron 'I sanG% way
i sTSae Of to sbd the tG ESnS SsSf bot TasTe tS was GOA
lighter and the ship. 'o Into So'G hi" space Mpe the the
clutch the ladder: fell feet foremost, with 9
The splash, but did not know what had caused
It. II was about 100 to I against, the cadets
came up his head was due 70. bump against tho
bottom OF the lighter. and 1t is a hard PROPOSE
siSd sys sad sRf ci ES1& sSi%mer Ths se ead R'S d ashSs
keep his nerve. and he would surely have been
s0n YesrslhiaTdd it n not been for. for the l9ptish lands
Hee ,dtid not even kick OF his GoSernment
feii into the space between, the lighter and the
ship at the eXact point. where the cadet had
f6is move and wondered what Il meant. They
aid not know the cadet was underneath the
tignter. In ABOUT halt O minute the m0On-faced
lAndsman came from beneath the lighter. and
he had the cadet along with him. The cadet,
che landsm1n lercsly. The landsman freed his
right arm from the Zig grasp ; Of the struggling
q the Jaw. With his big right Ast
blow put the cadet, out OF the game alto
Gether, but it saved his life. He would have
pulled his rescuer down with him had he not
been Knocked silly; and this was one Of the
without being punished for It., The landsman
and the cadet were hauled into the steam
launch by the crew. and the ships company
proceeded 70 hunt up another butt for theIr
made TO serve in that capacity any longer.
Not long after the Atlanta went into commits
sion an apprentice boy who had been dubbed
by his companions the % war equivalent
tho shade BY sudden exhibition. OF nerve. A
guns crew. including several OF the boys. and
this slow witted boy in particular. were en-
gagged IN breaking out one OF the after a
zines. Two Of the men were down In the mag
Azine and fastened cans OF powder to the hoist
hook, and the rest Of the gang were at the head
tion as 1t came up. The Atlanta wasn't fitted