The National tribune., 1898-04-21
A rorpedo,s Work.

Editor National Tribune: In the Spring
of 1865 belonged to the u. 5. 5. Glover, an
armed tugboat, and was acting as Quar-
termaster. Charleston was occupied by
us on Feb. IL. few days afterwards we
went to Georgetown, s. c., as tender, or
dispatch boat, to Admiral Dahlgren'S flag
ship. the Harvest Moon.
We left Georgetown early one m forming,
and while coming down the bay the Har
vest Moon struck a sunken torpedo ana
sank in few minutes. The water was
Shoal and her hurricane deck rennalhe1
above the surface.
| had lust gone to the Clovet's wheel and
saw the puff of smoke from the torpedo,
which exploded under the gangway, lust
abaft the starboard paddle-box. A man
was sweeping in the gangway at the time
and " ent, with MS broom in hand, few
feet into the air. and fell into the water.
We Immediately ran alongside the Tar
vest Moon. picking up the man from The
water as we passed. One man was killed
by a splinter, which ] think was the only
casualty They all came aboard OF us,
and stood not upon the order OF their COM
ing
One of the stewards came with pan OF
hall baked biscuits and handed them
aboard very carefully. Admiral Dah!gren
came over the side as cool as though he
was on parade.
we took them down to the mouth of the
lthe old Nipsic which was stationed there.
We afterward had considerable experience
i'm hunting out torpedOeS in Charleston
harbor 1t was very disagreeable work.
Like most of the early volunteers, saw a
good share of the circus. was in the 10Th
Me. until May 1864, when | was trans
ferred to the Navy, and served on several
ships, most OF the time in the fleet off the
Carolina Georgia and Florida coasts, and
in three years service Uncle Sam never
had any doctors bills to pay for me.
/ have been on the Pacific Coast since
1888, and like the country, Am a rancher
and making a fair living, but am ready to
20 and help thrash Spain. | prefer the
army. as do not like The big steel machine
shops they have for ships these days |
always think of what heard old Commo
dore Stockton once say, that they used
to have wooden ships and iron men, Now
il is iron ships and wooden men."-D. s..
Baker, Trafton, Wash.
Opposed to "a Monument to Gen. Pike.
A bill was introduced in the House of
REPRESENTATIVES recently by James D..
Richardson of Tennessee, to grant a site
i'm Washington for IA monument to Gen.
albert Pike and to appropriate $1,000 for
the purpose of building foundation.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, introduced d
like bill in the Senate.
The proposed legislation has aroused a
storm of protest among Western GAR.
men. Logan Command, U. V. T., Daven-
port, Iowa, has passed resolutions strongly
condemning the project. +. G. Grace is
Colonel and j. T. Torbert, Adjutant.
August Wentz Post, 1, Department of Iowa,
Davenport, has adopted like resolutions,
and instructed Commander J. 7. Risley
and Adi't ID. b, Morehouse to write Iowa
Senators and Representatives.
The opposition to the monument is based
on the fact that Gen. Pike was in the Con-
federate service, and commanded a brigade
OF Indians at Pea Ridge, Mo-, where Union
soldiers were scalped and otherwise mutt
lated by the Indians allies of the rebels
Col. Bussey, Sd Iowa Cav, afterward AS
sistant Secretary of the Interior, reported
that eight OF his men were scalped by the
SavageS.