The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-10-05
Each Stood to His Station and
Did His Duty the Best
He Knew How.
PROUD OF THEIR SHIP
Their Trip Home Was 6re&Iy n
joysd and wAereyer English SaSl-
Ors Were Met rhey Were Treated
Like Brothers.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
The men on board the Olympia are I
ine lot and they seem to be imbue'
with much the same modesty tina
eharaeterizes their admiral They ex.
press their wonder over and over agaiI
a. the warmth Of the greeting which
awaited them on their arrival. and it f
safe TO say that they have not ye
reached a full realization Of what i!
planned for them when they come
ashore.
Visitors were admitted freely yester'
day morning. and the Jaekies were
kept busy explaining and answering
questions. In the afternoon the order
to admit only persons having business
on board served to reduce the number
OF visitors somewhat, but there was nc
time Of the day in which the crew
could call the ship entirely their own,
They were courteous 10 all who came
and the same questions were answered
in the same manner many times. Tha
men ought TO be well equipped as
teachers after their experience in this
port Most OF the points have to be ex-
planned over and over again to the Wis
itors, and the patience exhibited by the
Jackies and the officers borders on the
heroic.
Its hard for US to realize what all
this fuss is being made about" said
Corporal Stevens yesterday. The
men enjoy it, Of course, and they're
glad to know that the people feel that
way; but it seems as IL they are doirg
too much. The story Of the battle and
all our experiences since have been told
so often that there's nothing now to
say.
After the uprising Of the Filipinos
things were interesting for us for
awhile. We had to be on the alert
constantly, and the watch was rigor-
Gus. One night-about February Is,
thlnk-I was standing guard. Right
there, just under the searchlight. saw
a boat and hailed it. At the same
time the light was flashed and we saw
three men in a boat. They Immediate
ly began to back away. The admiral,
hearing the hail, had come on deck,
and the order to fire was given. Six
teen shots from a Springfield We're
sent, and only three missed
the boat. One Of the Filipinos
was killed, and one jumped over
board and the third was brought on
board wounded. He was operated on
and sent ashore. When brought to the
ship he said the men had been fishing,
but there was nothing to indicate that,
and they were evidently bent on mis-
chief to the Olympia.
Our trip back home was most pleas
ant. Wherever we met English sail
ors we were treated like brothers, and
at Hong Kong and Colombo they could
not do too much for US. Still, is is
mighty good to be here, and the men
viii enjoy stretching their legs on
good American soil"
Everywhere on board the ship one
found evidences of the pride the sail.
ors take in her. In the engine room
an oiler was at work, but he stopped
long enough to say: Amt she Just
the finest that ever was. Now. what
dc you think Of an engine like thlsi
See here-that lever. In two seconds
with that you can reverse her. Thinl
Of 1.-two seconds! Hot in here? Why
its only eighty-hve. Seems to me tha
is tolerable cool. When the hatche.
were down during the fight thati
when twas hot. But we didn't mint
It then, either Why, we had plenty
to eat, sliced peaches and fruit, ant
we enjoyed ourselves