The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-05-07
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| public parks. Our wish is that as its
| mouth shall never speak thunder upon
| the field of battle again, so may the
| mouths of those be hushed who would
| malign the motives of the men who
| captured it. \ mute monument it shall
be to their bravery, more eloquent than
words. more substantial than fiattery.
| Though silent. yet shall it speak to the
| youth of our State. encouraging them
to noble deeds. inspiring in them the
| desires to follow in the footsteps of
| those heroes of ours who have stricken
| the shackles from two tyrannized races
redeemed from monarchsm and
| mediaevaliSm the last foot of American
soil. captured the last strongholds of
Spanish despotism, demonstrated to the
world that republicanism means some
thing more than selfshness. and blazon-
ed once more upon the pages of history
the eternal truth that the right must
always vanquish error and that.
Liberty must reign wherever the sun
Doth his successive journeys run
Long may triumph's banners wave
Ger the Raleigh. May she never know
defeat while she fights for the right.
and may she ever be the first in victory"
THE RALEIGHITES LEAVE.
| This afternoon at . o'clock came the
| time for Mayor Powell and the Raleigh
delegation to depart They regretfuly
took leave of their many friends here,
and especially loath were they to shy
good-by to the exceedingly clever ard
hospitable officers of the Raleigh.
Il
that they shared our regret at parting.
Neither | nor my men, said Captain
Coghlan with the most cordial of hand
grasps, will ever forget your goodness
or your kind words God bless The poo
pie of North Carolina
a most remarkable man is this
Captain Coghlan, whose hearty man
ner. good humor and rich Jokes some
how win for him at once a place il
ones heart
THE REAL CAPT. COGHLAN.
Captain Coghlan is one of those men
so full of human impulse as to be very
difficult to portray on paper. He is
native of Kentucky, but at an early
age his family moved to Illinois. and
it was from that State that he re-
ceived his appointment to the Naval
Academy. He was recognized as one
of the best men in his class.
Coghlan left the Naval Academy
in 1868. In May of that year he was
made an ensign and attached to the
steam sloop Sacramento. Two years
later he was elevated to the rank of
master, now unused, and assigned to
the old Brooklyn, the flag ship. of
the South Atlantic squadron. In No
vember. 1866, he was commissioned
lieutenant: in March. 1868, leuten-
ant-commander and became a full
commander in February. 1882. Go
ing back he was executive officer Of
the Pawnee in 1867. and of the steam
frigate Guerrero in 1865. In The
year following he went to the sailing
sloop Portsmouth, from which he was
later transferred to the Richmond
on the European station.
He commanded the Saugus for one
year and the Colorado for anotkcr
cruise. For two years he was in
command of the Monongahela on the
Asiatic station. When he was made
full commander he was first assigned
to the Adams. on which he remained
from 1883 to 1886. The next two years
found him in command of the Pacific
Navy Yard at Mare Island. Califor-
mia. Then, after two years on the
Mohican, he was made inspector OF
ordnance at League Island, Philadel-
phia. In 1896 he was made a captain
and placed in command of the Raj
eigh.
Captain Coghlan was tried by
mi .,,l a4 TcIo,
for having criticised the conduct Of
the Navy Department in letter tc
the Vallejo (Cal) Chronicle. He
pleaded mot guilty" and was ac~
Quilted. He was recommended for
a promotion of six points in the list
of captains for his gallant work un
der Dewey at Manila.
IDOLIZED BY HIS COMRADES.
That is his record in the navy, told
in the naval registerrbrief and sta
tistical. 1t gives nttle idea of the
mans real characteristics. In stature
he is quite short, hardly over feet
5. His hair and rather heavy mus
tache are white. His eyes, quick anc
sparkling, are covered with large
spectacles. He is a bundle of energy
sometimes remaining TWO nights ant
three days without sleep, especially
when his ship is under stress of heavy
weather at sea. In bringing the Raj
eigh from the Azores to Bermuda he
did not sleep for seventy-two hours
man of splendid physical endur-
ance, he is also rigid disciplinarian
There is a great element of kindness
in his makeup, however, and his buff
straightforward manner lily conceais
a sympathetic heart. He is universally
loved and supported by those who
have served with him or under him.
MADE FRIEND OF AN ENEMY.
One instance of Captain Coghlan's
largeness of heart, an incident which
by the way. Capt. Coghlan never re-
lates himself, will serve to illustrate
the type of man he is. On the day
after the battle of Manila, with blood
and conquest still uppermost in his
thoughts, he was sent by Admira'
Dewey to Corregidor Island to force
it's surrender. Upon demanding the
capitulation, he learned that the wife