Arizona republican., 1899-05-16
CAPTAIN CLARk'S STORY.
The Cruise of the Oregon Durlno
 inc War.

'Yss, the Oregon is wonderful boat, said Captain Charles F. Clark
 thoughtfully, as he looked out of the
 palace car window of the flying Mon
 tfe9I train, at the conclusion of talk with 3 G.cbe reporter on the trip Of the Iamous batclesEip from San Fran CISCO around Cape Horn to Santiago.
 The Globe reporter rode with Can tain Clark from Lowell JC Boston. and during that ride the captain once more
 went over his famous trip. from the
 eHects Of which he has not vet fullv
 recovered. He looks hale and hearty
 ana is as cheerful as a school ooy in
 vacation time. His skin is Dronzed. and his eyes shOne with animation as he looked at the swiftly passing. tender green landscape and went over some of me events that have made him famous.
 The captain is a man of medium height, sclidly built, with broad shouI- oers and a stocky neck, on which rests a well rounded head. He has an i'm mense chest, and he looks like Il phys lcally powerful. man-a sailor every inch of him-not excepting that pro- verbal good nature which is the sail Or's 9rerogative.
 When asked how he enjoyed luis trip to Vermont, both he and his wifs said thsy had a delightful time. The ca D. tain's eyes twinkled as he remarked that Dewey had one more monument planted-'and he deserves it''
 Captain Clark is, like all the naval officers, great admirer of Dewey.
 When asked about his cealth the captain said:
 q am getting along we'll My nerves are still troubling me, but my greatest trouble is s-eep. 1 cannot yet sleep very much.'
 "Yes," he continued, in respcnse to another question. ''I suppose it comes largely from the intense strain of that run from San Francisco, and then the watching day and night in front of SantiagO-y0u know we ware one Of the vessels that played the searchligh. each night Cn the entrance to the nar- bor.
 Then Of course there was the re- sponsfDility all through the voyage. don't suppose I averaged TWO haurs' sleep during the voyage. There was so much of uncertainty abOu- everything When we left San Francisco war Was expected, Of course, but had not been declared. We strained every nerve uil- til we got to the straits ;sf Magellan Then ws had to be pretty careful felt that if war had net been declared already it might be at any moment.
 T had to keep a constant loohDu1 for i the TemerariO. I had photographs of | her which I had received from the .ie- | partment before I left San Francisco. | You see the channel through tue straits | of Magellan is somewhat rar-Dw and | tortuous, and I was little afraid that | the Temerario might make ldsn at l Us from behind scme of the !Ioadlanis ln the vicinity at any mCmen-. Our | rapid fire guns were manned and ready | during that passage. Here We met tlle Marietta, which had anchored u ride out storm.
 We scCppeF four Gays a. Sandy Point and Overhauled our engines, then we put for Rio, and here WIZ found the TeEerario. I took ,he Oregon up as far as I cculd into lhe harbor and 1 ordered the Marietta D guard the har- OCT mouth. The NiCunerGy, which our government had pur:AaseI, was also in this harbor gebting reaIy.
 Here I learned :lat war had Seeu declared between Span and he United States. Of course, we had expected t, but I could not af1rd to take any chances, so I sent word to the captain ]f the Temerario that if he ca1ne with n a mile of the Oregon [ 5uid oren irs on him without further notice. The Brazilians were very i'iLi u lIs. and hey guaranteed to look after the lem srario Of course that was very Lice, out 1 was never cert'ul that the cap ain of the Tamerari0 might not forget law and etiquette and nave a try at us with one OC her tor 3edoes. You can't quite trust them, -ou know" said Captain Clark, with a significant twinkle in iris eyes, and | wasn't taking any chances
 'The strain must have bsen som9- hing terrible on yourself and the crew