Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-15
DISTINGUISHED SERVICES.
Captain Chadwick an Officer of
Great Note.

DUIHS- Oprt htIVllS VA totAtHaSV
What He SAYS About That Extraor-
binary Immunity from Injury.
Captain f e. Chadwick, comman-
der of the cruiser..New York, Rear Adj
miral SIMPSONS flagship, during the
Spanish American war, was born in
Morgantown, West Virginia, Febru-
airy %, 1874. His forbears on his
fathers side came to the state through
New Jersey and Pennsylvania; on MS
mothers side he is descendant or
Col. John Evans, who was county lieu
tenant under the colonial governors
and who migrated from Fairfax coan-
ty, Virginia, to Monongalia county,
in 1769. He is related on his moth
er's side to the Strothers, Slaughters,
Taylors, General Zachary, Pendle-
ton, and otherwell known families
of that state. He received a
classical education at the Mon0n-
gala Academy in 1861 being APP
pointed by William G.. Brown, M.
c., politician and lawyer of much
prominence. He was made one of an
advance class Of thirty chosen out Of a
large number of over two hundred
and sixty who entered that year, and
was graduated in November, 1864.
After some service on our own coast
in the Susquehanna flagship Of Adj
miral Gordon, in squadron to look
up the confederate ram StoneWdll
found in Havana, and whose delivery
was demanded9 he went in the same
ship to the Brazil station where he
served Two years: in the meantime be-
ing transferred to the Juniata, in
which he returned home in 1867.
After service in the Sabine, Tnsearora
lin the South Pacific Station), in the
Guerrero european station), naval
academy as an instructor in mathe-
imatics, in the Powhatan Ton the North
Atlantic station1, and on light home
duty, he was sent abroad to collect in
formation regarding light house, saw
ing and other kindred administrations.
He was shortly appointed naval at
tache to our London embassy with
orders TO go elsewhere when necessary
and remained on this duty nearly
seven years. Secretary Tracy, in his
report of 1889, said: "The depart
ment took steps to supply its want of
experience by the systematic acqulsi-
tion of information as to naval
progress from abroad and it is
proper to refer especially to the untir-
ing and successful efforts of Comman-
der f. E. Chadwick, the first naval
attache sent out. whose extraordinary
ability and Judgement during sixyears
of difficult service in England and on
the continent have had a lasting in
fiuence upon naval development in
this country"
On leaving London he took COM
mand of the Yorktown, serving in the
Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico as
one of the "White Squadron" under
Admiral Walker. When detached
from this command he spent some
time as member of the board on or
ganization of Labor at the navy yard,
was appointed chief intelligence officer
in 1892, and on July 2, 1893, succeed
ed Commodore (now Admiral Dewey
as chief of the bureau of equipment.
He left this duty in September, 1897,
and after serving as member on
board to report upon the number and
character of docks needed, was order
ed in November to the command of
the New York When Admiral Samp-
son was assigned the command of the
North Atlantic station, Captain Chad
wick was appointed chief of staff in
addition to his duties as commanding
officer, and has SO served to this date.
Captain Chadwick has given to the
writer the following interesting par
ticulars of his splendid vessel during
the war, together with SOME side incl
dents, hitherto unpublished, OF the
naval operations off the Cuban coast:
The New York was in all the more
important actions in the Caribbean
On the 3rd of July. having started to
enable the Admiral to arrange some
concerted action with General Shafter,
she was, when the Spanish ships came
out, four miles on her way to Siboney,
which was six miles east of the flag
ships usual position. She was thus
only able to get within gunshot of the
torpedo boats before the most OF the
Spanish ships were driven ashore and
then Joined in the chase of the Colon.
She was going good four knots fast
er than the Colon when she turned in
and hauled down her colors, SO that
with such speed there was no chance
for her to escape. The New York
pushed the Colon into shoal water be-
fore she sank, so that She might not
sink In water SO deep as to render any