The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-03

to be courteous. and everybody was man.
HestIy contented to much greater degree
than appeared to be the case on some Of
the ships after months in the tropics. The
spirit OF one man pervaded the ship, which
in unconscious recognition of this was az
often called, and by her own men "a
Wen as others, the McCalla as the Mar
blehead. 1t was just a bit curious at first
TO near men who were supposed to be Sc
cretly chatting under the requirements OF
a sharp disciplnarlan requesting frienda
ana chance acquaintance to spread the
custom of calling their ship after their
commander and to give his name to Guam
tanamo bay
An unpublished incident of the CAMPAIGN
In that bay throws up into strong light the
aggressive nature of the Marblehead's
commander and his quick detection of so-
hent facts and his equal readiness to re-
prove or commend, show, perhaps, one Of
the secrets both of the efficiency of che
snip and the popularity Of the man OH
fectlng her. 1t was one morning after
the warships, golfers, transports and sun
ply ships lying in the harbor during the
night, had found themselves under the
Mauser rife fire of Spanish gueril]as who
mad come down the western shore Of thA
bay from Caimanera, in the darkness and
from points of the land comparativelv
near to the ships had sent shower oe
X. Gr-QN
ping-g! ping-g! ping-g! ping-g! across the
decks. Similar performances had marked
more than one night, and the Americans
We're tired of them, so 1t was determined
to rake the woods and bush of that shore
on that June morning pretty thorouehlv
Most OF the small fire had come from a
peninsula with a broad end iuttinr out
from the main western shore. called HE
cal Point, and from a point lust 10 the
north of the peninsula, from which n &c
separated by the main channel of the ,har-
Dor leading up to Caimanera. The ST. Ionis
TOOK position at the southerly end of the
peninsula to rake it northward. The Su-
vance ran up into the shallow water east
ward OF the upper point to attend To the
nuisances there. The Marblehead FROM
her station we'll down the harbor steamed
slowly up to gain a favorable position
whence her fire should cross that Of The
st. Louis (only the st. Louis couldn't shoot
that morning, and sent most of her Shots
away over into the channel beyond, and
once imperilled the Suwanee).
What is the range navigator?' Com
nahoer McCalia asked as the chip neared
the position he intended her to take
Let them have one from The forp,ard
Fire" 49,
80, you'll have to do better than that
for us, navigator. Increase your range 10
the gunner l2S yards and let go again.
The shell struck the sands just outside
the line of the trees The chip until then
had not quite come to a stop.
What now do you make the range
navigator"
'Twenty-one hundred yards"
Make the range 200 yards and make
those woods hot"
Other guns of the ship began to speak.
the st. Louis was sending her wild shots
over into the channSL The transport
Panther was barking down near the st.
Louis. The Suwanee was roaring with her
5-inch broadsides, as II seemed, so quickly
she was firing.
Signal the st. Louis her shots are going
over. Who fred that last gun aft? Amend
your range and fire into the brush there.
Twenty-Five hundred yards and a little TO
tire northward."
The Marblsbead was using her port guns,