Daily camera., 1899-02-06
RUINED. BY WORSHIP.
Rise and Fall of a Young Hero Of
the War with Spain.
For . Time the Adored Idol Of Senti-
mental Women, But Now .
FORGOTTEN OAtcaSt of the
Naval Service.

A story of hero undonc by excessive
adulation is this unhappy tale Of the rise
and fall of Frank A. Kinne. But brief
while ago the petand idol of sentimental
women, the enemy of his fellows, to-day
Kline finds himself forgotten and an
outcast from the service in which he
was so recently shining star. The be-
ginning of Kinne's skyLocket career, as
told by Lieut.. Col. Huntington, of the
marine corps, dates back to the break
ing out of the war. Kinne was then
private in the First battalion of the
marine corps, stationed at the Brook
lyn navy, yard.
Lieut. Col. Huntington, commanding
the battalion, was ordered with his men
to Cuba The battalion landed at Guam
tanamo from the transport Panther,
and took part in the several engage
ments with the Span ards at Camp Nc
Cafa, the first land fighting of the war.
The marines who faced the Spanish
bushwhackers were brave fellows all,
but none eXcelled in yalor and fearless
ness Private Kline. His bravery was so
marked that it attracted the attention
of Lieut., Col. Huntington and Kinne was
speedily advanced to the rank OF SER
geant He was transferred to the
Spanish fuently, he was detailed to i'm
portant duties by Admiral Sampson,
and acquitted himself in a creditable
manner on each OCCASION For his
bravery and general excellence in his
duties Kippe was promoted to the grade
of lieutenant.
When Admiral Cervera and his Off
GERS were sent north on the St. Paul.
Lieut.. Kline was assigned to special
duty on that ship. because of his knowl-
edge Of the Spanish language. When
the St. Paul reached Portsmouth, n. H.,
with the Spanish prisoners. Lieut..
Kline had become great favorite with
Admiral Cervera and his officers.
The handsome young lieutenant be-
came a sort of popular idol with the
young people of Portsmouth. He was
dined and feted by the girls until the
excessive praise bestowed upon hlm, il
appears, quite turned bis head. That
was the beginning of the decline of the
star of Lieut.. Kinne.
One day the manager of theater at
Portsmouth, at which was running
melodrama of which heroic Americans,
unhappy Cuban beauties and Missing
Spanish villains werf The stellar fea-
lures. wishing to add a little realism TO
the show, requested Lieut. kinne to
take part in the play with squad Of
marines from the navy yard. Lieut..
Kinne, it seems, was by that time ripe
for anything in the public posing line,
and he readily consented to appear in
the Cuban melodrama. He asked per-
mission of Lieut.. Commander Meade
to appear on the stage with
squad of marines. but mis- request was
promptly refused. Then. it is asserted,
the young lieutenant openly defied his
superior officer by taking number of
marines to the theater and appearing
in the play.
1t was a great night for Lieut. Kinne;
the girls simply went wild over him.
But the next day there was trouble,
and plenty of it, too. For the one night
of foolish posing Lieut.. Kinne, brave
and dashing, sacrificed his whole fu-
ture in the navy: He was ordered to
be court-martialed, and, rather than
be degraded, he resigned from the serv-
ice. After that Lieut.. Kline, hero of
Guantanamo, dropped out of sight.
Several days ago handsome young
fellow appeared at the Brooklyn ravy
yard and applied for enlistment in the
marine corps as private. The appli-
cant was Kline, but a Kinne greatly
humbled. In fling his application he
gave an address on the BoWery. Lieut..
Col. Huntington received the fallen
idol of Portsmouth coldly but forward
ed his application to Washington. The
navy department denied Kinne read
mission to the service.-N. Y. Times.