Arizona republican., 1899-01-06
PASS THROUGH MARICOpA
Hen Who Helped Destroy CerVera'S
 Fleet.

A few days ago ninsty-four sailors of
 the United States navy went through
 Maricopa en route for the Mare island navy yard, San Francisco, where they will be assigned to duty on the differ ent vessels of the Pacific station. The men are nearly all veterans of the late war and many of them saw service on noted vessels of Uncle Sans navy. Lieutenant M G. Hannah was in charge of the crowd.
 The party remained in Fl Paso sey- eral hours between trains, and a Times reporter interviewed a number of them at the depot. There were men among them from nearly every vessel in Simpsons fleet, and their experiences would make an interesting volume.
 John J. Madden, young machinist who saw his war service on board the famous and ill-fated torpedo boat the Winslow, the vessel the gallant young ensign, Worth Bagley, lost his life in Cardenas harbor, the first officer to fall during the war. MT. Madden was one of her crew at that time No doubt he could tell an interesting story if he would, but he is very modest and posi- lively refused to be interviewed. He said: 'You see I was down below in the engine room all the time and didn't see a thing of the fight" Had it not been for the name of the vessel on his hat no one would have suspected his past experience, and his very name was secured by the reporter from a c1mrada.
 William Johnson was gunner on the magnificent battleship Indiana and fought in the thick of the fight with Cervera's fleet and in the lombard ments at Santiago. He has a record of twelve years service in the navy and was on the famous Kearsarge when she ran on a rock in the Carribean sea. . His account of this experience is most Interesting. The vessel was en route for Bluefelds and struck a reef.
 The navigator was drunk and was wholly to blame for the disaster. The island where they were obliged to menisland where they were obliged to stay for an entire week while an officer and eight men proceeded in a boat to Providence and thence to Colon to charter a steamer to take them back to New York.
 There was another William Johnson in the party but he was c3lOred man and came from the Indiana's sister ship the Massachus cts, where he carried the powder to the gunnerS during the fight at Santiago. He had seen nine months service, having enlisted at the outbreak of the war. There were five colored sailors in the party and they seemed to get along very well with their white comrades.
 Charles Ba9tian. Edward Colbert, An dreW Charleston and J. F. Barrick serv- ed 6n the famous New Orleans that was built in England for the Brazilian gov ernment and purchased by Uncle Sam just before the outbreak of the war. l This was the only vessel of the navy provided with smokeless powder and | did splendid service throughout the | war.
 Edward Kettner is a young sailor | who helped hurl dynamite and guncot- | ton on the beleagured Spaniards from | the famous dynamite cruiser Vasuvius. | This vessel would slip in by night and . pour its deadly bombs into the city. ! Just before the battle with Cervera's . fleet Kettner was transferred to the i torpedo boat Dupont and took his share . in that fight. He gives a vivid descrip- | tion of the terrible destruction wrought | by our guns on the Spanish fleet and [ the sight of the sinking and burning |