The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-22

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which is the explorers only pay.
IN The Monitor and the Navy Under Steam. :
Lieut.. Frank VI. Bennett Of the United States
Navy has written a history Of the origin. career
and influence Of the United States Ironclad
steamer Monitor. and a brief summary Of the
changes In all branches OF human industry,
and particularly In naval methods that have
teen brought about by the steam engine dur
ing the course Of the nineteenth century. A.
be says in his preface: In the gradual trans
formation Of ships OF war from the wooden
sailing ship 10 the steel armored steam battle
chip. the Monitor occupies q midway station.
More than half n century of steady progress
in the application Of steam power 20
the mechanic arts was necessary 10 make
Ter possible. and her success In meeting the
conditions for which she was built served to
fix a Standard for future war vessels. TO sound
~" death knell Of the wooden ship OF sails. and
80 herald n all navies the age OF iron and steam.
l. Is fitting. therefore, that the history OF the
Monitor should include accounts Of the causes
that produced her and the effects that followed
after, without these the story would be but
half told. though her brief war career was such
as TO make her one OF the most famous ships
the navy Of the United States has ever contained,
and might nttiugly become the subject OF q
volume much larger than this. The Monitor
has lain these many years at the bottom Of the
ocean. and tho busy brain that created her has
long since ceslSed it, labors. but the features
peculiar to her have been perpetusted and am
pliled In all navies. and the greatest battle
ships Of the world are impressive monuments
in memory Of the great inventor Lieut..
Benefits volume is Illustrated and II carries
fba ataH- ~ skA Ra.- g. ~ I.N. - A. ar4.oN
in New York harbor Of the victorious feet from
Guantanamo Bay.
Lieut., Col. Carter. Assistant Adjutant-Gen-
eral. U. s. A.. has increased the number
Of regtmenta histories OF our army by his
reoent book. From Yorktown TO Santiago
with the Sixth Cavalry The Friedenwald
Company, Baltimore.) There are many more
Of such histories than the public knows, and
they are vastly more interesting than the average
American Is likely TO believe. Col. Carter's
book Is n worthy addition to the list. The
title indicates the first and at the time the last
battle Of the Sixth Cavalry: since the book
written. the Sixth has gone TO China. and
from shat country will go TO the Philippines,
so that there will be ample material soon 10
begin the continuation OF Col. Carriers regi-
Inc uial history.
The sixth Cavalry was organized at the
breaking out Of the Rebellion In May. 1891: az
first il was the Third Cavalry. but an order |
issued Aug 10. 1891, consolidated the mounted
regiments Of the army into one corps; the First
became the First Cavalry. the Second
Dragons the Second, the Mounted Rihemen
The Third, and the new cavalry regiments
became the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth. How
many persons knew that we ever had drs goons
rr tur ortpNo On March IN tQa0 tho y .1i,napt |
1ook tine field. and on May / went into its first
Yorktown: ffty-nine other engage
meuts. ranging from skirmishes TO battles.
complete the list Of its Civil War fights; It's work
willie resting" was incessant. At the end Of
war 1t was sent to Texas and continued In the
N"s; until 1894. when one squadron went TO Fort
M}or, near Washington. and the other there
were only two squadrons them 10 Fort Teaven-
worth, Says Col. Carter: These squadrons,
for The first time In their history, found them
.e.ve, provided with a fine riding hall each
for winter instruction During is service
on what was at first the frontier, and after
was simply the West" the Sixth Cav
Afr, IN delachments almost wholly, took
Inr' in siNty-one Indian fights. the last being
IN N" Messiah troubles in isso-el. In the
spanish war eight troops were dismounted
and fought al Santiago and did their duty,
their band saluted the flag when II was
run up on the palace In Santiago: and We think
was this same band that from the trenches
Santiago introduced 70 the Cubans
classic air. "1here1l Be a Hot Time In
he Old Town Tonight"
The sixth has numbered among its officers
many soldiers famous In the little known his
~ our army. The first enlisted man to
'eoom" Bricadier-General In the Regular