Evening journal., 1901-04-03
WILMINGTON BOY A CREDIT
TWO GREAT GOVERNMENTS
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the medal given to Chadwick by his
own country, which bears the inscrip-
ton:
For heroism and gallantry under
fire Of enemy, Lsonard Chadwick ap-
prentice, first-class, u. S. S. Marble
head, cutting cables, Cienfuegos, Cuba,
May II, 1898"
In addition to this bit Of craven
bronze for his achievements under
bullet and cannon fire Chadwick was
made a gunner's mate of the third
class.
Age has not yet carried him out of
the 2Os, and good fortune has seen h. m
through many desperate shot and shell
storms without touch to teach him
how to describe the feel of wound.
During the war with Spain he served
aboard the cruiser Marblehead and
was one of the many who volunteered
to cut the cables at CienfuegOs on the
south coast of Cuba.
Drop the final IS" in the name of the
town, and b. eak ,he word in two be-
tween the N" and "f," and the Span
ish meaning of Glen" which is 100,
and "fuegO meaning confagration cf
firing Of soldiers, peculiarly describes
the scene at the entrance TO the harbor
when the May dawn Of that evsntful
morning penciled the sky and pearl
pinked tide Cuban hilltOps.
From shOreward came the bugle
notes Of the Spanish, and the lOokouts
on the Marblehead, the Nashville and
the Window, which ships had been de-
tailed TO paralyze Spanish communica-
tiOns with the outside world, reported
forms in the underbrush and long lines
Of freshly thrown up earth. Glasses
discovered soldiers and trenches, anC
everybody knew that the undertaking
was to be desperate.
Near the mouth of the harbor th,
land is low, covered with rank gras!
and shrubs, and it continues low FOL
some considerable distance back, wheI
it rises suddenly in a sharp towering
bluff, which is covered with trees. Clos
TO the water stood the cable hOusl
which the Americans desired to de
stroy.
A lighthouse and a blOckhOuse werl
the only other buildings IN sight, thi
town being hidden in the hills k
those which shut out Santiago from th
sea-
The scheme was to send out smal
boats from the ships to proceed clos
to the shore and pick up the' cable
with graphing irons, then to cut out
section Of sufficient length to proven
the possibility Of mending by reuni.
ing the severed ends.
When the dusk was pushed away b.
the breaking Of dawn the men aboar
ship saw squads of infantry swarmin
like bees around a hive. Guns hashs
back the first rays of the sun an
grcurs Of seemingly excited horseme
raced hither and thlther arranging Z
give the Americans a hot reception.
Chadwick was one of the volunteer
selected to man the Marblehead
launch. Boats were lowered and tn
implements OF war put aboard withoJ
a shade of confusion, and the little fiG
tilla. consisting of the Marblehead
launch, a similar craft from the Nasl
willie and half a dozen rowboats, shape
shoreward as unconcernedly as If II
stretch of coast of over their bows WI
as solitary as desert.
The launches were equipped vii
machine guns and squads of marine
designed TO protect the men in IL
rowboats while they fshed fer Il
cables and tow them back to the shi
in case the men were disabled III
expedition was in command of Lie
tenant c. NJ r. Winslow, of the Mas
Vile
The water was smooth as transpa
cat as glass, and the sun like polish
copper was lifting from. behind the h
rizon, when Lieutenant Winslow ga
tha command for the anchor TO
thrown and graphing TO begin. i
launches We're within 100 yards OF I
shore Not a shot had been fired
the enemy, but faces could be Sc
peering from behind places OF conce
ment. and the men aboard could I
help feeling that they were being loC
ed at through the sights Of rifles
Guns were manned on the warshi
and in breathless expectation the 81
ners waited for a flash or stain
smoke ashore to direct the aim OF
tremendous shelling from all calibel
Quickly the men in the small bo
began the dragging with search-hCC
and almost simultaneously with
snarl of the first Spanish bullet ca
was found.
Out on the morning broke an Am
can cheer, which mingled with a era
ing. smashing yolley from shore
the thunder OF the ships guns.
around the little cable cutting fleet
water was gro0ved and splashed II
living spray CLEANED opalsscent in
sun. bullets spoke like hammers on
steel boilers Of the launches. and o
sionally gave cut that dull, smosh'
sound so correctly read BY ears In tc
when a comrade is hit
over the heads OF the fearless W
ers shells from the outstanding s
fiuttered like ventilating fans 7
on the hillside were severed. the c
house on the fat blown into a be
der.ng cloud of debris to mingle
spouting earth. great sods of
wavy weed grass, bounding boul