The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26

but who lately have eeemed more friendly,
with charity for all and malice toward
none.' I recognize that association with
those glowing tales did me no harm then
dropped upon fruitful soil. will always yield
good return in accentuated patriotic pride.
Laying aside feelings which are natural
In one whose first thought is for the profee-
sion and service with which he Ii identified,
but which may seem overstrained to those
who can regard tho matter from calmer
distance, let US see what other naviee do.
Take Great Britain as being always fret In
matters Of the sea. Among her bsttleships
and cruisers are found a number OF names
kept to the fore. Prominent among them
may be cited the Nelson. Hawke, Benbow.
Anson. Camperdown. Rodney, Howe. Col
lingwood. Any officer. young or old. upon
joining. for instance, the Coilingwood.
and recall his exclamation when so lucky
e. to be the first to engage the enemy at
Trafalgar, sWhat would not Nelson give
TO be In our place!' at almost the same
moment that Nelson was e1claiming on the
beauty Of his subordinate's grand attack.
When the time should come, would not each
vow that the name should remain honored?
That list Of battleships also includes the
Nile and Trafalgar, while q number bear
the names Of ships captured. Among their
ant TO sec that there is a Goliath, successor
to Nelson's leading ship In that action.
whose Captain. Foley, without orders, took
the bold initiative Of leading the column
inshore OF the French fleet. helplessly an
ohored, thus doubling upon them min, IL position
bly, have been achieved In any event. but
by that master-stroke was made far more
cr,ishingly complete than II the first sim
pie plan cf b tile had been followed.
The English appear to revive In this way
manded epoch-making fleets. while in the
French service the desire to perpetuate
an honorable names IL remark ably illus
trsted In the long list Of warehips bearing
them, Among the battieships Arc the
Courbet, while the cruisers include scores
OF names OF which any service could be
proud Admiral Courbet had the distinc-
ton Of conducting In China, In 1894, opera
lions Of greater magnitude than any that
and have been exceeded since only by
those OF Admiral Sampson.
In our short history. we Arc not 20 rich
a. older countries In history producing
events; yet. rejecting upon the enthusiasm
Of fV The ME- N fraiai gar and d Aboukir Bay.
we would do well to evoke similar ent husi-
asm by immortalizing the stirring incidents
Of Lake Erie, Lake Champlain. Manila Bay
and Santiago. and, In the fulness OF time.
The destructive forces employed in the
two first mentioned battles were vastly
inferior to thot . welded by the commanders
In the recent war; but II 10 proper TO direct
attention to the important results achieved.
and courage by which they were won.
contemplated invasion OF the States
down the line Of the Hudson would have
been made possible only BY the control Of
Lake Champlain: and Slope briss and
BY both sides TO obtain control Of It. Mao
dopouRh anchored his ships with oonsum-
mate skill In Plattsburg Bay. taking clever
advantage Of the lay Of the land and d.
rec,ion OF the prevailing winds, with springs
caution saved the day. On Sunday, Sept.
II, 1914, Capt. Downie brought his aqua dron
to the att Oh and skilfuly and gallantly
commenced the action In which he was
killed; but In lees than three hours the last
nag OF his command came down. and the
threatened invasion was checked, The
circumstances of this engagement arc re-
markable. also. In that In both the other
prominent battles In which one fleet was 1t
anchor (Abouhir and Manilal. The results
under Nelson and Dewey were completely
victorious, while Il was MacdonouGh's
anchored vessels that annihilated those that
attacked under way. This 10 . pointed
Impossible for Capt Downie 10 repeat the
man9uvre % quickly conceived and 90
brilliantly executed BY Capt. Foley Of the
Goliath.
The Lake Erie battle. ono year before. had
been fought under sail and was equally de-
cisive. resulting in the surrender OF the en-
smy's entire squadron after three and
hall hours Of fighting 20 desperate that In
the thIch Of II Commodore Perry had had to
Niagara. The vSctors felt doubly proud
here, ~ the British commander had served
under Nelson at Trafalgar. The great value
OF the victory lay In the result that II gave
to the United States the entire command
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