Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-06-01

proachingI battle. Yanks and Rebs
ait meeting at Rocky Ford. the act be-
Ing a portrayal of that engagement.
Squads OF infantry fire, advance. re-
treat, cheer, and once in a while
untortunates 90 down, some into the
lake, where they swim ashore. A gun,
cassion and all, limbered up, rolls
across. unlimbers and opens fire.
Then comes a squadron OF cavalry,
whose riders, cornered by the foot sol
diers, plunge, astride their hors es, into
the lake and guide their steeds to a
landing, where they form, shivering
with excitement and drenched. The
battle ends with a hand-to-hand fight
tor the colors. As 2 "thriller,n it
would be hard TO beat this battle.
The Hippodrome seats several
thousand-I don't know how many.
1t is the talk of New York. The pro-
prietors mean to build similar houses
in a number Of the large cities and es-
tablish a circuit, like Keith's. The
cost and expenses are immense, but so
are the receipts.
NEW BATTLEsHIPs.
am always interested in the grim
monsters that fight our nations battles
on the sea. So | paid a visit 10 the
Brooklyn navy yard, the largest and
best equipped depot for naval con-
struction and repair of any in Uncle
SAINTS domains.
You have to get pass to go In, but
this comes easily. At the gate /
CHANGED to fall in with an old G. A. X.
veteran. making his first visit to The
yard. This was lucky, as you will
note.
The yard is plentifully sprinkled
with machine shops, storehouses, mag
azines. etc. Marines and sailors con-
stantly watch that no harm comes to
the property, which represents mil
lions.
We walked along to the shore front,
where the lighting masts Of battleships
lOomed mp. On the way we passed an
ornery little submarine torpedo boat,
"The Plunger," hung up in dry dock.
These boats will make eight knots an
hour at depth OF 100 feet below the
surface. We saw also two other sub
Shark and the Porpoise.
Heading toward the battleship, we
came 10 her and found a magnificent
chance TO see one of these ships.
Here was the Alabama, one of Uncle
SANS newest and largest war vessels.
ying in dry dock for repairs. We
could see every inch of her massive
reaching way down to the
leel and TO the tip OF her lighting tops
We were making bold 10 90 aboard
when a marine stopped us. Here was
where my cOmpanioD's,G A. r. badge
proved an "open sesame But for
hat we could not have gained the
ieck. As Il was, we spent some time /
n roaming over this sea monster, be- /
ide which the Indiana. which lay 7
learby and which figured prominently 4
Il Santiago, looked positively small
Some weeks ago the Alabama, with I
iX other battleships Of Uncle Sam, en- (
aged in n speed contest down the 4
cast. To everybody's surprise, the /
Alabama Jagged way behind. Ii was
ertain that something was wrong.
y hen she had been run into the dock .
nd the water pumped out. the trouble 4
ppeared in the shape OF a piece OF 4
able wound tightly about one Of the 4
laDama's twin screws She had
licked it up while lying IN the mud
II Florida a marine told ms the ad-
niral was very protane when he found
What had PIT his boat to the bad II
vas the screw that was being repaired /.
.ere.
Besides these ships. were no the yard
he batlleship Brooklyn. the transport
hancock. the presidents official boat.
he May dover also the huge hulk Of
be new hattleship Connecticut ON
which several hundred w0T6men were
putting on the armOr plates.
tc. This ship Is larger than the Ala-
anna, and about az big as anything
float
The immense cranes and travelling
lerricks figure prominently 10 Tie
new here
As we were leaving the yard. my
riend. who served four wears in an 4
ohio regiment beginning under Ere
mont anu going through with sherman
o the sea, told me this btof bis army 4
"At Corinth. he said. "our COM
lany was just }a rear of Fort Bo1inet I
when the Rebs made their desperate .
md almost successful charge against .
/. Two companions and myself were .
he FIRST 10 reach the Rebel dead. I
marking the limit Of their advance. /
We came 10 The form Of a colonel I'll
VAS Col. Roberts And here. /
iaid my companion. showing me I
plain gold band on one OF his fingers, I
is that cOl0nel's ring
81 don't tell this story much he I
iaded, and 7 wouldn't tell You, only (
soure a stranger
On nay remmking that war was saw
age business, be conceded. "Why.
be said "Our boys lett nothing on
Roberts but bis drawers
Ii made me feel creepy. We parted
AZ the gate.
THU NEW COMFY ISLAND.
Yes, smile. it You want 10 I "did"
t. So have Won probably, 81 you ever
bad the chance But ii that was sex
5ral years ago you want t0 90 again
or C0nCy Island now IS not the CoDtv