Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-20
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illustrate my former proposition, that Brit
| ish naval officers are, as a rlie. just in
| their estimation of our navy, whatever
British writers may be-"
Affection for Each Other.
"Oh. yes said the captain of marines
"after two gentlemen have fought each
other. and fought-good and hard. they nat
urally have respect and sneaking affec-
ton for each other. That is one of the dis
tinctive characteristics of a gentleman. And
how mighty polite two naval captains can
be to each other when one has to sur
render to the other
Yes. indeed" rejoined the navigating
officer. "and Hull of the Constitution and
Dacres of the Guerrero for instance were
old friends. Before the war of 1872 broke
out. the two ships happening to be lying in
the same harbor, the two captains dined
together and became argumentative over
their wine, as gentlemen of both land and
sea were accustomed to in those days. The
respective merits of their ships was the
theme.
IF I meet you at sea. said Hull. III
whip you
Both knew that the war was coming.
"fIn bet you a hat you won't cried
Dacres
"!Done and done responded Hull.
when the Constitution had knocked the
Guerriere into kindling wood. and Dacres,
badly wounded. came over the side of the
American frigate to surrender. Hull met
helped him aboard with Give me your
| hand. Dacres; I know you are hurt
AS soon as the defeated Britisher was
fairly on board he made a stately and for
NAL offer Of his sword to his captor.
"'Oh, never mind your sword said Hull.
Keep it, keep it. But, 1 say Dacres, I'll
trouble You for that hat, though. Come
into the cabin and have glass Of grog.
Jouett's Breakfast.
Zone Of the iolliest surrenders know OF
| was that of Capt. Murphy of the confed-
crate gunboat Selma to that dear old fell
low. Capt. Jim Jouett (afterward rear adj
miraD Of the Metacomet at the battle of
! Mobile bay.
'.he two officers had been great friends
before the war. and when Murphy came
on board the Metacomet to deliver up his
| sword Jouett refused to see the sword,
! but hailed Murphy with a hearty Hello,
| Murphy; breakfast Is all ready; been wait
| ing for you for two hours. Come right
into the cabin
land Murphy, when he saw the feast
| which Jouett had actually prepared in the
confident expectation of bringing his old
! friend to share it, smiled in spite of his
painful. wounds and replied:
:" Jim, why didn't you signal what you
| had for breakfast instead of pitching into
me like that? 1 might have surrendered
| sooner
Contrast these two typical Anglo
| Saxon surrenders with the stately wit OF
|
| when his own vessel and her companion,
| La Glorie, had struck to Admiral Arson s
| flagship, presented his sword to the British
commander with the words: Monsieur,
vous avez vaincu, LInvincible ct La Glorie
| vous suit. Illustrative of the different way
| the two races have of doing things-isn t
it?
After Capt Charles Stuart in the Con-
stitution, had captured the Cyane and the
| Levant and had the two British captains
| prisoner-guests on board his ship, the two
| defeated commanders began quarreling at
| table one day over the details of the fight.
| each saying that if the other had done so
and so the result would have been diff
ferent.
"'Oh. what's the use Of all this argu-
| ment, cried Stuart. I'll tell you what I'll
| do. III put all back on board your own
vessels again and we will fight the battle
/ over If you like
To Take the Ship.
AFTER the battle of Lake Erie, when the
| British flagship had struck, an officer was
| sent on board to receive the formal sur
render of the defeated commander. The
! formalities were follows: Captain Bar
| clay was lying on a couch in his cabin,
| badly wounded.
| "'You have come to take my sword, SIR
1 suppose? he snapped as the American
| officer entered.
mo. l haven't retorted the boarding
officer. somewhat nettled at the captain s
| tone. I have come to take your ship
| Well, sir, stormed old Barclay, whose
| temper had not been improved by. his
| wounds and his defeat wouldn't have
\ given sixpence for your squadron when I
| left the deck
There have been some surrenders in
American naval history which were SOL
| emn enough though. There was the case
| Of Capt. Lambert Of the British frigate
| Java, whose ship was sunk and he himself
| Constitution, off the Brazilian coast. Lam
bert and cambridge were both wounded
| in the fight-Bainbridge severely and
nRng conSon the oys Of as te in
| tie, her captain was removed to the Con-
stitution. The next day, as he lay on a
| cambridge, who had to be supported on
either side by officer. for so weak was
| he from his wounds that he. could not
| walk unaided. approached the bedside Of
the dying Lambert and, with words Of
praise for the manner in which he had
fought his ship, laid his sword beside the
Il myself remarked a civilian who
| to witness surrender. would demand
something stately and ceremoniouS. We
| civilians more fond than We will al
| low of the pomp and circumstance of the
naval service. 1 happened to be on board
the old Lancaster once, when the Secretary
| Of the Navy paid her a visit. shall
never forget the ceremony-the sideboys-
| drums rolled and the buglers blew fam
fare as the Secretary came over the side.
| The scarlet-coated musicians Of the ma
rine guard, by the way, looked quite Brit
ish, but 1 doubt II Englands navy could
furnish such fine-looking lot Of marines"
Deserves Praise.
Thank you." said the captain of ma
| rines. "Our corps deserves to be well
thought Of and well spoken Of They not
only look effective, but they are so. and
always ready for duty in all parts of the
world afioat or ashore. In the period just
before the Spanish war, many gentlemen
of the navy were writing learned articles
for the service magazines and papers ad-
vocatng the "a pollution of the Marine Corps,
and proving conclusively that 1t was of no
use under the conditions of modern naval
warfare. When the war broke out the cry
was for more marines, and again for more
marines, and have not heard a word since
about the abolition of the corps.
1.-THE idea of abolishing the marines!
Why do you know. sir, that we are older
than the navy? The Continental Congress
established the Marine Corps on November
8, 1775, and the navy was not called into
existence until over a month later.
you spoke about our relocated buglers
looking very British-why, sir, 1t was origi-
Many case of the wearing of the green
with us. The first uniform prescribed for
us was a green coat with white facinss,