Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
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swear at EN- replied the officer.
=" oh, yes. they WILL replied the captain.
more work you will get out Of Them
Soon after x. being officer of the deck,
had occasion to give an order. Out Of the
corner Of his eye he saw the captain watch
ing him. In a mild voice he said:
Lay aloft. you smiling sons Of heaven,
and loosen the topgallant sails
The men must have thought the lieuten-
ant had gone crazy, for they stood staring
at him in blank amusement There was a
pause. and then x burst out with such
volley OF cuss words as eclipsed even his
record The men sprang to their stations
with alacrity an x turned to the captain
with:
tell you?
But that was in the old navy. An officer
who did thing like that nowadays would
be IN danger Of court-martial in this world
as well as Of a doubtful future in the next"
You spoke Just now" said the captain of
having taken place of surinam Few peo-
pie realize how large a majority of our
naval fights have taken place in foreign
waters Not a sea in the world but has
heard the thunder Of Yankee guns. Capt.
Concas of the Spanish flagship Maria Te-
resa. in a memorial presented to the coun-
ell of war held before the Spanish fleet
crossed the Atlantic in 1893, said
AS soon as this fleet sails for the West
Indies 1t Is evident-as has happened more
than once-that the American flying squad
ron Will sail FOR Europe
THE translator of the office of naval
intelligence at Washington in preparing the
memorial of Capt. Concas for publication
in English, saw fit to put sic after the
statement regarding the American men-of-
war more than once before having carried
a war to the coasts Of Europe But Concas
seems to have been better posted in Ameri-
can naval history than the Office of naval
intelligence.
Battles in Foreign Waters.
Twice American fleets have fought in
the Mediterranean; once an American fleet
with shotted cannon held Naples under its
guns until the king came down with an
indemnity. John Paul Jones, with a fleet
secured the seas around the British Isles
and American privateers have been so thick
in British waters that the linen fleets could
not cross from England to Ireland without
an escort of men-of-war. In the war of
1872 American privateers fought many &C
tons and captured many ships in the jaws
of the channel and within sight of the Brit
ish coast.
American ships have fought off Portugal,
Spain and the coast of France. American
warships have fought on the coast of Japan,
China, Korea and the Philippines. An
American privateer fought battle off CAL
cutta, and up and down the coast of South
America and through the West Indies
American ships have fought many, many
putlicS. Lie HSut DctWeen tno COnSt1tu-
ton and the Guerrero took place off Hall
fax; the Bon Homme Richard and the
Scraps fought within sight Of Flambor-
ough Head on the coast OF England; the
Constitution and Java off the Madeiras; the
United States and the Macedonian off the
Canaries; the Constellation and the Ven
geance off Passe Terre, West Indies; the
Hornet and Peacock off Demerara; the
Boston and Berceau well of toward the
middle Of the Atlantic; the Argus and Peli-
can off st. Davids Head on the coast of
Wales The Essex fought the Phoebe and
Cherub in the harbor of Valparaiso, and
the Alabama and Kearsarge fought Off
Cherbourg. France
These only a few of the combats in
foreign waters which 1 happen to remem-
Der. But you see Concas was right when.
In the light of history. he thought the
Americans would cross the sea to give bat
tie. You see. Europe remembers, If the
office of naval intelligence forgets And
as you all know, had the Spanish war last
ed a little longer the shores of Europe
would again have heard Yankee guns roar
Ing from Yankee man-of-war."