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.Yes. 7 noticed that" said McCalla.

yes, I noticed that" said McCalla.
The third man said: "Hello, Mac! l have
been shooting at you of and on for nearly
that we'l know when to expect you around1
! think I have fired on you nearly a dozen
times"
Yes, / noticed that said McCalla.
At last one Captain said:
Mac, | believe / am the only man in
the feet who hasn't fred on you"
Il noticed that" responded McCalla,
and wish to heaven you'd fire on me soon
and AVE it over with"
MEGA LA seized Guantanamo Bay with the
Ma rblehe ~ and held it for the regiment
of marines under Huntington. The possess
sion Of that bay was the salvation of the
navy. IL gave it a coaling place. The
campo of the marines was nan for McCalla
and he was recognized. even by superior
officers. as absolute boss in those wa ters.
press censor, health officer, postma ster,
lighthouse keeper n whatnot. He
kept potting at the Spaniards on shore
long before the marines came, and when
he got control of the situation he kept
that station healthy and active every
minute.
McCalia never slept in his cabin, but
always on a mattress in his pilot house.
He allowed his officers to have no more
privileges than his men. When other
folks would be resting he would be digging
up mines. He trusted the newspaper men,
and they came to trust him and to become
his lasting friends. His men grew to
idolize him. When his ranking officers
came to Guantanamo nom of them ever
thought of questioning his supremacy
In and around his bailiwick. Whatever
McCalla said went.
Than ha n@1n f1,.NI N u-a 70 anIar
prompt and conspicuous e~nrvice in the hunt
for Cervera. Schley had arrived before
Cienfuegos and lay there for nearly three
days trying TO- find out if the Spanish fleet
was inside. McCalla and the Tub OF
Blood. came along. McCalla had taken
he could use them. He promptly set them
on shore and in less than six hours he was
able to report that CeTvera was not in
C%ienfuegos and that Schley could go on
his way. McCalla, you see, had a way of
doing things.
When Cervera g feet came out of San
tiag go for its run for life, McCalla vas down
at Guantanamo. The news was flashed
down by signal that the Spaniards had es-
capped. McCalla got busy. He had his own
ship and one or W lighthouse tenders, but
be said:
The enemy has escaped. Let's go out
1t was a keen disappointment to him
that he was unable to find those Spaniards
and bring in the entire fleet of Cervera.
So gallant had been MEGA liza e services
In the war that President Mckinley pro
NOTED him and recommended an advance
Of six numbers in rank. The unfortunat e
Sampson-Schley controversy held up his
Advancement with that of others. In order
to give McCalla at least his deserts Presi.
dent Mckinley in March, 1900, pardoned
McCalla for his mistak Ike Of ten years before
and restored him to his proper number
the one he would have kept had he not
been disciplined. McCala g good name wa
restored; he had earned It by brilliant
service.
McCalla, as a captain, went to the Phil.
lippines on the cruiser Newark in 1890, and
did conspicuous work on the north and
west coasts OF Luzon. His most striking
service was to help in the rescue Of Lieut.
Gilmore and a small force of volunteer in
fantry. beleaguered in the city Of Vigan
He took a force Of $50 men and marched on
the place from the coast. He said he simply
held the passes for Col. Hare and Lieut.
Col. Howe to do the work, but Gen. Young