The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-14
THE aD|tnSGa
OF GALLANT SHIP
A Strong and Tender
LED SAN JUAN CHARGE

Oncrtng Given by North Carolina
In tie War with spaiu-In
Love with Lie, was "a
ger Tor Its Risks.
The liee OF William owen Ship.
First Lieutenant & the Tenth cavaIty.
is one Of those soidier recosds wnieh
for their very Completeness ana az
sorption ii duty. leave the man t'
the world a speculation
There IS no profession which -
secludes az that OF arms. n Its *
acting regimen deeds OF daring. the
quality OF seif-sacrihca. are worn
with the stifT uncoacorn OF eC cpari-
let. The heroes OF song, tho sons OF
battle fated for the ware OF states
manship. are as q rule the volunteer
soldiers. whose services gain the lu5
tire Of contrast with their amateur
status. The charge OF the citizen SOL
der is a superlatire; that or the pro-
fessioual q commonplace; according
10 the same standard, the blunder Of
the volunteer is frequently metamor-
phosed into a badge OF Distinguishing
courage. while the error OF the sol
der is a blot which will not out.
In the second son which North
Carolina gave TO the war with Spain
as the pledge of the fenlty of the
South. there were combined IN Lieu
tenant Shipp the modesty in action
of the regular end tho zeal for battle
of the amateur soldier.
The field that saw his death was
the prize Of his eagerness to get +
the front. the realization OF the am
bition to be IN the zone Of fire.
The duty that placed him In tho
ranks OF the brigade that rushed on
July 1st, 1895. at the block houses Oh
the crest of q Juan Hill was pc
formed with the GOODNESS, with the
modesty and with the sclf-efface-
mcnt of his training.
Stationed at the outbreak OF the
war at a PARKWAY post In Montanu
Lieutenant Shipp was honored Wit.
the position OF querter-mester at the
great camp of concentration at Chtc-
regiment. and he pet!tioned for place
with the advance. When the inva-
sion of cuba commenced he was
found, not IN company command,
but brigade Qu~artermaster 70 Gem
eral Young, commanding the Tenth
though on enemy's soil, his place
might Well have been at brigade
headquarters. The issue found him
near to his own regiment. participant
ing with It. and with the Rough Rid
ers, in the charge that gave to the
American army the keynote position
to the city Of Santiago.
ONLY a private saw him fail. He
says that he vas IN the front, leading
the advance.
When the day had been hnishe1.
they found him on the field as ne
had fallen; and they buried him in
his cloak on the spot where his sol
dier's life found its apothcosis.
He was thirty-seven years Of age.
his whole life had beer given to MS
country; the army records have In
them nowhere better example OF ser
vice; his death put his name upon
the roll immortal.
This was the soldier from North
Carolina; under the fine reserve Of
the profession. breathed and lived a
man in whose personality and Ideals
the best traditions Of his State and
people found harmonious expression;
a large man. Of dignity; q strong man,
of tenderness: a composed man. Of
deep and quiet pools of feeling: a
soldier With the background of a
hearth; and q spirit mighty in war
that harbored nothing of vengeance
in its strength and found it's ideals in
the Man Of Peace; an old fashioned,
wholesome young man, like tho State
that gave him birth, dominant in
mind n body, brave to recklessnass
in the performance Of patriotic service
sensitive as a woman to the calls OF
home and thereby powerful to disre-
gard them.
SOM Pictures Of Shlpp.
There are two pictures of Ship
that must live and that, for the les
son of their apparent contrast-which
Is really the lesson OF their homogc-
ne1ty-may serve as an example Of
State character.
The first is at Tampa, where, hav-
ing walked in the early morning two
miles to attend a communion service.
he stood as witness in the little
church at the baptism OF a private
The second is in the sunken road
in front of Santiago, his post Of SAFE
ty with headquarters deserted, whcn.
walking with the Indifference Of COZ
tempt among the bullets OF the Ell
envy, he brought to the then Lieu
tenant colonel Roosevelt the ordet
virile figure in the lead Of the rough
disorder of the charge through the
open against entertainments.
Hours later still the search Of
friends over the battle field and the
discovery of the prone body in the
lire of the charge, his hand stilled in
the effort to tumble in the momen.
" dedth y d SoIuiei , hcSp-SdRe o.
a mans life.
On the face or the shaft that was
/ erected TO his memory at Charlotte on
the Twentieth Of May five years ago.
above the crossed sabres on the ned
estal, IS engraved with exquisite
taste a sentiment that is simply true
and entirely characteristic:
Amongst d grove the very straight
est plant"
It IS a perfect soldiers epitaph.
\ Native of Lincoln.
William Even Shipp was born \.
the old Shipp home-place in Lin
colnton on August 23rd, 1851, the
son OF the late Judge William NJ