The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-11
HE FIRED THE FIRST SHOT
"reminiscences of Captain coghan Navy Hero Who Recently Died

I out of the jaws of death. out Of the
gates OF he'll. and only a little smoky
from the trip"
After the battle Coghlan told of an
unusual experience with a sinking bat
! tleship.
one Of the sinking guns exploded
from the heat. and the shots passed
aoout I'VE feet from the bow of nv
| SNIP Their dead men seemed to be
able to shoot better than their live ones.
II was a CHASTITY feeling to think of
those burning ships filled with dead
1 men and the guns going off every few
/ minutes and more so when the shells
/ flew close"
AFTER the unpleasantness with tine
Ie9Ihan admiral, Won Diedrichs. Cogh-
S lai' VINO had been in the thick Of the
ray was rummaging through his cain
IN which had been stripned for tine
IlehI and ran across an Australian
newspaper Of ancient date possibly the
vHiy newspaper in the fleet. No news
'iaq got In since the cables were cut.
80 ne went through the sheet from COW
er 20 cover. and there was a poem that
SCI MN jumping. II was "Hoch der
Naiser- 1t had been written a num-
81 81 OF years before by Canadian az Z
tllne when England and GERMANY w.
not friendly. Coshlan had a good M
UIE ana the poem suited him so verl
that he memorized it. That night aft
Fl the Officers had finished dinner it
iiahced mat Admiral Dewey came On
oodrU Tor a visit Coghlan recited the
poem It follows:
Der Kaiser suf der vaterIand
~ NJ 6otton nigh all dings command.
We Two. Ach, dOn'd you understand?
Meinseif-und Gottl
he reigns in Hesfen. und always shall
Z no mein own empire don'd vay small
Elm hoole bear, I drinks, you cali
Meinseif-und Gotti
Nile some men sing der power divine.
NINE soldiers sing Die Wacht am Rhine ~
iu uiIhk ger health in a Rheinisch wine
VI Me-und Colt!
1eIe France, she swaggers all aroundt.
TO MUCH me think she don't amount;
Meinsef-und Colt.
She viii not dare to fight again.
I btt n she shouldt I'll show her bIsfn
DOt Hisdss una I'm FRENCH Lorraine
Are Mein-by Colt.
Non Bismarck vas a man auf migbdt
I ma bought he vas CLEAN out ouf sighdt.
DuI' scn! ne vas NIGHT goot to fighdt
Nit Me-und Gotti
We We I knock him like Elm man auf straw,
~, We ies MN know whose viii vas law,
Ohd DOT We dond sdand his Jaw
Meinself-und Colt!
We We send him oudt in big disgrace,
We gil him insuldt to his face
nd put Gabrivi in his blaze
Meinseif-und Gotti
IND Won .Gabrivi get svelled headt
We very promptly on him set
I no told him to get uD and get
Meinself-und Colt,
Dere,s grandma drinks she is NIGHT small
Midi Beers und such she interfere:
shell learn none owns dis hemispbere
But Me-und Colt!
She drinks. good frau. some shins she's ,o+
nd soldiers midi der scarlet goat.
Ach- We could knock dem. Pouf: like /
Mefnself-midt Colt.
Dey say dat badly fooled vas
At Petersburg, by Nicholas,
Ond dat ] act shust like Elm ass
IND dupe. Herr Colt.
Veil, may be yah, and may be nein.
I no may be car init France combine
To dake dem lands aboudt der Rhein
From Me-und Gottl
But dey may dry dot leedle game
: hu Jake Ger breaks. but all der same
Dey only viii INCREASE da fame
Auf Me-und Gotti II
In dimes of peace brebare for wars: Al
bear der spear ind helm of Mars.
IND care not for den tousand czars,
Meinself-midt GOttl II
In fact, ] humor efry vhim.
With aspect dark und visage prim;
Colt pulls nit Me and I NIT him,
Melnself-Und Gottl
The poem was destined to become IA
nous. Captain Coghlan with the Ka-
eigh got back to New York ahead of /
Admiral Dewey in 1899 and was kept /
busy taking care of the honors show
cred on him. One Of the festivities
vas a banquet by the Union League