The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-05-28

dents IN the early days or the schoO ana that are
Of sufficient age to have done shade duty for many
generations of sailors before their day. still
standing. the march of modern improvements hav-
ing been directed to pass the ancient mon
archs by.
The midshpmans life small as is its compass. Is
intricate and full of interest. The externas, II
they really may be accounted eXternals have a
world of significance. The young sailors are
hemmed in with incentives to heroic discharge
of duty West Point has its battle flags and its
memorial tablets to the who served their
country against its enemies on land. At Annapo
lis gathered the trophies of the sea- and there
many of them, for the defeats of the ships
of the American navy were SO few that a line or
two of history pages are sufficient to record them
Perrys pennant, which flew from his flagship
the Lawrence, at the battle of Lake Erie is here
1t is red ensign with the words of Lawrence en-
broidered on it In white letters-words that are
the rallying cry of the men Of the American
navy: Don't give up the ship" Capt. Lawrence
had been killed in the action of his ship, the
Chesapeake. with the British ship Shannon only
few months before Perry engaged the enemy. but
his last injunction to his men already had become
the Yankee tars watchword. The Lake Erie flag
is in an almost perfect state of preservation.
The flag of the British brig Boxer Capt Byth
commanding. captured by the American brig En-
terprise off the coast of Maine is in the academys
keeping. Capt. Burrows. the American command
er, killed in the very hour of his victory. Near
the Boxer trophy are the flags Of four of the
British vessels captured by Perry at the battle
of Lake Erie-the Lady Provost the Hunter, the
Little Belt. the Chippewa and the Detroit. With
the Erie flags are those Of the Confidance the
Beresford. the Chubb and the Linnet, British YES
sells sunk taken by the American McDonough at
the battle of Lake Champlain.
Possibly the most interesting Of all these spoils
Of the American fights is the great wooden
figure of the British lion wearing a crown and
with paw resting globe representing the
world For arrogance Of presumption the concep-
ton has few equals. 1t of course. carrying out
in sculpture the idea of the world sovereignty Of
Great Britain. When Decatur in the ship United
States, defeated and captured the British Mace
DOMAIN the lion with its globe found its
forward deck.
There two iron "long Toms in the trophy
collection that fell into the hands of Commodore
McDonough after the victory of Lake Champlain
One of the guns has a deep indentation made by
shot from gun Of the American fleet during the
action. The British commander Commodore Down
lie, was killed in this lake fight. 1t is matter OF
record that he came to his death by getting into
the way of the recoil of of the cannons now
in the Annapolis museum
Charles Stewart the American grandfather OF
the Irish leader. Charles Stewart Parne. made
possible the addition of two flag trophies to the
Annapolis collection. When in command of the
Constitution cold IronsidesD he captured two
British menof-war, the Cyane and the Levant
which he fought near the coast of the Madeiras
Stewart the fight,
The navy OF the United States had its full share
of making the country's history. There is no pres
ent intention on the part of the men who have
the midshpmen in charge to let them become for
getful of the past and the glory that has come to
the service