The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-22

E "'CFarsowo. Russsas. ov coarss. -.
a~nt hAtse wua a. s.ylas TAe FrwseA
Aza Russians ha4 e~~a agatha ssaAA.
E liy toT sevea aaya th~a Aza tAsy eoa-
eludes 60 st aoun 70 real kaszaoss
ar bee = BIS battle. SApeleoa ~
/ teade5 to tArow . sgruax force
against The Russian eeasr~. hzs Ezas-
calculeGed. an gos tA@ trooes weax-
ed il eetwe~a sws ssruag Rasaaaa
I1ns. of coarme th.y hAa = kaSd
time. Both arml~a a~r~ large an
many uasu wege alAaghe~rwa O. 10th
ssdss- This battle wus = araw. TIE
Russians re,rsatsd "a tor several
months there aus hat little alta.
neither aide beia' dsKpesea to start
the dance
On the itth ov June. fSa-. she
/ French an Russians toaxas = deels.
/ ive battle At FrfedlAnd. This wax
the anniversary o. the victory At Ma
rsago an Sapeseon. like mAny osh.
ers. seemed 10 believe tn shat som~
/ people cali "iuck - For tnsgAnce.
I when he Tough, = successful battle on
certain day. on that day = rear
sence he could 80 into : battle with
much more eonhdenr. IL forrnia'
hiz troops for the bagla, II ."r!sa-
land. Napoleon took advantage oy =
great tract ov heavy timber land
which concealed the location ov hlx
4 troops. He allowed genningsen. the
Russian commander. To approach the
i town very closely. and HIT seems that
/ the use ov real scouts aud scouting
parties IL rather new In war. America
and Europe havin' gotten the idea
from the American Indians. probab-
iy. Al any rate. up TO abous one hun
dred years ago. dAtin' from the earl
lest wars recorded In sacred history.
there wuz but little scoutin' done in
war, which accounts In part for the
vast destruction ov life even with
ancient weapons in the earlier his
tory ov the world. Even at this late
date not much attention In givin'
scoutin' In Europe. Lack ov scouts
or scout ships caused the Spanish TO
permit Admiral Dewey to enter the
harbor at Manila. Philippine Islands.
less than fourteen years ago. AwI
the world, includin' Spain. knew
that the American feet. the division
commanded by Dewey, wux Koin'
for business. for weeks had been de-
voted In preparation, the papers ov
the world were full ov hit But the
Spanish didn't think the feet wux ln
hundreus ov fnffes oy the Philippines
an they did no scoutin'. 20 careful
watchin'. Suddenly. on a dark and
stormy mite, the twenty-odd war
ships Dewey commanded. sailed into
Manila bay and before the Spanish
could say Jack Robinson" the feet
had gotten by the fort at the mouth
o" the harbor. had passed over the
powerful mines In the harbor which
mite hev destroyed them. To add
10 the humor ov such a serious mat
ter, the Spanish division In charge
ov the mines connected the electric
batteries intended TO explode the
mines after Dewey's American feet
had passed into the harbor and wux
gettin into position TO pour death an
/ destruction into the Spanish feet. an
they did destroy hit completely with
| out teh loss ov the life oy a single
American. an only a few were
wounded. Only a few weeks later
Lieutenant Hobson. ov Admiral
Schley's American feet, then anchor
ed at Havana. Cuba. steamed an old
but large warship into the narrow
part OF Havana harbor, made hole.
In the bottom ov the ship an sunk
hit, hopin' 20 bottle" the Spanish
feet then In that harbor. at any rate.
TO Eaake hit dificult to retreat quick
~. Lieutenant Hobson and hlz three
brave assistants sung the ship before
the Spanish could interfere an. then
audaciously swan TO the Cuban
shore an surrendered 10 the snan-
iards, that bein' the course thev in
tended TO pursue. for they did not
hope TO escape an make their way
back TO the American feet, for dog.
ems ov rapid-fire guns would hsy
made death certain. Ov course the
American officer and hix eompanIons
were kindly treated, for I'm war M
civilized government will treat an
enemy captured durin' war other
wise They can't afford TO. Much al
iowance can be made for the Spanish
1t Manila, for America had not yet
declared war. But the war had been
In actual progress many weeks when
the last mentioned incident took
place At Havana, an the record oy
awimost criminal carelessness wux
made. Ov course overconndence wux
the cause ov Spanish neglect; they
thought hit practically impossible for
an enemy 10 place an obstruction
rite under the muzzles ov the great
guns they had in the fort there. an
hit would hev been IL they had
watched things carefully. For the
benefit ov the very young reader I