Iditarod pioneer., 1915-10-02
RECENT HISTORY RECALLED
 BY DEATH OF JOHN 3. LONG

Scott C. Bone in Seattle Post inteliigeHceri Few 0f the conspicuous figures ID the
 American Spanish war, only seventeen years
 ago, now survive The passing of John D,
 Long, secretary of the navy ia that tubu- lent period emphasizes this fact Russell A. Alger, then secretary of WAT, and constantly under fire, resigned 10 ac- ccpt a seat in the United Stales senate, and died soon thereafter.
 Of the fighting men in the army who 0cre the brunt of the service ID Cuba Shaf,er who headed tbe expedition; LaW- ton, dareIlevi! on the Eeid, hero ol Ii Caney, and who WAS Killed giving baltie to the Moros ill the Philippines a year later; lii tie Joe" Wheeler. idol 0; the South; Brooke who distinguished himself in Porto Rico end became the first military governor of Cuba- all these and others have gone be y0nd.
 Colbin, adjutant general, through whom orders from Washington were dispatched to the front. lives oniy in record and memory But there Is one high exception: Lieuteuan; General Nelson 4. Miles, in personal command al Santiago, and who WAS marching upon San Juan Porto Rico, when the a1mistice was declared, Is in life and health, if not fullest .igor, al 16, and holds highes, rank in recognition of distin- gs.isheti services rendered his country Or the naval side, Dewey whose victory in Manila bay thrilled the American heart as has no other achievement ID iatter-day history. and, in the forced acquisition ol the Philippines. changed the destiny of the ma tlcn, Is rounding put his life gracefully, holding the highest rank of admiral, and soon uiN celebrate his 18th birthday But SehIey. Sampson, Fighting Bob Evans "Eou may -fire-when- you are ready
 Gridley; Philip, the Christian soldier, who enioined sailors on the Texas, Don't cheer, boys; the poor devils are dying all these and more are numbered among the dead Others like Clark of the Oregon Dick Wainwright of the Gloucester, and officers equally brave, If less heroicaliy known to the chronicles of that time, are on the retired list or gone to their reward across the great TlVer-
 Most of the officers who won renown and demonstrated their prDWess in the Spanish war had previously seen actual serylce III the civil war or ln campaigns against the 1 InGli ans- This was true of Dewey, Alies, Brooks, Shaffer, Lawton, Joe Wheeler, Ev- ans, Sampson and comma anding officers gen
 orally Leonard Wood, one of the youngest, had been ID the thick of hard fighting with Lawton decade before in subduing the
 murde1ous Apaehes-
 l The directing and the waging of that war with Spain, as matter of fact, fell to the hanils of men who knew what 1t meant to | be under fire They were no noviees in War- fare But. with all this the country paid the heavy penalty of lis anpreparedness lDa incalcuIable waste and costly delay, and a death roll Tn camp that greatly outnum- bered the loss an battle
 God forbid another warf Bu! should ii come, lei it be remembered that no seasoned Dewevs and Sehleys and Miles and Law1ons
 will respond
 Of those directly involveI in the famous
 Sampson -Schley controversy, recalled by Longs passing, all are now dead Sampson, even then victim of aphasia, soon reached his grave
 Schley, uneTnbittered by the experience, because conscious of popular confidence ! lived his allotted years in tranquility and happiness.
 Schley's legal defender at the court of in-