Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-05-25

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suppose that very few casual
READERS 81 the New York Herald Of
August iaih observed. Ia an obscure
corner. among the deaths" the an.
nonncsmeaf.
NOLAN. Died. on board q. s. Cor.
srtte Leyant. Lat. e II" y. Long. 1872
W. ON the iith OF May Philip Nolan"
l happened 10 observe II. because
l was stranded az the old Mission.
house a. Macklnae. waiting for Lake
Superior steamer which dld not choose
60 come. and l was Gevouring. 10 the
very stubblc. all the current literature
] could see hold OF. even down 10 the
deaths and marriages In the Herald"
My memory for nninea and people Is
good. and the reader win see. as he
goes on, that l had reason enough 10
remember Philip Nolan. There are
hundreds u readers who would have
paused az chat announcement, IL the
officer Of ihe Levant who reported Il
had chosen 20 make Il thus; "Dled,
May nth. The Man without a Coun-
Try For Il was as The Man with
cut Country" that poor Philip Nolan
had generally been known by the on.
GERS @ho had him Ia charge during
some nifty years. as. Indeed. by all
che men who had sailed under them,
I dare say there Is many man who |
has taken vitae With Elm once Il fort. |
night, Ia a three years cruise. who |
never knew that his name was "No- |
ian.- o. whether the poor wretch had
any name az all.
There Gun now be no possible harm
In telling this poor creatures story.
Reason enough there has been TN
now. ever since Madis0ns ndminlstra.
ton went out In 1917. for very strict
secrecy, the secrecy OF honor Itself.
among the gentlemen OF the navy who
have had Nolan Ia successive charge
And certainly II speaks well for the es-
prlt Dc corps Of the profession and the
personal honor Of lta members. that to
che press this mans story has been
wholly unknown, ard ! think, 20 the
country at large also.
| have reason 20 thi0k. from some
Investigations / made in the naval
Archives when | was attached to the
,ureau OF construction. that every Of
Serial report relating 10 him was burned
Nhen hoes burned the public buildings
At Washington. one OF the fuckers,
~ possibly ono OF the watsons, had
Nolan Ia charge az the end OF the war
and when. CA returning from his cruise.
De reported az Washington 90 one OF
he CfoNninshielas- who was In the
aayy department when he came home
--he found that the department *.
sorcd the whole business Whether
hey really knew nothing about Il. or
ahcthSr Il was uon ml ricordo. de-
ieru.aed GA as a piece Of policy, 10
GOT know Sat this l DO know. that
s!nes 1877. aud possibly before. no
naval oaigef has mentioned Nolan IN
lis report u n cruise.
a. I say. there Is no need Tor Sc
erecy any longer. And now the poor
creature Is dead. il seems 20 ne worth
While 70 tsil nttlo u his story. b.
way q showing young Americans %
today What Il Is 70 be
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. I
Philip Nolan Was as Hnc a young {
officer ~ there was Ia the Legion % 9
the West es the western division ~ Il
our Krmy MAS then called. When q
Aaron Burr made hts iirsy anshlug ex
pessitson down O. New Orleans ia 1905. 4
al Fort Masar. er somewhere above !
on the river, he mct, as the devil =
would have Il. this gay, dhshing bright Z
younE felios. 90 seme dinner party, }
1 sbiDx. Burr marked him. talked 10 d
him. walked with h.m. took him day
OF two's voyage 10 his fiatboat. and. !
IN short. Fascinated him. For the next y
year barFack life YVES very tame TO y
poor Nolan. lie occasionally availed
of the per:nissloa the great man had I
given hsm 20 write to HIN. Loug. high d
worded. stiiled letters the poor boy I
wrote and re-NrOfe and copied. But B
never 4 line did be have IN reply from |
the gay cecelyer. The other boys In (
the garrison sneered az him. because I
he sacrificed IN this unrequited afrec- /
fion sor politician The time which
they devoted 20 Nonongahela. sledge. q
and higis-low-jack. Bourbon, euchre, I