The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-05-12

Gloucester was not gunbOat. but
Wainwright, with no plan but II fight
plan In his head, was willing that II
should pose as one for the time being
He felt that 1t was his duty to look
enemy, which. he feared, because OF
their speed aud comparatively small
size. might get within striking distance
unseen of the great battleships, the
attention Of whose commander was In
large part directed to the greater craft
of the Spaniards.
His Exploit at Santiago.
The cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa
came out ahead of the destroyers Plu-
ton and Furor, for which Wainwright
was watching. Not willing to lose a
chance ut any enemy. great or small.
the American commander opened on
the Maria Teresa, and. as later exam
nation showed. he succeeded In hitting
that vessel several times before ii got
out Of range. The PlutoD apd the
Furor, when they did come out. made
straight for the Gloucester. and the
Gloucester was there. not waiting for
them, but making for them, with Vain
wright on the bridge and the six
| Founders and the three-pOunders
pumping out shells as fast as the men
could feed them.
The destrOyers opened terrific fire
on the yacht. II the dons had been
better marksmen. the Gloucester in
less than five minutes would have been
in Davy Jones locker. and all its crew
with IL. But the froth of the sea APP
parently had got into the eyes of the
gunners of the Pluton and the Fur0r,
and while the missiles from their guns
clipped the waves all about the
Gloucester, only few took effect.
In Maclay's history of the Santiago
! fight ii is said that Lieutenant Cabal-
lero of the Pluton declared somewhat
naively, after the battle was over. that
| the Americans continued TO fire very
rapidly which made it extremely diff
ficult for US to serve our guns" The
truth was that Wainwrght's gunners
not only were firing rapidly, but were
simply peppering the. Pluton aud the
Furor with shot.
Here was a mere pleasure craft en-
gagged in IL fight with two. steel-armored
destroyers armed with guns and tor
pedo tubes. the projectiles from any
one of which properly planted would
have put the puny antagonist out of
the fight Wainwright knew all this
and his crew knew all this, and yet
the Gloucester bore In on the enemy's
vessels rs though they were mill-pond
boats of playing boys.
Destroyed Both Destroyers.
1t was not long before Wainwright
from the bridge saw that the lautOn
was in trouble. She began To limp
then actually To Stagger, and finally
the head of the vessel was turned
sharply and she was run ashore, full
than half an hours conflict with Il
! yacht whose crew knew how 10 shoot.
! When the Pluton was disposed of
Wainwright turned his whole attention
! 10 the Furor. lie smashed her with
steel. The Spaniards were cut down
at the guns, each crew being succeeded
quickly 10y another, for the Spaniards
were game in the face of destruction
! The Furor also began To limp aud then
To stnggcr. Smoke burst from her and
then her fire slackened. In ii few
minutes II white flag went up from the
deck of the Spaniard and Wainwright
knew he had won second victory.
I lnn no Ia.
boat destroyers was nothing short OF
horrifying. From the official report OF
Lieutenant Huse. one of Wainwright's
officers, il appears that of the Jurors
ca officers and men only ~ survived
the ship. In the Pluton IA lieutenant
commander, one lieutenant and ~ pet
~ officers and men were saved. All
the remaining II men. including the
commanding officer Captain Villaamii
persisted.
Volunteers More Than Welcome.
Every opportunity exists today fOI
man tn volunteer In his cOuntry's
cause. The sharp debate In congress.
as between the measure calling fol
volunteers and the measure for con
scrlption affects the additional army
which is to be raised and has little OI
nothing to do with the methods of sc
curing recruits for the regular army
the navy and the marine corps.
Any young american who really
wants to be u volunteer can enter the
regular service or the National Guard
today. There has been a considerable
response To the volunteer call, but II
Is not as great as the authorities de
sire, nor is 1t anything like as great
as one would expect II to be IL the
young men of the country are SO BEN
on volunteering that they dislike t.
enter what some people will call q
conscripted army.
Today the capital city. like othe'
cities of the country, resembles Lon
don In the early days Of the war be
fore Great Britain had adopted con
scription. The parallel is somewhat
striking. was in London during the
great drive for volunteer recruits ant
everywhere my eye was met will
poster appeals to men to serve theil
country. The capital of the United
States today is taking on In some re
spects the appearance Of London dur
Ing the year 1915.
On the wind shields of automobiles