The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-03
ISSUED by the Navy League nr The
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\ huge liner slips silently out uf tl
Atlantic port. carrying American
troops. munitions aud supplies Co the
battle front. A. -hc reaches the lam
ger zone. out Of the mist appear M"
sinister grcyhouuds of war. the Amer
lean d%cstroNers and a screen i- form
I'd a1uu. the liner that cntric~ hc'
safely 90 h,r destination.
And as the clblcs bring back che
word II her safe arrival, "a sigh %
relief goes M ron hundreds of thou
sands Of mothers ana fathers.
\ sigh of rclicf, American bravery
and skill again have beatcn the Ger
man submarine But the '%roloutles-
hand IL the censor ~ NOT told those
hundreds uf thousands uf American
parents Of m" heroic deeds aboard
those d]cstruycrs that made possible
the successful conclusion oi the liner,
voyage.
Some day. perhaps after the wal b.
ended, the heroic deeds of American
naval officers and men viii be mad,
public. and then. It Is not hard %
forecast. will hc hertlded asaiu name,
that another war made fimous.
~ the eighteenth century gave Nu
tu the nineteenth William Baiupridrc
linked those two cras with deeds Vi
Nainr that are immortal. When the
CcnsDr's hand Is raised, the name
Bsinbridsc may again ring through
out the land. for somewhere IN tn
high scis is 90 little American DC.
stroyor named cambridge.
Master of ship ut ~.
N4HUlf.... TH.NLNY4.HL sa.. t.uHa ft
Triuccton. y. j., ia t1ti the son OF r.
wealthy physician a descendant cd
an English noblcman when nineteen
years old cambridge commanded .
snip In the Dutch trade. Ia defend.
INK his ship from % British schooner
OF eight guns in 1895 ne forced th'
schooner To strike her .ulur- after
short fight.
As war ala not cxist b,aWecu tho
tNo countries Bainbridgc could mol
take the schooner 1s &c prize, 'I'
shouted 20 the captain;
"Go about your business NOW tu,
report 10 youI masters that 81 Tine.
want my ship they must send ID rrct'
cr force and % more -killtu' com
muudcr to take her.
Ia 179s BuinhridEc was commits
stoned Iieutcuant-Commandlut of IA,
ahooner Retaliation, ana was cap.
turcd In battle with 90 superior Freuci
force. BuinbridEc was taken uu boar,
Tho French Nuluntuirr. Whose captain
refused to accept his sword, and ST.
permitted to so On the t%up-gallau
~forccastlc To watch pursuit Of th'
American ships Mont,1unin and Nor
fnlk los the lusurgcntc. 30 guns
A. the l%nsurFcutc wa about 90 upcI
fire the captain Of tie NuluntuIr.
turned to Baiubridgc and asked.
Pray. ar. what D, thc force of
those vessels '"
|Bainbridsc replied without hesitu
ton,
THE chip carrie, invent, eight g.
Founders and th. brig twenty %
FOUNDERS
Captain ~ l.uurtut OF the Nolou
tnirc Whu was commander uf the
fleet. figulcd the lusurgcnte 80 WIN
draw. fearing the loss ~ his shii
When. later. captain -. lhur'n
found that thclr armament had beer
eNaggerated ;u twice what thvs ear
ricd ne exclaimed.
did YOU not say sir that the sh'.
carried twcnty-eight l--pouudor- am
the brig twenty H-puundcrs
VERY quietly and earnestly Balm
bridge replied:
Yes sir. and BE- had thought q
that momcut that I could have save
the ships los telling YOU that the
carried s4-poundcrs I should hu'
done So"
Ininbridgc Imprisoned.
For his temcrity %nainbridge was i'm
prisuucd for three months, and Whci
rinnlIy ordered 90 take command u