Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-12-16
SURVIVOR
Of THE MONITOR
Rx HERBERT E. DIXON


What subject to contemplate.
What a distinction for one to possess
What span from the Yankee Cheese
Box to Sims sharks.
Lying on a cot at the Arizona Dea-
coness hospital in Phoenix, is little
Oldham, broken in body through an
accident on the streets some time since.
This little old man remembers Bis
marck with his pipe in his mouth;
Queen Wilhelmnia "as a 6-year-old
princess, with the typical braids" of the
Dutch: and the school mate who ST.
long ago played in the streets of
Amsterdam and roamed over the green
hills and through the fields of Hol-
land
This little old man who sailed
around the world 20 times; who has
flown sail upon every sea; been i'll
every nation under the sun; in every
seaport in the world; who talks with
familiarity of Queen Victoria, Queen
Wilhelmnia, the kaiser's mother. Bis
mark, General Botha. This little old
man was filled with emotion as he re-
lated his story of our Civil war, and
told of his love for his adopted coun-
try, the United States of America, and
suffered pain anew for the STARS ana
Stripes in reciting his experiences.
Il I'M a full blooded Dutchman," this
little old man exclaimed, then hastily
he added, I mean 1 was one, but l am
now a full-blooded American, and am
glad to say it Continuing. he said:
When hear the Star Spangled Ban
ner, the great national anthem of thu
I. S. A. it takes me back to the very
scene where that song was born. On
the Yankee Monitor with nv CON-
rades. I looked for that dear emblem.
and l tell you it did proudly wave in
the dawns early light Oh, how good
it did look to u.s." What a patriot!
This little old man is Harry c. Smith.
| born in Amsterdam, Holland, Novem-
Der >. 1885, a long time ago. surely.
His father was an intimate friend of
the governor of Java His step-father
was Scotchman. An improvement.
you say? Mr.. Smith talked freely of
the now Queen Wilhelmnia, and how
she looked as a little Dutch girl with
her ,braids. His description of Bis
mark with his pipe in his mouth. was
! Illuminating. L was in the Boer war
and consider the Beers the most faith
full and peaceful people in the world
4 and General Botha a great man.
The hero of the Monitor" is quite a
! linguist, speaking among other lam
guages the Malay and Javanese He
has travelled so much that he can tell
a persons nationality no matter from
what part of the world they come.
AS young man, our hero had lux
uriant curly hair, and being admitted
to the great Hospital of All Nations
at Greenwich, England, for malaria, he
came to the notice of her majesty.
Queen Victoria upon one of her visits
to this great institution. She was so
impressed with the beauty of his head
adornment. that she clipped a curl
therefrom and placed it in book she
held in her hand. He reverently touched
his forehead at the recollection of THAI
memorable and exceptional occasion.
What do / think about the kaiser ?
Don't kill him. that's too good for him.
III tell you what TO do with him, put
him in the Tower of London Thus
endeth the story of the last survivor
of the Monitor" How many of the
unsung heroes of battle will close the
span allotted them practically alone
God knows.