Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-07
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An INLAND SyNTE AND NAVY

An INLAND SYNTE AND NAVY
ne Free Press has recently spoken Of
coming to the front Of Admiral Mayo
the senior admiral in the American
y. as we'll as of the fact that YER
' II as an inland State should have
&c such famous naval heroes as Dewey.
rIS and Mayo in quick succession The
lnington Banner in speaking Of the
lation said:
Admiral Charles z. Clark, the hero Of
oregon. is spending few days In
rnont AZ his favorite vacation spot.
g miral Clark is now in his nth year, but
as vigorous ;tnd hearty as most men
1 alert as when he brought the Oregon
'ough seven thousand miles of semi
stile waters and reached the Cuban
tst, with his ship in perfect condition.
season to clinch the American victory
% Santiago. That was % years ago and
whole generation Of young Americans
grown up since then, but is remains
greatest singlc-handcd exploit in the
nails Of the American navy.
Vermont can not but feel glow of
de to know that this great deed was
1e by a son of Vermont who grew up
q h no more advantages than those en-
ied by practically every Vermont boy
the present day. Advanced years have
changed the modest, genial, kindly.
ward-looiing old navy hero whose
vice to his country dates back to Civil
ar days and extended down through
recent world struggle. A remarkable
'cunstance is that tho two sons-in law
Admiral and Mrs. Clark are now them
Ives admirals in active service Years
q the two Clark girls married young
val officers. Evidently they inherited
sir fathers judgment and chose well.
now their husbands are both rear
u'l' tti~ 'N'fil NulUlIbl ana hTS. Rope
are with Mrs Robcson's parents at
IKE Mansfield. Three adnirals in one
'mily is going SOME even for Vermont. -
Congressman +. l.. Greene is a member
B the House committee on military af-
lirs, but he is also thoroughly alive to
ermonts high prestige gained in the
avy. He was moved to write to the Ban
or in relation 10 Admiral Clark and the
imous exploit in bringing the Oregon
the Atlantic from the Pacific during
IL Spanish American War as follows:
"Whon see man that 7 have known
" great many years Slipping. slipping
y III" way"ido although know that he
. strong man mentally courageous
van spiritually. and good man morally,
feel that II is my heaven appointed duty
. turn back put my hand in his. and lead
i'm 7lcng - little way. until his stumbling
eet are once more securely in the path.
$50 when read in Frank Howc's news
aper. The Banner, that Admiral Charlie
lark sailed round tho Horn in the ore
,on - year. ago. Tsestum self. Here's
where ! do n little first-grade work with
frankie
"Now the whole point Of this is. young
nan. that if Charlie Clark had sailed
round the Horn as everybody, almost,
teens to persist in saying that he did,
he story Of his wondrous voyage might
lave quite different cast and color from
mat Whi'h now makes it so brilliant. It
would nave been noteworthy feat to be
sure, and - successful one. no doubt. hut
It would have lacked what to us sea-
men would he the distinguishing feature.
IN sense, that made it a great bit OF
navigation.
Most anybody can sail round the Horn.
and most every saltwater man has, at
some time %, another. S,orN. romance.
flction Sea-tales, saltwater ballads, and
III that have set briuy tang upon round
The Horn stuff, so that We take it, out
Of sheer habit Of thought as the one
ming of decidedly Theatre cast about
South Seas sailing. II has become a ma
rne tale convention
"l|ut Charlie was in a hurry. n right
smart haste, so ~ to say and he decid-
ed TO lop off few hundred or "A few
thousand q dunno which) miles, or para
sangs. from his Wy age. and SO he made
the sailorman's great and adventurous
dare In that region at that time, and went
the Straits Of Magellan, And in
doing that the best of his remark BILE
seamanship throughout the whole pro-
cecdings came into constant play, night
and day
ASK any of us old sailor men. what II
means to take a great battleship through
Tho Straits of Magellan at the time he
did or at any time for that matter, and
We will tell you that going round the
II rn is like riding in a carrousel at the
State fair compared with it,"
SENATOR CRAVE AND VERMONT
rhe late United state senator W. Muir.
va Crane Of Massachusetts, whose life
ttr.s Il