Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-10-10
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punitive attack on the principal fort
IN the Han river. The Colorado's crew
furnished an important part of the
landing force, under Lieut.. Commander
(afterward Rear AdmiraD Silas Casey.
the executive officer From Admiral
Schroeder's description:
Crew First in the CHARGE.
when Lieutenant Commander
Casey of the infantry gave the order
TO charge, they rushed forward down
the slope and up the opposite hill with
splendid dash and courage.
Lieut.. Hugh Mckee of the Colo
RADIO was the first to mount the para
pet and the first to leap into hand
to-hand conflict, in which he fell at
the head of his men. The fighting
inside the fort was desperate. The
Corean'S code did not conceive of anv
quarter being either given or taken.
and they fought hopelessly to the last
man."
Two others were killed and ten
wounded in the attacking party.
OOlO as JUNK IN 1882.
This incident, not uncommon in that
time and region, did not affect the gen.
orally friendly attitude of the United
States toward Corea nor cause my
hostile feeling on the latter's part, for
after eight years of persistent en-
! deavor, Commodore r. w. Shufeldt,
| q. S. N, succeeded where other SINH
lar attempts since 1882 had failed, in
| obtaining a treaty with Corea, Of
peace, amity, commerce and naviga-
ton, which opened Corea to foreign
! intercourse. Thus again, as in our
Commodore Perry's treaty with Japan,
a naval officer added another to the
| peaceful successes of American diplo-
macy in the Far East" as commented
by a leading London journal of the
| time.
The remaining years of the Colorado
/, 1854, were spent as receiving
| ship at the New York navy yard. On
February IA, 1885, 81 years after the
| laying of her keel, she was sold, to the
usual fate of being broken up and
! burned for her copper fastenings and
OIueF savage IIldlefIdl.
Second Launched in 1902.
Meantime the Territory of Colorado,
organized as such in 1861, had been
admitted on August 1, 1876, into the
Union as a state, and gave its name to
| the second man-of-war Colorado. She
was one of six armored cruisers au-
| thorized, three at a time, by congress
in 1899 and 1900, of 1850 tons dis
placement, carrying four 9-inch guns
| in two turrets, Ia 6-inch, score of
! smaller caliber, and two underwater
| torpedo tubes. Her Niclausse boilers
and four-cylinder, triple expansion
engines driving twin screws, develop
| ing $1,000 horsepower, ATTAINED
maximum speed of over % knots. Her
ships company numbered 910. She
was launched at Cramps Shipyard,
Philadelphia, on April 5, 1902, under
the sponsorship of the daughter of
Governor Peabody. A handsome silver
service was presented by the state,
which is now in the new ship.
Transport in World War.
The Colorado II became one of the
"armored cruiser squadron" first CON-
manded by Rear Admiral Willard FL.
Brownson, an organization famous and
popular in our navy in its day, with
good record for cruising. President
Roosevelt once witnessed target prac-
! flee on board and took dinner with
/ the crew in the general mess, giving
his signed photograph as a souvenir
In 1915 the Colorado II became flag
| shin of the Pacific reserve fleet and
on December 1, 1916, her name vas
changed to Pueblo, after the second
city in Colorado, as a larger vessel was
to bear the name of the state. Under
this name she served in the cruiser
and transport force in the World war
under Capt. G. w. Williams, escorting
transports across, and after the armis-
tice bringing 10.136 troops home. In
1921 che became the receiving ship at
New York, pending further active en-
ployment.
Third Has Eight Large Guns.
| The third Colorado was designated
ms battleship No. As Counting from
the first in our new navy, authorized
/ IN the building program of August %.
1916. to be Of $4,000 tons trial dis.
nlocem mt, eight 16-inch guns in four
| center-line turrets. twelve 5-inch guns