Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . ccident, and none was better qualified toreach a just conclusion. During all the long weeks following the dis-aster it was Wainwright who toiled beside the wreck and above it, fromdawn till dark, directing the divers work, recovering the bodies of thedead, familiar with everj^ development of evidence, the confidant oievery grim secret bronght to light by the submarine research. Long after Captain Sigsbee and all his other subordinates had been 2G8 COMMANDER RICHARD WAINWRIGHT. relieved of their painful task, Wainwright, the sole surv
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . ccident, and none was better qualified toreach a just conclusion. During all the long weeks following the dis-aster it was Wainwright who toiled beside the wreck and above it, fromdawn till dark, directing the divers work, recovering the bodies of thedead, familiar with everj^ development of evidence, the confidant oievery grim secret bronght to light by the submarine research. Long after Captain Sigsbee and all his other subordinates had been 2G8 COMMANDER RICHARD WAINWRIGHT. relieved of their painful task, Wainwright, the sole surviving officer ofthe Alaine left in Havana harbor, pulled down the weather-stained flagthat had floated day and night from the shrouds of the wrecked battle-ship. When Wainwright left Havana the United States Governmentrelinquished its sovereignty over the Maine. The personality of the man who, with his battery of little six-pounders, braved the fire of Spains dreaded destroyers, and sent thePluton and the Furor ashore ablaze and riddled, is of no more than. WRECK OF THE UNITED STATES CRUISER MAINE IN THE HARBOR OF HAVANA. passing interest. Wainwright is a sailor to the core. Six feet tall ormore, but a trifle too lean to look athletic, he is, nevertheless, a manfor action. He is one of those men whose anatomy seems all brains andbone and sinew. Still on the junior side of middle life, he is old enoughto have a face that impresses one as serious, until the keen blue eyeslight up with merriment or, it may be, with scorn. As he appeared after the wreck of the Maine, his skin was bronzedto the color of leather by exposure to the tropical sun. He always wore COMMODORE RICHARD WAINWRIGHT. 269 a weather-beaten undress naval coat, much the worse for wear. Indeed,he had no other left from the wreck than the one he had on his was the busiest man in Havana except, perchance, the good Chidwick, and the undertaker, but he alwa3S had time for asmiling greeting and a f
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