Naval battles of America; great and decisive contests on the sea from colonial times to the present, including our glorious victories at Manila and Santiago; . lels in the history of theworld. Lieutenant Hobson and his heroic crew not only wentwith the Merrimac into the range of an awful fire, unable toreply, but the interior of their vessel was loaded with torpe-does for her destruction at the proper time. They went in unable to fire one gun at the enemy, andprepared to destroy the very deck under their feet. We searchthe pages of history in vain to find some act of heroism forcountry and fla
Naval battles of America; great and decisive contests on the sea from colonial times to the present, including our glorious victories at Manila and Santiago; . lels in the history of theworld. Lieutenant Hobson and his heroic crew not only wentwith the Merrimac into the range of an awful fire, unable toreply, but the interior of their vessel was loaded with torpe-does for her destruction at the proper time. They went in unable to fire one gun at the enemy, andprepared to destroy the very deck under their feet. We searchthe pages of history in vain to find some act of heroism forcountry and flag that approaches this. President McKinley in a special message to Congress rec-ommended Lieutenant Hobson and Ensign Powell for promo-tion and vote of thanks. As Admiral Sampson declared, this act of Hobsons favorably with that of Cushing in blowing up theAlbemarle, an account of which will be found in thisvolume. The resolutions recommended by the President were adoptedJune 29, tendering the thanks of Congress to Naval Construc-tor Hobson and the other heroes of the Merrimac, and theactual names of the men who composed the crew were inserted. CAPTURE OF HOBSON AND THE MERRIMAC MENAdmiral Cervera and Spanish Marines approaching in a Steam Launch NAVAL OPERATIONS IN CUBAN WATERS. 399 in the resolutions, it being the first time that a man not holding a commission had been thus honored by Congress. After several attempts had failed, the exchange of Lieuten-ant Hobson and his associates for Spanish prisoners wasfinally effected in the presence of the armies of both nation^,in front of Santiago, July 6. Lieutenant Hobson was exchangedfor Lieutenant Aries of the Spanish army and fourteen Span-ish soldiers were given up for Hobsons associates. In the case of Lieutenant Hobson promotion was deferreduntil his wishes could be ascertained, but the men found theirpromotions awaiting them, orders to that effect have been sentto Admiral Sampson by the Secretary of the Navy. For th
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