. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. Naval Cadet Powell of the New York, witha picked crew of six men volunteered fromvarious ships, also shares in the glory, forhe went close in to the mouth of the harborin a steam cutter, awaiting an opportunityto rescue any of the men who might escapealive, and remained pluckily at his post un-til daylight, when he was driven away by aterrific fire from shore. Hardly less remarkable than the act itselfis the news that Hobson and his men es-caped alive, a .messenger from the Spanishadmiral, under
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. Naval Cadet Powell of the New York, witha picked crew of six men volunteered fromvarious ships, also shares in the glory, forhe went close in to the mouth of the harborin a steam cutter, awaiting an opportunityto rescue any of the men who might escapealive, and remained pluckily at his post un-til daylight, when he was driven away by aterrific fire from shore. Hardly less remarkable than the act itselfis the news that Hobson and his men es-caped alive, a .messenger from the Spanishadmiral, under a truce flag, advising Ad-miral Sampson that every one of the eight isalive, well, and being treated as men wTho fol-low the profession of arms treat prisonerswhose bravery they are compelled to ad-mire. It was Hobsons idea to block the harborby sinking a ship across the channel. Hesubmitted his plan to Admiral Sampson somedays ago, and after much consultation it was decided to allow him to try. Death to thoseengaging in the enterprise seemed certain,and after great hesitancy it was decided to. LIEUT. RICHMOND P. HOBSON. U. S. the number of men participating tothe minimum. Having formulated the scheme, volunteerswere called for the service. But eight menwere required. Two thousand offered them-selves. Not only did American sailors showthat they were ready at a moments noticeto answer any call, but they pleaded, beggedand importuned commanding officers to usetheir influence to secure the desperate butcoveted detail. Those who were chosen con-sidered themselves lucky. Those who wererefused declined to be comforted, and opanlyaverred that they were being treated badlyand that the navy was no place for a manwho wished to get ahead. Three men fromthe flagship New York swam from their shipto the Merrimac after being denied per-mission to enlist, were apprehended and re- THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES turned to be punished because they violateda discipline which interfered w
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