Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . thetorpedoes, and so were to remainwhere they were posteduntil the signal wasgiven and they haddone their part inmaking the expeditiona success. The orderwas that no man shouldpay attention to the fire of the enemy. He was not even to lookback over his shoulder to see where the fire was coming from. Itwas also understood that if any man was wounded he should pay noattention to his wound nor call the attention of anj^body else to it, butshould place himself in a sitting, kneeling, or any other posture that hecould, so that whe
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . thetorpedoes, and so were to remainwhere they were posteduntil the signal wasgiven and they haddone their part inmaking the expeditiona success. The orderwas that no man shouldpay attention to the fire of the enemy. He was not even to lookback over his shoulder to see where the fire was coming from. Itwas also understood that if any man was wounded he should pay noattention to his wound nor call the attention of anj^body else to it, butshould place himself in a sitting, kneeling, or any other posture that hecould, so that when the signal came he could perform the simple dutyassigned TURRET OF A UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP. LIEUTENANT RICHMOND P. HOBSON. 245 And they carried out their instructions to the letter. Theyrciuained there on that ship, each man at his post, until their duty wasperformed. They laid there until five of the seven torpedoes had beenshot away by the enemys fire. The steering gear also had been shotaway. The projectiles from the enemys guns were coming so fast thatit seemed as though they came more in a stream than singly. Yet thoseJackies laid there to do their duty as instructed, and never flinched. NOT A MAN DISOBEYED ANY ORDER. Again, when the work was done and the crew assembled again atthe appointed place, and the Merrimac began to sink under them slowly,because only two of the seven torpedoes that were to sink had been fired;when for ten minutes that crew of Jackies lay there on their faces at therendezvous, and the projectiles were exploding just in front of them, thesimple order was given that no man should move until further t
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