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TUC COA'LK .OL'XTRY LVrlNll.U CtLUMET. FRIDVT, JUNK 10. IrOS SAnPSONP5 SQUADRON, Tbe Plucky Admiral, His Fleet 1 apd tbe Officers Wbo f Figbt Witb Hirrj. Admiral Fp.nipson, now conniniidi::, the finest and mit fomnd.ib!. naval armament ever controlled by an Ameri can naval oil leer, lias ariv n from a humble v in the social scale to 1-is pn-M iit exalted Txiiti'!. Lik' so many in all coim.Ties who have nt rained emi nence notwithstanding tin adver t dr oumstanees attending their 1 irt ?i and their unwurd progr.rs, Admiral i-'a::ip- mm owes ut hin ' to tho.-' adventitious aids. . w( altli au l.nx ial iiti"U. to which so many, c.tu under our free in stitutions, owe tht ir st:irt in lif" Kiid their nibscucrst advancement. His suc cess has been dir.' ti v rir, in !- r.'itablc? courage pen-evera'HW.nd to tho pi sion f those other qualities tluit coin maud Kuocess. Admiral Sampson was tu rn i:i Pal myra, Wayne county, N. Y., Fob. 9, 1840. He is four mouths younger to the day than Commodore VYinfield Scott Schley, who has l n assigned to tho other important naval command on the Atlantic cuist, tho flyiug squadron. Unlike Schley, the new command r in chief of the north Atlantic station does not come of distinguished naval lineage, nor, in fact, of a prominent family. Ho is the first of his line to at tain distinction. Georgo Sampson, his father, was a day lalorcr, and tl e early lifo of William, his son, was not the J accompanied his father on tie tramps froin ony farmhouse to auotlx r in, Wayne "county, hciping to split and pile wox and do other hard work. In his spare moments ho studied the few textbooks at his command and managed to attend tho public schools in the county at in tervals. Old Squiro William II. South wick of Palmyra liked young Sampson for his energy and ambition. Tlio squire was a friend of E. Ii. Morgan, who rep resented in congress tho district which includes Wayne county. Heprcseutativo Morgan had tho right to appoint a mid shipman to tho Unitd States Naval academy, and when Squiro Southwick ADMIRAL WILLIAM T. SAMPSON. heard this ho exerted himself in young Sampson's behalf. He Knttra the Nary. This was in 18"7, and Sampson went to Annaixdis in KeptemlxT of that year and donnl the natty uniform of a mid dy. Four years later, less than a year before tho leginuing of the civil war, ho was graduated at tho head of the class. Tho opening of hostilities found him on tho frigate Potomac, with the rank of master. Captain Sampson wjw too young a man to get a command dur ing tho war, but he conducted himself in a manner that won him promotion as a lieutenant in July, 1802, ami while holding that commission he served on the practice ship John Adams at the Naval academy, on the ironclad Pataps co it tho wmth Atlantic blockading squadron and on the steam frigate Col orado, the flagship of tlio European squadron. Admiral Sampson, then a lieutenant, was tho executive ofllcer on tho iron clad Patapsco on Jan. in, J8(;."). His boat was a iirt of tho blockading fleet lefore Charleston. The relic Is knew that sooner or later tho boati of tho Union fleet which wero doing blockade dnty would seek to enter tho harbor and ompcl tho surrender of the city or re dnco it, nnd for days they spent all their time laying submarine mines and tjrpcdocH preparatory to giving tho Un ion boats a reception that they would not forget. On tho morning of tho 10th the admiral of tho fleet decided that the timo was ripo to get into tho harbor. Of courso he cxtiected that tho place was full of mines and torpedoes, and he had to get rid of them iu some way. Ho selected tho Patapsco to do tho work. Sho was ordered to enter tho har bor and search for tho hidden enemies and to pick them up or destroy them when she found them. Blown Up With Hit Ship. Lieutenant . Sampson was on th I bridge, and as soon as tho ironclad pot within range a torrent of fire fell upon lur. Despite the terrific onslaught, the little ship bravely steamed ahead Con federate sharpshooters lined the hills and bullets swept over tho deck liko hail driven by a furious wind Sampson ordered the marines and sailors lielow to hide tiehiud the iron protection. while he alone remained on divk. All at once the firing ceased with ill boding suddenness. The next instant the iron clad went un into the air, split into fragments by an enormous torpedo. Along with the ship was blown Lieu tenant Sampson, only to Ik? thrown bac k into the water 100 feet away. Others struggled near him in the trough More than 70 of his men had bevn torn to pieces. The castaways were picked up, and the next day Sampson was ready for duty, as sertuo and unconcerned as if ho had not the day before emerged from tho portals of certain death. In 18G0, whilo on the Colorado, Ad miral Sampson received his commission as commander. From 1803 to 1S71 ho was at tho Naval academy, and in 1872 and the following year was in Europe and elsewhere on tho Congress. His first command was the Alert, to which he was assigned just after he attained tho grade of commander in 1874. From 1876 to 1878 he was again at tho Naval academy. Ten years later be became su perintendent of tho academy and served lor four years- A 'aval Gen I a. Ho is considered an authority on tho subjects of armor, ordnance and tor pedoes. With Lieutenant Joseph Strauss ho designed tho novel double turret sys tem which has been adopted for tho new battleships Kearsargo and Ken tucky. Its purpose is to avoid tho diffi culty in tho way of concentrating the firo of the heavy guns, which is a trou bling problem on tho Indiana. The su IK'rimiosed or double story turret wa3 designed to solvo tho question, and whilo it has not been tried as yet, it is fair to assume that the chances are alto gether in favor of its success, us it was adopted only after long argument and careful study ot all the jxiints that are involved To prepare a plan that has met the objections of expert. ns well as this plan did was an r.chioveincnt iu it s -If, and it would sp a'c well for tho ability of tho new command, r if he had done nothing else tt prove it. Since the formation of tho new r.avy ho has eomman b-d th cruiser l-:vi Fraii ciseo and the battleship Iowa. lie was tho first man to command rlo latter ship, and on her h-.i had the opportunity of satisfying fully his desire to study great CAPTAIN IU D. EVAK8, IOWA. gtxna in action. Ho knows more about modern rifled ordnanco than most naval officers, as he was inspector of ordnanco at the Washington navy yard for throo years. He helped in the installment of the present fine gun factory there, and from 1893 to 1807 he was chief of the bureau of naval ordnance. His being appointed president of the board of inquiry 'regarding the Maine i:; i'i-ir street, nit mu 'i more than a far cry f.vni tho Glen lnd.ro (X. J. ) statii n on the M utclair branc h nt the Delaware, Lackawanna and West.ni rui!rud. Tho boys are execiiliicjdy proud of their father, and both hac lon.4 understood the nature and iu-p r tamv of his position quito rs W'-il a; any one. Mrs. Sampson's sympathy with her boys is as pronounced a- the admiral's and their regard fir her ischivalrous in tho extreme. In turn she enters fully into their sports and devotes much time to the direction of their studies. Iu school the boys are known as among the brightest of all the pupils, and though not exactly of the gixxly-goody type their class standing is high. This they delight in as sincerely as they do in any of their sports, and their ambition is to stand as high at Annapolis by and by as their father did before them. To do this each must bo tho best in his class in all lines, since their father was a "four striier" at graduation, which means K ft 4iMll,W flamming C y-i-sa&aisca KZ?:rJTiG Joj3 F " r i TV iiiwii r' - nr r " ."J.'i iui r i n ..a v ii -,j MORMON HILL FARMHOUSE, PALMYRA, N. Y., WHERE ADMIRAL SAMPSON ISM Commissiond lieutenant commander on the Colorado, fluyhhlp of the European feijuadron. lSCs Speoial eorvico at Annapolis Naval acad emy for throo yearn. 1872 AnslKned to atcamship Congress of the Euroj)ean Btjuadron. 1874 Commissioned an commander and assign ed to tho Alert. 1876-8 Special nervice at the Naval academy, Annapolin. 1870-82 In command of steamship Swatara of tho Asiatic squadron. 1S82-5 8p"cial per vice nt tho Naval ohsorfatory and member of the international prime meridian and time conference in 18&. 188ft Member of board on fortifications and defenses. lS87--8uperlntenent of Naval academy at Annapolis; delegato from United States to International maritime conference, Wash ington, In 1880; promoted to captain the (same year. 1S91 Made commander of the ironclad San Francisco. JH02 First commander of tho battleship Iowa. lSJ'3-7 Chief of tho bureau of naval ordnance. 108 President of board of Inquiry of tho Maine disaster and subsequently succeeded Admiral Sicard in command of tho north Atlantic squadron. Admiral Sampson at Ilome. To form an estimato of a man's real character and his personality those facts relating to his private lifo as an indi vidual aro invaluable and show the per son as ho is uninfluenced by official life and environment, which so often ob scure tho real self. In his private as in his publio charac ter Admiral Sampson stands tho test equally well, and in all those relation ships attached to homo lifo ho has proved himself worthy not only of com mendation, but of imitation as well. Admiral Sampson has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was married in 18G2, was Margaret, a daughter of tho lato David S. Aldrich, ono of tho leading business men of Pal myra. Tho admiral has many relatives still living in tho vicinity of Palmyra, and ho visits his old home as often as possible. Ho owns the famous Mormon Hill farm, upon which is .tho hillwhero Joseph Smith dug, an he alleged, tile golden plates from which tho IJook of Mormon was printed by tho lato Major Gilbert on an old hand printing press at present owned in lioso, Wayne county. Giiirgo Sampson works this Mormon Hill farm for his brother. Tho old brick house on Johnson street, at tho south end of I'rospect hill, still stands, and it was there that the futuro admiral was born. By his first marriauo ho had two daughters, ono of whom is married to Lieutenant Roy C. Smith and tho oth er to Ensign It. II. Jackson. It was En sign Jackson who whilo a cadet serving at Apia hl tho Jackies to tho tojw dur ing tho terriblo Samoan hurricane and formed with them what is known as "tho human safi," which kept tho ship from going on tho fatal coral reef at tho entrance to tho harbor. For this gallant act young Jackson, who would other wise have lost a commission through the lack of a vacancy, was retained iu the service by a special act of congress. His second wife was Miss Mary Bur ling, a preceptress in the Palmyra Classical Union school. The fruits of this marriage- wero four children, two boys and two girls, named respectively, Ralph Earle, Harold, Hannah (named after his mother) and Olive Farring ton. Mrs. Sampson is a cultured, mod est woman who devotes much of her time to the caseation of her children, which she supervises personally. Th Admiral's Ilrifht Doya. Ralph Sampson is 11 and his broth, er, Harold, is 8. They are now living with their mother and two sister in tastefully modest brown cottage at disaster and a successor to Admiral k.-AvA in command of the uortu At 1 auric squadron is too recent to require more than incidental mention. Sum punt' Cinder In Hrlef. A tabulated resume of the priucijwl events in Admiral Sampson's private and public career will convey to the reader at a glance the various stages hi.- life up to the present: Js-l'orn at Talmyra, N. V. ikjMsL.lwilii in miblk) school. in !i52 fculittinu vood, raking hny nnd doin in-m-nd chon s to earn money fur a higher iducution. Is57 At;oinUil to tho Naval ncadeiny at An-najM-liH by Consresainan E. 1J. Mort'lin nt New York. lstlO JraUiHtHl from Annnpolift with tho rank of lieutenant and assigned to duty on th fritfiito 1'otomao. IsfSI lroinutod to master. lsti' t'oiniuishiond as lieutenant July 10 and arwitfnod to tho practice hhip John Adams. lsa-4-In8tiu tor at tho Naval academy. biO Aligned to the ironclad ratnpwo of tho aoutli Atlantic blockading aquailron; was t'xecutive ofllcer of that voHfl when ehu y,-rh blown up inCharloaton harbor Jan. 1 lsC5. WAS DORN. that ho was No. 1 in everything. Ho wore four stripes on his left sleovo all through tho last year of his courso in consequence. Ralph, tho elder of tho two boys, has a great head for figures and excels in everything mathematical. Admiral Samiwon was C8 on Feb. 9 of this year, but ho knows boy nature CAPTAIN F. E. CHADWICK, NEW YORK. well and sympathizes thoroughly with it, and tho relations existing between himself and his sons are of tho chum miest 6ort that can bo imagined. When ever ho has shoro leave, whero they can got together, tho veteran naval hero tLt is and his juvenile replicas that hope to keep tho name in the service for many years to coino aro almost insep arable companions. And whenever his ship has been stationed within reach of the family the boys have been frequent visitors on its decks, whero they have always mado themselves pets with the men and favorites with tho officers in spite of certain boyish tendencies to ex plore all sorts of forbidden nooks rjid corners and to find out things by mkin questions that no one can answer. In privnto life, liko so many distin guished iierona .cs, ho is noted for sim plicity, candor and a total absenco of af fectation. His is not tho greatness that awes those who como in contact with him, and though n thorough disciplina rian and rigorous in the execution of his commands there is nothing domineer ing or haughty in his manner. SAMPSON'S STRONG FLEET. Ship of. the Squadron and Their lirave and llralny Commanders. Tlio fleet under tho command of Ad miral Sampson comprises the New York (flagship), Captain F. E. Chadwick; Iowa, Captain It. D. Evans; Indi ana, Captain H. C. Taylor; Montgom ery, Conunander O. A. Converse; Mar blehead, Commander B. IL McCalla; Monitor Terror, Captain N. Ludlow; Monitor Puritan, Captain P. F. Har rington; Monitor Amphitrite, Captain C. J. Barclay; Cincinnati, Captain C. M. Chester; Helena, Commander W. T. Swinburne; Detroit, Commander J. IL Dayton; Nashville Commander W. Maynard; Castino, Commander It. M. Berry, and half a dozen vessels of smaller dimensions. Tlio torpedo flotilla is under the immediato command of Lieutenant Commander V. W. Kim ball. The flotilla consists of the torpedo boats Footo, commanded by Lieutenant W. L. Rogers; the Cushing, by Lieu tenant A. Cleaves; the Ericsson, by Lieutenant N. R, Usher; tho Winslow by Lieutenant J. B. Bernadou; the Per' tor, by Lieutenant J. C. Fremont, son ot the "Pathfinder," and tho Duponl, by Lieutenant G. S. Wood. "Fighting- Hob" and the Iowa. Th? b;ttlehip Iowa, commanded by "Fighring L''l" Evans, is the most for midable kittK'.-aip in the Uuited Stales navy. Her displacement is 1 1, 410 tons ; ;Jie has a speed of 1 0 knots ; he r hors power is 11,000, and she cost $3,010, 000. Her armament consists of four 12 inch guns, t ight 8 inch guns, six 4 inch and 28 guns of smaller caliber. Captain Evans was born in Virginia in 1S40. and during his boyhood broke colts, shot rabbits and attended such country schools as tho mountains of Virginia iu thoso days afforded. Upon tho death of his father in 1855 young Evans went to live with his uncle, Al exander II. Evans, in Washington. Hero ho attended Gonzaga college, well known and excellent Catholic in stitution which has turned out many good men. In 1859 ho was offered an appointment to tho Naval academy by Mr. William Hooper, delcgato in Con gress from Utah. WTith $200 and a navy revolver this young nspirant for naval honors started for Salt Lake City, which ho reached after n hard passage and aft er ho had been shot twice by Indians. In 1800 ho joined his class ut tho Naval academy, Annapolis, and afterward, during tho war, served ns midshipman and ensign. Ho served on board tho frigate Powhatan in tho flying squad ron under Admiral Lardncr, and also in tho east gulf under tho same officer, afterward in the north Atlantic under Admiral Porter and Commodoro Schenck. It was during this sea servico that ho participated in tho desperate as sault upon and capturo of Fort Fisher. It will bo remembered that a forlorn hopo mado up of volunteers from tho fleet was sent against tho up to that timo impregnable works, and "Fight ing Bob, yet a mero lad, was ono of tho volunteers. It was one of tho most desperate and sanguinary assaults of the war. He was commissioned as lieu tenant in 18C0, and as lieutenant com mander in 1803. Subsequently ho held various commands until appointed to tho Iowa. Captain Evans is a man of robust build, 65 yt'ars of ago. liis face is seamed by heavy lines. . IIo walks with a limp, caused by a wound receiv ed in battle. IIo looks his age, every day of it, and ho also looks tho typical sea dog. He is tho very man to follow or lead. Cool, but still full of enthu siasm; hardy and stout, but alort in ev ery fiber. Captain Chadwick and the New Turk. The armored cruiser New York ( flag ship of tho fleet), commanded by Cap tain F. E. Chadwick, has a displace ment of 8,200 tons, her speed is 21 knots on hour, and sho cost $3,000,000. Sho carries six 8 inch guns, twelvo 4 inch and 10 guns of smaller caliber. Captain French E. Chadwick was born in Virginia and appointed to tho Naval academy from that state in 1861. IIo was attached to the steam sloop Sus- quehanua, Brazil wmadron, 18G5-0; tho steam sloop Juniata, south Atlantic squadron, 1800-7. IIo has been attached to several other vessels smco then until his appointment to the New York. Tho battleship Indiana, commanded by Captain Henry C. Taylor, has a dis placement cf 10,288 tons, has a speed of 15.5 knots an hour, and cost $3,020, 000. Sho carries four 13 inch guns, eight 8 inch guns, four 0 inch and 30 guns of a smaller caliber. Her mammoth 13 inch guns aro mounted in turrets. two forward and two aft. Captain Taylor is a native of New York stato and was appointed to tho Naval academy in 1800. IIo was pro moted ensign in 18C3, and was attached to tho steam sloop Richmond, west gulf blockading squadron, 1803-3, and participated in tho battle of Mobile bay in 1804. IIo was promoted master in 1805; was attached to tho steam sloon Powhatan, south Pacific squadron. 1805-7, and was commissioned as lieu tenant in 1800. Ho was commissioned lieutenant commander in 1803; was at tached tcstho f rigato Sabino on a special cruise in 1809, and was employed on a surveying expedition 1870-1. IIo was attached to tho Naval academy 1872-4; torpedo station 1875, aud to tho experi mental oatcery, Annapolis, 1875-0. ty-o r0TO0 batons. ai, kill Seaman Meyer. Tho sentence of the court was that ho should bo given a furlough for three years on half pay. ino court martial recommended that even this sentence should bo mitigated, but the secretary of the navy would not ?P-nt thl- There was, of course, tUO plea Of CTeak nmwvotl., t. , , r in awarding sentence, which other- ored at the time for his dismissal from the fuurv wlit V. ujui.e . , , : " u it uuten place. would hare deprived the naval service of a most capable officer. w m awarding sentence, which other- m?nt aa(lvs appointed an acting mid wise would be much more severe. Many ""l the Naval academy in 1801 ctoorod at the time for his dismissal i d Kuatod in 1805. IIo served on 1RC9 and was attached to tho torpodj service iu 1870-7. Captain Ludlow and the Terror, Double turret monitor Terror, Cap tain Nicoll Ludlow, is u modern coaht defense vessel of 3,990 tons displace, mi nt, has u speed of 12 knots and cost 13,178,040. HvT four big 10 inch guns aro carried two in each turret, and sho has eight smaller guns. In action hho can sink so that her upper deck is fluch with tho water, and her curved deck and revolving turrets aro alono present ed as u target. Captain Ludlow was born in New York and attended tho Naval academy 1859-03. Ho was promoted ensign in 1803 and was attached to tho steam slcKip Wachusett, Brazil squadron, 1803-5. IIo was promoted master hi I860, lieutenant in 1807 aud was com missioned as lieutenant commander in 1808. IIo was attached to tho Naval academy 1870-2, tho Monongahela 1872-5, tho Brooklyn 187G, was on tor pedo duty 1870-7, aud the Trenton (flag ship), European station, 1877-8. Tho cruiser Detroit, Captain James II. Day ton, has a displacement of 2,0h9 tons, can steam 18.7 knots an hour, has 5,227 horsepower and cost $0 1 2, 500. She carries nine 5 inch rapid firo guns, 6ix 0 poundtts, two 1 pounders and ono Gatling gun. Captain Dayton was bora in Indiana, entered tho Naval academy in 1802 and graduated in 1805. Ho became ensicm in 1808, master iu 1800 and tho samo year was commissioned as lieutenant, lie was attached to tho Naval academy 1875-7. Captain Harrington and the Puritan. The monitor Puritan, Captain Pur nell F. Harrington, is tho most power ful fighting machino in Uncle Sam's navy. Sho is superior to others of her 8AMPSOU AS A LIEUTENANT IN I8C3. class from tho fact that her armament consists of no less than four 12 inch rifles, besides a number of smaller guns. Captain Harrington is a native of Delaware and was appointed to tho Naval academy from that 6tato in 1861. IIo graduated in 1803, was promoted . ensign in 1803, took part in the battle of Mobilo bay in 1804 and in all the operation against tho rebel defenses at the eutranco of that bay. He was pro moted master in 1800, lieutenant in 1807 and was commissioned a liouten ant commander in 18G8. He was in structor of mathematics in tho Naval academy 1868-70, was attached to tho California Pacific fleet 1870-2, Naval academy 1873-0 and was on tho Hart ford, flagship, north American station, 1876-8.'; The Marblehead, another member of Admiral Sampson's fleet, is commanded by Bowman II. McCalla. Captain Mc Calla, who is a Jerseyman, was appoint ed from that state to tho Naval academy in 1801 and graduated in 1804. IIo was promoted master iu 1860, lieutenant in 1808, was commissioned ns lieutenant commander tho samo year and was at tached to the Naval academy 1875-8. In 1890, whilo in command of the U. S. 8. 'Enterprise, Captain McCalla was tho defendant in a naval court mar tial. Tho charge, which was partially sustained, was striking and cutting Sea- . man Walker with his sword, putting other men in irons and threatening to jgp iiarold, and t.IE admhuuJ. The cruiser Montgomery, Captain George A. Converse, is an "unprotected cruiser of 2,080 tons displacement and cost $012,500. Sho can attain a speed of 19.5 knots an hour, carries nine 6 inch rapid fire guns and ten Smaller guns. Cantaln nnnvmn ... i i r ---r ' v him ii in wr " r-. u jouj. iiu ncryeu on the steam sloop Canandaigna, European iquadron, 1805-9, was promoted ensign In 1806, master in 1868, lieutenant in 1