Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1898 — EPIGRAMS OF THE WAR. [ARTICLE]

EPIGRAMS OF THE WAR.

“Don’t swear, boys; shoot!”—Col. Wood to the Rough Riders. “Suspend judgment.”—Captain Sigsbee’s first message to Washington. “Don’t cheer, boys: the poor devils are dying.”—Captain Philip of the Texas. “Remember the Maine.”—Commodore Schley’s signal to the flying squadron. “You can fire when you are ready, Gridley.”—Commodore Dewey at Manila. “The Maine is avenged.”—Lieut. Wainwright, after the destruction of Cervera’s fleet. “War is not a picnic.”—Sergeant Hamilton Fish of the Rough Riders, to his mother. “To hell with breakfast; let’s finish ’em now.” —A Yankee gunner to Commodore Dewey. “Don’t mind me, boys; .go on fighting.” —Captain Allyn K. Capron of the Rough Riders, “Don’t go between my guns and the enemy.”—Commodore Dewey to Prince Henry of Germany. “There must be no more recalls: iron will break at last.” —Lieut. Hobson to Admiral Sampson. “Who would not gamble for a new star in the flag?”—Captain Buckey O’Neill of the Rough Riders. “I’ve got them now, and they will never get home.”—Commodore Schley, on guard at Santiago harbor. “Take that for the Maine.”—Captain Sigsbee, as he fired a shot through the Spanish torpedo boat Terror. “We will make Spanish the court language of hades.”—Fighting Bob Evuns, when war was declared. “The battle of Manila killed me; but I would do it again.”—Captain Gridtey of the Olympia on his death bed. “Excuse me, sir; I have to report that the ship haß been blown up and is sinking.”—Bill Anthony of the Maine. “Shatter is fighting, not writing.”—Adjutant General Corbin to Secretary Alger, when the latter asked for news from the front. * “Afraid I’JI strain my guns at long range; I’ll close in.’—Lieut. Wainwright of the Gloucester in the fight with Cervera's squadron. “Don’t hamper me witli instructions; I am not afraid of the entire Spanish fleet with my ship.”—Captaiu Clark of the Oreton, to the Board of Strategy.