People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1895 — TOO MUCH PRAYING. [ARTICLE]

TOO MUCH PRAYING.

Capt. MeGiftin Tells How the Battle of Yalu Was Lost. New York, May I—Commander Philo N. McGiffin, who had command of the Chinese ironclad Chin Yuen at the battle of Yalu, arrived here from Liverpool and is stopping at the Astor house. The commander received a number of wounds in the fight and is still somewhat deaf. He has a tattered uniform of the Chinese navy which he wore on the Chen Yuen during the naval battle. He says it was a stubborn fight and was lost to the Chinese chiefly because they had no shells to use, while the Japanese were well supplied. The Chinese shot passed through the enemy’s ships without doing any great damage. The commander carries two wounds in his left thigh. Commodore Lin was supposed to be in command, but was down In his room praying to the gods to preserve him. The commander will soon go to his home at Washington, Pa. He did not come back by the Pacific, as the Japanese had a reward of $5,000 standing for Ms capture dead or alive. Mr. McGiffin has been in the Chinese naval service for twelve years. He founded the naval institute at Wei-Hai-Wei and did considerable surveying in Corea.