Robert Underwood Johnson, associate-editor of the _Century Magazine_, was born in Washington, D. C., January 12, 1853. As secretary of the Authors’ and Publishers’ Copyright Leagues, Mr. Johnson rendered valuable services to the cause of international copyright. Dewey. See note on “A Ballad of Manila Bay,” by Charles George Douglas Roberts. =Stanza 1.= =Bocagrande= (large mouth), the main channel into Manila Bay south of Corregidor Island. The northerly channel is called Bocachica (small mouth). =Corregidor.= See “A Ballad of Manila Bay.” =Stanza 6.= =Cavité.= See “A Ballad of Manila Bay.” =Stanza 7.= =Montojo= (Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasaron), the commander of the Spanish naval forces in the Philippines. =Stanza 8.= =Farragut.= See “The River Fight.” =Stanza 12.= =Gridley= (Charles Vernon, 1845-1898), the captain of Admiral Dewey’s flagship, the _Olympia_. 51. THE MEN OF THE “MERRIMAC.” By Clinton Scollard. Clinton Scollard. See note on “Montgomery at Quebec.” The _Merrimac_ was sunk on the morning of June 3, 1898, in order to block the narrow channel into Santiago Bay where the Spanish fleet was at anchor. The men who engaged in the perilous venture were: Lieutenant Richard Pearson Hobson, naval constructor (born in Greensboro, Alabama, August 17, 1870; graduated from Annapolis at the head of his class in 1889; studied in France, and at the opening of the Spanish war was conducting the post-graduate course in construction at the Naval Academy at Annapolis). Osborn Deignan, a coxswain of the _Merrimac_. George F. Phillips, a machinist of the _Merrimac_. John Kelly, a water-tender of the _Merrimac_. George Charette, a gunner’s mate of the _New York_. Daniel Montagu, a seaman of the _Brooklyn_. J. C. Murphy, a coxswain of the _Iowa_. Randolph Clausen, a coxswain of the _New York_. =Stanza 6.= =Morro=, the ancient Spanish fortress commanding Santiago Bay. =Socapa= and =Estrella=, batteries at the entrance to the bay. 52. THE CHARGE AT SANTIAGO. By William Hamilton Hayne. William Hamilton Hayne, son of Paul Hamilton Hayne (see “The Battle of Charleston Harbor”), was born in Charleston, South Carolina, March 11, 1856. He has the true lyrical instinct, and is the author of many quatrains and much finished “nature” verse. Mr. Hayne’s poem commemorates the valor of the American troops in their charge on San Juan Hill, near Santiago de Cuba, July 1, 1898. 53. SPAIN’S LAST ARMADA. By Wallace Rice. Wallace Rice. See note on “Blood is Thicker than Water.” “Spain’s Last Armada” celebrates the great naval victory of July 3, 1898. =Stanza 3.= =El Morro and Socapa.= See note on “The Men of the _Merrimac_.” =Stanza 11.= =Nimanima=, the cove, six and a half miles from the entrance to Santiago harbor, where the _Infanta Maria Teresa_ was beached. =Stanza 12.= =Juan Gonzales=, about seven miles from the port of Santiago.