DON'T CHEER, BOYS...

a statement made by Captain John Woodward Philip (1840–1900) of the United States battleship Texas in July 1898. His ship at that time was passing by the burning Spanish ship Vizcaya during a battle of the Spanish-American War (a war between Spain and the United States begun as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba). —State of Man Congress Approved Gls (14.5.92)