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FLEET BEARS JOURNEY'S END
Bemarkable Croiie of Atlantic Squad
ron Will Clou Monday. .
SUPREME TEST OF EFFICIENCY
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OLD POINT COMFORT, V-, Feb JO.
Alniost across th Atlantic ocean on th
last reach of their spectacular cruise
around th. world, the stxteen battleship of
th "United State ' Atlantic fl.et" ar
steaming today In leisurely faahlon toward
th. anchor;, grounds of Hampton Roads,
from whence ther aalled Jut fourteen
montha ago. During these roontha cf ro
ord steaming the heavily armored fighting
voaaeta have traveled approximately 45,000
mile end are returning: In condition tll)
fit for "a. frolic or ft fight." The crulae baa
been a, veritable expedition of the sevei
aa, and taaks heretofore deemed Impossl
ble for the modern Irocolad have been ac
complished with an ease bordering n the
commonplace.
The stories of the ciulae have been sue
ceding chapter of receptions, banquets,
balls and merrymaking, but back of all
this relaxation and entertaining In the
ho.plta.bl. port of th two hemispheres
hss been a test of men and material which
has placed th American navy In an epvla-
ble position before all the world. Th en
gine room efficiency in the longer lega of
the Journey developing a new and unex
pectedly wide steering radius for a battle
ship; th facility In following th motions
of th flagship in th fleet, squadron and
divisional maneouvers, which cams with
constant experience at sea, and, above all,
the marvelous records made at the tar
gets In Magdalen and Manila bays tell
of th real work and the substantial ac
complishments that hav marked this most
notable of peace demonstration among th.
ravlea of th world.
The previously arranged schedule of the
Journeys from port to port had been ad
hered to tn remarkable manner except in
two Instances, when violent storm mads
full speed too dangerous and uncomforta
ble. To offset theae Ispaea from punctuali
ty, th fleet has made some of Us longest
run two whole days ahead of time. None
of th undertakings Imposed upon ths ships
or th men has been too difficult. The
cruise, however, was not Inaugurated with
out serious misgivings at boms and abroad.
Victor D, M. Metcalt of California was sec
retary of the navy when the cruise began.
After the ships hsd set sail from Manila
with homeward bound pennants flying, Mr.
Vetcalf said:
Critics r re let Disaster,
"When the purpose of giving thl as
Semblsg of battleships the privileges and
advantage of a practical cruise was an
nounced, criticism from high technical
quarters were heard. It wss suggested
that th undertaking was too monumental;
that a battleship Is too vast and compli
cated a piece of mechanism to send around
th glebe on any urdli ary occasion; thai
danger wore than multiplied with num
ber la such a case; tbat disaster lurked
op eveiy submerged ledge and was borne
on every unknown tidal current; that the
skeleton ef some of tb ships would doubt.
Us be left In th Sirs it of Magellan;
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ing South America It was reasonably cor
tain that th Individual ships would, one by
one, arrive with machlreries loose and al
most unserviceable, with crews reflecting
tb demoralised condition of the material,
and that a woeful spectacle of failure
would thus be presented.
"As to material, the cold facts are that
the ships have practically taken core of
their own reralrs on this cruise. The re
pair lists turned In at the Cavlte naval sta
tic n were negleglble."
That the experience gained on the cruise
will be of unending benefit to the navy Is
Indicated from the fact that probably one
half of the entire personnel of the naval
establishment participated in the epoch
making trip., Three of the sixteen captains
who sailed In command of vessels are re
turning home as rear admirals. Bight
othsr captains are returning In command
of the aame ship on which they began the
journey of the world. From rear admiral
down to midshipman the training has been
such as no other naval crulsa ever af
forded. Among the enlisted men the train
ing has been even more valuable. Lands
men shipped Just before th start and ut
terly green In the ways of the deep ars
coming home an Integral part of a wonder
ful fleet efficiency and loyal believers In
all tbat the American navy stands for.
Desertions on the trip Have been few. Ths
men have taken a pride in the cruise and
It will be a constant boast with them that
they started to the west from Hampton
Roads and cams' home with prows still
turned In that direction. They know the
world is round, and they know what It is
to work and play over 45,000 miles of the
watered surface of the globe.
Admiral Sperry Slakes Good,
To Rear Admiral . Charles B. 8 perry,
strict disciplinarian, a roan of few words,
but ft recognised scholar and constant stu
dent of the higher arts of naval science,
fell the task or directing the fleet on all
but the first 14.000 miles of Its Journey.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, now re
tired, took the fleet out of Hampton Roads
on December 16. 1907, and although Ulness
soon after the start confined him to his
cabin for a greater part of the way, he
retained command until San Francisco was
reached and the first stags of the long trip
had been accomplished. Rear Admiral
Evans found It necessary while the ships
were at the target tn Magdalena bay to
leav the fleet and seek treatment at Base
Bobles, Hot Springs, Cal. His flag lieuten
ant went with him and he retained hi
rank of oommand.r-ln-chlaf. When the
hip reached Monterey bay, th laat stop
ping place on the Pacific coast prior to the
entry Into Sun Francisco harbor. Admiral
Evans was helped aboard hi old flagship
and waa on th. after bridge when the Con
necticut entered the Golden Gate at the
head of the most formidable array of
fighting vessels ever gathered under on.
flag. The Atlantic and Pacific fleeta
Joined company In the bay and ther were
more than forty ship In ths four long
columns that came to anchor under Evans'
blue ensign. Three days later Admiral
Evan hauled down' bis flag for all lme.
He waa succeeded as comraandsr-ln-chtef
by Bear Admiral Charlea M. Thomaa, who
ealltd from Hampton Roada In command
of ths second squadron. Because of Ad
miral Evans' illness th burden of th.
diplomatic calls, ths speeches and th en
tertaining of the trip around South Amer
ica and up the California coast fell upon
Admiral Thomaa Courled with his duties
as second In vommanu, with lue commander-in-chief
111, the social burden was
not ft light on. Admiral' Thomaa waa
plainly falling In health when he succeeded
Admiral Kvana and h retained official
command only from May to 15. 1908, being
relieved at that Urn. be4 o( tb avpart-
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roertt's plans, in order that he might enjoy
a rest. As th fleet was sailing from San
Francisco two months later Admiral
Thomas died suddenly at Del Monte, Cal.
Death Takes Two Captains.
Death has twice Invaded the ranka of the
captains who sailed with the fleet, but tn
both Instances the officers had previously
been relieved from duty. Captain Henry
McCrea of the Georgia, a most popular
officer, died soon after his return to the
east following relinquishment of command
st San Francisco. Captain Greenllef A.
Merrlam, who took the Missouri to the
Paclflo coaat, a capable man, also died
within a comparatively short time after
turning his vessel over to a successor.
Rear Admiral Sperry, who returns as
commander-in-chief, sailed as commander
of the fourth division of the fleet, being
outranked by both Admiral Evans and
Thomas. Rear Admiral William H. Emory
was the fourth of the sailing admirals,
and he was retired while the ships were at
Manila. Captains Seaton Bchroeder of the
Loulslanna, and William B. Potter of the
Virginia, and William B. Potter of the
Vermont, war captalna who attained flag
rank during the cruise.
Leaving Hampton Roads on the cloudless
day In December, 1907, after a review by
the president from the bridge of the May
flower, the first run of the fleet took It
to Trinidad. It lied been enounced that
the practice cruise would end on the west
coast of the United States, but hardly had
the ship got Vmder way than the fact
became known that It waa ' really Mr,
Roosevelt' Intention to have the sixteen
batleshlps clrcumnavlgato the globe. At
Trinidad the first of the gayetle occurred.
Th oflcer and men of the fleet were wel
comed with a hospitality which set a mark
for all succeeding receptions and from that
time on each succeeding port tried to
outdo Us predecessor. The climax of
lavish dtsplsys, of parties and receptions,
undoubtedly came In Austrslia and Japan,
although It would be dlftcult f T the officers
and men today to say Just where It was
the people tried hardest to make their
stay a pleasant one. Among the men, Lo
Angeles will always be a bright memory,
for' It was there that they first came
Into their own on the trip and all enter
tainments were aranged In particular for
th enlisted force. It waa In Los Angeles
alao that "Jim" Jeffries, champion of the
world, refereed the sailors' boxing pouts
nd mingled with them In all their sports.
Fear of Treachery ITafonaded.
From TrlnMad the fleet called next at
Rio, where the days of ths visit were
overcrowded with social events. At Rio
n v unfounded rumor told of a plot by
anarchists to blow up some of the American
vessels. The first thrill of fear which
swept the nation was quickly dispelled
when the story waa shown to be a pure
fabrication. From Rio the itlnary led to
Punta Arenas, that unique and Interest
ing "fatherest south" settlement on the
Strait of Magellan. Her again ft hospit
able people made the stay of the fleet an
exceedingly pleasant one. , The Chilean
government sent a cruiser to accompany
the sixteen battleships through the treach
erous waters of th. straits and although
the navigators of the American veasels
had already plotted their own course
through the narrow, rock-welled waterway,
the couresy of the South American nation
waa fully apreclated.
When th htj hud safely left the
straits, tr.a department officials at Wash
ington undoubtedly breathed ft sigh of
gratiflod relief, although on the sixteen big
Ironclad themselves there waa never a
question In the mind of any officer or
enlisted man a to the safety of the sturdy
fighting craft. Sailing up the western
oast of South America th fleet passed In
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review of the president of Chile In the har
bor of Valparaiso, sweeping In ft great
curve ir.to the harbor and out again be
fore the admiring eye of ft deeply Im
pressed people. No stops were made be
tween Punta Arenas and Callao, where
again the entertainments offered the vis
itors taxed every day's time to the utmost.
After Calloa came Magdalena bay, where
for a month the ships were out of touch
with the world except by wireless tele
graphy. Drills and record target practice
filled the time at Magdalena. It was a
month of real work a month of work en
Joyed by all. Record target practice Is
eagerly anticipated every year. It Is a
time that every sailor, no matter how new
he may be In the service, gets a chance
at the guns, provided he has shown any
sort of aptitude in ths "ping-pong" trials
which lire continued aboard the men-of-war
In port and out. It la at record practice
that the men attain the rank of "gun
pointer" and get a white star and crossed
circle on their blouse-sleeve if they make
a certain mark. To be a gun pointer means
extra pay each month, according to ths
class attained, and there Is prise money
for all, If the ship's guns as a whole make
a deserving record. The record practice
of last spring developed an accuracy and
rapidity of fire never before attained,
octal Fetes In California.
After Magdalena came th. excursion of
the fleet to the California resort and
there was apparently a never-ending pro
gram of merrymaking. At Ban Diego
(Coronado beaoh); at the port of Lo
Angeles, at Santa Barbara, at Monterey,
Santa Cms and San Francisco, the people
of California received the fleet with wild
acclaim. It was the first time that such
an array of fighting vessels had been
seen on th Pacific coast and California
celebrated with a hospitality for which the
people of the state are noted. A trip to
Puget soupd took the fleet to Seattle,
Tscoma and Belllngham and these cities
offered an entertainment which ranked
with the very best of the entire trip.
When the ship set ssll out of San Fran
cisco for th. return trip there were many
predictions that they would be left In the
Paclflo and that events might make such
a course desirable. Invitations had been
accepted for visits to Australia, to China
and Japan and ther was never a deviation
from th outlined plana. Th. fleet hsd
done exactly what the authorities at Wash
ington said It would, but In a manner
which surprised and gratified them to the
fullest extent.
The story of the fleet's visit to Honolulu,
to Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne and Al
bany In Australia; to Tokohoma, to Amoy,
to Manila and to ths ports of call on the
way home through the Sues are too recent
to need recall. The welcomes extended In
Australia and Japan left nothing to be
asked either tn lavish neas of entertain
ment or In sincerity of purpose.
The battleships, had their schedule
brought them sooner to the eastern end of
the Sues, might have played a notable part
In succoring the stricken people of Mes
sina. As It was the services of the ship
were offered, but the relief plans had al
ready developed so as not to require them.
In a wsy ths battleship fleet, however, ac
complished much Store ships lsden with
supplies for the fighting vessels were de
spatched by the home government and offi
cers and men were glad to give up the solid
foodstuffs and delicacies to the esrthquake
sufferers. A Urge sum of money waa con
tributed from th fleet and the f1r:l divi
sion of four vessels under Admiral Sperry
called at Naples to sxpress sympathy and
sorrow. The battleship Illinois was the only
one of the American fighting vessels to
really enter the earthquake son. This ship
went to Messina and 409 American sailor
searched th ruin until they hud recovered
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the bodies of American Consul Cheney and
his wife.
On Last Lap Home,
After visits to various Mediterranean
porta and accepting the hospitalities of half
a doien nations ths sixteen ship gathered
again at Gibraltar and sailed for home Sat
urday, February 6. They were met at
sea about 1,030 miles from shore by th.
third, or "home" squadTon, of the Atlantic
fleet, consisting of four battleships and five
cruiser. Even the last leg of ths famous
Journey la to be given over to work. There
will be dally drills and maneuvers and In
spection by the commander-in-chief of
every vessel on the way over. President
Roosevelt will greet the fleet on February
23 from th bridge of th Mayflower at the
point from which he bad. farewell fourteen
month ago.
Ther. will be two strangers In the fleet
when It reaches here the Nebraska and
the Wisconsin, both Paclflo built, which
replaced the Maine and Alabama, detached
at San Francisco and sent bome In ad
vance. The Maine, will be th. flagship of
th. welcoming squadron.
At Manila bay th ship spent thre weak
at the targat engaged In fall battle jraj
tloe. Battle practice I at much longer
range than record practice and I really a
teat of what the gunpolnter developed at
record practice can do when the ship ar
firing under battle condition and at battle
distance. The battle practloe at Manila,
held under the new fire control system,
showed an Improvement In many instances
of 100 per cent over the gunnery record of
a year ago.
Th composition of th fleet as It re
turn 1 a follows;
First squadron, first division, Rear Ad
miral Charles 8. Sperry, commander-in-chief:
Connecticut (flagship), Captain Hugo Os
terhaus. Kansas, Captain Charles E. Vre.land.
Minnesota, Captain John Hubbard. -
Vermont, Captain Frank F. Fletcher.
Second division, Rear Admiral Richard
Walnwrlght, commander:
Georgia (flagship), Lieutenant Comman
der G. W. Kline.
Nebraska, Captain Reginald F. Nicholson.
New Jeraey, Captain W. H. H. Souther
land. '
Rhode Island. Captain Joseph B. Mur
dock. Second squadron, third division, Rear Ad
miral Seaton Bchroeder, commanding:
Louisiana (flagship), Captain Koaeutn
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Missouri, Captain Robert M. Doyle.
Ohio. Captain Thomaa B. Howard.
Virginia, Captain Alexander Sharp.
Fourth division. Rear Admiral W. B. Pot
ter, commanding:
Wlaconsln (flsgshlp). Captain Frank E.
Beatty.
Illinois. Captain John M. Dwyer.
Kearsarge, Captain Hamilton Hutcnln.
Kentucky. Captain Walter C. Cow lea.
Hsilsgi of Cynic.
It doesn't require much strength to raise
an objection.
Those who are rolling In wealth might
find a better use for it
A woman Is nsver flattered by ft photo
graph that looks Ilk her.
If art held the ,nrlrror up to
rature must often be ashamed of Itself.
Many a man claims to be complete mas
ter of hlmaulf who hasn't much to boast
Bom people are so Imbued with th Me
thst It's never too late to mend that they
never begin.
Some fellows only seem to put their best
foot forward when thsy are headed In tit
wrong direction.
Most things are governed by th law of
supply and demand, but the crop of fools
isn't on of them.
Ther are people so constituted that
t , a int at enlovment out
I of never having any fun In lite.
The nulsano about peopte wno show
all about one subject Is they try to make
you think they know sUU more about some
other.
The fellow who doe th most talking
about charity generally manages to make
his escape before th bat Is passed. New
York Tuue.
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CRUEL KNOCK FOR BALD HEADS
Consternation Beneath Hairless
Dome and Tearfnl Indigna
tion tn Nnrserles.
In ft paper read before the College of
Physicians In Philadelphia some hard and
cruel thing were aald ef th man who
make It easy for Providence to number
ths hairs of nls head.
The shafts of wit of ths professional
Jokesmlta harmlessly expend them
selves upon the polished orown of
those destitute of their proper shars of
capillary covering. Wit, Ilk death,
love a shining mark, and the bald
headed man i an easily vulnerable
target. These light shaft of humor do
not strlk deep, and hav no re-entrant
barb to create rankling wound. But
when ft man of science stand up and tell
an assemblage of savants that bald-headed
people are degenerate It makes all bald
beaded people everywhere feel badly.
A baby feels badly enough about It, any
way, and that 1 th real reason why a
baby crie. It doe not want th moon,
as I popularly suppoaed. It 1 not a
a rule th victim of a malllciou and pry
ing pin that la pricking It somewhere. It
is not usually suffering from Indigestion.
It Is simply crying because It I bald, and
It see no hope of v.r getting any hair.
Now to be told In addition that It la a
degenerate makes a baby's lot In life
harder than ever to bear.
Ther will be weeping and walling, but
without gnashing of teeth. In many nurser
ies because of this declaration with regard
to the connection between baldness and
degeneracy. It will be no use to assign
teething or th oollo as the reason. Sine
Calvin enunciated the theory of Infant
damnation ther ha been no pronounce
ment which ha brought such grief and
consternation to the nursery a this
declaration that the hairless are degen
erates. Bom. mothers to reassure their in
fant and alleviate their distress, hsv de
cided to buy wig for them, but It la likely
that th child' Intelligence will soon
penetrate the deception. The situation I
on for the serious consideration of those
who have at heart th welfare of helpless
Innocent babyhood. Philadelphia Ledger.
FLIRTING IN CHURCH ALL RIGHT
Pastor See No Hajraa In the t lag
Glance from Bye Pleasing
to Look At.
May a maiden tn church with "counte
nance demure of modest grace" look from
her book at ft youth, look ftway, and tben
look again T
' May she flirt If she would T I ther any
harm In learning th color of th other'
yeaT
These question hav bean answered by
the Rev. 0. B. Dexter, pastor of th Park
place Baptist church of Aurora, III. Th
Clergyman holds that "tb little mingling
of glance consequent upon opposite seat
1 not objectionable If It I In church.
"On the other hand," said the minister
yesterday, "flirting In theaters and other
place of publlo amusement should be ta
booedIt I harmful there, but In church
It I purged of It harmfulness." '
The clergyman was led to make the re
marks after h. had clt.d flirting In theater
a on reason for the crusade which ba
been started In Aurora to clo th play
house Sunday night. At th same time
h teplled to SO assertion of the theater
owners tbat a show had been given tn hi
church on Sunday.
A moving picture exhibition wss given In
th Park Place church a week ago, and In
defense ef this th pastor said:
. "Church surroundings and associations
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are entirely different from those which at
tapd performances In public playhouses.
Soetlme th play in our theater are a
trifle rlque, and if the show be glv.n on
Sunday, the result is a general forgetful
nes of that fact. Under suoh conditions
flirting Is harmful.
"In church, however, I can see no haim
In a little bit' of flirting, If the young
peopl come not to look at each other, but
to learn the aorlpture.
"I am not opposed to the theater In fact
the theater may be termed an 'aid to Indi
gestion. But the Sunday show Is a step
below th plane Christianity should occupy.
It degrades the conscience, Inasmuch a th
possessor refuse to listen to the till,
mall voice.' "
The Rev. Mr. Dexter has on of the
largest congregations In Aurora, and his
opinion hav givn rle to much flea
tabl chat." He ha been pator of th
Aurora church a little mor than a year.-.
Chloago Tribune.
GIVES DIVORCE A BOOST
Main Judge JDeelare It is a Remedy
for Unbearable 111 of
Matrimony,
In th cours of an address before th
Twentieth Centtry club of Bangor, Me.,
upon th Bubject of divorce Lucllllu A.
Bmry, chief Judge of th Main upretn
Judicial court, gave utterance to soma
views that hav created much comment
and dIcuston among th cUrgy nd others.
Judge Emery aald, in part:
"I have read a great deal and heard ft
great deal about the divorce evil. Now,
In my opinion, divorce I not an evil, but
rather ft remedy for evil. Like other
remedies for evil, it may and doe hav
attendant lesser evils, which we must seri
ously consider and eliminate if possible,
but In itself divorce is not an evil it is ft
remdy. Th evil precede .th divorce, but
come after marriage. I shall not oonsider
the moral side of the question. I am speak
ing from the legal standpoint alone In
considering this remedy for many, of th
vll of society.
'Marriage la civil Institution, estab
lished by statut for tb benefit of man.
It la not ft sacrament Ther la nothing
divits sbout It, but it la a purely human
institution. Law haa established It Its
rights and abuses ar defined, not by th
church, but by law.
'To be sure, divorce may, in ft sense,
hav an 111 effect upon society. It would
be better, of course, if all marriages were
keal, but they ar not. We find theae
terrible conditions. Th remedy may be a
Choice of two evils, but I say that in
choosing divorce society has chosen th
lesser. I have beaid it said that divorce
should not be granted because of th chil
dren, but I maintain that it la. better for
them not only better, but less hurtful.
And I say these things In th light of
honest xprlence."-Nw Tork Herald.
A Baslaess Boy' eatlen.
Tb well known business man In Belfast
who married the other day for the second
time, hss a bright boy of 11, who should
ventually climb to th top of th tree.
On bis return from his honeymoon with
his blushing but not too beautiful bride,
the gentleman In question promptly set
out to make th lady and his son
acquainted.
"My boy," he said, beaming his best and
brlgntest upon his precious offspring, "this
Is your new mother."
For a few seconds the youngster sub
jected the lady to ft moat critical examina
tion, and then, ") say, father," suld ba.
"Yes, my sou," was the reply.
"Well, dad," continued the youngster. "If
Its a fair question, how many coupons did
you give up for hert" Glasgow Herald.
