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ami Carter, of which more will be
heard and seen anon.
The following messages passed by
wireless between Mayor Herman
Wise and Admiral Sperry during the
trip: i '
"Mayor Herman Wise Will pass
light vessel at 12:30 .
"SPERRY."
"Admiral Sperry Will it be prac
ticable for yourself and staff to board
the Roanoke. Several hundred good
Americans would be delighted to meet
you. WISE."
"Mayor Wise Many thanks for re
quests. Impracticable to board the
Roanoke today. SPERRY."
"Admiral Sperry This is a glor
ious spectacle. God bless the United
States Navy. Good-bye. WISE."
"Mayor Wise Many thanks for
kind message, which is highly appre
ciated. SPERRY."
The transmission of these courte- j
sies ended the contact of the visiting
liner with the fleet and she detached
herself for the home run which she
made to the Callender dock by 3
o'clock, and then went on to the me
tropolis on her usual course of busi
ness. But it may be said in passing
that the excursion of the Roanoke was
a complete and appreciated success.
And in fact the entire day and its
events, will be a cherished remem
brance with all who participated in it
from any range whatever.
' Rear-Admiral Charles S. Sperry's
age limit for retirement is September
3,1909.
The fleet consists of 16 battleships,
with a "complement of 619 officers and
13,147 men.
'The armament of the sea fighters is
as follows: '
! CONNECTICUT-4 12-inch breech
loadine rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading
rifles, 12 7-inch breech loading rifles,
TEETH
Without Flafat.
over my nice ami nmue me oom un
presentable ami very unhappy. On
account of this I missed one session
of the board, which, with otic other
exception, that I wilt relate to you,
was the only duty thut I ever missed
in my life. Since then the service
has been Idled with the most extrav
ngent rumors. 'Sperry was incapac
itated!' 'Snerry was a sick man!'
T i 'Sperry would bo forced soon to ask
i '.-.v. .! i...-i,.,. .,., .iji
tl'l tl 1 I I 1 1 V IIIV It l . till .-i.
was father to the thought when it
was known that I was the younger
! admiral on the advanced list.
The Admiral certainly did 'not have
! the appearance of a sick man. A
'healthy and handsome tan was on his
i lace the tan which only years of ex
j posure to all climates breeds in a line
texture of skin, the tan which looks
'as if a pigment of sepia had been in
serted beneath the cuticle. , H is eyes
i which, at the beginning of our talk,
lept with the prophetic vision of sea-
i
20 3-inch rapid-lire, 12 3-pdr. semr- soned ase, from time to time flashed
auto., 2 3-inch field, 6 30-cal. a., 2 30- jry mmlor aj an a sparkling iu-
cal.ni. . itelliirence. His form was upright,
the Old Reliable
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LOUISIAXA-4 12-inch breech
loading rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading
rifles, 12 7-inch breech loading rifles,
20 3 inch rapid-fire, a!2 3-pdr. semi-
nnto . 2 l-ndr. auto.; 2 3-inch field-6 !
30-cal. a., 2 30-cal. m.
KANSAS 4 12-inch breech loading
rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading rifles, 12
7-inch breech loading rifles, 20 3-inch
rapid-fire, 12 3-pdr. semi-auto., 2 1-
pdr. auto., 2 3-inch field, 2 30-cal. a.
VERMONT 4 12-inch breech load
ing rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading
rifles, 12 7-inch breech loading rifles,
20 3-inch rapid-fife, 12 3-pdr. semi-
auto., 4 1-pdr. auto., 2 3-inch field, 6
30-cal. a., 2 30-cal. in.
GEORGIA 4 12-inch breech load
ng rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading rifles,
12 6-inch rapid-fire, 12 3-inch rapid-
fire, 12 3-pdr. rapid-fire, 2 1-pdr. rapid
fire, 2 3-inch field, 4 30-cal. a., 2 30-
cal. m.
VIRGINIA Same as Georgia.
NEW JERSEY 4 12-inch breech
loading rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading
ifles, 12 6-inch rapid-fire, 12 3-mch
apid-fire, 12 3,-pdr. rapid fire, 2 1-
pdr. rapid-fire, 2 3-inch field, 4 30-cal.
, 2 30-cal. m. ,
RHODE ISLAND 4 12-inch breech
loading rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading
ifles, 12 6-inch rapid-fire, 12 3-inch
apid-fire, 12 3-pdr. rapid-fire, 2 1-pdr.
rapid-fire, 2 3-inch field, 4 36-cal. a., 2
30-cal. m.
MINNESOTA 4 12-inch breech
loading rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading
rifles, 12 7-inch breech loading rifles,
20 3-inch rapid-fire, 12 3-pdr. semi-
auto, I 1-pdr. auto, i J-mcn neiu, l
30-cal. m.
OHIO-4 12-inch breech loading
rifles, 16 6-inch rapid-fire,- 6 3-inch
rapid-fire, 8 3-pdr. rapid-fire, 6 1-pdr.
rapid-fire, 2 3-inch field, 2 30-cal. a.
MISSOURI-4 12-inch breech load
ing rifles, 16 6-inch rapid fire, 6 3-inch
rapid-fire, 8 3-pdr. rapid-fire, 4 1-pdr.
rapid-fire, 2 3-inch field.
ILLINOIS 4 13-inch breech load
ing rifles, 14 6-inch rapid fire, 16 6-
pdr. .rapid-fire, 2 1-pdr. rapid-fire, 2 3-
inch field, 4 30-cal. a.
KEARSARGE 4 13-inch breech
loading rifles, 4 8-inch breech loading
rifles, 14 5-inch rapid-fire, 12 6-pdr.
rapid-fire, 2 1-pdr., 2 3-inch field, A
30-cal. a.
KENTUCKY 4 13-inch - breech
loading rifles, 4 8-inch breech loading
rifles, 14 S-inch rapid-fire, 20 6-pdr.-rapid-fire,
4 1-pdr. rapid-fire, 2 3-inch
field, 4 30-cal. a.
NEBRASKA 4 12-inch breech
loading rifles, 8 8-inch breech loading
rifles, 12 6-inch rapid-fire, 12 3-inch
rapid-fire, 12 3-pdr. rapid-fire; 2 3-inch
field, 6 30cal. a., 2 30-cal. m.
AVISCONSIN-4 13-inch breech
loading rifles, 14 6-inch rapid-fire, 16
6-pdr. rapid-fire, 6 1-pdr. rapid-fire, 2
3 inch field, 4 30-cal. a.
HISTORY OF SPERRY IN BRIEF
spare, and his walk, when he later
went on deck with us, possessed the
springy alertness of one who had
spent his life on the ladders of battle
ships.
"The other time when I was otf
duty," continued the Admiral, "was on
the China station some years ago,
when I was commander of the New
Orleans. One day I contracted a se
vere cold and, having a spry young
executive officer, I took to my bed
for two days and downed the cold.
With those two' exceptions 1 have
never missed a day's duty in my life."
He then became reminiscent and
gave a glimpse of what a vigorous,
successful naval officers must do for
half a century if he wishes to attain
supreme command.
"I have been forty-six years in the
service," said he. "Man and boy.
That takes in the time from when I
entered the naval academy to now. In
that forty-six years, including a
month's vacation each of my four
years in the academy, I have had leave
amounting to one year and ten
months; the remaining forty-four
years and two months I have been
every day on duty. Since 1871 I have
had six weeks' leave, which was spent
with my wife on our honeymoon in
Savannah.
"So 1 think you arc safe in denying
absolutely that rumor about my ser
ious illness."
"When were you in Australia last?"
"In '69 on the old Kearsarge, the
original Kearsarge, the one that fin
ished the Alabama, original of the ship
I am now on. I was an ensign then;
the captain was Jim Thornton, who
had been the executive officer on the
day they whipped Semnies and the
celebrated Confederate cruiser. It
was Thornton's idea of lowering the
anchor chains over the side and cov
ering them with canvas painted to
look like the hull that saved the Kcar-
sarge's boilers. That was a bully
cruise. We youngsters loved that life,
roaming through the South Seas, and
it will be a great delight for me to go
over it again with so magnificent a
fleet as this."
What Australian ports will you
take in?"
"Of course, I can't say what Ihe
navv department will order, but it
will likely be Sydney first, and then
Melbourne. Though, if we want to go
from Honolulu without stopping to
coal in either the Samoan group or
the Fijis we had better go to Auck
land, a run that could be made direct
from Honolulu without a stop."
"Will you go inside the Barrier
Reefs?"
"It is hardly likely. We would have
to take pilots then, and you know the
navy is not partial to pilots. We like
to do our own navigating. We will
get along well enough with British
Admiralty charts. I think we never
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Rear-Admiral Charles S. Sperry, J get enough credit for the navigating
who Friday became commander-in- we do, without local assistance. A
chief of the Atlantic fleet, has been great howl is always made if a naval
selected by the President to take the . ship gets into trouble, but you will
battleships to Australia and
and back to the United States.
In a recent interview in the Ad
miral's cabin on the U. S. S. Ala
bama, flagship of the Fourth Divis-
'. f f.
ion, 01 wnicn sperry was men com
Japan fitid that our percentages are far less
jthan those of merchantcrs. The pilots
always raise a great cry if we strike a
rock; it would be fine business for
them if they could add the navy to
mander, he was asked in regard to j their list. Everything was done to
the statement that he had been ill j make it appear that we had pilots
and that the present trip would be! through the .Straits of Magellan,
his last sea duty. , when, as you know, our own naviga
A quizzical, somewhat synical tors ony laughed at the suggestion.
smile overspread the Admirals tacc. The passage 0f Magcjlan, however, is
He repnea:. T not difficult"
"In the summer ot ivua, wnen i ,.m, . , .. .
in iuv . . I "Ttipn vnii will havp no nilots?
WaS a llicniuti v uiv v ' , . . . ' .
in Washington, I one day contracted
severe toothache, which spread
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tfk SohtlliBf't Best; psy him.
"Of course not. Therd is no place
where they could be used. We will go
outside the Barrier Reefs on the east
coast of Australia. The Straits of
Macassar is the only other ticklish
place and- our charts will , see' us
through there. A pilot would be more
or less useless, even if we shipped one.
You se?, they navigate entirely by ex
perience, based on knowledge of land
marks to which they are accustomed,
and the draught of vessels which
usually ply their waters. When they
get hold of a battleship which has
draught different to any they know
they are' worse off than we are with
our charts on which the soundings
have been previously marked. No.
We will stick to the B. A."
"What will be your most difficult
feat of navigation?"
"Now that it has cen announced
that the fleet will go to Japan I think
I would unhesitatingly answer, 'The
Inland Sea.' That is, to my mind, the
most difficult well-worn waterway in
the world; certainly far more difficult
than the Straits of Magellan. Aside
from that, our course from San Fran
cisco to -New York is comparatively
easy. 1
"How will you feel in going to
Japan?"'
"Greatly delighted, in many ways.
I have been there frequently before,
and am always charmed with the peo
ple and the country. And then, I have
a number ot menus mere, umy inc
other day 1 had a personal letter from
my old friend, whom I have known
for many years, Admiral Slnmamtra,
who was Tgo's chief of staff during
the war with Russia. And I also
know Admiral Uriti; knew him when
he was a cadet at Annapolis."
"Were you not the leader of that
celebrated 'hare and hounds expedi
tion from the Yorktown after Aguin
aldo in upper Luzon?"
"Yes. That was a fast time, but it
. . -I il.
was a marine jaunt, a cnase imo me
bosky, Curiously enough, the best
things I have had the chance to do
in my career have been out of the
regular line of a naval officer's duties."
"What other, for instance?
"The hardest job I ever had in my
life was when I went to The Hague
as the United States naval delegate to,
the Peace Conference. 1 sweat blood
over that."
"Why so hard? That was a 'kid-
glove' assignment, which popular no
tion always ascribes as being especial
ly congenial to-a naval officer.'
"There were kid gloves aplenty, but
one forgot them readily enough, You
see, J was appointed ' to revise the
articles '6h maritime law, and I was
put up against the most plausible lot
of schemers you'ever saw, in your life.
It is not a square deal to run in a
simple-hearted, honest-minded Ameri
can naval officer with a bunch of slick
Latin lawyers."
"What did they do to you?" '
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