New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
YACHTSMEN AT SCHOOL.
USEFUL LECTURES BY NAVY OFFICERS.
VIEWING THE NAVAL RESERVE BILL WITH
FAvoR-soME OF ITS POINTS


all varieties Of subjects connected with amateur sea-
manshlp Is being assltfuously followed. AS inter
esting and important subject any Is that Oh the
Naval Reserve bill, and great stimulus has been
given TO agitation in favor Of It's passage by tho re
newal Of the OF instruction given by officers Of
the Navy before the Seayanhaka Yacht Club. The
beneficial results OF this school of training shown
well By the freshly aroused patriotism Of many OF
NETWORKS best yachtsTen by the fact, that on
the membership list OF the Seawanhaka appear the
names Of number OF officers OF the Navy, and there
arc stu moro names tho list OF candidates. This
goes to show tho gradual evolution of a healthy feel
In. of mutual respect between professional seamen
and earnest amateurs feeling upon which the success
Of the Naval Reserve provisions naturally must de-
pend
The Naval Reserve bill, draughted, Is perhaps not
as generally known as It should be. In its general
characteristics It resembles the existing militia laws
and provides for the enrolment OF q naval militia
Its most important sections are as follows
Section . which provides for the organization OF GER
tain commands under the State militia laws Dy voluntary
methods follows:
First. A naval artillery 70 be trained TO the
guns rifles and other small arms. the handling OF
boats practice afoat and ashore and TO be made
somewhat acquainted with ofwar life and discipline
Second naval torpedo corps to be trained
to the sorpcdoes torpedo boats mlneayng counter
mining. etc.
Is intended that these organ shall uniform
and instruction shall be determined by the Navy Depart
ment and that the Navy Department shall supply arms
equipments and vessels for training purposes.
Sections and G. permitting the enrolment OF naval re-
lfesayng service revenue marine lighthouse scr
vice and signal service.
Section g. permitting the temporary voluntary enrolment
Of any steamvessel which may have been found qualified
by the Naval Board for service an auxiliary naval
vessel to take part in naval manoeuvres and drills
Section ., according certain privileges
mande1 by naval officers.
Section TO- providing Navy Register shall In
clude the names OF officers OF the reserves
Section 49, approprlatlng the OF 81 600 900 yearly
for the purpose OF starting and continuing operation
OF the naval OF and ships contemplate by
this
The other sections give the details OF the organl
zaon and provide for the detail Of naval officers for
purposes of instruction and inspection.
Naturally, Section Will directly appeal to steam
yacbtsmen and II thu bill passes 10 IS improbable
that NcwYork herself VIII furnish an entire squadron
Of large and powerful steamers capable Of qualifying
as auxiliary visscls in the Naval Reserve feet. The
American Yacht Club feet alone contains material
for formidable squadron of swift gunbOats Many
Of the yachtsmen, notably Commodore Elbrdgo T.
Gerry, have maintained man-oiwar discipline on
board their vessels and the step actual drill would
rot prove strain. To judge from conversations
with number of steam yacht owners, the Naval
Board win not want applications for enrolment nor
will there be lack Of candidates for examination as
naval reserve officers, when the bill becomes law.
Any number of strange rumors have been bobbng
up for the last few weeks regarding impending chal-
lenges for the Americas cup. All of them agree
one poInt-they do not anticipate a challenge from
England itself One story expects an attempt from
Australia to the coveted cup from the American
eagle, and bases the probability Of the suggestion
the visit here If an Australian designer. Another
tale is that some Of our Canadian neghbors up about
ST. Johns New Brunswick In all secrecy building
vessel with the speed of an arrow, which will come
down here with swish and snatch the silver tank
ard. The last yarn throws suspicion the Emerald
Isle, and specifically the owners Of the pride Of
Britain, the Trek. The Jameson brothers, whose
whskey has achieved almost as much fame as their !
yacht, are said TO be in all secrecy building large
steel sloop, designed by Richardson for the purpose Of
winning the Americas cup. The fact that all these
ssructon In tho darkest OF secrecy Is suggestive
Why may i not be possible that the canadian. Aus
in all secrecy and steal tho cup'
The story of coming ocean race between the |
Yampa and the Dauntless. which went the rounds
era months ago. has been revived, and those who tell
It have gone so far as to mention details OF the chal
lenge. Mr.. Chaplin Is the challenger, and
wants to bet $4,000 against Commodore
much cannot be substantiaed II there is anything
in the challenge, 1t is not probable that Commodore
as thorough sportsman, who would Jump at such a
Chance and take RISKS s as to winning. The Yampa
going. and is very last besides. She proved to be
CIV dl that to se %f ST yhG a she ga sd
race would certainly be one OF much interest.
trial yacht is being built for the purpose of test
ing, in next summers steam yacht races the speedy
Qualities Of the new Eckhs,di system OF propulsion,
engine in the vessel, which mounted TO be
ciprocated through waterproof packing in recess
and extending short distance forward nom the
Of The vc5se and on their outer e%ds are 70 and
Aown hanges, on which vertical steel paddles are
for backward movement The cylinders are each
coupled TO crOsS-head running on slides In hOn-
connection being such that With every revolution Of
the driving shaft the two outside cylinders with |
CYLINDER WITH Closed psdd pass n V and wee
versa There is rod IN each cyllndcr, by which the
p@s the engine Ss TS hc s NAV be-
in about rs own length.
Captain Joe Ellsworth of Puritan fame, who de-
signed the celebrated schooner GSyiiny. has model
of tho old schooner Comet The Captain thinks tho |
new design would prove worhy cup defender Ho
G. Dell Nosher of AmcsbuTy, Mass. IS trying to
B1s whose no nc record was os Mr Mosasr Is
now designing steam yacht twice the size OF the
J B. Loring of Rockland. Ne, IS building fifty
foot steam yacht for Mr. Riddle, Of Philadelphia
Captain 5. Samues is strongly backed for appoint.
ment the International Marine Conference Com
mis- sion.
The steam yacht Sycamore, Captain John W Slater,
has been repaired, and hos left Norfolk. Va for the
West Indies. She Is provis0ned for winters cruise
Riley Il Cowley, OF South Broohyn. have overhaucd
r. W. vandcrbrs steam yacht Vdctte. The little
steamer Is better than ever and improvements IN
her machinery ere expected to Increase her speed
materially
Normrn L. Munro has sold the steam yacht Say
When which created stir by her speed whom she
built, TO James T. Blandiord OF Sing Sing, n J., for
S45 600
so foot steam yacht built st Bristol X. !. The
y2ch, he's boon nemed the Ballymena. She STOPPED
here OIL her way 10 Maryland, AMI WIS anchored of
the y. J. V. {. hoa', az East Twenty -sAiEsi, FOR
several days.
The s.oop Carmen, Of Boston the schooner
Presto and the steam yacht Natalie, OF New-lOrk