Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-07

MAST-THE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY.
Correspondence of THE EvESrSs STAR.
HoRTA, FAYAL, November 8.
The U.S.S. Pensacola left the Brooklyn
navy yard at $50 a. m October 16. For twenty
eight hours she WAS under steam. covering dur
ing that time distance of 164 sea miles. 0w-
ing to the fact that limited quantity OF coal
can be carried it was deemed necessary by the
captain to sail large share of the distance.
Consequently. at 1890 a. m, October II, her en-
CINE was stopped and her sails unfurled. For
over week her progress was slow in eonse-
quence of unsayorable winds and the additional
circumstance that the Pennsaco ola is slow-gOinS
ship, even when winds are favorable. Some days
she little more than drifted, making in the
twenty-four hours less than iifty-fiye knots. As
1t seemed apparent, at the rate she was travel
ing, that the expedition would not reach Angola
III time to observe the eclipse, the captain
decided to steam to the Azores. where he could
coal up" then steam to Porto Grande and from
there steam to the west African coast. We
arrived at Horta on the ID of November at
am.
THE PENSACOLA
is full-rigged ship, sail and steam, 26S feet in
length, A feet in extreme breadth. She was
built at the Pensacola navy yard in 1853, was
towed to Washington, where her machinery was
constructed, served i'll the rebellion. was in the
battle OF New Orleans. underwent repairs at the
close of the war, and has since served as flag
ship III the various government stations. On
this trip she carries 4l6 men, including officers
and passengers. The officers OF the present
cruise are follows:
Line ofncers-Arthur R. Yates, captain:
Franklin Hanford, lieutenant commander; L.
w. Nichols, lieutenant and navigator; l.. q.
Heilner and NJ. L. Hall, heutenants; J. A.
Daugherty. j. ii. Rohrbacher. A. 4. Mayer, n.
A. McCully, A. II. Davis, A. H. Scales and L.
I'll. Burrage, ensigns; VIM. ID. McDougall,
Phillip Williams, Geo. l.. MARVEL. John II. Pat
ton. Frank Marble and Geo. n. Hayward,
cadets.
Staff otficers-James W. Thompson, chief en-
Slneer; l.. u. Billings, pay inspector; {. III.
White. medical inspector; NJ G. Goodrich,
captain U. S. marine corps; John Il, Matthews,
chaplain; j. A. Topin, past assistant engineer;
+. A. Hesler past assistant surgeons: Victor
Blue, assistant engineer: l.. i. Won WedekInd,
assistant surgeon; j. A. Deives, pay clerk.
Warrant othcers-John Costello, boatswain;
John Hashins, gunner; Geo. W. Davis carpen-
ter; c. +. Winter, sailmaker.
OF the scientific party the names, &C., are:
David Z. Todd, director of the expedition and
chief astronomer, from Amherst college, Am
herst, Mass. Cleveland Able, meteorological,
from the signal service, Washington; Frank H.
Bigeow, first assistant astronomer, from the
nautical almanac bureau. Washington; Eben j.
LOOMS, assistant astronomer, from the nautical
III,
interpreter and lingulst. from New York; T.. ID.
Preston, physicist, from the coast survey, Wash
lngton; {. A. Orr. anthropologist, from Clark
university, Worcester, Mass; G.. L. Flint,
stenographer from Washington, ID. c.; Herman
S. Davis, assistant astronomer, from Princeton
college, New Jersey; Arthur III. Brown, assistant
naturalist, from the national museum. Wash
ngton; Z. q. Wright, chief photographer, from
Brooklyn, NY; John Eugene Carbutt, assist
amt photographer. from Philadelphia, Pa;
Michael OConnor. assistant photographer,
| from New York; g. L. Van Guysing, machinist,
| from Brooklyn, MY; L. Ii. Jacoby. assistant
astronomer, from Columbia college, New York;
| VIM. Harvey Brown, naturalist, from the ma
tlonal museum, Washington.
SCIENTISTS LAID OUT"
The day the expedition left New York was
cool and windy, but not uncomfortably SO.
Some distance from Sandy Hook the ship met
| heavy swell, the remains of the previous few
days violent storm, and she began to pitch
greatly. This the members of the eclipse
| party enjoyed at first, but one by one, the di-
| rector sucumbing first, they yielded to the in
| evitable. In less than an hour the scientists
| were Laid out SO to speak, on the spar-deck
on piles of barrels and boxes. This amused the
! sailors.
| Tribulations we're only now beginning for
that night the ship rolled and pitched with all
| the various combinations of those movements
| possible. Chairs perambulated across the
floors. bunch of red, round cheeses got
adrift in the ward room pantry and left destruc-
| ton in It's pathway. In the midst of dinner the
| ship gave three great lurches and created COM
| motion which was anything but agreeable. The
inexperienced balanced on their heads so grace
! fully. kicked plates and saucers in the air SO
| skillfully that the envy of q japanese acrobatc
| juggler might well have been solicited We are
| told that the Pensacola is top-heavy and be-
| heve it.
ON THEIR SEA LEGS AGAIN.
On the day following "Jonah heaving'' had
somewhat subsidized and on the morning of the
| 10Th, as the ship drifted into the balmy spring
| weather Of the gulf stream, we had COM
| pletely "regained our sea legs and sea appe-
| tites." Beginning now to interest ourselves in
| things about us We stroll along the spar deck
| and observe immense telescope tubes bar
rels and boxes of vegetables, coop of chick
ems, tanks of alcohol and several stacks of dis
| articulated houses-these last to serve
as observatories and dwellings for
the astronomers On this deck are one Calling
gum four howitzers and two eighty FOUNDERS
We descend through hatchway to the
! next deck-the gun deck-and in the after
part of this we find an excellent library, the
| offices of the pay inspector and Heuten-
| ant commander, the cabins of the captain
| and the admiral, the cabin Of the latter now
occupied by members of the expedition. On
| this deck are sixteen guns-twelye 9-inch Dahl
gren smooth bore two Parrot and two saluting
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| pile of boxes containing the various instru-
| ments belonging to the scientists.
IN THE GALLEY.
In the forward part of the deck is great
range, on which twenty-six cooks prepare the
meals for the entire ship. Three times each
day this deck presents the appearance of an
immense dining hall, and if we happen here al
| night we shall see several hundred canvas ham,
| mocks hanging from the ceiling. each contain
| ing blanket, mattress and sailor. One day in
every seven this part of the ship undergoes
still another transformation, for, if it were 10
| o'clock Sunday morning, instead of tables or
| hammocks we should see the chaplain in his
white robe standing by large pulpit an or
chestra playing Sunday music, rows of benches
| and chairs, upon which are seated officers and
sailors dressed in their Sunday clothing.
| THE BIRTH DECK.
| We now descend to the berth deck. In the
forward part of this is the hospital, on the port
side of the apothecary shop and the printing
room In the center of the deck is the electric
dynamo, and portion Of the starboard side is
occupied by the cadets. If We proceed to the
after part of the deck we shall find ourselves in
a commodious room in which is a large dining
table, at one end a pantry and on either side
neatly furnished state rooms. This, We are
told, is the ward room and is occupied by the
| staff officers, leutenants and ensigns. De-
| scending few steps more we are in a sort of
subdeck, evidently store room, for all about