New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24
LILLE MIL HESERTE Cruise.

Lieutenant Commander Miller, of the New
York Naval Reserve, has reason TO be proud OF
his gallant corps which two years ago was not.
The mcn-Of-War supplied for their use As schools
on the annual cruise are too few to accommO-
date them and their zeal would equip fleet
They have turned out at two bells, flockcd
t. quarters. manned batteries and swarmcd into
tops with the alacrity of veteran Ben Bolts.
Their Sca-legs arc tylilc shaky, they could
nor fish lower yard. l5cckc hemp cable or
send aloft a topgalIant studding sail without
assistance. BIT they can stow hard tack, ana
tell spankcr yang from Matthew Walker
or "A torpedo from an open deck battery and
tho picturesque record of their manoeuyrcS ut
rho NarrOws and sandy Hook and Pceksklll
must inspire lubbcrly stayat- homes with a
consuming cagcrncss to don forthwith belt and
cutlass and master the manual of small arms.
Mirabcau told the French Assembly that Eng
lands war marine was the result of the slow
progress Of n thousand years. To Americans.
who hail with pleasure such patriotic demon
STATIONS n the binding Of Atlanta, and Chr
Cages and the rise of the Naval Reserve, this
reminder offers no Encouragement. II was not
worry far from sandy Hook that the Guerrero
Nlllik l'I iiu'l0 ~ AH' ''i'N'''''''' VIZ '''''N
memorable August day. \ few months after
wand tho Wasp had yancuShcd tho Frolic, the
United state, the Macedonian. and the ConStl-
tutor the Java. During tn" year more than
80 armed British vessels, go merchantmen
and 1900 prisoners had surrendered To the
stars and stripes and in 1913 the foreign cX-
ultation over the Hhannon'S defeat of the
Chesapeake constituted significant tribute to
American naval proWcSS. Moreover, the wood
IN fiigatc Congress and the >loop-ofvar Ports
mouth according 70 Admiral Simpson. were
mover surpassed in their respective classes, ana
living men well remember how the Monitor and
Mcriimlc engagement initiated revolution IN
marine architecture the world over. Without
\ thousand years Of history. therefore, We have
a heritage created by our PcrryS. Our Dccaturs
and our FaragutS that may well stimulate the
ambition If Captain Millcr's prcntlce-hands.
4, these budding Rodncys have doubtless
already discovered, tho sailors trade is vastly
changed since even the days when tho old New
IIampShirc poughcd the seas. Nelson him
self. in the ChicagoS bctWCcn-dcckS, would be
like a fish out Of water and Admiral Walker
could staggcr De Ruytcr or Jean Bart WITH
now tangled nautical wrinkles, just ne the
captain Of Encand'S 1i,500ton ROYAL Soyor-
elm could hopclc>Sy bewilder the com
mandcr of Philips great Armada. Mr.. Thur
bcrs lament last year, at the Chamber OF
Commerce dinner, that the United states had
not vessels enough to utilize an efficient Naval
Reserve is happily in n far way Of being OBJ
Waited since tho passage Of the new Shipping
Act. ANY abcboded Now-l orkcr, therefore,
who DELIGHTS in sea life and traditions and reads
and pondcrS the interesting story of the sum-
mcr cruise should havc no doubt about his
destiny The sea is waiting for him, and so
are the ships, and his patriotic example may
bo trusted 10 fire imtators in other scaboard
states 10 tho realization Of Admiral Walkers
dream Of an Atlantic naval reserve force TWEEN
" thousand strong.