New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
THE PEiAsUS IN THE STORM.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF THE MILITIA AMI
NAVAL RESERVES COOL BEHA'IoH
oE THE MEN.

After passing through ono Of the roughes' n,e'V
,,o, most Of the men ever experienced 'he '"
pescrvcs who started for Fire lslahu vi "'' e
4, IL AS O'Clock Tuesday, we're alio"'u " IL,
,,,ov shortly before noon CoDsiderihe '"' 80
.I.n ,..v at the rate of forty i've miles an muir
md \ raging sen. which completely ""7"'' '''
=, ,he Pegasus the naval Reserves ana inc "'cu VI ~
co,. pceron, who accompanied them on the ea
,,,,on conducted themselves with credihole COW
moss The discomfort 81 the reserves VIM
unable 10 lie down. much less Sleep on "'',''.
enc ,,a,er on the lower deck was great Oh. '''
,as M erumbung Commander j. W. MiNe'' Vi
,h. Deserves, who had charge OF the eApcuu'"' soy
hat ,hc men all behaved splendidly.
Neing unable to land at Fire Island on acoo"'V ~
A., h,ch -, which was running aftr SHUTDOWN uie
Pegasus returned and tied mp Mt 2'''o d. III d, 10
cool dock OF the NewJcIScy Central Railroad III ''
munlpow At 9 O'Clock yesterday mornihs wv
ohonc message was received from Governor fiom,'
nv Commander Miller. ordering him To return ~ VIZ,
o,,r and dismiss the Reserves. a few m'n""'
Inter Cloncl Covanagh. OF the WIN hes''''' r,
a,od similar order In regard to his command Inc
,,nd,rc a. Pier NO. 30. North River, was made about
~ o'clock the Pegasus was soon put out vi o''"
mission and at II O'Clock the t"o 'onP"
fine Goth Regiment marched OF the Tesasus ""o"e"
,be limos Of the Reserves already drawn up On ~"
pier Turning 10 Colopcl Cavanagh' VINO was ~ w
io.a OF his command. Commander Miller eN
-, ,,cy tis Measure that the Goth Regiment
~, ,h Reserves Ind seen service together. ana that
~. affair had ended quietly. "Three cheers Tor ti'
Goth Regiment boys responded 10 WIN WI"
bv tho Reserves. who we're "heered In turn ny 'n'
mu,ttamcn Roth commands then went 10 u"l'
respective headquarters 49,, ,,-4,,..
The story of the trip, the smashing Oh INC roN''"'
cnars and the capszlng of the Navy Yard cutter as
tod bv Ordnance officer HERBERT H. ''''o''0 ''N'
day afternoon Is az follows: ~
We left Pier 40. 3G, North River NJ Il 10 p
IN. with 300 Naval Reserves ana -'' n''"'
beers Of the 09th hee'hen. -" -
Tho Peqa,us This boat Is capable OF naA'hs s'N'''.
miles mn hour under ordinary conditions al" s'' n"u
fl light load on board, but as we were 'o"ihs u '"''''
and had a hard sea and head wind we con-" 'iaNe
only ahout eight 10 ten miles an hour. By ocioc"
an. tam ,uc Iulyer which had accompanied lis rs
, ,o,dsr wanted to turn back to New YORK lhe
.ca vas heavy and the wind was blowing u gaze anu
the Pulver would have been or Only nope II any u"
cident had happened to our machinery 'ohnha"ue
Miller told the captain OF the Pulver to use Ms own
discretion about the matter. 80 nj ococh ue '"'
yer started back to Ncw-ioiiI whch We were
og Long Peach At shutdown We were stu about
four miles from Fire Island bar and we lmmedia'eH
nut MP our sc ,rch light which was grea' "c'p
TO us We tried to pick up the buoy but couiu 'o'
do 9, on account Of the sea which was ruhhihS'
When about one mile from Fire Island the captain
Of the boat and the pilot both agreed that 1t was use
r.,. ,o atcmpt to get the bar, TIE pilot, VINO
WAS familiar with the place. finally deohlsu 10 90
responsible II we proceeded further. When we turned
hack the shore was plainly visible with our search
light The men all felt disappointed at beng iorced
to return after getting 50 near ana ha''"s 's'''''
50 promptly at the call -
Abont 10 O'Clock, when of RocBaway Beach,
heavy way. struck the guard rail OF the Pegasus ana
tore of some fifteen or twenty feet oil H. we ShVPu
much water At the same time Ihe DoaV wa, 'N''
| settl,d when another wave struck her amldshps on
Tie port SIDE and loosencd The nagstan' We 'ooN II,
&, H., moro water from this wave. The Naval
Reserves nov had about six inches OF water on ther
lccl and their arms blankets and accoutremehts "ere
drenched hugo wave overturned the Cu. ,Ioo Mc
we're towing behind when were on sandy fiooh'
and we brought it back In that posllon minus In w
oars IL was about o'clock when Qlstsh,ne ms"., y,
here sighted and > 30 when We hnally ued up dC
Communlpaw. -, A,o s.o, oicb, veors
,,rvic, in the Navy say that they never passed
a rougher night on the sea o., ,,,.. ,oo,,os
The officers and men OF the 60th Regiment iS S9
of them were I'm such Il condition that all they Wateu
was "a no let alone. Every man III the re.lhieut'
however had nothing but words OF praise Ur o u
Naval Reserves, who were ni'o on VI, a,rf,, night
However the men acted spendidly. Inc meHVers
Of the 60th Regiment are hardy set OF men anu
do not death Many of he men were The
pier This morning. THEN the men hung themseNgs
down anywhere and there were but ie" """"' III
half an hour after came to n stop" ..,. lima
Quartermaster Ward said; We had ternpc IN,
thought we were all going TO die but tried TO Keep
brave front and waited for some one else 10 cry Out
Lieutenant Patrick Farrcy-- would rather hght
We were thrown and tossed about all night We dn
not yet a moments rest. Every time the enGnes