The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-24
A MYrafCAL VOYAGE
The Flying Dutehssa Not II It with the
FlSluG HUNGARIAN.

Flying Hungarian.
The officers OF the United States receiving
ship Minnesota. lying at the foot OF East
Ffticth street, are greatly stirred up over an
article 10 the World on Sunday. in which al
legged %crueltics to young apprentices on the
training ships are wildly described by ono
who claims to have made q trip abroad as an
apprentice on the New Hampshire. The fol-
lowing letter. signed by two OF the Minne-
sofas petty officers. was received at II Sun
office yesterday:
To THE EpIroR OF THE SuN-Sir. An article
in the World OF last Sunday purporting to de-
scribe q boys lifc In the United States navy is
such a tissue OF Misrepresentation and false
hoods that We II to ourselves and to the
service to expose It's untruth. SO full is the
article OF misrepresentation hat 1t could
have been concocted only through malice
and with the unpatriotic purpose Of ~iniuring
the service. 1t is because tho malicious libel
Is calculated to discouraged boys from e%nlistinG
OF skilled seamen. I'm pair the efficiency Of the
service in time Of war that We deem 1t our
II the legal maxim. false in one. false in all.
Is to prevail, you can Judge bow utterly ,un.
BY the New Hampshire which. never TOOK piacei
Coaster. Harbor Island. Newport. from the
s shis u NH s Sss ce Ss%m rs Se oae ~ IN 2 is sssinibn ss:
son whose adyentures ns a naval apprentice
says, s soms time g, on Il The aSMffi nnssots spS Where's &C. a ne
eording ~ his story. his principal food con-
horse. Now. Tho days When sacR things we're sa's
p piss, ana I sSns;, sssses II dino S $s sRRd
Is at liberty any time to visit the training ship
at Newport and inspect the pm Of fare served
vegetables. fruits, &c.. and plenty Of them.
Now. iet US 3atl a lew 9f the remaining lies.
f.ssio sailor wa: W y Ss,s aSsord,,r ing t1 ~ MS own con.
his, hostiiity-tells us that he PASSED the doe
tors eXapination in spi.e 81 being short
blindness as we'll as visual capacity. and a
siaes Il hs w Ssssed 1G g pey With i deIhS St lSs visi nIs
Among the hardships which lie could never
have undergone. this sailor. on q voyage which
was ut sea. In all our experience Us appren-
e.fui ana Sa as . ioo %s nst on t nv m q ffhhssna G for
that is one of the most important positions on
a % yssss' 81! {, w ysss sp sst :? sa fyf 10 says. ",ne water
came through u port in his cot, This Is abb
s snnffd; for as soon as q vessel gets her sailing
sea. and it would Be a hard Job for one man to
open ono OF the ports:
L1e says tlal tne OH!CeT OF tn6 uecK TOOK MIN
of the seam and put him in the brig. Let him
tell all such, yarns to the marines. The officer
Of the deck has no authority to do that or to
siop II he attempted anything like that.
We served our apprenticeship In tho United
States Navy were discharged honorably. and
We now hold responsible positions In the naval
service. and. what Is more. we know what we
are talking about. Very respectfully.
q. +. BECKER.
r. c. MORRISON.
Capt. Edward E. Potter was seen on board
the Minnesota last night by a BUN reporter.
He said: Il have not read the World article,
although l have heard of 1t. What's more. 1
don't intend to read the story. as it's rot from
beginning to end, Il the accusations which the
officers here say it makes are really there;
read and believe such things. Why. II I'm told
right, tho author Of the story 10 "A desertcr from
the United States navy. Nice man to make
letter 10 The Sun. and can tell you that they
are reliable men aqd know what they're talk
ing about. rs both .wero once apprentices
themselves"