The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-15
to take him up an equally high hill be-

to take him up an equally high hill be-
yond.
1t is considered an excellent thing for
naval officers to get on board these royal
Yachts. as promotion out of the usual
course is quite apt TO follow. Then, too, il
is soft duty, for when royalty takes a
fancy to a fellow he is generally sure of
not being sent to an unpleasant place The
captain of the Victoria aud Albert has so
well pleased the queen that, although he
is now Rear Admiral Fullerton, she will
not have him leave the yacht.
| The Prince of Wales has also held on to
his yacht, the Osborne, which is also an
! Old-fashioned sidewheel vessel. She is
very comfortable, however, and probably
that is the reason he does not change her
! for something more modern. Sha is well
| adapted for cruising, and last winter
made an extensive cruise in the Mediter-
| ranean. The prince and his family have
| been living abroad during the regattas, at
| COwes, in which the Britannia, a fine
| cutter yacht owned by the Prince of
! Wales has generally been entered and
| as a rule, been first or second. The fit
| tings and arrangements for comfort and
| convenience here are more modern than
! aboard the Victoria and Albert, as the
| Osborne has much more service to per
form, and the prince likes the good things
| of life
A glance from either of the above
| yachts TO the Hohenzollern, the private
| yacht of the Emperor of Germany, car
ries most convincing proof of the great
| strides that have been made in naval
architecture. She impressss one with
| two things. One is that she is very
| speedy and another that she is well built
| The Young kaiser is of so nervous tenn
permanent that he wants to move about
rapidly and he does not care to be obliged
| to wait for smooth weather to do it in
| The Hohenzollern fills these requisites
admira bly,, for she has a guaranteed speed
of twenty knots, and Is high out of water,
so that it would take very heavy seas to
| necessitate her remaining in port until
calmer time.
Calling her yacht might possibly be
| considered somewhat of a misnomer, as
| she is of 1900 tons displacement, which
makes her heavier than the naval cruisers
| Newark and San Francisco She was
| designed by Chief Naval Constructor
| Dietrich, who has twice been in the
| United States, and who has designed some
of the finest vessels built in Germany.
| The machinery of the HohenZollern de-
velopes 5000 horse power, so with that
| for team it is no wonder that she can be
driven at speed only excelled by the
| feetest of the ocean greyhounds, about
| twice her size.
Besides the upper deck there are two
| other living decks. On the first, lighted
with twelve windows is the large dining
| room. The roof of this room serves as a
promenade deck, in the center of which is
| a small smoking room. For observations
| of the surroundings, when approaching
| harbor at night, there are two search
| lights, very powerful and unusually bril-
| liant, and there is fine bridge forward
for the commander. which also carries
small house for the lookout and the quar-
termaster at the wheel.
Beneath the upper deck is the main
deck, on which are situated the principal
living rooms. Aft are the officers and
the secretaries cabins, next those of the
garde-robe women, stewardesses the
pantries and bathrooms. Further for
ward the royal saloon, and near it the
cabins, ladies' saloon, and bathrooms for
the suite, and about the center
of the ship the royal cabin. These
include both dressing and sleeping rooms,
connected by passage, and further on
the working and receiving rooms of the
kaiser and the drawing room of the
kaiserin. The rest of the space right
across is occupied by the rooms of the
royal princes
The officers and crew are in part quar-
tered in the forward part of the middle
deck, and in front of the rooms of the
| princess are the living and mess rooms of
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| the spaces for the crew, the sick BAY and
the dispensary. Below this are the rooms
| for the servants, the royal garde-robe, the
| trunk room, the imperial ca boose, and the
washing-up room.
The emperor also owns sailing yacht,
cutter called the Meteor, which was
| once the Thistle, the same boat that Wis
tied the United States to try and capture
| the Americas cup.
1t was a sight to delight democratic
| eyes to see the kaiser sailing by in his
| yacht, surrounded by officers whom he
had invited to join him from the German
ships present He was one of them for
the time being, and took as much interest
IN the main sheet or the tiller as though
he were not the great potentate that he
really is. He knows all about yachting,
ships, etc, and is so very keen abont it
all that they say his army is beginning to
be very jealous of the amount of time he
passes on the water and in the inspec-
tions that he makes of his men-of-war
and merchant ships in process of con-
struction.