The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-07
BEARDSLEE IS HERE.
Rear Admiral i'm Command Of
the Pacific Station.
PHILADELPHIA COMING SOON.
shin VIII Remain for Target Practice
at Port Angeles. Then VIII Make
Tour of the sound.

Come in glad 10 see you, was the sal
uiation Of Rear Admiral Lester a. Boards
lee, commanding the United States naval
forces OF the Pacific station, to a repre-
sentative of the Post-Inteliigencer who
called ar his apartments at the Rainier
Grand hotel yesterday morning. The ad-
miral is not tall in stature. but what he
loses in height he makes up in sturdlness.
He has finely shaped head and bronzed
face, relieved by a heavy gray mustache,
and deep-set gray eyes that look at his
visitor squarely. Broad shoulders give
him a distinctively military bearing. and a
cordial manner at once makes the visitor
feel welcome. Admiral Beardslee had
Just arrived from Port Angeles. where his
flagship the Philadelphia, soon TO come TO
this city. is anchored
Il came 10 this city" said Admiral
BeardsIee. for the purpose of meeting my
wife, who is en- route from the East. The
flagship is at Port Angeles for rife prac-
tice. but if the weather does not clear up
j am afraid we will have to make a cruise
TO Santa Barbara channel, the only place
on the station besides Port Angeles for
practice with the big guns. If you people
want the Philadelphia to remain on the
Sound you will have 10 make better ar
engagements with the clerk of the weather.
We would like TO do our work here, but
will be guided by circumstances. The fog
has been very thick ever since our arriv-
al on October 2, and we practically nave
been unable TO do anything except TO
break in Fifty new men that were signed
in san Francisco. The ships complement
is $50 men and 10 officers.
THE trip up from San Francisco was I'M
eventful. and we should have arrived in
Angeles fully a day before we did had 1t
not been for dense fog that at times caus-
ed us TO slow down TO about nine knots,
when ordinarily we make thirteen. The
ship is in frst-class condition, having been
on the dry dock in San Francisco two
months ago for a general overhauling. II
we have clear weather for a couple of
weeks il is my intention 10 take in all the
ports geographically, so as 10 show no
partially as / understand there is consid
cradle rivalry among several of the towns
on the Sound. The first place after Port
Angeles will be Victoria. then Everett.
Seattle, Tacoma and possibly Olympia,
and on our way down the coast we will
stop a few days at Whatcom. The ship
will be thrown open to inspection at each
port. and you know with how much pleas
ure the jolly jack tar, to say nothing Of
the officers, receives the fair sex"
Inasmuch as Admiral Beardslee was in
Hawaii during the summer he was asked
as to the prevalence of cholera in the ISL
ands.
THE disease will have an injurious ef-
feet upon the republic" said he. and one
that it will require a long time to recover
from. Just before the plague broke out
received from our minister letter in
which he said the factions were uniting
and everything was looking exceedingly
bright / was there on the flagship nearly
all spring and summer. and escaped the
plague by a few weeks \ telegram was
sent out by the Associated Press short
time ago stating that six men on the Ben
nington. one of my fleet. were down with
the disease and that one had died, was
partially true. The men were sick and
one died. but l am not satisfied that he
died from cholera"