New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-29

THEY RETURN FROM THEIR CRUISE ON
THE SOUND
frE1rrN,Nr STATION IND MS CREW SAILED
CUTTER FROM THE EASTERN END or

rIrrrrN,NT STATION I'D MS CREW SAILED
CUTTER FRoM THE EASTERN END or
THE SOUND 20 THIS CITY.
All the hardy mariners OF the LIST Naval Battalion.
New-Y York who started from their shelter Island
camp last Thursday for cruise In open cutters
20 this city have returned All OF them are sun
burned and there may be few bi.sters on their
hands but with one accord they declare that The
eucampment AMI cruise home made one OF the
most satisfactory outings the battalion has ever
had.
Most o, the men who started on the cruise west
warI through The Sound lef their cutters at various
points eu route and came home by railroad as
already reported In The Tribune. Two First D-
vision boats we're left at Port jefferson. and s.N
cutters ard a whaieboa,. o: the Second. Third and
Fourth divisions We're LETT AZ New-Haven Inc
other cutter was brought In by Lieutenant ". H.
Siayton and his crew. % the Fourth DIVISION, yes
terday afternoon
Lieutenant r p Forshew's crew. o. the FRS;
Division got back 20 the Nes-Hampsh.re Satur-
day night They lef' he tender Emmons on Thurs
day afternoon made beat dead 20 wlniwari and
got 20 Horizons Point Light that night There they
campe1. leaving the place early on Friday morn
ing for the westward. with a good beam wind
Afterrard n. wind shifted. and the crew had some
more slow wlnd~ard work In sea as heavy as It
often gets on ne Sound. me step o. the miinmaSt
broke and tho cutter leaking a little Tn"y
sailed until Friday evening. when the crew went
ashore az WAding River had supper and AGAIN
showed Of AZ II O'Clock Friday night FOR Port
Jefferson which they made az II o'clock saturday
morning. after having camped again sN miles east
~ tina, pace They le,t their cutter AZ Port Jefer-
son FOR repairs and came TO this city by railroad
getting 70 the New Hampshire a. o'clock saturday
nigh, They were an we'll and viii be glad 10
make another "Trip n commander Miller shall send
them \ boats crew viii go to Por, jefferson FIJI
~ f.r- '.fH
The cruise viii probably last until sunday
The Only crew that sailed cutter along ;he way
to this city from the eastern end - the sound
the from the Fourth Division, under
Lieutenant ". H. Siayton They sailed mp 20
headquarters on the New Hampshire yesterday ar
ternoon and when Il Tribune reporter got there
the men were putting vaseline on Their sunDurned
noses and Lieutenant Stayton was in Commander
Miller's cabin making his report The crew ieit
the neet and the tender Emmons at o clock Ihurs-
day aftcrnoon ana made New, nfVrn con na INA,
Naval Militia. and slept AZ the headquarters %
At . o'clock Friday morning they sailed away
Tor Port jefferson. getting there in the afternoon
and proceeded 10 oyster Bay. II was too gusty
at Oyster Bay FOR a regatta OF the Sea"anhaka
out in the cutter and sailed back and forth 10
show the beats weatherly qualities.
The nigh; was spent at the club. OF which LEY
tenant Stayton IS a member. and yesterday the
cruise to this city was continued on the way ne
naval mlIitiamen on board After inspecting the
Defenders rival the crew brought their boat on
TO New York. getting to the New Hampshire AZ
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
While Commander Miller, is proud OF the way in
which all OF hts men handled the open cutters. he
Is especially pleased WIN the eat periormhon oy
,oke 10 sail a big thrty-fOot open cutter from one
end OF the Sound The other, I'm all kinds OF
weather but that Is what the Fourth Division
crew did Commander Miller said In speaking OF
the performance yesterday.
The crew accomplished 100 miles OF the direct
course down the Sound. against adverse winds and
tides. in the best time ever made by a man-ol-
wars cutter This unusual trip is due To Mr
Stayton's large experience during the last Two
years in NAVIGATING the waters OF the Sound IN
that kind OF boat. he having made last year
complete circuit OF Long Island Sound. The other
men would have sailed all the way here. too II
they had not been compelled by business To return
earlier. The trip a great success IN every way
and we accomplished all our Objects