The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-23

ton rag The ecvs were rot lcrx IN Sc
cartnx handsome pole measuring forty-
avs se1s II senrth a-s with Tire assist
snce q he 6-St carpenters r1aTe. Rich
ar1 Ast-i~k. and three sailors from The
fnisAdelHsia Il was stepped IN The sS-
nnirsls yzra
Tee carpenters rnass decssee that ne
c-c1nary boy Should have the heror %
hosstang tAe tag. Ne must know something
q TIE nation OF which ne wzs = native
so1
TIE hoy wAo can tell me ths number
OF states n tbs uaser shall have thu hon
or O. raising the Tag" announced the
fnAks. TO us Infinite surprise every boy
II ne crowd was ready with The correct
answer Well. re ear all take hand"
said the mate. and tn the presence OF Mrs
Admiral Bea-Sfsise and Mrs. waahAns.
VIE o. Tie lieutenant commander Of the
Monterey, the oeys uncovered their heads
and saiuted TIRE tag as its folds were ur-
farssd 20 the b-e~ze. In the evening Ad-
rirA Besrcslee addressed ehe boys and
told them Of the first flag raised az Men,
tersy, Cal. BY = small boy and. how On
the occasion az The celebration Of the
rfsieta anniversary this same boy, now
grown 70 = gray headed man. again raised
the Gag n the presence of an enormous
assenSisge. Every morning the bows
gather In the admsraiss yard an. the stars
tiles observed on board ship.
A warxhipss Visitors.
Admiral Reardsaee says that last year
faaeo people visited the flagship rhfia-
delphia. In the city of Seattle 6eao men.
women and children were on board IN
ore day. and rscenttv Ia Portland &esaa
visitors were or the ship. While many OF
these people ara highly respectable. a
large number OF fonEAs manage 20 get
aboard and they have so little respect for
Uncle sam property thai they frequent
~ do considerable damage and they never
hesitate at pocketlng anything which Is
portable When the ship IL crowded with
visitors, all drills must be dispensed with
and the ofscers are put TO great fncon-
venience. SO IL can easily be seen that
visitors as rule are not desirable On
board a man-of-war.
Admiral Beardsiee recently looked over
the archives OF the Philadelphia ard there
ne found voigEninons correspondence
from men In ali stations of life. senators.
bank presidents. board OF trade officials.
all requesting THAI the Philadelphia be
taken into ports all the way from san
Diego north 10 wThstcom- Last year the
ship visited every port Of consequences
between these respective points. bat this
year the admiral says he il hers for
business and does not care 20 hs inter
rupted in his work.
People on shore usually labor under the
impression that naval officers have bat
little TO do except 90 appear at social
functions and wear their brass buttons
with becoming grace. Capt. Cotton says
that the people seldom see naval officers
except In society. but when. as an his
case. an officers has sa.oao.0co worth OF
properly under his care. for which ne Is
personally responsible. his official oapa-
city is far from being . sinecure and the
actual work. worry and Responsibility are
enormous.
The coast defense monitors Monadnock
and Monterey are much alike In general
appearance. The Monterey n compare
lively recent addition TO the navy, but tho
keel Of the Monadnock has seen twenty
two summers and has cost the government
five times as much as IL would cost 10
build a similar vessel at the present tims.
For many years IL was a subject of spec
ulation as 20 whether or not monitors
could weather a sea voyage. Both the
Monterey and Arona6nock have passed
through severe storms at sea and they
have proved themselves thoroughly sea-
worthy. Their low freeboard permits ev-
cry wave TO dash with Gnobstructed fury
over the steel decks, Yet they pass on
harmlessly over the stern When seen at
sea. frequently the only portions of the
monitor which are visible are the turress
and srnokestack, and one OF the officers
on the Monterey says that the only period
OF danger is when the monitor plunges
down the steep incline OF a swell and
thrnsts her nose deep beneath the next
wave. for AT that time the tremendous
combined weight OF her batteries and Of