The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11

Nc wouia Tnrs six Years % Get Our war ves-
seis s1anned soaeiy by Theus.


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Secretary Long intends 10 reorgnnize the per.
sonnet OF the American navy. This viii moot
with the approval Of his countrymsn IN general
and Of naval Officers in particular. Those gen
tlemon. by profession and observation, are best
qualified TO speak. They are unanimously Of the
opinion that the American sailor 10 tho best
sailor In the world. Thure IN no "buncombo' In
this. Their opportunities for comparison have
boen unlimited. They state . judgment mo
turoly formed. Not much sentiment enters
into modern war, but the nation would
like to zee none but Americans on guard
II It can DO brought about. The men gath
cred upon the upper deck of. tho Trenton
r. the great Ssnoan storm; Listening ar1 70 ne zoe s Ssna
time, did a decd whose recital stir. blood like 2
truinpot's Gall, but something OF glory and
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and 4 ha IS no sS sSiia's pisy. e Tso .. H. dosSSd u.
tween docks u much more under the sys Of his
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man Of him, but he does not amass money. II
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storms 4ss'o Violent ole room fne ssu'e oend atH Su' dems AND
fSo e ss1lsn on on th tho Ds na.s St ps se.. "A fhs sf axe
cision. He is never able to ddiiye;s himself Of bis
eTsoutlon. The constant facing Of danger makes
the minor dotails of navigation are. OF course,
f foopaht t t. him Fl. ae 6esgs: TO- sSm q much mich s% sSS.FEpes
Of eSI the Union. < op" q row winters 9' spent in the
Northwest he laughs at exposure In other climes.
He is enduring. Eurthermore. TRANSLATION ffom
Of a man-oi.war seems like heaven to him.
Formerly the best of our seamen were OBJ
coast. That school produced sailors Whose
equals the world has never seen; II no longer
sEt sssm them s5mt to y Ss s,i SSes ~ e. the n,s seho %b Itself S1s. hSs
men who msnned i in the Cd days are dead or
WAYS q wd mSselns FROM Z MsiP I'll, 0 school t% it s.a sl9I nj It
who Showed thei SuIidos st strain Ga'a Of their ' an.
6esPs.tsrsd: they stood to tho ieapine run.
voyages while asleep that would deter older
MI. Kiplings "ceptains Courageous" th9Ish
few in number, give evidence Of their blood.
fssIyy heels nc ,G % 81 san 1s.. saS q siiR PRs s.t that p sa9 sSsa
Tho American. according to the testimony Of
lishman. but he is a better seaman. He viii eS.
ecute an order while a man from the older ooun.
E i1y 4 sn OF spiiein S9S while 1T tho Il sr Tss as : i; '0 get e
ting his tools; He l. more INTELLIGENT and Stll
StsaaS,55 ls sMasi him 81 an and lis asI prose ri orr o and because snss
ef the conditions under which they and he have
lived. he Y faster on he isss p g month.
partly. The reason for this Is apparent. In
always a sailor. That Is all no knows and all he
cares to know. The American recruit may have
t ssf inr = ihwyf So% ns d sSd "s, IT g SeS5 sf fsins;s ui se1
this, he Is amenabio to discipline. Three
montha on shtpboard takes the cocdness out of
him. Tho beauty Of him iB that he obeys be-
obey.
It is estimated that tho foreigners in our navy
can be weeded out in Bir years: We have the
finest cruisers In the world. and it Is ntting that
they should DO manned by tho brothers Of those
trained Americans on the brooklyn, the nation
that makes her strike her oolors viii know that
It has been somewhere in the neighborhood Of q
light.