The sun., 1897-08-01
JACKIES CHEER RESERVES.
SORRY THE FIRST BATTALI0N,S
CRUISE ENDED YESTERDAY.

The Naval SliIitinnsu Didn't shirk Work. ana
showed the Elnssachuaetts's Crow That All
Naval Reserves AREN'T LiEo That or the
Old nay stnte-Ops Man 10 slightly Hurt.
Tho New York Battalion Of the State Naval
Militia got home yesterday morning from its
weeks cruise on tho Sound, and by n littlo after
noon overy man was out OF his sailor rig and
bound for home or countryside, with no worse
reminder Of his experiences with him Than a
sunourned nose just growing a now cover
ing of skin. After tho doings ut Fort
Hamilton on Friday, which pleased Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt SO
much. the men OF Brooklyn went back to the
routine of their camp at Bath Beach to stay
over Sunday, while those OF Commander Dun
cans First Battalion went aboard the battle
ships Texas and Massachusetts. On the Texas
the last night afloat was made memorable by o
vaudeville show, which Lieut.. Mcfarland man
aged. All Of the performers were members Of
the Naval Reserve. and they did variety Of
turns, from n skirt dance to banjo playing.
The top Of the after hatch was the stage. Tho
officers saw the show from the quarterback.
The men of work saw it from the port gangway.
AT 10 o'clock all wero In their hanuocks.
Yesterday morning they wero awakened at the
routine hour. took their places with the rest Of
the ships company cleaning up, scrubbing guns
and brasscs. Before the end OF the morning
watch their hammo KS were dashed, blankets
rolled. ana knapsacks packed ready for do
parture. AT o'clock big Government tug
went alongside the Texas and took tho
Naval Reserve off, As she loft tho reserve was
cheered again and again. The regular tars
cheered for tho naval "preserves" and the
preserves" chcered back. The tug had aboard
q lot of the regular crew oil the Massach usetts,
who were to take the places in the ships COM
pany TO bc vacated by the naval miiitianen.
The tug took these men 10 the Massachusetts.
and then the rest Of the First Battalion the re-
serves went aboard her. There VA ano' her
period Of cheering as tho tug steamed c,tyward.
No sailors had oecn taken down to the Texas,
because she was bound tor the navy yard. She
came up later in the day.: The Nuval Reserves
were Ian ted at tho New Hampshire, at the foot
o. East Twenty eighth street, at II O'Clock. In
threc-quarters OF AN hour the entire Quilt wac
unpacked and slowed away. The man "ere uis-
Paymuster's conan L. n. Josephthal WAS
! hurt going aboard the Texas TO report to Assist
and down of the boat that he waa In drove his
head against some OF the iron work of the land
his scalp. The surgeon OF tho Texas dressed the ne
wound and Josephthal was soon ablo TO get
1.-THE secret OF our popularity aboard the
| warshps." q member OF the battalion said
yesterday, Lies in the fact that none Of us
shirk. When we go aboard, each man relieves a
man of the regular crew and takes that man o
place. There are none 700 many In the crews Of
| these ships 10 do the work at the best. our men
know their duties. and turn TO at once 10 DO
every part of the work required. whether it be
| pleasant or not.
No man Is quicker to respond to such spirit
! hearts of every one of them. Some OF tn. Naval
/ Reserves do not 10 this. Tney 20 out a cruise
| just to have good time and they neglect the
| work. This makes trouble among the ere v,
, and that makes trouble Tor the officers. Pretty
| soon it gets to be mighty uncomfortable
aboard ship. The officers OF the Massachusetts
| told us they had just had such en- experience
| with the Massachusetts, Naval Reserves. and
| that WAS what they referred 20 when they old
| Assistant Secretary Roosevelt that we wero
| mighty sorry when we saw the New York re-
| serves Com.ng aboard and now we are mighty
| sorry TO sec them leaving us.