The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-27
If OREG0N'S TRIP.
M. ! Record Breaker from Start
to Finish.
lao NILES IN ElGHIy.oNE DAYS.
Irving in Excellent Condition to
Go to Fighting.
kML RECORDS ALSO BROKEN.
100 NILES IN ElGHTy.oNE DAYS
I'LL RECORDS ALSO BROKEN.
urrdred and Fifty-Hve Miles
=. Ten Hours Was One
of Them.

don Bennett
y. West Fla, May 26.--After record !
.tius voyage Of eighty days, during
n total Of 17,499 miles has been
..d the Oregon dropped anchor off
a. Kew bar at 7 o'clock this morning,
and ready as on the day of her trial
Of speed.
s,,.r the longest trip battleship ever
IA the oregon's engines are in as per
order as they were when she started
4, puget Sound. While was on board
iAsr this morning collier and supply
4, zane alongside and tonight the battle
4 IL ready for orders to put to sea again
a fight.
Tne longest voyage ever made by bat
hin Is the record of the Oregon, COM
lied this morning.
Towering a distance OF 24S4 knots at IA
eraxe speed Of thirteen knots an hour Is
m another unequalled record.
run Of 1856 knots in ten hours Is w
Aer still hitherto unparalleled record.
captain Charles E. Clark is as proud OF
!, command as any officer who ever troa
decks Of an American man of-var.
iIy one order was given to him after he
laYted. and that reached him at Bahia,
lar war had been declared, advising him
the presence of The enemy in the neigh
ming waters and commanding him not to
III an engagement with superior force,
III could be avoided. Captain Clark fcl-
bFed his Judgment and escaped the enc
vs. sight.
On May is, at Bridgetown, Barbados the
HI news was learned of the glorious vie
~ at Manila and the happenings along
he Cuban coast.
From there the ship had put to sea with
ppetites whetted for more news HES
Ryana been bombarded yet? Had there
Ven battle between the fleets? Whsf-
Ii the Spanish ships supposed to be now:
(Hess and dozen more questions weie
ned at me as ] climbed the companion
hdder.
The Oregon left Bremerton. Puge,
)ound, where she had been in dry docks,
d March s, and arrived in San Francisco
~ March .. There she coaled and left on
he morning Of March 10 for run Of 1000
niles to Callao, reaching the latter port
n April l. From San Francisco to Callao
W run was easy, seventyfve revolutions
the propeller every minute, giving speed
eleven knots an hour in order TO econ
bmise on fuel, the run being about tour
(nots to ton of coal At Callao more
(oaf was In readiness TO put aboard, and
BE work of storing it was rushed. The
(ogineers and coal passers worked thirty
ours without rest and April the Oregon
proceeded on her journey.
Before reaching Callao, at exactly neon
p March n, the Oregon crossed the
quator. The event was attended by all
ne ceremonies prescribed by ancient Gus
IONS.
Leaving Callao April I. the Oregon,
waning with four boilers and natural
Taught, made twelve and half to thir-
sen knots, with heavy seas and a strong
urfent against her, the revolutions being
lnety to one hundred to the minute.
me Straits Of Magellan, with their tor
nous crooks and turns and hamperine
Irents and the wind blowing the worst
" any of the Oregon's officers ever ex-
Ilenced, were entered April 1s, and the
anchors were cast at the head of the
csits. Captain Clark. in his report tc
ssnlngton said the sea and wind were
y worst he ever experienced
y, Ut the day following one Of the memor.
w runs Of the voyage was made, The
..non being Punta Arenas, in the
ev.nernmost part Of Chill.
az Ten hours the ship ran at speed o.
sssn and one-half knots. natural draught
a arenas was reached on the evening
april II, the distance OF 155 miles hav.
oeen covered in ten hours.
ing through Magellan straits, tn,
son experienced the first warlike fear
'ne voyage At Punta Arenas the Ore
u was Joined by the gunboat Marietta
~ tnere was great feeling of relief t
Wy mat she. too. had ESCAPED surrep
= ~, attack from the Spanish destroyer
.ne morning of April 20 she was read
~, rave Punta Arenas. but waited unit
next morning for the Marietta.
~ me morning of April 10, in order I
mo the harbor of Rio de Janeiro befor
salail. the Oregon left the Marietta an
"a a. forced run, again breaking the re-
me weather was scorching hot II,
" beat down with terrible force. maxim
on deck far from comfortable, Will
IVY IN the fire and engine room the ten
Fs e'ure reached $50 degrees Fahrenhai
a ~ oregon plunged ahead at speed {
s ,s,sn and half knots. with only naturi
sn'. For ten hours she ian Mt TIL
~. In this forced run James McCaragl
fireman, was FRUSTRATED by heat. h,
lew minutes recovered and insisted i
me nke1 back to his post. AT no tiir
ps me entire voyage was the tempers
IN the engine room ever below i.
~ hio carne the anticipated news tn
~. mad been declared. 1t was rcceive
cneers by the men. and the ban
s up Yankee Doodle and Hail q
es securing coal at Rio. where the MI
st ua re]oined. the voyage north was ayai
ssn up. At Bahia notification to look Of
uMuie ships and not TO onglge unle.
s, WI to do so werc received. II
was now part of the sounirt
n, sne three boats kept UP hard run IL,
sne barbadoes were reached. where fu
rsI intelligence was CLEANED. The Oregt
tne other boats parted company Il
oattieship getting to Florida as quicl
possible, that she might he able
ooai and supplies and Join either Sam
or schley in the fighting, which is no
ter Of only a short time
oreEon's twenty-five officers ar
crew OF 435 seamen were well and ha
wnen the battleship cast anchor o
~ Key light at $3.50 this morning. tt
ient condition o. the men after 4
ysse y. perhaps even more remerkabl
the entire trip there were
s.. o. serious illness and the men are