The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-03
GRAND WELCOME
TO THE TEXAS.
How the Splendid Ship Was Received
in New York,
GIVEN A ROYAL WELCOME.
The Big Battlcship is But Little the
Worse for Her Varied Experiences.
She Has Forever Lost tho Name
OF "Hoodoo."
GIVEN A ROYAL WELCOME.


arrival Of the battleship Texas at the
Brooklyn navy yard:
The United States battleshlp Texas.
first TO get here Of the fleet which de-
stroyed Cervera's squadron off Santiago
on Sunday, July Sd. arrived early yes
terday morning. She lost her hoOdoo
in the Caribbean, but brought first
class halo with her. and fine collection
OF seagrass and barnacles as well She
was hailed by hundreds Of steam whistles
as she came slowly up the lower bay, and
from docks along the water front, the
decks Of ferryboats and from the bridge
thousands Of people waved greetings 70
her.
A ROYAL WELCOME.
New Workers have been looking for the
Texas since Friday. IL was announced
IN WashisgtOn that she had been ordered
here to go into dry dock. Captains of
harbOr craft have kept plenty of steam
on so as to spare some for the racket
when the battleship hove in sight. BY
coming here on a Sunday. though the
Texas lost a large part of the greeting
that had been prepared for her But she
got a royal welcome as II was.
The battleship left Santiago on Monday
last and passed in at Sandy Hook at $50
o'clock yesterday morning. At quaran-
tine she was boarded by Health officer
Doty but. having no sick aboard was
allowed 10 pass. She went on up 10
Tompkinsville and anchored there. AL
most Immediately she was surrounded
by all kinds Of craft and cheer after
cheer for her and her men came from
the boats. Every tugboat within three
mixes footed vigorously. and ferrybOats
and other steam craft did likewise. At
O'Clock an excursion steamer went up
alongside Of the Texas and the people on
her cheered themselves hoarse. Here
some one on the excursion steamer be-
gan singing The Star Spangled Banner"
and hundreds Of others took IL up. the
boys OF the Texas waving their hats at
their entertainers. The early Ccrey ISL
and boats and the fishing steamers all
ran close up to the Texas and cheers
came from the people on them
a MAGNIFICENT SIGHT.
Shortly before II o'clock the Texas left
Tomphnsyille for the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. She made n magnificent sight COM
ing up the East river. and the noise with
which she was greeted was deafening In
response TO the enthusiastic greetings
that she got from all sides the Texas
grunted several times with her big whist
les as she came on. From a long pier I'm
Brooklyn below the navy yard several
hundred people waved handkerchifes and
umbrellas at the Texas and shouted at
her. Three excursion barges. which were
towing up the river ahead iOf the Texas,
were allowed 10 drift back when the bat
teship hove I'm sight. When they were
within hundred yards the people on
them set up a terrific cheering Then a
band on each barge struck up 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" and people all along
the Brooklyn shore began to sing AT the
top of their lungs. all the steam craft FOR
a mile around footing their best as a sort
OF accompaniment. The sailors on the
Texas cheered back and waved their hats,
and all was halcyOn and vOciferOus.
IL required a pretty close look az the
battleship as she came up to discover
wherein she was not as good as when she
was last I'm this port. one could see that
her war paint was rubbed off I'm spots,
but It was hard 10 believe that she had
been standing the fire OF the forts at
Cienfuegos and Santiago and had been I'm
the heart OF the greatest sea fight of
modern days. People who expected 10
see her superstructure twisted pictures
quely awry and showing other signs OF
the hard knocks she has had will be dis
appointed when they see how really spick
and span she looks under the circum-
stances. Not that she hasn't had hard
knocks for she has. and a close eX;snina-
ton OF her will give very fair idea OF
what the modern shell can do.
ONT MUCH INJURED.
But az she poked her nose around the
corner of the navy yard wall and began
20 turn I'm she didn't look much otherwise
than when she sailed away from hero
about three months ago Her crew. I'm
their white ducks. We're all forward, and
Captain John ". Philip was on the bridge
directing things. Five hundred sailors,
I'm their duck uniforms. from the Vermont
were on the navy yard dock, and as the
Texas appeared one Of them jumped upon
a barrel and cried:
"Now, boys. three cheers for the Tex
asr
Every hat came of. and the cheers
must have been heard IN Manhattan.
"And now three more FOR Capt Jack
Phiipr cried another sailor. And there
are rumors that Harlem heard them.
When these cheers had died out the men
on the Texas responded. Twenty minutes
later the battleship was -oored 10 the
dock. and the sailors ashore were eX-
changing greetings with friends on the
ship Most OF these greetings ran as fol-
lows:
Hello there, Bill you did great, You
did Say. that was hell OF a walloping
you gave those Spaniards."
"Oh. they were easy
well. you did EN- up anyway. Say
got any souvenirs OF the hght?'
Sure. the ships full of them
LOTS OF SOUVENIRS.
Teh nthe men abroad began 70 toss
Spanish coins and bits OF metal or wood
10 their friends ashore. one sailor Of the
Texas tossed over the remains OF type
writing machine. which he said he had
found in the wreck Of the Infanta Maria
Teresa.
The Texas came here chiefly 70 90 into
dry dock and have her bottom scraped.
She is very foul, and the barnacles are
visible a considerable distance above the
water line But there are other repairs
TO be- made and they may take some
time. The Texas suffered somewhat from
the fire OF the enemy both in the Santiago
bombardment and in the fight with Adj
miral Ceryeras squadron, but the damage
which will probably take the longest TO
repair was caused by her own guns. When
the 1g-inchers were fred athwart her
decks there was a good deal OF splntering
OF the decks and bullying OF the houses OF
the G-inch guns. Capt. Philip says this
damage was all done on July 81, when the
turret guns were kept going constantly.
These guns can be fred every fifty-nine
seconds now with their new tackle. and
I'm the running fight with Admiral Ger
vera's squadron they were kept going at
this rate for a considerable time, and one
turre. had 10 fire across the deck, since
her turrets are mounted on the sides and
not amidships. The bulkhead forming the
after mart OF the forward 6-inch gun