Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-03

FsssEiEY AAM ViiG Aa.sa*G:ya,

FEss$sEY AAM YAG ssss4s.*e;ya,
Hnw Tie aspasnd thu TaEs CT the i.,..
snese Pets.
(New York SUM-
" the flag officers and captairs of
To-Day assigned TO duty alioat not one
is over sixty, While one or two are NOT
even nifty. Watson is nfty-cight
Scnley is ilfty.-e.-n. Sampson IS hlJy
nNe, Evans is tiity-four, Chadwick
goodrich ana Jewell are not 5;el l1ty-
re" OF the battieSnip Commanders s.,e
more WAN tltS. Taylor. OF che md
ana, evans, III the Iowa. afiG chad
WICK. of the New York are TIN. y.:uns-
est. Iayior ana Chadwick W.re sfau-
uaied from the Academy ia lsGo
1nere We're all classes of boys among
these youngsters OF lobv. Tue u,r.lc,
iiaoe u cruise in China. waters IN lSdy-
oi IN the then crack ship Of the navy.
the steam frigate Niagara IN. ,,,,i,-
pose was TO carry To their, homes il-
members al The finest Japaues.: en-
passS mat ever visited tins ,ut.til,,
ne cruise occupied ii year a.l! wa-
III III the nature u 1t pleasure. lri;.
mere We're seven midsh1pmcn sen, l..
e'e Niagara and they were as i!v.lv :,
sci VI boys az IN. Academy h.l ,.y.,-
turned out. 1t seems as If IN. ,J,,..,,
lient mad picked out air the p,o1u,e,nt.
Young met loi Unpleasant details ana
,iao sent on this fancy cruise. ;lccor,l-
ing 70 the standard of the. day IN.
'east promising of the class Th.. ,.r.s
ent admiral Bunce. FOR instance an;
nll,'e'loen. Watson. i'arragu,'s I,a.
lieutenant. now Il commodore. ,,.,...
sent TO the coast of Africa 10 ,,n,t ),
ana catch slave ships Cap,;,u AZ.
nan Oh literary fame. was sent "a ~.
"a.er Witch. u wr-tched little p,i,,-
no:i. III the Gulf of Mckee. m.
s"uns men sent to the Niag:,ra wnr,
T., y. READ. Mh" aiterward commend
,,....,n on, e"eraic ship 'ra!iiil:Issees
."S.Hh -. Marvin and James @ ,<.,,,
o"th no" ue;iu: Nirtl,.lu sem, S',,,''i''-'
~. o. Robesun. Robert s,,y:,o,, -,
o'las Casey. '''''' ana
"sae youngsters were all Wei ,,,.,
aiiu Dred. Read was 81 Virginia., ~, :. =
"a ,,,i,I' " one or tnc OH tnI.v,Ia,
Ir;.,, hane was a Mlssollrl;lu nr
onu 80, '.,' 'ail as a iingstan. ,,;Ir,<
Win me courage of :: ijo,, ~.
""s the only one OF THAT s1..,,,,,
49, r'ao no FRANKS to play. M:,,.,n
"ae from ONO. short, round .,,,,l ~
naS9 Win one arm :lki,nbu vh,.,.,,
.He boys dubbed him jug, Nl,,r,.,,
''iu Jug he remained un,ll his ,I...,,i
.on!'liahder. not many years ,,.,,
| ochiey, the present cuiulu,,iI,,
| ias, ~, .! "S squadron, was I'll. prank
|
sy because of the ,,.utonn..v = -,
,.ousers, OF enormous bulge n, ~
nhees. Schley had n very sp,.,u ~,
unu 70 make this fact, OF which h, n,,I
.n'h. me more conspicuous h.. .,,,,h
l"..' 'ne breadth Of his trousers M ~,
ra una m!nimized their cut M III,
hna,, =" me East Indies. where every
uS wore white. the appearanc.. -,
Schiey on the deck with No ,,n,l,
esther shther pumps, with his Knees ~,
o"iis apout III white balloons nf ann,,
'AouS size and With his shur, i.,i,,
"hlch was the miushi,u,n.s uni,,',.,
soat OF those days, caused many, :,
castle. "a the 10
Kobeson WAS Il Connerti,u,
ana because of that and ar ;, ,,ii, '. "a. /
I s,' 'tcceht, he was dubbed .,y,nI, :.
iop'tp'y Commodore Itohrs,n ,,nni,,
~. no" respond to the sal,,t.,ti,,
iank.' but he would remnuh,.,. :,
c,. .ue same, with !; reminiscent smil,.
t vas Il nephew of the yoyrrnu,
" maryland. and Casey was ~, '..,
OF old General Silus Casey ,,,, ,,l,, n"i'
q. brother Of the late distinpuish',,,
a,'ie o OF engineers of the army. .;,.n,.r
a. nolhaS l.. Casey or thns.. ,ii,.'
w. . schley. II. Il. Robson ana Sii.,.,
n,Ss are c"lnmodores Swami VA
m han,,. commander On account Of
None OF these boys on that ,v.n,r,,
voyage was much mnr,. thun ,,y,.ni' "
nie- lney were fresh from tn. Ac:,,l,.-
NY, ana lett 1t chiefly incumbent unnn
s..hi 70 nave fun with the .J;,p,nnso
"t'ehuants upon the embassy, III,
vas often made miserable for the Lars
, MHsn tney ventured forward into the
,,,l us', ,, pii'aI watch. Now that the
theh Mldshipnan Scnley mas hacn,nn :,
coihnoaore and is in command NJ ;,
powerful fleet he may not apnr.ci,,.
ms refnlnlscence of his youth. but his
oll"W-citizens may enjoy it. Tho Nj
asara. on her way around Good How.
stopped on the coast of Africa, whnr,
~, ,iit '"I'anese laid In u stock Of mon
Keys. Old Captain Mexican ana In,
officers did not object, for it was my
nc l'ollcy then To crafty every wish ni
the Japanese. 1t was only Aidsht,,.
man Schlcy ana his deck scrubln.I.
who objected. The monkeys w,.r,. III.
lo"'d 20 roam about the ship MS they
i'f'seu. There were all Kinds of mon
Keys. big and little. Several huge. RIM,
tails would almost live in tl,, ri.,.i,,,
making 'ying leaps from ruo,,np,. L,
oaeKstayS, always catching firmly h,
their tails. The monkeys were MOI
PHEASANT creatures about the deck an,
We're II subject OF especial aversion +,
Midshipman Schiey. who on his watcl
was ieSppllSlDle Tor the deck S white.
ness and cleanliness
One morning Schley had the earl,
watch. and, with Il gang of men. wa.
scrubbing down. The monkeys w,.r,
nun OF mischief, and were making III,
rigging ring with their chattcrina
mockery.
Bring me a bucket of siush," sal,
schley to a captain of a Top, ana t.
another he gave orders that two of tn,
Dig monkeys should be caught
IT was in the China sea, and the hi.
SNIP with every thread nf canvas on
| vas blowing along With the vim
abeam and a heavy sea on. She wa.
making fifteen knots. Schley took IN,
two captive monkeys and cnrcfuI,
creased their tails; then, with a say
age whoop at them, struck both viii
a ropes end. Both monkeys broke 70,
the fore weather rigging, and made .
wild leap for the lower studding-sai
sheet. which was over the water aur
thirty feet from the ships side. Swisl
went the tails around the quiverin.
sheet. Alas. the tails slipped ana two
sons or Africa went shricltinG into III,
sea. The JaDs ran screaming from