The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-26
IN DEwEY's FLEET.
Tars on Cruiser Baltimore Print a
Paper Called the Siren.
From the Chiacgo Inter-Ocean.

Paper Called the Siren.
From the Chiacgo Inter Ocean.
The Siren is the nautical sounding name
of a monthly paper published on the cruis-
er Baltimore of Admiral Dewey's feet. A
copy of this interesting production las
been furnished to the Inter Ocean by Ed
win NJ. Dyniewicz of the Gazeta Polska tt
this city. Mr.. Dyniewicz got the paper
from Policeman Jacob Tamilo of No. 1OA
North Hoyne avenue, whose son, Frank J.
Tamillo a Chicago boy, is serving on the
Baltimore.
The Siren is a small, four-page sheet,
neatly printed an blue ink, on excellent
paper. The details at the top read: "Vol-
ume 1, No. ", U. S. S. Baltimore at Sea,
Lat 34S NJ, Long, 1895 e., AprA, s, 1898
This would locate the ship some distance
off the China coast, when Deweys squad
ron was nearing the iowery kingdom, and
before war with Spain had been declared.
geographically, the little paper is per-
feet and the most critical would never
surmise that it had been set up in a pitch
ing sea and printed under circumstances
which would pr anything but Neptune's
copy. There are articles on the 'Malne"
Washington Birthday" "Honolulu's
Flood" Prize Fighter Sharkey and
lively run of poems and ships gossip.
The editorials are not exactly big-wig
productions, but they explain things as
well as did the country EDITORS wall that
"thome thneak theft broke in lath night
ana thole every eth in the ethtablithment
One runs like this This issue is given
life with miles of sea all around us ana
the ship pitching easily to a long westerly
swell. Our many friends on shore, hoth
at home and abroad, will probably remem-
Der this as their first experience In having
a paper which was printed when the sniI
was miles out of sight of land and on
had to walk at an angle of forty-five DE-
grees in traVersing the deck"
Another two-stick paragraph indicap
how welcome was the Pacific voyage
the crew and with what zest they ns
nave hailed the Manila expedition. As
we near Yokohama the interesting pa ol
our cruise begins to dawn. To som the
entertainments of the Flowery Khuoih
are an open book, while to others it, the
Mecca among foreign stations tha"hich
every blue-jacket must visit befor rignt
fully claiming the certificate of Rs pro
lection. So long did we lay at onoiulu
that each man was in danger of scomths
at some time a dangerous crank NOTHING
suited-in truth, all were Ill WI ookins
at one another. The OCCASION trips TO
sea for target practice only inpsihed de-
slTes 10 get away and so to ar oiu plaN',
to New York. or, at worst, Sa franclsco.
With regard to the destrEon OF tne
Maine, the editor of the sir apparently
has pretty clear ideas, WIN he would
like to express IF he had fuswlng lie
popular belief is" he says fhat no mag
azine could have exnio4 accidentally
with the strict precautiof always taken
on board men-of-war."
Evidently Honolulu whot to the sail
ors liking. apparentIv cause the blue
Jackets proverbial enefs, the city po-
lice, had ideas of thePwn about tars.
Gee whizz." exclaimEhe paragrapher,
I'VE forgot to say copy to the police!
Too bad, isn't 1t? Anfter all the favors
CD they granted usW
No more swipes pat next?
No more beers A NO for quarter;
are we sorry? NitH
The editors of thfren are ]. j. VAN
derveer and C. pix The Baltimore
was Capt. Gridlel ship. Next to the
flagship Olympia \ crew distinguished
themselves in thabt at Manila by lead
ing the second and pouring hot
fire into the Reirf ast'lIa