The times., 1899-11-06
WARSHlPs FOR rHE EAST.
Five of Them Now stea1ainE Around
the Globe to Manila

as to which viii be the first to arrive and
the performance Of the various ships are
being made the subject Of other bets. Fx
perts are considering the speed time OF de-
parture. route, coal capacity. economy Of
fuel, and all other elements which have to
be weighed in long trial Of speed. SO far
Capt. Bowman II. McCaIla of the Newark
has the most hackers, for the reason that
he started from san Francisco and has fba
shortest route, while the others left from
various points along the Atlantic Coast and
have several thousand miles more to trav-
el. Still the contest among the four east
bound ships viii be pretty one Mccall
las route possesses especial interest for the
reason that it is unknown. 1t is thought
that he viii choose what is known as great
circle sailing and take the northern pas
sage, via Yokohama, as that is almost 200
miles shorter than any other
The sending Of the warships IS the result
OF advice given by Admiral Dewey shortly
after his return to this country. 1t was
also thought that Admiral Watson should
have larger ship on vhfeb TO fly lis fa-.
1t was decided to give him the Brooklyn
an arnored cruiser, TO comp snsate him for
the loss Of the Olympia. which was brought
away by Admiral Dewey. The other four
ships are the New Orleans. Naslyi lie.
Marietta, and Newark. Of course. il would
hardly be admitted officially that th=ra vas
race going on among the ships for Ma
Mia, Nevertheless, when ships are ordered
to point where there is goiag to be trou-
bic, the man who lands his vesse. there
first IS considered 10 be a pretty fine iei-
low
All the ships are not in the same class.
but the test will not be altogether a poor
one, for the distances they viii travel vary.
and the times OF the departure also differ
For the cast bound ships, there NUT be a
certain amount Of luck to enable them 20
do their best. The Suez Canal may be
stumbling block TO some, as there may be
more ships registered ahead of on than
of another. Coal capacity has to be taken
into the calculations. The radius OF sail
ing, provided the ship starts with full
bunkeTs and maintains an average speed,
is larger with some vessels than viii
others. The delay incident to stops for
coal viii interfere with the record, and
the captain who has an economical ship
counts himself a very lucky man. TLOse
competent TO judge estimate the tims lost
IN coaling and going through the Suez
e- - d
Will be altered a trihe, according to luck
and the weather.
The Newark left San Francisco on Octo- /
Der Is and is reported to have arrived al
Honolulu on October p. Captain McCalla ?
who commanded the Marblehead in the
Spanish war, is considered one of the most .
tireless workers in the Navy. His capacity +
for work is enormous and he cannot un-
derstand why others cannot toll as cease /
rH-s F4r- b.
the one to reach Manila first, for the New +
ark is pretty fast vessel and the route is
a good deal shorter than the one by which .
the others Will have to travel The New
ark is a partially protected cruiser of 4. .0gS +
tons, and carries a main battery of twelve .
guns She has coal capacity Of 1gO tons.
and at her average speed Of eleven knots .
she has a sailing radius of 5000 miles; .
that is. she can 60 that far without being
compelled 10 coal again. Captain McCaIla
had choice of several routes, bat has, it
seems elected to go by way of Honolulu
stopping at Guam, or going direct from
Honolulu without a stop. The distance .
from san Francisco to Honolulu is 200 .
miles; Honolulu TO Guam, 1887; Guam 10
Manila via the Strait Of San Bernardino .
500; making a total of 6.s43 nautical
miles. By way of Honolulu. direct to Ma
Mia, via the north coast of LuZOn, the to-
tai distance would be G. g67 nautical miles
the greatest distance McCaIla would have
to traverse.
The Brooklyn, under the command Of .
Capt. T. f. Jewell left Hampton Roads f.
October 10 and arrived at Gibraltar October I
Is. the average speed being thus about
twelve knots, a good record for SO long .
journey. The Brooklyn is an armOred I
cruiser of 92l5 tons and carries twenty .
guns in her main battery. She has a coal /
capacity of 400 tons. with a sailing radius /
OF 4,500 miles. She could, II very hard I
pressed. get up a sustained speed of sixteen [
knots in good weather. but her average is /
seldom over eleven knots. From Gibraltar I.
to Manila the routes of eastbouud warship5T
viii be the same The distance from Glib
raltar to Alden on the Red Sea is 3.31I miles Z
il being / 92O miles from Gibraltar TO Port
Said at the entrance of the canal. From
Alden to Colombo in the southwestern /
part Of Ceyion. is 2,150 miles. Then comes +
the long stretch from Colombo via Penang 7.
to Singapore 1850 miles. From Singapore (
the path is to the northeast TO Manila. a .
little jaunt OF 1856 miles. making the total .
mileage of the Brooklyn IL 693 nautical .
miles.
The New Orleans. under the command /.
Of Capt, +. Longnecker. left New York .
October q and arrived at Ponta DeIgada /.
III ttlt -hltl gSr ItA 8tADlEi Oh. i -e Instance
from New York To the Azores is 2.0gS miles .
1t is thought that the New Orleans may
soon catch the Marietta. which arrived al
PCnta Delgada only three days ahead o.
her and left there on the day of the New
Orleans arrival, The New Orleans is a
partially protected cruiser of 3.437 tons, /.
and has a main battery of ten guns she /.
has q coal capacity of 500 tons Her sailing /.
radius with full bunkers is $500 miles. al
q speed Of eleven knots. At present she is :
falling a little below that rate. The total
OF her journey will be II $50 miles.
The Nashville. in charge of Commander
Raymond p. Rogers, left San Juan Porto
Rice. on October Ia. and arrived al Gi5ral-
tar a distance of 1873 miles ON October
so. She is a gunboat Of 1871 tons. With
main battery of eight guns Her coal
capacity 800 tons. is unusually large for
a vessel on her size. and her sailing radius
is 45U0 miles Her average speed is eight
knots but she is running up to nine. s-e
cau AFFORD TO do this as she is one of tIe
most economical ships in the service and
a higher speed does not use up her fuel
SO much as with some others OF the same
class Her total mileage VIII be 1i15S
miles.
The little Marietta left Norfolk on Octo-
Der lI and made her journey Of . I9S miles
to Pouta Del gada. in the Azores, by O1tJ-
ber IS and is now almost no Gibraltar she
will try 10 keep out of the way Of the New
Orleans. but it is doubtful il she can 90 it.
She is a gunboat Of 200 tons and q main
battery Of six guns. Her coal capacity is
246 tons. with a sailing radius Of $500
miles She can come up 10 q speed of
ten knots. but with her limited coal supply
it would hardly be wise for her 70 do it,
The officer i'm charge is Commando r. r.
Green. also a veteran of the Spanish war.
The Marietta's route is the same rs the