The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-02-10
Incidents Of Voyage 70 Pacific
From New York.
WAS noNORtO ALONG ROUTE
In Company OF iows-A Spanish
Cunboa'-A Presidents Brief
Comment.

The story Of the voyage Of ths bat
tleship oregon from San Francisco
around TO the Cuban waters last year
is quite generally known. The mind
Of the American people was on hsg
during this historic trip. Her arrival
at the different ports along the route
vas heralded in the dispatches and
published in every newspaper In the
world.
While the return trip OF the Oregon
was made very quickly, numerous in
teresting incidents transpired which
made 1t an eventful one to the Ave
hundred officers and men aboard. Cap
tain Barker and some Of his officers
in talking TO the Advertiser yesterday
made up this account OF the voyage:
The Oregon left New York on Oc-
tOber ~ last, accompanied by the hat
tleship Iowa. The port Of Bahia wss
reached IN October 81. where a full
supply Of coal was taken on. on No
vember the vessels were on the high
seas again headed for Rio de Janeiro.
Three days sail brought them to this
port.
a week OF festivities took place at
Rio. American Minister Bryan enter
tanned the officers at a garden party
given at Petropolis, a summer resort
nestled among the Organ Mountains
a grand ball at one OF the hotels took
place in the evening. On the day the
Oregon minstrel troupe gave "A per-
Torrance and the English and German
officers in port were invited TO attend
Every English officer attended while
not a single German officer put in ~
appearance. When the English officers
put off in their launches after ;hs
evenings entertainment they gave NJ
three terrific cheers for the Anglo.
American alliance.
On the following day the British
warships Flora and Beagle were dec
GRATED and reception rendered the
American officers. The day after that
the Iowa gave return reception. The
German naval officers We're invited. but
sent regrets. On Thursday. which was
the day following the Iowa's reception,
a grand fete was held aboard the larg-
est OF the German warships in port.
This AFFAIR had been scheduled to take
place several weeks. The Oregon and
Iowa officers We're asked to be present.
Only very few attended, however,
the majority OF the officers refused to
go for the reason that they did not
Germans were sincere They became
convinced OF this fact when IL was
learned that the American nag was
conspicuous by its absence among the
elaborate decorations on the German
war vessel
During the stay Of the warships in
the Rio port, the Inauguration OF the
new Brazilian President took place
None OF the foreigners participated in
the parade. The Oregon fired a salute
Of twenty-one guns. After the exer-
cises the better people OF Rio came
aboard the Oregon and Iowa, and con-
graduated the officers upon the mag
nificent victory attained by America
in the war. Each officer was presented
with a bronze medal bearing the Bra
lillian seal, in appreciation OF their
bravery and loyalty to their native
land.
The vessels left Rio harbor on No
vember 10 and arrived on Monteyideo
five days later. They anchored nine
miles from the city, because OF the
shallow water nearer and also for the
is noted by heavy gales. Lying near
the wharf in Montevideo and within
plain sight Of the Oregon, was the
Spanish torpedo gunboat Temerio. 1t
was the Temerio, so 1t was frequently
stated in Spain, that would intercept
the Oregon on her voyage around, and
destroy her. While Captain Clark
then in command OF the Oregon, asS
MS men were running mp the Monte
Nideo coast without lights and keeping
sharp lookout for this torpedo boat
the Temerio was going at full speed
mp the Plata river. and when the Ore.
gon reached Montevideo, he was 500
miles away.
A revolution was brewing in Uru.
quay between the different political
factions. During one o, the reception
days at this port, a spaniard cam.
aboard. and walking to the starboart
after l3inch gun, knelt and upliftine
his arms cried out what Enginee,