The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-09
DIXIE BACK FROM MANILA.
TALES or MONKEYS. MONGOOsE AND
EASTERN MAGIC.
The Auxiliary Cruiser Had q six Months
Trip She Carried Away ASO Young Lands
men who Have become Bluejackets ON Our
shlps In the PhIlippines-The Trip Home.

Tripy She Carried Away 5 Young Lands
men who Have become Biusjackets on Our
ships In the Phiiippines-The Trip Home.
The auxiliary cruiser Dixie. which before
the Spanish war was the coastwise merchant
man FL Rio. arrived yesterday after an absence
Of six months in many seas. She accumulated
much green slime. which showed plainly on
her hull as she steamed up the bay TO the Navy
Yard Mt Brooklyn. during the periods she lay
in ports OF the Atlantic. the Mediterranean
I the indian Ocean and the Pacific.
She sailed away from Newport News on Jan.
Is with $50 young landsmen. all Western m
leans. many Of whom had never seem the ocean
and had never been aboard n ship, All OF
them are now with the fighting men OF our
fleet in the Pacific. and most Of them have the
rating Of ordinary seamen. The original
orders of the Dixie were that she should bring
the stalwart bluejackets back to America after
a cruise that was scheduled to last until the
middle Of July. But when she got TO Naples
she was ordered 10 proceed to the Philippines.
rs the warships there had beer depleted by
the expiration Of the enlistme'. Is Of many short
term men,
More than so per cent Of the Young lands
men were competent TO dc the work and pass
the examination Of ordinary seamen before
the Dixie arrived at Manila. on May Is. having
made the unusually swift passage for a worship.
OF twenty-nine days. Her recruits, who no
longer felt ms II they deserved the designation.
ship brooklyn. the Concord, the petrol, the
Bennin gton and tho New Orleans. Most OF
the mel went 70 the Brooklyn. The Officers OF
the Dixie say that no healthier or more .enth,is-
Yankee war vessel. Twice during the long
cruise there was practice with the ships g.
inch guns, first of San Juan and then of Naples;
The men showed unusual talent and a decided
liking for the exercise. Commander Charles
Belk nap treated all the youpg fellows with IN.
S Ss', e. G Tbomss on the I Yoys ss,p out sRen and ie the eh re-
cruits bad shore leave every day. They organ
lied two baseball mines and there were many
division won and sometimes the team Of the
them. There were also races between rival
From the Vest Indies the Dixie sailed, for
Madeira. Her next stop was Gibraltar and the
next Anglers, At Naples all hands were allowed
shore leave nearly every day, a party OF sSii9rs
Catholics. went TO Rome and paid a visit TO the
ness.
change his plans and proceed Immediately
TO Manila. He started out to make a record
trip and pretty nearly did, it. The ship coaled
az Port Said, again at Colombo and finally at
Singapore. At Singapore an Indian fskir
came aboard with a mongoose and a ~ten-foot
snake. The fakir held the mongoose ana lev
In dock coaling.. Then he set the little animal
which has a relish for serpent meat. Oh the snake.
Before the mongoose could harm the snake
the fakirI rescued it, The mongoose appeared
After this act, Gunner william Zeitler says
the fakir caused a mango tree 20 grow on me
deck, The gunner Ihs refused 10 v ,ss 1ne netsdd'
and did not refuse TO contribute a few rupees
for the support of Oriental magic, Men Kin
monkeys and parrots to sell boarded the snip
Mike. the ships cat, which was originally,
the bet of the Resolute, and has been around
the world several times, helped the MONKEYS
and the parrots TO have q lively time aboard
when he was notengaaed tackling the rate, OF
which the Dixie, her officers say. has more
than her share. Six OF the parrots and one
OF the menagerie. including a mongoose. died
ON the voyage The lonesome monkey got
very sick on Tuesday night rs the cruiser was
coming up the coast ana yssterdaS morn,is
and dosed with whlskey. II became quite
iolly after that and was improving yesterday.
The voyage from Manila was not SO pleasant
ms tho "trip out. Crossing the Indian ocean
a monsoon made IL mighty unpleasant ior
about eight days. There were no recruits
among the returning crew, which was maze
eypired. There was one death on the home
trip' that oi Sailmeker's Mate Persenhagen;
who died OF Bright's disease and was buried
in the Mediterranean. The first news the
officers Of the cruiser got Of the war N China
was given to them at S,eH. In the Medilrr-
ranean the Dixie passed a German squadron
Of i've vessels bound for China. The officers
OF the Dixie. besides her comnander, consist
of Lieutenant Commander J; {. Bull Lieu
tenant Commander John T. Parke, lieuts, /
s. Rodgers, II. c. Herbert. II. Mcfarland J.
McIMhy. CT Snow. Ensigns ". tushman
Edward cCauley, surgeon Wilson, Paymaster
Charles ". Eliason, First Lieut.; Of Marines
j. ii Lynch, Bontswain William Brooks. Gun
ner William Zeitler and Machinists W. SEQ
field. q. o. Littlefeld, T. p. Mngan. j. A. Ven
ahla and PaY Clerk 0. HaEoOCk.