The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-13

ciunod. without tndaueeflue ula sahti
~ tns ship
nisruuy on Tiir Unn iuN
Ths nieai bottle ship ufUron b. it,
innst famous tfsa uf the iuitNn states
navy iU.lnt HHf NHlHNa Hfuund ih.
iiUfu ut fuH nnihfrHh Ui tuu Wuf WiiI
Spain. when slU covered 1900 huOI.
nnu arrived at hof defIiIAtlOn u p.r
feet condition. ana ni 10 rs into battll
without q days delay was the moHl
remarkable voyage No thH history ul
battle Hhlps, nnd tue patt that she bore
iu Tie uattlp nt Juiy 3. isas on santiago
W. now historic. The tlp from the Pa.
Viilc To- the Atlantic coast hna hrrn np-
preached only by her own return trip
from New YORK to Manila. Via Cape
Horn, a distance ~ 10000 nautical miles,
arriving, as Admiral Dewey cablcd. In
iit condition for any duty
Tho oregon was duckod go the PUGET
Suuud Naval station ou January T.
1888 and. having had the usual docking
=, puirs made, was Heated ON February
lbth. the oay ON which news came OF
the blowing up Of the battle ship Maine
IN Havana hurbOr the night before.
When IL became evident that war was
likely to be the outcome of the cuban
trouble. the Oregon was ordered to the
Atlantic. to add It's great strength to
Admiral SIMPSONS fleet. and from the
time that the signal of Ahead, fun
speed" was received at $3.50 "a. IN. on
March 6tn until $3.50 y. IN. on May 9Th
when the engines were stopped and the
oregon anchored off Jupiter Inlet. Fla.
her remarkable machinery cared for
and manipulated by an engineer depart
ment whose perfect organization and
rare ability stand pre-eminent, worked
without serious casualty. The history
of this voyage is a story of ceaseless
ole lit
of the engineer personnel to maintain
the efficiency of the motive machinery.
and on the part of the stan. headeu by
the gallant Captain Charles II. Clark,
to insure the safety of the great vessel
in that perilous ume.
Life below the protective deck of the
Oregon after March 6, 1898, was life
of hardship ana toll life spent in
heated atmosphere. where the roaring
of the furnaces and the leaping of the
massive engines might well have aiord-
ed some excuse for confusion. Not so.
however. These men of the engineer
department We're equal to the emerg-
ency, and went about their duty ear
nestly and with wond arful intelligence.
The organization was perfect and the
execution of the task faultless. on more
than one occasion, when the labors of
the men before the furnaces seemed to
them to go for naught. and they felt
all but discouraged because the steam
would not go up" the engineer officers,
1iscarding- their uniforms. jumped In
among them, fed the furnaces with their
own hands. and by force of example so
encouraged the firemen that with cheers
they redoubled their efforts, and the
great ship sped through the water at a
swifter pace. This is the spirit that i'm
bued the men of the Oregon-engineers,
staff and crew-and this the work that
brought to a successful end the most
remarkable run ever made by battle
ship.
ordinarily. after run of IA 500 knots,
great many repairs would be found
absolutely necessary even to cruiser.
and several weeks would not be con- |
'idered 100 long a time to spend In re-
labilitating the engines and boilers of
my ship after such extraordinary SER
vice. but the Oregon coaled. rapidly
few adjustments Of ma
repaired a few minor defects,
md at l:04 on the morni of May 2gth,
ess man three days after her arrival,