The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-07
OUR GREEK NAVAL VISITOR.
THE NAUARCHOS MIAULIS, HER
CREW AND HER MISSION.
Different Appearance OF Ancient and Modern
Greeks-Morning Prayers About ship
Training OF the Onloers-Ncw York

G~reeks-Morning Prayers About ship
Training Of the OnOers-Ncw York
Greeks Crowd TO Inspect the Corvette.
The modern Greek sailor. that Ia the man-o'-
wars man. as illustrated by the officers and
crew Of tie little Greek corvette Nauarchos
Miaulis, at anchor In the North River, are es-
~sehtally unlike in appearance the ancient
heroes who manned the battle craft OF Alex
ander. The great Macedonian and most OF bis
men, as pictured by some historians and by the
fancy Of the conquering blondes OF the world,
we're a light-haired. blue-eyed breed. There
are only a few pairs Of blue eyes aboard the
Greek warship. The officers are all dark. and
some Of the men are darker, There is a sug-
gestion Of Oriental blood In the large, soft. black
eyes and the dark olive compilations.
The officers are polite. bright and ambitious.
They are also quick In their movements and
show the effect Of athletic training, But most
Of the men are otherwise. Their clothing
hangs on them rs II II we're made In slop shops.
There Is nothing natty about their attire. as
there IL in that Of the sprightly Yankee blue
jacket. They sadly show the lack Of drill In
setting up exercise, as any who have seen them
In the streets have observed, They like 10 be
admired, All Of them appear TO have a con-
sciousness Of being observed and do not hest
tate TO pose. They are Of the sort that delight
In having cameras levelled az them, But they
are a jovial and courteous lot. with a sim
plicity OF mind not excelled by that Of some OF
our own mountain folks. The sky-ptercfns
facades and towers Of the town bewildered
them when they flrst came ashore. But after
a few days they passed under the big buildings
without looking up or getting ready TO dodge
In clse they should fall.
The corvette Admiral Miaulis-that II her
name In Enslish-is the first Greek war vessel
ever seen In an American port. The modern
Significance Of the name corvette Is a despatch
vessel. We have no corvettes In our navy. Our
equivalent In the old navy OF corvette was sloop
Of war. The term corvette Is from the Latin
corbte, a sign worn az the masthead Of Egyptian
grain ships az a symbol Of their trade. The
name was appliedin 1887 TO vessels Of the French
Navy. The Miaulis is not a swift ship, Ac-
cording to some Of her officers she once made
fifteen knots. She is bark-rigged. and uses
both steam and sail. II the wind Is favorable
she uses sail only. thus saving coal. which a
little nation like Greece cannot afford to waste.
The corvette came here partly under steam
and partly with canvas. taking her time on the
voyage. She looks much like an old fashioned
French warship. That is natural, as che was
designed and built In France twenty-three
years ago. She is constructed OF iron. Is
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Her crew consists Of twenty-three officers.
t4rty-four warrant and petty Officers III
sble seamen and twenty-s!1 stoEers' Ihis
them who speaks good English; Commander
Paul Coundoouriotis; acknowledgements F.
Canellopoulo; First Iieutenants. d, Papach-
ristos. 4, Giotopoulo. NJ. Mathiopoulo and &.
Noulsaris; Second Lieutenants. 5. PaParigo-
pouio, T. pTaeatsi, e.. LopreIti. c Malico-
ophahides, y. .votsis, D.. Papale1opoulo, c;
Bouboulis. y. Paspati and D.. Boureka Chief
Engineer W, Groumpos; Second Engineer T;
Paymaster b Capsambeli,
1he sailors of the Miaulis are from the islands
S Ct the 4 NG., 81 Se tbe and st !sT Tnss cd iaf not So sfac OF
ful. and nearly all had experience In sailing
craft before entering the navy. Before they
Eere sent 70 the Greek squadron they passed
an island near the PirRus, where there Is also
an academy for the education and training OF
Greek officers, and a school for training. en-
gineers. gnnners. &c. There are no marines.
or sea soldiers, aboard the Miaulis or any other
Greek naval vessels. All the police work Is done
which one of the Greek officers says are called
In English, Rihers.
The drills aboard the. Miaulis are, different
the GRhsY w]TaarsshIPs of Gncie Sam. The Greeks, do
not drill so frequently as our blueiackets. They
Greek Church every morning, which an hands
must attend. Often a part Of the Bible Is read
by an officer, who explains the text While az
set III O. , ~ aAAA ulNh = - w.
a week, and the ship Is stripped for action once a
week. A reporter who talked with a young
lieutenant Of the Miaulis asked him II the drill
Of abandoning ship was ever praCtised by the
Greek sailors. The Lieutenant said that he had
never heard of the drill and wanted TO know
it's object. He was told that II enabled the men
TO be always prepared 70 leave tho ship in an
orderly fashion In case she should be destroyed
by fire or should be 40 badly wounded IN battle
or damaged by storm that she would founder.
The LIEUT. naut said he perceived that there
was a good deal 81 sense in having a drill of that
sor, and thought that the Greeks ought To have
IL also.
The happiest man outside of the enthusiastic
New York Greeks themselves over the visit Of
the Miauli4 is Boatman T.. j. May, who has a
a float M the foot Of West Thirty-fonrth street
and a fleet ofWhitchall boats and steam launches.
The moment the corvette came 10 anchor, MAY
went out and bought two Greek flags. lie
hoisted one on the house on his font and put the
other on his biggest steam launch. When the
merchants, the flower and fruit vendors and
nearly all the other transplanted Greeks here
about came down 10 the float and saw the
patriotism somewhat comm erCial. perhaps
Of Boatman May, they decided that his steam
launch was the one 10 patronize, lie charged
50 cents for n ride 10 and from the Miaulis, and
he took in more money than he obtained from
visitors tO American warshlpS all last summer.
The object of this cruise of the Milllls Is %
make the officers and men familiar with the
resources of Europe and America and
long voyages. She will not 90 further THAI
boston. From that port she will sail for Bor-
muda, go thence to the Azores. TO Gibraltar,
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