The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-22
ARGENTINE CADETS HERE.
SINFUL or THEH FINISHING A
TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.

. R.eu to the Philippines, Saw the
worxau city Wrecked AID Have Taken
D., In an International Conference
-Th.ir Fine ship. ths Prssidsnts sarmiente.
III. Argentine Republics training ship.
p,es,dente Sarmiente entered this port yes
,s,day morning. crossing the Sandy Hook bar
=, about II o'clock. The Sarmiente Is the best
=, the four training ships OF the Argentine
Now. She Is nearing the end OF a two-years
.orase o, training for the Argentine mid
.,Inmen whom she has taken on a trip about
,hs world. She Il a comparatively new full
,,gsed sailing ship. 2es feet long. with 81 Feet
Nam She has auxiliary steam power, but II
4. not used except IN entering and leaving
,o,, ON the high seas her motive power Is
Altogether furnished by her sails.
For a ship Of her size the Presidente Sar-
,,,srto carries q rather large company. she
h,s tveuty-two officers and non-commissioned
orcers. Then there are the forty midship-
man Of the class Of 1898 Of the Argentine Naval
school and 100 naval apprentices, boys OF from
,I,,een TO twenty, who will receive ratings
as nstty officers at the end Of the cruise. These
hoys have been the h~ard-worked youngsters
~ the crew and have done all the rough work
nm the ship. There IL also q crew OF soS men.
The mldshipmen have had a steady grind OF
.,udIes all the time the ship has been at sea.
ghsy have had recitations by sections daily
and have had TO do rather more work then
would have been required Of them In q shore
classroom. Full shore liberty has beer al
lowed TO them when in port. This time has
been regarded as their vacation season. ana
while they have visited different navy yards
and Notifications In the course OF the cruise
thew have done 1t rather In the way Of an OPP
tonal exercise that they found pleasant Than
o. a part OF the curriculum.
Among the exercises required OF the midship-
men on the Presidente Sarmients are boxing
lessons. Their instructor In boxing Is q COM
petent looking gentleman named Collins whom
thsy gathered unto themselves In San Francisco.
He has hammered them oil over the face OF
the earth. and the waters thereof. They have
also had fencing lessons and q regular course
In photography. Lieut.. Leopoldo Gard showed
IN all the ships visitors Yesterday a number OF
photographs which had been taken by the mid
shipmen In various ports OF the world. There
room on the berth deck Of the ship.
The Presidente Sarmiente left Buenos Ayres
on Jan. u. 1890. She sailed down the South
American coast to the Straits Of Magellan and
~ NdlluJ III NIAi tlh'u II iN'h hsN w."
attending q conference between the Presidents
OF hill and Of the Argentine Republic. Chill
had three cruisers at Sandy Point. and the
Argentine Republic had only two. The Presl.
the honors even. The two Presidents had o
nice little chat and settled the questions about
the boundary lines which they had met to dis
cuss. The Presidente Sarmiente was then
free to 90 on her Journey. she went up the
coast to Valparaiso, where the midshipmen
were greeted with, receptions, concerts. balls
and feasts. Then the ship went on up TO Callao
and to Panama and TO one or two Mexican
At San Francisco the cadets visited the Union
Iron Works. where the Oregon was built
plulu. reaching there in time to participate
IN the Fourth Of July celebration OF the men
and soldiers on the United States transports.
The cadets and the officers, Of the training
ship Joined In the festivities heartily and sew
era dinners were given to the army officers
Of the transports on tho training ship. Sailing
from Honolulu after the anniversary Of the
celebrated on July Q, the ship headed for Yoke
hama. Coasting along Japan the Sarmiente
ran across The United States transport Morgan
S Sity luss E a1,ssn pin TSs N Ge : t eiiv M ps6nIa
said they did not want any help, thanks. and
the training ship went down, the coast and
reported the Morgan City's plight to the Japan
e. sef fhs s9'hp after 't SeO tie RRsnt trsin fns' s SR a Visited visited
oil the principal Chinese ports and the Russian
f9rtiacaSti S a. Port AuntIa From Hong
there were great doings. The captain Of the
cruiser Baltimore particularly impressed the
officers OF the ,Presidente ,Sarmiente by his
week or two before the arrival Of the training
ship, but the Argentine people said that a whole
crew Of admirals could have been no, more
courteous ,a I sSSn to them than the h BaitimoTs,s skipper
olives to coal. and though they, needed moth
inc, they were just as much obliged as II they
had been shipwrecked:
the task Of the United states In the Philippines.
he shrugged his shoulders. The Ftlipinos were
very foolish, he. said They made the great
mistake ne Of re6ellins against n Spain when they
and now they found themselves at the mercy
Of the people they had called in to help them.
10 all peoples suffering under the tyrrany Of
public was a glorious and shining, example,
As for the task cut out for the United States he
thought he knew a good deal about people who
were brought up under spanish institutions
. matter. Of time. When the Flipinos were
convinced Of American honesty Of purpose and
fairness TO them they would be good But II
would take them a long time as they had never
heard Of a government OF that sort
The Presidente Sarmiente came back to the
western hemisphere by way OF Singapore,
Colombo, Ceylon. and the Suez Canal; She
Toulon, where the mldshipmen were permitted
70 look over the fortifcations. The Areentin-
ians had not much TO say about the visit they
made TO Gibraltar. but they were eloriously
enthusiastic about their reception In the Span
ish cities Of Barcelona and Cartagena. The
ship crossed the Atlantic to La Guayra, vene-
Iuela and then sailed around Cuba, visiting
kantiago. and Havana, Her trip from Havana
ONew York was uneventful.
The ,Presidente Sarmiente will stay In this
port about two weeks. While they are here
The cadets hope TO have an opportunity to visit
the Navy Yard and to SEQ some OF the harbor
Iorts. The ship viii b. open to visitors while
usual training ship mascots aboard OF her than
are usual. About the only pets on board are
The canary. birds which the boys and the crew
Sll go to Hampton Roads, Bahia and back to
buenos Ayres. arriving there early In Septem-