The evening times., 1900-10-13
THE SARATQGA'S RETURN
sehoolship at Philadelphia After a
-Four Months Cruise.
'Foreigners Greatly Interested In the
Work of Training Young Tars-En-
Guiries From "a Japanese Commits
sioner and the King of Ucnmark.
Routine Duties OF Youthful Sailors.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 13.-The school
ship Saratoga which came into tort after
a fourmonths' cruise on Thursday night.
now lies at the foot of Bainbridge StIsSss.
very brilliant as to her brasswork, very
white as to her decks-a clean and hand
some ship. The relatives Of her eighty
six students in seamanship and navigation
boarded her yesterday morning early. and
there were mary joyful meetings, though
to one lad the news was brought that his
father had died and been buried while he
was sailing hcmeward, and the Door boy
set out for his widowed mothers home In
tears.
The Saratoga graduates eighteen youths,
whose certificates qualify them to take Of
neers bfllets in the merchant marine She
Will remain in port four months and viii
then depart again on months cruise
IN Southern waters. The names Of her
graduates are: P. Blanchette Oliver Lily.
Isaac Newton. William Strangman, Henry
Warrington, Harry Rapp o. Kohler, Ben
1amin Peel James Miller, and Charles
Hathaway of Philadelphia; Richard Laws
OF Holmesburg; T. Cochran and Harry For
wood, OF Chester; Isaac Howden, of Read
ing; George Johnstone, of Strasburg;
Charies Mahafey of ClearfieId and L. e.
Graft. and Charles Harnish, of Lancaster
The sehoolship Saratoga set forth on her
cruise ON June IS. with Commander W. J.
Bafnette, United States Navy, in charge
She had on board besides her eighty-six
students, thirty officers and sailors. She
put into port first at Southampton. where
she stepped twelve days, while the boys
visited London Thence she sailed to
Fayre, and the Paris Exposition was Wis
lted There was third naft of week at
Gibraltar, and fourth of twelve days at
Mod
home, accomplishing the passage in the
very quick time of twenty eight days
The Saratoga boys tell a dramatic story
OF their visit to London. A group of them
stood before theatre one afternoon. gaz-
ing at the portrait Of an American actress,
with eoppeT-coloTed hair. who was then
playing London engagement. When one
of them remarked. enthusiasticaiIy
Isn't she beautiful?" the actress herself
came forward, gave thanks for the COM
pllnent which she had overheard, and ask
&c the boys to accept a stage box for that
nights performance. They did not de-
cline the box. They threw TO their hostess,
during the play. bouquet of roses and an
American flag. The flag, the boys declare.
caused the actress to burst into tears In
Paris, at the Bal Butler and at other no-
table resorts the boys had adventures no
whit les marvellous and romantic than
their London one
Capt Charles Lawrence. president Of the
board of directors OF the schooIship said
yesterday that this work of training Young
men for the merchant marine has been
very successful during the ten years 1t has
been going on, and that it has excited much
interest abroad. a special commissioner
from Japan recently visited him and made
2 study of schoolship training and the of
heers of the Variag have also gone into
the matter earnestly. while the King of
Denmark wrote for information concerning
scholarships and the work they do
The graduates, said Captain Lawrence.
have no difficulty IN Obtaining positions
There are usually. indeed, more appliea-
lions for them from the merchant ma
riae tn4n can be filled. There have thus
far been s92 students on tie Saratoga.
One of them. James O'Conncr is already
a captain en- a Pacific steamer. and au-
other, James p. Stevenson, is the captain
OF transport
\ boy TO get on the Saratoga must be
able to read and write: must have a fair
knowledge OF arithmetic, and good
moral character. He has no other ex-
perses than the buying of his uniforms, |
three white suits and two blue ones Cap
tain Darnette described yesterday the |
boys life on board ship.
In port" said he, the boys get I'd at |
5:3G O'Clock. and have cocoa At they |
turn to and scrub clothes. clean ship, and |
clean boats. That is done by s. and they |
have breakfast, At 2:45 they turn to /!
again. and stow away IN readiness for the |
$50 inspection. From $50 until 1880 |
there are studies and exercises. Then we |
pipe sweepers, and at n:45 spread mess |
gear Dinner is at u At / we turn 10 |
and there are studies and drill all the af- |
ternoon. Gu Wednesday and Saturday |
afternoon half the boys have shore leave |
from l until g. AT sea the time goes by |
about on shore, except that the boys |
stand watch and watch They are then |
on duty four hours. alternately, all |
through the twenty-four."
Captain Barnette said the fare on board |
the Saratoga is little better than sail
ors get, and that the boys thrive in this
healthy, temperate life spent nearly alto
gether in the open air. One boy gained /
twenty-five pounds on the last cruise,