The sun., 1901-10-14
OUR SWIFT AMATEUR TARS
DO STUNTS ON SHTPBOARD AND
ASHORE Ar HISTORIC PLACE.
-Four Divisions OF the First nattaiicn.
y. Y. Naval Reserve. Land Where
Howe Touchcsi IT'S Scars Aeo How
IJui,ber Looked on Their Drills.

The four divisions ~ the Firs, Battalion.
New York Naval Reserve. concluded ycs-
terlay two days competition on their
drill ship. the New Hampshire, anchors!
In the Sound. on Whitcstonc landing
Tho Judges. Capt Washington Irving q
the New Jersey battalion. aud Capt For
shcw. l.leutennnt-C commander Fond and
Lieut. Harmon. al II the brooklyn bat
talon. w"ro unable To figure up IA" exact
rtandngs 81 the different divisions last
night, They oil did agree. however, that
the work Of the bat alion was of the highest
order of excellence. and that Commander
W Franklin. Lieutenant & commander
McDonough Craven and the other officers
deserve great credit for the thoroughness
with which the scheme Of competition was
worked out
The New Hampshire has five decks above
the hold. or. a. a hbbcr visitor expressed
II. four noors. a cellar and an attic Tho
first number on the programme yesterday
morning waa hammock swinging and stow.
Ing This took place on the gun deck, or
a. the luhbcr would have IL, two high,s mp.
The amateur jackic-. Immaculate IN their
summer service suits. had their hammucks
up. their mattresses and their blankets
over llttn III N~~H Nltllf lNAl IT NhhaN W I'll
Il Two or thr,c Of them oven snorcd
just 20 show that they really were asleep
Here. get those blankets over you.
shout.d one Of the officers 'Do YOU want
Co catch vput deaths of cnldy-
There was a drowsy funbhng at the
blankets Then the bos'n's whistle blow
Up all hands,
Instantly the room seemed TO bc filed
with white trouser l"gs When thls cleared
away u was seen 10y the obs"rvani lublcr
that each man was rapidly converting
his late resting place into comIact sau-
saRe-likc roll hy guUd deal Of knowledge
how Tie instant a Jackie had made Ia"
last end snug 10" piD k"i up hiS t'd ana ran.
The Who'll" lot of them had their hammCcks
stuwtd aud were standing al attention on
the deck above long before the ton INMATES
prescribed IN the navy wer" up bun
captain Jarvis Of the First Division was
the firS, man up. II took linn only forty
s,Conds to get hl- h-'i made.
We should haV" "a competitive driu ever :
morning. remarked one Of he officers 10
visitor i ncVNr -Iw ANYTHING llk" the
way those boys hoppcd uu' to-day lsually
after a hard dav'- work, the bor n = mate
or the master AZ arms has 20 touch 'cm
up with a hammock Htre'ch'r ana such
sock. YOU" Rise and shine
After hammock slowing came inspoction
aud then mess IT,, men showed that they
worc Ju-' a. fast iu getting their tables and
benches Uuipldod and sct n they were IN
their n'yi-making act A f"w minutes Of
uuie.lc,ss gliding around and they were
hlddl"d together Va rows Of ten making
his holes ~ ia" food that was -st before
them.
Mess finished. preparations began Tor
tie most interesting part ut th" pro-
grammo Arm AID awav.' dri72.lug
ram wa falling and - strong southeast
wind cut th. Sound INTO short, ChuppY
wnveS r. wasfl'' gopd weather for beach
ing 'hc four divisions cutters. llaGtSi With
one -,uuui"r-. nmmuultlCu. small A'n-,
apar~ sails, provisions. stoves and klt-.
much l,~- Tor mounting "a" une-pyuud"r-
and running them up steep beach ready
for service. Ih" uufavpral'l" conditions.
howcvc-. made IN" performance th" NOR"
Crcdtablc
As soon as the cutters nos~s scraped
Ha vrfneycrs bottom the amateur tar-
jumprd overheard carrying the on"-pound-
ers rolling th" gun wheels through ~"
water and getting things ashore generally.
Pnnks werc plaC"d under tho bows and
tackle mhdn fast to tree trunks. All lent
a hand on th.. lines and struggled hack
into water waist deep. h"avtuR their boats
high and dry In a few minutes al! tive
h,Isiling was over and tho four divisions
stood at az ,eutiun ready for the visiting
officers 10 hook them over This done.
things were put hack a. quickly a. they
hal bnon taken uu' and the boats w"r"
showed into tho water through the heavy
sand a. though on rollers.
Ia lis hotter granting permission 10
Commander Franklin 10 49, any part ~
10. Havemcy"r pla,-' for 'bc landing dTill
Mr. p " Jack.or called attention 20 IA"
previous landing party oa that t-ach on
Dot IL 1910 On that OCCASION II was
Con Howe and lis British army that used
tho isach But that l. an old story.