The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-25
OLD VETERANS
OUTING.

of march. leaving South Side, VII
mington, Del, at 7.3O a. M, TO
Delaware City, by trolley line. Del
aware City is an old town, situated
tn the Delaware river and opposite
the old Pea Patch, other wise For
Delaware and at the confluence d
! junction of the old Delaware >anc
Chesapeake canals.
We old chums had contemplated
the visit to the Forts on the Della
ware for some time and had appealed
20 Captain Reybold. the Chief Of the
little yacht, Capron, which plies be
tween Delaware City, Forts Dupont,
Delaware and Mott, in conveying ma
| val officials and marines from one
tort or garrison to another in the
Department Of the Delaware and we
were informed that it would be neces
sary to ask permission OF the Hon.
Secretary of War 10 grant us the
privilege of visiting said naval sta
tion and as the spokesman, chief
talker OF the company, William II.
Rust, was an attorney of record, be.
fore the Department OF the Interior
and its bureaus thereof, it was en-
Joined upon him to make the appli.
cation to the Secretary Of War.
asking the saio requestnf which he
did and the purport Of tho same was
to The effect that On September 7th,
1901. agreeable with his request to
the Hon. Secretary of War, he was
| supplied with letter addressed TO
the commanding officer Of district OF
the Delaware, at Fort Dupont, au.
thorizing him to visit that Post as
well as Forts Mott and Delaware.
We arrived at Fort Dupont at 8 a.
m. and repaired to the headquarters
of the Department OF the Delaware,
to interview Ma jor Huble, comman-
der, and we were Informed that the
Major was in New York, but Captain
March was acting as commander dur
ing the absence of the Major and to
Captain March we presented our
letttr of introduction and he forth.
with detailed an orderly to escort us
40 t'IoHSh i VIZ Nv! u!'ouu anu VIC HCiC
treated with every courtesy possible
and AL lhe fine guns and munitions
OF war shown and all their workings
explained.
When through witt our visit at
the above station, at about 10 Il. m.,
Captain ReyboId with his steam
yacht Capron, called at the pier to
take us over to Forts Delaware aud
Mott Here we EN- barked and sailed
down the river near the mouth of
Salem Creek Il dis tance of about 81
miles Here we rounded too and
steamed back up the Delaware to
Fort Delaware.
Here we only called toadischarge
supplies and marines, then westean-
ed across the channel to Fort Mott
on the Jersey coast. Here we lapded
aud proceeded to the naval station,
our escort being Captain Reybold,
sailing master OF the steamer Capron
and ou arriving at the Fort, we were
met by Major Cummings. command
cr Of that station and the spokesman
Of the crew. Mr. Rust, explained our
mission and after a brief interview,
the Major Informed us that they
were about to have target practice
with their monster l0xl2 inch long
distance disappearing guns and he
respectfully requested US to take part
in the manoeuvre, the range distance
be ing 81 miles and the conclusion of !
tie discharge Of the mon ster guns,
produced violent shock and shak. |
ing agitation. The target practice
being over and after being treated
with all devout courtesy by that
gentleman, u. S. naval officer Major
we bade him and his sub
ordnates farewell and then sailed
again for old Fort Delaware.
Arriving there we were met at the
pier by the steward and commissarv
US that dinner was await
ing us at the mess room. To this
suggestion we at once repaired tu the
I'D garrison mess or dining room and
lcre we found the table stocked with
I'll the dclcacies OF the season, OF
,uch articles OF provisions as pertain.
ng to United States Naval station.
We were seated at the table and we're
invited by the steward to partake of
he fare to satisfy our hunger, being
IS we were old veterans OF the war
# the Relellion or from lS6l--lsG5
When through with this repast,
We were escorted by one of the gun
Iers through the Fort, then around
nd through the out grounds and re-
iewcd many novelties or new things
@ uS. and among the relics was the
Id mule which is claimed to be a
permanent resident of the island for
0 years and he still looks well and
S frisky about the heels.
At 3p. m. Captain Reybold called
o transport us across To Delaware
ity. On arriving at the wharf, the
lev. Van Northrup and wife of the
iocese Of Delaware City, were await. /"
1g our arrival Here otr trolley
ar was In waiting to con vey US to
Wilmington, at which place VIC ar.
ived on South Side, at about, $50
clock. Yours truly,
WILLIAM II. RUST, pension attorney
BRUCE, flour and feed de aler
AMEs II. GREEN, grocer
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