The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-31

September 8: thence, February 10. 1901;
arrived Hongkorg, February %.
thence. April 10; arrived Shanghai,
April IS; thence, May 5; arrived Yoke
hama. May II; thence, May l6; arrived
Honolulu yesterday.
Since she sailed from New York the
oregon has Travelled over forty thou
sand miles.
CAPTAINS Writer Bennett tells an inter
esttrg story IN connection with the Ore
gon going on the rocks in the Straits of
Pechili. The story has been published
all over the world but not quite in the
way told By Bennett.
While the Oregon was on the rocks a
Chinese cruiser was sighted. She was
being chased by a Russian man-of-war.
Captain Wilde. who then commanded the
Oregon. sent one of his officers aboard
the Chinese cruiser and the American
flag was hoisted. the cruiser being plac-
ed under the protection of the United
States Shortly afterwards the Russian
approached and the captain of the Rus
sian vessel went aboard the Oregon and
informed Captain Wilde that the Chi
nese. ship was his. Captain Wilde. al
though the Oregon was on the rocks,
informed the Russian that If he sent
boat near the Chinese he, Captain Wilde
of the United States battleship Oregon,
would blow him, Nthe Russian man-of-
war, out of the water. The Russian cap
tain went aboard his vessel and steamed
away.
5 When Captain Thomas was asked con-
corning the affair he laughed and said
that Captain Wilde had not used quite
such free and easy language, although
what Captain Wilde did say, diplomat
cally as his speech was worded, amount
ed to the same thing. Captain Wilde
said that the Chinese vessel was under
the protection of the American flag and
he was responsible for her safety.
Bennett, who swears by the Oregon
tells also how, when the battleship got
off the rocks and the tow-line of anoth-
er vessel parted while the Oregon was
being pulled along, the oregon. with a
great hole in her bottom, started up her
engines and went ahead under her own
steam at the rate of thirteen knots an
hour
Bennett showed the Advertiser report
er all over the vessel. introducing ].
Raymond Rose and DeVall, gunner's
mates, who, in turn, exhibited with great
pride the guns, telling all about them
and how they worked, speaking of them
in tones of affection. She it was all
the time. a gun is she to the gun
! ner, although the indifferent might term
the weapon tit.
/ Anything made by the hand OF man
for which man forms an affection is in
yariably She
| j. S. Pollock. engineers yeeman. ex-
hibited the engines. His pride can only
be understood by one who goes with him
through the engine rooms and listens to
how she works
The following is complete list of the
officers aboard the battleship Oregon,
giving, in order, the name of the. officer,
i his rate, his duty aboard ship and the
date of his reporting ior duty:
Captain Charles NJ Thomas, comma nd
| ing. April Z, 1901
| Lieut.. Conndr. C. A. Adams, executive
! officer. April u, 1900.
Lieut.. Comdr A. F. Dixon. chief engi-
neer, March 80. 1901.
! Lieut.. Comdr. F. NJ Bostwick. navi-
gator. March "a, 1901
1 Lieut. II. Gage, assistant engineer,
May u. 1901.
Lieut.. John II. Gibbons. senior watch
officer, April n. 1901
| Lieut. Waldo Evans, second watch off,
Lieut.. r. n. Leigh, third watch officer
April z. 1901.
Lieut. L. McNamee. fourth watch off
Ger, April %, 1901
Ensign c. L. Poor. fifth watch offacer
/ April n, 1901
Ensign Duncan NJ Wood, sixth watch
officer, June q, 1900
Ensign NJ. St. c. Ellis, assistant .,fvf
sion officer, May, 1901.
4 Naval Cadet Vim. McEntee, assistant
navigator. April %, 1901
Naval Cadet VIM B. Ferguson, assist
ant to executive oIricer, May II, 1901