Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1902-02-06
The MOLTKE At ANCHOR.
PRUSSIAN SCHOOL SHIP
IN THE ROADS.
Lies Of Greenberry Point. In Full View
Of Annapolis Official Visits Paid
Arrangements Being Com
pleted For Entertain
ment Of The
Officers.

Shortly after the arrival OF the Prus-
sian schoolship Moltke, which dropped
anchor in the Annapolis Roads, off Green.
berry. yesterday afternoon. Lieut.. Henry
]. Zigemiere, aid to Superintendent Vain
wright, went out in the tug Standish TO
welcome the visitors and brought Captain
Franz and his aid, Lieut.. Ernst Buechel,
to the Naval Academy, where they off,
cially called on the Superintendent Com
mar rdant OF Cadets {. K. Colahan ard
later in the evening on Governor John
Walter Smith. These calls we're re-
turned today.
The officers of the Molike are Captain
Karl Franz. who is full captain in the
German navy. and in command Of the
ship. His staff includes Lieut.. -Comman-
der Habbinghaus. executive officer; Lieu
tenant Won Lehsten. navigator; Chief En-.
gineer Theodor Nasser, Staff Surgeon.
DIR. Hans Zumanu, Assistant Surgeon,
Ernst Juergensen: Paymaster Emil Wig
CERT; Chaplain, Fritz Hueneroeder; Lieu-
tenant oil Marines. Diedrich Won Meek
lenburg. Watch officers and instructors
Of the cadets are First Lieutenants
Gustav Noelle. Walter Michaelis, Max
Hagedorn. Paul Reichardt, Theodor Won
Tnlly; sub lieutenants. Ernst Buechel,
Ernst Mehneri, Victor Albrecht, H. Kel-
lermann and Heinrich Weber.
The Mohke is ship Of 2 $50 tons dis
placement. 245 feet long. 4o feet beam
weights on board. She is driven by
triple-expansion engines. which give her
a speed of I3 knots an hour, and under
sail alone she has made eight knots with
favoring breeze. The armament OF the
Moltke consists of twenty-five guns, all
OF the modern pattern. from the IS cent?
metre broadsides to the small rapid-firing
guns. They are only for the instruct n
OF the cadets, but they are manned so as
to be effective il occasion arises for
display of the Moltke's prowess. She is
lighted throughout with electricity, and
has two seafchlights.
The German Jacks are men-of-war's
men. who have seen service in other Of
his Majesty's ships. ard fine looking
set OF men, well fed and clothed AS an
incident OF lite on board the Moltke they
are served beer from the ships canteen
at small price, which is charged 10
them and collected at the end of each
month when money is served out. The
fifty cadets on board entered the school
at Kiel last summer. They Immediately
were placed on the Moltke and are going
through the experience of life at sea.
From Kiel the Moltke steamed away to
Copenhagen, Farce Islands, Portland,
England. the Western Islands ard Cape
Verde. Knocking off the steaming power
OF the ship the Moltke went under canvas
to Trinidad and then visited a number OF
ports in Vene zuela, country upon which
the Kaiser's guns have been looking with
serious glances for some time.
Kingston. Jamaica and St. Thomas,
ID. w. l., were the last ports touched
until Baltimore was reached ten days
ago. As soon as the stay is over here
the Moltke will 60 direct to Dartmouth.
England, and from there in easy stages
reach Kel in April. AS soon as they
reach Kiel the present class will go ashore
to the academy. There they apply them
selves to special courses OF studies, and
after three and a-half years they leave
the school and join battleships and cruis-
ers as midshipmen. which is the first
commission they receive. After that. as
in other navies. death, war and chance
then from one grade 10 another. when
perhaps small percentage become ad-
mirals before retirement.
The cadets represent some OF the lead
ing families in Germany. but that does
not 60 for penny with officers and in
structors. The youngsters have to work
hard at drills and studies. All are lot
OF fine, pleasant young men. who speak
English as well as the language of their
Fatherland. A number Of social func-
tions will be arranged for the entertain
ment OF the officers and cadets Of the
Moltke during her stay here. Today
Superintendent Wainwright gave the Of
ficers a dinner. This afternoon al a
o'clock Governor Smith and Adjutant-
General Saunders. in full uniform. visited
the Moltke officially. Tomorrow a re-
ception will be held tor them at the
Naval Academy.
On Saturday ball will be given in
the armory. Besides these the Governor
OF Maryland win give reception in their
honor. While on board the ship yes
terday afternoon Lieutenant Zigemeier
was told that fencing match could not
be arranged, as all of their cadets were
beginners and very young. The naval
cadets viii doubtless arrange a number
OF affairs Tor their entertainment. The
Moltke will remain here until Monday,
and the tug Standish will be turned over
to the German visitors for their own use