Evening star., 1902-01-27
KAISER'S CADET SHIP |
German Warship Moltks Anchored
OF Canton, Opposite Baltimore.
OFFICERS COMING 10 WASHINGTON
VIII Be the Guests of the German
Embassy.
TO VISIT NAVAL ACADEMY

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| Seemingly anticipatory, and coincident
to the approaching visit of Prince Henry
to these shores, Kaiser Wilhelm's cadet
ship Moltke, with flfty-nine future admirals
of his majesty's navy on board, Is lying at
| anchor in American waters today.
| The German warship is now stationed
| off Canton, just opposite Baltimore. Md
| The vessel came from st. Thomas. Danish
| West Indies, which was the last port of an
| itinerary begun In August from Kiel, where
! the cadet school for the German navy is
located. The stranger was welcomed by
| national salute Of twenty-one guns, which
| resounded from the parapets Of historic
Fort McHenry, as she swung into her an
| chorage. Capt. Karl Franz Of the German
| navy is in command Of the ship. He was
| honored on his arrival by official visits from
| the representative of Mayor Hayes Of Bal
| tinore and Consul George A. Won Lingen Of
| the same city.
| Omcers to Visit Washington.
! Captain Franz expects to come to Wash
| ington this evening at o'clock, accom-
| panied by Lieutenant Captain Won Lasten,
Lieutenant Adtutant Bueschel and L.euten-
| ant Hagedorn. They will be the guests of
| the German ambassador, and preparations
are being made for dinner and a ball.
History and Description Of Vessel.
| The Moltke Is by no means modern ves-
| sci. The ship was built at Dantzig, Ger
many, in 1879. for the use of the naval
| cadets entering the Royal Naval School at
Kiel. Every attention was paid to detail
| for the comfort Of the cadets and officers.
| But she has performed dual work. With
| the cadets who are being educated for fu-
| ture admirals in the kaiser's navy there
| has been combined the teaching of ap-
prentice boys the duties Of the sailor and
! fireman for the battle ship and cruiser to
| which they are later to be drafted for SER
| vice. The fifty-nine cadets are putting in
| their probation at sea before being placed
| in the school at Kiei. There are also
taken up their education for seamen In
| the lower rungs of the ladder, but have be-
fore them preferment for petty and war
rant officers and other berths which give
them life service pensions.
The vessel is of 2, 1856 tons displacement,
245 feet long, 46 feet beam and 1914 feet
draft of water with all weights on board.
She Is driven by triple-expansion engines,
which give her a speed of 13 knots an hour,
and under sail alone she has made eight
knots with favoring breeze.
The armament of the Moltke consists OF
| % guns. all Of the modern pattern, from
| the 15-centimeter broadsides to the small
rapid-fring guns. They are only for In
struction Of the cadets. but they are
| manned 30 as to be effective If occasion
arises for display of the Motke's prowess.
She is lighted throughout with electricity,
and has two searchlights.
The German jacks are men-of-war's men.
who have seen service in other Of his maj
esty's ships, and q fine-looking set Of men,
well fed and clothed. AS incident of
life on board the Moltke they are served
beer from the ships canteen at a small
price, which Is charged to them and COL
! lected at the end Of each month when
money is served out.
Cruise of the Cadets.
The fifty cadets on board entered the
| school at Ktel last summer. They imme-
diately 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, Eng
| land, the Western Islands and Cape Verde.
| Knocking of the steaming power Of the
| ship, the Moltke went under canvas to
| Trinidad, and then visited number of
| ports in Venezuela, a country upon which
| the kaisers guns have been looking with
| serious glances for some time. Kingston,
| Jamaica, and st. Thomas, D. w. l., were the
| last ports touched until Baltimore was
reached.
To Visit Naval Academy.
| AS soon as the stay is over at Baltimore
| the Moltke goes to an anchorage in Annap-
| oils Roads to give the cadets a chance to
visit the United States Naval Academy and
| take notes Of what they see there.
From Annapolis the Moltke will 60 direct
to Dartmouth. England, and from there in
| easy stages reach Kiel in April. As soon
| as they reach Kiel the present class will
| go ashore to the academy. There they ap-
! ply themselves to special courses Of studies,
| and after three and half years they leave
| the school and join the battle ships and
| cruisers as midshipmen, which is the first
| commission they receive. After that, as In
other navfes, DEATH war and chance ad-
vance them from one grade to another.
when perhaps small percentage become
admirals before retirement.
The cadets represent some of the lead
| ing families in Germany, but that does not
go for penny with officers and instructors
and studies.
The officers in command of the cadet ship
are as follows:
Omcers of the MoItke.
Capt. Karl Franz, full captain in the
German navy is in command of the ship.
His staff Includes:
Lieutenant Commander Habbinghaus ex-
ecutive officer.
Lieutenant Won Lehsten, navigator.
Chief engineer, Theodore Nasser
| Staff surgeon. DR.. Hans Zumann
| Assistant surgeon, Ernst Juergensen
| Paymaster. Emil Wiggert.
| Chaplain Fritz Hueneroeder
| Lieutenant Of marines, Diedrich Won
| Mecklenburg.
Watch officers and instructors Of the
| cadets are: First Lieutenants Gustav
Noelle. Walter Michaelis, Max Hagedorn,
| Paul Reichardt, Theodor Won Trilly; SUBJ
lieutenants, Ernst Buechel, Ernst Mehnert,
Victor Albrecht, H. Kellermann and Helm
| rich Weber.
NEW POST OFFICE RULING.
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