The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1903-12-23
CRUISER RALEIGH. FIRED
FIRST AND LAST SHOTS
At MANILA BAY
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shot from the Spanish ships pierced
one of the boats of the Raleigh, and
little later, another boat was struck,
but no one was killed or hurt. One
of the boats was pierced early in the
engagement and another was shat
tered. Later, the famous command of
Dewey to breakfast, was received, and
the officers and crew settled down to
the ordinary routine of looking after
the needs of the inner man, for the
time being. Following the breakfast
squadron and finished it completely.
The last shot at the enemy carried
Raleigh compliment.
Captain Rodman, commander of the
u. S. S. Iroquois, station ship of the
Honolulu Naval Station, was watch
officer on board the Raleigh at the
battle of Manila Bay, and took prom
inent part in the training of the guns
on the Spanish warships.
Captain Coghlan, now a Rear Adj
miral, was in command of the Raj
eigh at this battle. She was the first
of Admiral Dewey's squadron to re-
turn to the United States. The vessel
returned via the Suez Canal and the
Mediterranean Sea- On her way home
she was feted in all of the foreign
ports en- route, particularly by the
English garrisons. The Raleigh was
looked upon as an embodiment of
modern American naval ideas, and
was given every honor possible.
Upon arrival at New York the Raj
eigh was received with all the enthu-
siasm which an admiring and patriotic
nation could accord to ship which
had come home with an honorable rec
ord. The acclamations of the Repub-
lie were showered on her officers and
men. At a dinner given by the Union
Club of New York the patriotic feeling
ran high, and it was also at this ban
quet that Captain Coghlan made his
famous speech in which he recited the
poem "Hoch der Kaiser!" which rang
from one end of the world to the other.
After the Spanish-American war the
Raleigh went out of commission and
underwent more or less extensive re-
pairs. About year age she was
again placed in commission and went
to the Asiatic station, going by way
of the West Indies, Azores. Mediter-
ranean and the Suez Canal.
On her present cruise from Yoko-
hama to Honolulu the Raleigh con-
sumed about the same amount of coal
per day as her sister ship the Gin
cinnati during the time that ten knots
per hour were being made. This av-
eraged about 80 tons per~hour, but
after picking up the mileage of the
battleships, which was thirteen knots
per hour, she consumed more than the
Cincinnati, which has the record of
consuming less coal on the trip than
any other vessel Of the cruiser squae
ron.
After being commissioned after her
launching, the Raleigh spent most of
her cruise on the North Atlantic
squadron. Her second cruise was to
the Asiatic station during which time
she participated in the battle of Ma
Mia Bay. After the war she went out
of commission at Portsmouth and re-
manned there for about three years.
She still retains most of her original
lines. She still carries two masts
while the Cincinnati carries but one.
by the height of their masts. When a
vessel looms up on the horizon her
masts generally tell her nationality.
The Cincinnati, while in the Cuban
blockade, had one mast taken out and
the foremast was shortened which was
intended to deceive the enemy. The
advantage in having two masts as she
is able to carry sail, should occasion
require it, while the masts can be used
also for the installation of wireless
telegraphy. Wireless telegraph plants
await most of the vessels at Hong
kong.
RODMAN AND GAIT.
Captain Hugh Rodman, of the u s.
S. Iroquois, stationed at this port who
was in charge of the first division
on the Raleigh at the battle of Manila
has some little honor due him for the
part he took in the conflict 1t is be-
lieved that the shells fired by his divis-
ion were those which swept fourteen
men and the captain from the decks
of the Spanish cruiser Castillo
There was another officer, now at.
tached to the fleet-Paymaster Gait
who is well known to Honolulans-whC
was mentioned in orders. 1t was du.
to him that the Raleigh was made
ready for sea duty at Mrs Bay. The
pumps for several of the ships were