The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-07-17
LETTER FROM
OLD UNION BOY.
Far Away in Germany-Sees Many
Things and has Many Expert
cnces-Leffer That Will En-
terrain YounS and Old.
KEEL, Germ, June %, 1903

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Your letter of the 11th inst. was
received yesterday. 1 was glad in
deed to hear from you, for 1 had
been looking for letter for long
time. You said in your letter that
you wrote to me in February, 1902:
and addressed your letter to Angus
Ia, Ga. At that date 1 was in Fort
la France, Martinique. We had
been gone about two weeks when
that eruption of Mount Pelee took
place. wrote you last time from
Naples, Italy, if 1 remember cor
rectly. We stayed in Naples about
twenty days.
On our way up the Western coast
of Italy we stopped in Leghorn,
Margautta Bay and Genoa. At
Genoa | saw the house in which Co.
lumbus was born, and many other
interesting sights. From Genoa we
went to Nice, France, where we were
Joined by the Albany. The fleet
was then composed of the Chicago,
(aag ship,) Cincinnati, Albany and
Machias. The Raleigh Joined us
few weeks later. On April 29th the
fleet went to Marsailles, France, to
meet President Loubet on his way
from Algueas, Africa. He came
into Marsailles on the afternoon of
the 3Oth, on big six stack cruiser,
the Joan de Arc. AS she came in
1.-THE President was standing on the
after bridge with his staff, AS VIC
fred 21 guns and gave him three
cheers he took off his hat and bowed
to US. We went back to Villa,
France, a small town about four
miles from Nice, to meet the U. S.
s. Buffalo and get some ammunition
and supplies. We lay there month
and then the feet split up and the
Raleigh, Cincinnati and Albany
went to China, the Buffalo to New
York and the Chicago and Machias
left for Lisbon, Portugal. On our
way We stopped two days in Mar
sailles to go in dry dock, and for a
few hours in Gibraltar. We arrived
in Lisbon on June 5th and were
!: From Lisbon seA we xsna Saa Fs5ansissS; s5 s6SSS
Hampton, Eag. where we were
|joined by the battle ship Kersarge
We came from South Hampton here.
! The three larger ships going around
the Northern coast of Denmark and
we went by the way of the Kiel
canal. We steamed about twenty
: miles up the Elbe river and from
there we went through some of the
most picturesque country 1 have ye,
seen. The canal is sixty miles IN
length and is just wide enough for
two ships to pass.
| On the afternoon of the 24th the
kaiser's yacht came in. AS soon as
he was sighted he was greeted with
the booming of guns from all of the
lships in the harbor. AS he passed
the ship he was standing on the for
ward bridge and as we gave him
three cheers he saluted the ship. In
all there are about twenty men IF
war here and each one fired 33 guns
in two minutes and twelve seconds,
that is six hundred and sixty guns
in all, so you can imagine what a
roar filled the air. The King ate
breakfast aboard the battle ship Ker
sarge yesterday. Since we have
been here we have fired over two
hundred and fifty rounds of saluting
cartridges which contain two pounds
of powder each, making q total of
500 pounds. All Of the ships have
fred as many, SD in all there have
been over 5000 pounds Of powder
burned here in the last few days.
Kiel is the incest place we have
yet visited, and we were royalty re-
ceived by the people ashore and the
sailors of the German feet. Last
night all of the men that could be
spared from the ship were invited
aboard of the German cruiser Wint
zenberg by her officers and highly
entertained by officers and men. If
there is any i'll feeling in Germany
against the Americans l fail to find
it. Everywhere you 20 here you
are welcomed. In all of tho pnblic