New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22
NEW BATTLESHIP RECORD
MADE BY THE KENTUCKY.
She Sails 5, 900 Miles at 40erage of
1873 KnotS-EUans IN Command.

The battleship Kentucky anchored off Tomp
kinsvtlle at 10 a. m yesterday, having made a
new record for a long distance run for bat
tleship. She beat the worlds record for battle
ships by making the of 1869 miles from
Hong Kong to New-York at average speed
Of 12.7 knots hour. Not content with this
record, Admiral Evans made the home
from FunchaI at average Of 1873 knots an
hour, three-tenths of knot better than the
Kearsarge made at the order of the Navy De-
partment. This makes the Kentucky beat the
record OF the Kearsarge by about sixty miles
The record run OF the Kearsarge made two
years ago. her commander laying great stress
on the fact that she had previously steamed
FIVE thousand miles without repairs. Her feat
astonished the naval world, 1t being the longest
and fastest OF any battleships since the
Oregon sailed around South America to join
Sampson and Schley.
The Kentucky would have beaten the Keo:-
sarge by a larger margin had she not met an
accident. The piston ring OF the fourth hlgh
pressure cylinder crumbled, and she had to stop
for two hours and thirty-two minutes for re-
pairs to be made. Even in making repairs she
came near breaking record, for her officers
say that such accident has never been re-
paired so quickly before Her entire run from
Hong-Kong to New-York was made under nat
ural draft. When the Kearsarge made her ia
run. she kept her screws making 9t.20
revolutions a minute for two continuous hours.
In the same length Of time the screws of the
Kentucky revolved 9SS times, forcing her ahead
at the speed of 1873 knots hour
Rear Admiral Evans left here for Washington
soon after the Kentucky dropped anchor. Be
fore he started he said he hoped, now that he had
only four years more to serve before retirement,
he would find 4 shore berth. lie says he is de-
sirous OF becoming chairman of the Lighthouse
Board. a position for which he has been sug-
gested. He has spent twenty-three years
on the sea.
Rear Admiral Evans refused to discuss his re-
view Of the Briscoe court martial, saying that it
concerned only Mr.. Brscoe and himself,
OFFERED TO DISPOSE OF BAD MEN.
Speaking of affairs along the Pacific. Admiral
Evans said
IT is difficult to afford adequate protection 70
remote portions of Manchuria- When went near
ly one thousand miles Up the Yangtse-hians fur-
for twenty years one Of the tsotas or sOysTnSrs ,G
askeG me 70 @lCLofs% @ 'i' oI,,red VIZ
/ should. he said that he was afraid the bad men
Il he could not keep his bad men from firing ON US
would see that @ thers here would s no S 2TeT ee e6oe Re6
take the job OF reforming those bad men OF the
B3Eae6 tbsf 9snH Il @od he bg ob sent back
word that there was no Job too big for an Amer1-
When the feet was at Teku. Peking visited
by tne oLlcelS OF IN 1te I s4G on IaZ,eT o n was
formal affair and it seem9d as though the limit
She made a long speech. which translated 10
7 me b5--0as. az -shee interpreters to which
This agitation against battleships is foolish. It
ep es,nr 9e ms onestion How long Would the rus
sian feet stay in Port Arthur Il there were no
ffaf can repiaee tRe BIC battleshps don't be
iieye The Port Arthur fleet is crippled badly
hut the JapdueSe VIII be masters or tne
sea for long time
At Naples which the battleshp made on April
%. tho fleets OF France and Italy were drawn
up opposite each other in two long lines The
Kentucky was rusty and dirty from her long
VOYAGE. and as she dropped anchor the italian
naval officers requested her 10 take another
position, which she did, about one-hait mile
distant from the two fleets. BY the time the
President OF France and tho King Of Italy re-
viewed the fleets. the Kentucky had dressed ship,
her sides were cleaning white again and every
one was spick and span in dress uniform. Inc
next day while she coaling, she was visited
by King Victor Emmanuel When Admiral
Evans attempted to apologize for the dirt
which is The most evident thing on ship during
coaling the King laughed away his excuses ana
insisted on visiting every part Of the battleship.
/ This visit was made before there had been any
official call exchanged. and was against all
precedent I'm naval etiquette. The officers were
delighted by the Kings lack Of formaty.
The Kentucky will go to the Brooklyn Navy
! Yard tomorrow after she has been inspected by
the board CT survey under Captain Charles J.
Train Her commander. Captain Berry. is to be
relieved for shore duty, and will be succeeded by
Captain Barnett Captain Berry entered the SER
vice in 1862. and has had since then twenty-four
wears and six months Of sea duty. Only three
or four men in the service have had more sea
duty.
The battleship had more than her snare OF peta
/ md rnascote on board These a Russian
! cinnamon bear, given by the consul at Dalny'
known as "Bosco," with the alias Bob Bear
a gray fghtIng deer from the Philippines a huge
Bornean ape and the goat MISS ann @Ahhle, pre-,
sented 10 The crew by Kentucky. The enlisted
men have bought handsome stand or SILK COZ
4 ors which three warrant and petty onncers are 20
q take to Lexington TO present 10 the SthIe'
ErE nERARREn