The Saint Paul globe., 1904-02-29
JACK TAX FL TELLS OF
TRIP AROUND WORLD
Sights to Be Seen by Youth
Who Serves inilncie Sans
Navy.

Oh. sailors life IS the life 5for. me,
4eigh -ha, heigh-ho
sailors lifesis ne for 3 me- s,.,
A sailors life is the life for rde.s@ss -. -,
A life on the deep blue. salty sea-
A sailors life is the life for me. 49,
Ahoga there. ship, ahoy
Thus sings Bill Dugan; the merry tar,
as he dances. a. sailors hornpipe IN the
foc'sle, alternating with his left hand
for'ard snidships and his right hand
aft, while his ma te pumps an execrable
apology for music out OF an sold .ac-
Gordon
~ Meanwhile the ship sails merrilyson
over the bound less main; IL 1t be q
merchant vessel; with its crew Of mixed
nationality, or, If hatfleship of the
line, with its complement of. officers
and bluejackets.
And the sights to be seeni The youth
who serves in Uncle Sans navy for
four years may we'll be externed a cos
politan. One does not W6nder sthat
the naval recruiting station in the Fed
era1 building has been thronged with
boys anxious to osehlist seyer since the
office was opened on Feb. %, after hear
ing the stories told by one who en-
listed as iandsman for training, JrB
Mcintyre. a member of the recruiting
party. ~ ~s@ -
Mr.. Mcintyre, who is still a young
man, few years out of his teens, en-
listed in 1900, and has served continu-
ously since. then, both on land
and sea. In speaking to The Glob g
yesterday of s1experiences Mr.. Nc
Intyre said: tyn 5.sGs.t.- y
{ Saw the World.
Il have served four years in the
navy, and have never yet regretted
my enlistment. r, saw the world, or, at
least. a major part of it! and had a good
time all the way, through After cofr-
pleting the course in the receiving ship
at New York I was attached to the
training ship Dixie on Nov. 20. 1900. in
which l made my initial trip around
the world. er,7so III.
One OF the first places we visited
was Gibraltar, the immense rock in
the straits Of that name, between Ea-
rope ana Africa. The rock is almost
hollow. having been honeyeombed With
tunnels by the English, who are in pos
session of 1t, and who for years have
Deen converting 1t into gigantic fort.
The rock is Of a soft lime formation,
which Is -tunnefed as easily as clay.
There are y. .904 cannon mounted on the
rock IN various places, Zone for 2eagh
year. Every year the British mount
another gun.
Some time ago they mealnted two
OF the largest guns ever made, 100
ton @-inch, cannon. The first time
one Of them. was fred it,:spHt from
muzzle 1os 'breach,s butt the 3rilsr has
often beens iredgandsi atfH a service
able gun l.zz 3rz a4cy.,9.s frlo-H z1
f. After entering 7the Mediterranean
through the Straits ofG Gibraltar we
proeeeded to Naples, where we east
anchor in the bay and lay to- for three
days AT the end OF that time we re-
celYed message from the private sec
retary or Pope Leo KILL. inviting a
party of thirty five to become, his
guests at the Vatican in Rome. s1 1a6
AT $3.50 O'Clock, THANKSGIVING eve.
l9oO. a. party OF thirty-five in charge
OF the captain left the ship and pro-
ceeded to railway station, where a
special train awaited us to take us to
Rome We clambered aboard, and after
half an hour of wheeling, the dinky old
engine started, and we began our dizzy
dash for Rome. sls A
Make Ten Miles an Hour.
''Tfle speed was terrific. The dis
tance between Naples and Rome is 10
miles, which We covered in the marvel
ously short time of ten hours The
tortures of the inquisition were vividIy
recalled to my mind by the jolting and
pumping of the cars over the ragged
roadbed. 1 have ridden in nearly ev-
cry vehicle in use on the earth today,
but L never had the misfortune to en-
counter anything worse than that.
Ne arrived in. Rome at 1880 q. m,
Thanksgsvi day. and were taken to
the Vatican where We were assigned
TO our rooms. Later in the day we
were told to prepare for an audience
with the pope. We filed into the Sis
tine chapel. and later the pope was
carried in on his sedan chair and re-
ma1ned at distance of about fifty
feet from us. He began to speak. but
we heard only luwsmurnur, the voice
OF man in broken health. When he
had finished his speech Capt. .Belknap
ordered three cheers given for the pope,
and the 5ackies cbeyed with hearty
good Will. The pope seemed pleased
and smiled at US benevoIently.
After the audience, we sepa-
rated In parties Of six and led
by priests and guides, began
aesastour of old and new Rome.
Our party spent eighteen hours in the
catacoH1bs of St. Calixtus, which !
lOHnu more interesting than anything
else in Rome. Miles upon miles of
tunnels, lined with. grinniIlg skulls and
bones of dead martyrs We. explored,
| while the priest with the party ex-
planned everything tous- regarding the
cataconbs. -
Later -trayersed the ancient Ro-
| man Appian way and passed the chapel
where Sts4 Peter Is thought to have
stood when the Spirit appeared to him
All that remains of the chapel now, Is
| a high arched doorway, above which
reads the legend Domino, Quo Vadis.'
Visited Ruins of Pompeii.
ssvEe visited many other points of in
| terest about ancient and modern Rome
and then after three days, returned
! to Naples. where we visited the Kings
! palace, a wonderfully beautiful place
Next we took in the ruins of Pompeii
and Herculaneum
'Then we steamed back to Gibraltar
| and lay just outside the harbor OF
Bizerta, French naval station west OF
Gibraltar This harbor is guarded by a
1 unique naval bridge. A cable extends
across the marrow entrance to the bay
| on which is strung a hugh steel float
4 that SKINS the surface OF the water