New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
SEEN IN A NAVY YARD.
The New Fixings, Ships and Superb
Sailormen.

Spectator. ia The Outlook
% he speetator has be visiting lately in one Of
fuilv i,,-es.is5 s5 saies' ana has found il wonder
san CHARACTER and DEVELOPMENT IN was rrofo,,r5
iirely 8ffere14 from ~ & Ie5e civilian. while also
eEe-gooey realizes thar the old ran-of-Ear cruiser
as completely the 1rirernes ~ Rome ~ -
e. es--eSs 80 y & me vikings But the TRANSFORMATIONS
l .ntA tns modern navy yard opens ones eyes 10
- ,4-.fl = sle me carrier pigeon loft once stood
@tlsLess leieglapA now rears its tail pole and
-s s,ielcnes us mysterious. exquisitely sensitive
mysterious and sensitive ether ..Kys 10
r'sSsSse =. .t Jen minutes ago" said the expert
nc Cape Further on down the Vide walk
win The balls in iher eSl5 e95y P4iRfbsd b1iRb, ssTs e9iS
.so that they rresistibly reminded the Spec
boiling OUT ives long large brice b9iiaIng fss,
sS9-g w Where al sorts OF mechanical and elec-
ne var vessels lying al the wharves were an OF
~, iasss4Fe, specialized type. floating machine
or yawned on one side: a pair OF 'submarnes'
tilted their painted noses te he sky wsiting for
a thorough Overhaullng by the skilled workers OF
ne S3ra After seeing the marine railway. the
ns systems Of light water. heat electric and pneu-
America Vas chaTscteristicsiiy oppressed in her
- sssl Plant. for which nothing appears too new or
A like development the Spectator found in addi-
of tie ~ ,i i1 Id AZ &c" - 20 q ,5 sN nrfica sdtsd
highest type OF eflciency-and Fe is. lie must not
De intemperaIe-and he is not The Spectator heard
me captain Of celebrated training ship tell OF his
experience n the port Of Tangier not long ago
The captain who has. az he expresses it, brought
% thFfy-tWo hundred boys besides TWO OF mis- own J.
had promised his young crew 10 give them two
days liberty" when IanEier was rea ched.- The
British consul he said, who also looked after
American interests. horrihed al the IDEA Of
ouch tniEg II can't be done he insisted No
English ship gives its men liberty here. 10 say
nothing ~ the Germans the rest. The town
IS TOO Turbulent and too bad. II you let your men
come ashore there IS bound 10 be trouble. and
een't stand BY them when complications occur. as
they must il is madness 20 allow their landing
But I was not afraid. i have promised the crew
liberty. and 1 always keep my promises 10 them
told him and. 81 spite of his protests. I sent
them ashore promptly. Every one Of them reported
when tiEne was 10. and every sober.
met the English consul ST cinner the night before
We left. and he said: i take Il an back. captain
Those men Of yours are q wonder They have
been all over Tangier, riding everything in the
place, frcm camels Ga d9mkeys. seeing all the
Eights and behaving themselves well IS any
party OF tourists ] ever saW-betfer than most for
thaf natter I" To get such class Of bluejackets
10 pains are spared. En Boston. a year or so
ago ouf OF shTee hundred lads desirous OF enter
ng the navy only thirty passed the scrutiny of the
recruiting officer. Physically, mentally and NOR
2llg. Uncle sam wants the best. The Spectator
rotiee1 surprising fact in the bis training ships
~ fne navy yafl-tbai 80 per cent " fhe young
.ailcsulen. ufeefF0ing training are Americans aue
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