The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-26
u. S, JACKIES
HAD MERRY
CHRIST MAS

washifton. Dec. 26-Admital Dewey's
Christmas greeting TO the officers and
men OF the navy, bespeaking a united
stand for the good OF tho country and
the service. was communicated yesterday
TO the officers and men aboard the yes
sells throughout the world, wherever they
could be reached by telegraph.
To the men Of the navy along the At
lantic coast there was also sent a Christ
mas greeting by means Of wireless teleg-
raphy, which incidentally served as an
elaborate and practical test Of this aux
iIiary of the naval service.
The wireless messages were sent by di-
rection Of Admiral Manney. chief OF the
bureau OF equipment. and the results were
most satisfactory TO him.
Liberal shore leave was granted, ac-
cording to custom, and as many as could
be spared from a ship celebrated ashore
Thousands OF pounds OF turkey. cranber-
ries and plum pudding and other things
that make up the Christmas dinner
aboard the vessels were served In gor-
geous fashion on board each strip.
The men had their Christmas dinner at
noon and the officers in the evening. On
many ships the captain was invited to
dine In the ward room and join the offi-
GERS making merry.
CELEBRATED IN FAR EAST.
or the North Atlantic fleet, the battle
ships Maine, Alabama Iowa, Massachu-
setts are at New York. the armored
cruiser Brooklyn and tho protected cruis-
or Galveston are anchored not far away
at Tompkinsvlle. the battleships Illinois
and Missouri are at Boston, the armored
cruisers West Virginia. Maryland. Colo
RADIO and Pennsylvania are at Hampton
Roads together with the new protected
cruiser Charleston, which is celebrating
her first Christmas at Charleston. s. G.
The officers and men Of the battleshlp
Texas and the monitors Arkansas, Flor
ida and Nevada and the torpedo hotilla
/ made merry on board and ashore.
In the Far East the largest navy cele-
bration took place at Cavite, near Manila,
where the battleships Ohio and oregon
the protected cruisers Raleigh and Gin
! cinnati, the destroyers Bainbridge and
/ Chauncey have gone for the holidays.
! The cruiser Baltimore and the gun
! boat Villalobos are at Shanghai The
battleship Wisconsin has gone TO Hons
| Kong for Christmas.
FIRST IN TWO YEARS.
| In the West Indies Rear Admiral Brad
| for the holidays: Cruiser Olympia a,
/ Clebra. Cleveland at Ponce. Yankee al
/ Monte Christi. Tacoma at San Juan and
/ Des Moines at st. Thomas and gunboats
| Eagle at Sanchez, Dubuque at Puerto
/ Plata and Scorpion at Santo Domingo.
/ The Princeton spent the Christmas al
! Panama, the Chicago at Honolulu. cruiser
! Boston at Mare Island. gunboat Con
/ cord at Bremerton, torpedo boats Pau
] Jones az Mare Island and Perry at Sar
Diego and the supply ship Supply al
/ Mare Island.
The cruiser Minneapolis has returned
| from It's foreign cruise in time for Il:
\ men 20 spend Christmas at Newport
/ News; the cruiser Columbia made n rec
/ ord run from Colon 10 League Island
| where she brought home the detachment
| OF marines, who spent their first Christ
/ mas at home I'm two years. and the bat
| tleships Kearearge and Kentucky and
| the gunboat Paducah are at Norfolk
The destroyer flotila Is distributed be
tween Norfolk and Pine Beach. the regu
lar rendezvous o the flotilla.