The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-12
CHICAGO
IN HARBOR

Tie tfuiHtF 'hithFnf UnNthlI ~ Nuf
Paoinc squadron. with Rear Admiral
Goodrich on board arrived az siib yes
terday morning after a pleasant trip
from san Francisco which port was
left last Monday at noon.
This ls the first visit OF the Chicago
to this port although sne and the At
lanta. Boston and Dolphin were the
beginning OF the new steel navy, being
authorized by appropriation OF Con-
gross In 1850. The Chicago was origin
ally commissioned In 1855, but then had
beam engines. She was the flagship
OF the famous white squadron, Admiral
Walker, which visited Europe and
South America. Later she was sent
to the New York Navy yard and COM
pletely RENTED with new boilers new
engines and practically everything be-
low the water line rebuilt, her depth
being increased to permit the use OF
vertical engines. Her tonnage was in
creased from 4500 to 5000. She was
originally bark rugged and this too was
changed. She was out of commission
during the Spanish war and conse-
quently has no war history.
The Chicago came out of the navy
yard and went into commission again,
August Is. 1904, and the first of Janu-
airy this year arrived under orders at
San Francisco to become the flagship
of the Pacific squadron to which she
is now attached.
Her armament consists Of twenty
seven guns divided as follows: -Four
S-inch fourteen 5-inch and nine o.
pounder. Her five-inch guns are of the
very latest model and shoot fifteen
rounds per minute or a shot every four
seconds Her complement consists of
twenty-five officers, forty-three mar
ines, the latter commanded by Capt.
w. Hopkins, USING, and 400 men.
The executive officer of the Chicago,
Lieut.. Commdr. w. p White, is well
acquainted with Honolulu having been
here several times before. recently in
the New Orleans and first as an en-
sign in the sloop-of-war Alaska, Cap
tain (now Admiral retired) Belknap.
Speaking of the incident, Executive
officer White remarked upon the diff
ference between the length of stay
which American ships of war made in
Honolulu in those days and the length
they make now. "It was not a case
of a few days. but of weeks or even
months in old times" The officer went
out and returned with an ancient look
ing ledger, which proved to be his log
: and an interesting document it is
. Turning back over its pages, he found
that the Alaska arrived in Honolulu
from Callao, Peru, on September 6
= 1882 during King Kalakaua's reign
= and said here until the 2Sth of Novem
/ Der of the same year, nearly three
s months. Pasted in his log he ha
v sketches of scenes in those halcyol
I days, some of which are very amusing
r Lieut.. Commdr. Bartlett has ais
:, been in Honolulu before
1t is possible, hut not vet certain
= that the flagship will go to Hilo fo
u two or three days while she is here
2. but she will have to leave here tn
h day after Christmas for San francisco
d Sunday and Wednesday afternoon
t are the usual visiting days on boar
n warships, but next Wednesday tn
6 Chicago will be coaling or cleaning u
S from taking on some 400 tons of Goa
a which will begin Monday.
Inc squadron ana snip OllcerS o.
t board the Chicago are:
o Squadron Ohicers-Caspar Frederic
e Goodrich, Rear Admiral, Commandin
l Pacific Squadron; Lieut.. L. r. Sargen
: Flag Lieutenant; Ensign Caspar Good
y rich, Admirals aide.
l. Ships Officers-Commander, C.
ie Badger, Lieut.. Commdr. F. w. Bart
e lett, Lieut.. commdr. w. p. White
IS Lieut.. Commdr A. S. Halstead, Lieu
Il. f. Eckhardt, Lieut. A. N. Mitchell
Lieut.. j, w. Schoenfeld Ensign z. +
: Campbell, Midshipman +. A. Swanson
y Midshipman r. L. Irvine, Mdshipma
= f. Durr, Midshipman ]. E. Pond, Mid
: shipman, F. N. Eklund, Medical In
. spector d. o. Lewis, Asst. Surgeon v
u S. Hoen, Pay Inspector II. H. Hicks
Chaplain A w. Stone Capt, U.S.M. C
w, Hopkins, Gunner ]. Hill, Carpente
7. B. Casey, Boatswain ]. Glass, Wa
Machinist A. d. Catherwood, Wa
= Machinist r. C. Steele. War. Machir
j ist C. ], Collins, Pay Clerk j. A. Thur
Pay Clerk (fieeD j. E. Reed