Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-20
IN MANY LANDS AND SEAS
A Togus Veteran Who Sailed $4,000
Miles in War Vessel.

BY no means all the veterans of the
National Home at TogCs saw service
In the army during the Civil War, as a
considerable number among them serv-
ed their country in the navy during
those trying years. One of these old
sailors is George w. Lord, and few men
at the Home can tell more interesting
stories of their earlier experiences in
this and in other lands than this gray
and weather-beaten old salt. During d
visit to Augusta, the other day, Mr..
Lord brought with him some interest
ing souvenirs of his voyages in foreign
lands and entertained Journal repre-
sentative with vivid accounts Of his
varied and exciting experiences on
land and sea. While by no means
boastful, Mr.. Lord is, nevertheless. a
good story teller, and has such a fund
of experiences to draw from that the
nearer is always well entertained.
When a mere boy. Mr.. Lord ran
away from his home in Boston, where
he was born in 1882. and for nearly a
dozen years rOamed in all parts of the
world, being sailor on ships from
half Il dozen nations and roughing it on
al VI Tie SiODe. Ut IlNe
years he served on a whaling ship on
the Pacific. and then. such life be-
coming irksome. he with several COM
panions deserted the ship while it
stopped for water at an island in the
southern Pacific. and there awaited a
new ship to take them off. This was
not long in coming. and after few
months cruise on the new ship they
landed at a South American port.
which Mr.. Lord describes as the hottest
and dirtiest place which he ever visit
ed. y little later the party shipped on
a Spanish craft and sailed to Spain.
While travelling in Spain they were ar
rested for not having transports and
kept in prison for several weeks. From
Spain they shipped on an English brig
to Scotland, and later sailed on
Dutch ship to the United States. This
craft being very slow they We're 81
days crossing the Atlantic. bringing
Mr.. Lord home for the first time in
nearly a dozen years.
a little later, the Civil War having
broken out, he enlisted in the navy.
and for three years served on the
sloop of war jamestown, Captain
Price. This craft was stationed in
Pacific waters to protect American
whaling vessels against confederate
privateers. Mr.. Lord was a quarter
gunner on the Jamestown. During the
three years that the vessel was in Pa
cific waters it sailed over $4,000 miles.
and Mr.. Lord had numerous oppOrtuni-
ties to travel in China and Japan, and
there is nothing that he can say high
enough in praise of the Japanese peO-
pie, particularly as regards their clean
Illness. morality and general character
An interesting little volume of which
Mr.. Lord has a copy. has been pub
lshed containing full account of the
three years cruise of the Jamestown
and Mr.. Lord is justly proud of his
part as a member of its crew He pos
sesscs an interesting paper which is a
relic of the earlier days of the Ameri-
can navy, being certificate from
Alexander McIntire, of the District OF
York, given to jeremiah Lord. March
81, 1912, showing Mr.. Lords American
citizenship. This document was to pro-
tect jeremiah Lord. who was a rela-
tive of Mr.. Lord, from impressment i'm
the British navy.