New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
CHRISTMAS In THE NAVY
WIRELESS GREETINGS.
admiral Dewey's Message Sent
Broadcast Many Replies.

Washington, Dec 25.-Adnira1 Deweys christmas
greeting to the officers and men of the navy De-
speaking united stand for the good of the country
and the service was communicated to-day to the
officers and men aboard the vessels throughout the
world wherever they could be reached by telegraph
To the Of the navy along the Atlanuc coast
there was also sent a Christmas greeting by means
Of wireless telegraphy, which incidentally served as
elaborate and practical test Of this auxiliary
Of the naval service. The wireless messages We're
sent by direction OF Admiral Manney. Chief Of the
Bureau Of Equipment, and the results were most
satisfactory to him The messages containing the
greetings were out last night from the wire
less station at the Washington Navy YARD and were
relayed from place to place. Early responses came
from the officers nearest Washington. but before
midnight many of the stations had replied in
GLIDING New Orleans. Colon and San Juan, the
Colon reply coming by way of Guantanamo
Only necessary work was done to-day on the
ships everywhere. Liberal shore leaves had been
granted to the officers and men, while the dinner
served aboard ship under the usual custom
characteristic of the Christmas season. On many
of the vessels the captains Joined with officers in
the ward in celebration of the day
Thousands Of pounds of turkey, cranberr1es,
plum pudding and other things that make up the
Christmas dinner aboard the vessels had been laid
by and were served in generous fashion on board
each ship The had their Christmas dinner
at noon and the officers in the evening
OF the North Atlantic fleet the battleships Maine,
Alabama, Iowa and Massachusetts are at New
York, the armored cruiser Brooklyn and the pro-
tected cruiser Galveston anchored not far
away at TompkinsviIle the battleships Illinois and
Missouri at Boston the armored cruisers west
Virginia, Maryland Colorado and Pennsylvania
spent Christmas at Hampton Roads, together with
the protected cruiser Charleston, which cele-
brated her first Christmas at Charleston. The
officers and men of the battleship Texas and the
monitors Arkansas, Florida and Nevada and the
torpedo hotiIla made merry on board and ashore
In the Far East the largest navy celebration
took place at Cavite near Manila where the bat
tleships Ohio and Oregon, the protected cruisers
Raleigh and Cincinnati, the destroyers cambridge
and Chauncey have gone for the holidays ol1-
ferent Christmas was spent by the cruiser Balti-
more and the gunboat Villalobos at Shanghai,
where. because Of the condition OF unrest exstlns
it is probable that no shore leave granted. and
battleship Wisconsin went to Hong hong Iol
In the West Indies the crews decorated the ships
with great palm leaves, and Rear Admiral t5rad-
ford thus distributed his ships for the hol1days:
The cruiser Olympia at Culebra, the Cleveland at
Ponce, the Yankee at Monte Christi, the Tacoma
at San Juan and the Des Moines at st. Thomas,
and the gunboats Eagle at Sanchez, the Duouque
at Puerto Plata and the Scorpion at Santo DO
The Princeton spent Christmas probably at Pan
ANA the Chicago at Honolulu, the cruiser Boston
ton the torpedo boats Paul Jones at Mare Island,
the Perry at San Diego and the supply ship sup
ply at Mare Island
The cruiser Minneapolis returned from its for
eign cruise in time for its men to spend CHRIST
mas at Newport News the cruiser Columbia
made a record run from Colon to League Island
rines who spent their first Christmas at home IN
two years The battIeships Kearsarge and Ken
The destroyer 1otilla is distributed between Nor
folk and Pine Beach, its regular rendezvous.