The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-17
WAR SPIRIT AT NAVY YARD.
FAkers and Vendors Gather About En-
trance and ThrOngS Go In.

trance and ThrOngs Go In.
No further orders were received from
Washington at the Brooklyn navy yard
Yesterday. Word was received there that
the 300 marines despatched to League
Island on Saturday from the ank had
arrived and been assigned to the cruiser
Minneapolis, which is being prepared to
sail under sealed orders. There are at
present about 300 marines at the barracks
IN the navy yard under the command OF
Lieut.. Col. Mahoney that could take the
: Geld at a moments notice. These men
most Of whom have served recently either
on the Isthmus Of Panama or in the training
camp at Mount Gretna, Pa, are In the pink
Of condition.
THE present idea. " said an officer yester-
day, seems TO be to employ the navy tenn
porarily in Cuba and if the situation should
call for the keeping of a force permanently
IN the islands the marines and bluejackets
would be succeeded by infantry. We know
exactly what we can count on in the way OF
transports. The Sumner, which has been
undergoing repairs in dock in New York,
rs In splendid condition "
; lis there anything in the movements Of
the transports that indicates that naval
officials take a serious view Of the situationp'
he was asked.
/, lam not qualified to speak of the opinions
< Of the officials at Washington, but | do know
that the transport Fitzpatrick has been
ordered to sail from Manila October 1, a
month earlier than intended, and the Meade
and the ingalls,, which arrived at Singapore
from Manila on Friday, have been directed
10 crowd on all steam for New York, where
they are expected to arrive on November Q.
Ordinarily these vessels would proceed
leisurely."
Oficers and men to man the new battle
ship Connecticut being built in the yard
began to report for duty yesterday from
the various naval stations. Lieut.. ". P.
Cronin, Junior aid to Admiral Coghlan,
will be among the Connecticut's officers.
The crew will number some 700 men.
The navy yard yesterday was the Mecca
for siRhtseers and Sands street has not
witnessed such an o~utpOurinH since the
Spanish-American war. Vendors and takers
were quick to take advantage Of the situation
and soon the entrance presented a Coney
Island appearance.
A Japanese who formerly was a ste ward
.uuon one Of the battleshipS but now runs
a.small bakery in Sands street near Wash
, ington containing goodies the sailors IKE
allowed enterprise early in the game by dis
PLAYING a Theoretically spelled sign, which
read:
II. 3. Sailors motifs: Ri mi rice cakes now,
Tor YOU may be in Cuba next weeks. 3 for
1 cent. T. lslJl' Prop
To all visitors not presenting properly
signed passes entrance TO the yard was
~ denied A sightseeing loaded
= down to the guards appeared shortly after
noon and started through the gates. A
marine on guard stepped out and said 10
the operator:
sOh it's all right, Jack, said the man be,
hind the megaphone to the other behind
he gun. Its all right-let US through
These people are from all over the country
and each Clipped in a little extra coir
after the regular trip II | would brinG
them over here TO see the warships.'
There was nothing doing. however.
One OF the sightseers, a woman who said
that she was from Easton, Pa, rave the
: marine a piece Of her mind, saying that II
was a irving shame that after people from
inland helped support the navy year IN
and year out a mere slip OF a boy in a uni
form should prevent them from taking a
peep at il. Then the vehicle ~navigatec
slowly along Flushing avenue with a moi
Of small boys in its wake.
As the peak Of the fighting mast Of the
Dolphin at the cob dock was made on
over the low wall the megaphone man go
his nerve back and said in important tones:
ITO your left, ladies and gentlemen TIC
vour left is the great battleship Oregon
II has just been rushed here TO await tht
outcDme Of the Cuban war. Why, that
ehip could put down a rebellion like you'C
snun out a candle. It's marvellous.
Business in the sailors shooting gallery
OF the Helen Gould Naval Y NJ. {. A., wher'
President Roosevelt tried his skill to tht
delight Of the sailors when he visited Their
last year, has nearly doubled. Away
popular with the sailors, II IL now fairll
overrun.