The National tribune., 1906-11-08

booms and all necessary fixed chutes
scuttles. matches and other openings.
There are two bill boards and four
hawse pipes, each hawse pipe SO de-
4 signed that StOckless anchors may be
slowed in them. There are four heavy
anchors, two of the Navy type and two
of the stockless type.
The following boats are carried, ade-
quate provision being made for their
convenient stowage and handling. two
i electrically-operated boat cranes, eight
pairs of boat davits, adjustable boat
chocks. and all necessary fittings being
provided for this purpose. One 50-foot
steam cutter, two 36-foot steam cutters,
one 36-foot steam launch three 35-foot
launches. five 30-foot cutters, two 30
foot whaleboats, one 30-foot gig whale
boat, one 30-foot barge, two 20-foot
dingeys, one 16-foot dingey, one 14-foot
dingey and two life RATS.
i The vessel is designed as a flagship,
and the arrangement of quarters pro-
vides ample accommodations for the
following complement: A flag officer.
a chief of staff, 10 wardroom officers.
i 10 junior officers, 10 warrant officers.
and not less than 761 men, including
so marines.
There is a lower bridge both forward
and aft, and flying bridge forward,
according to the latest practice. On
the flying bridge is fitted a screen of
bronze for the protection of the men
at the wheel, and there is also bronze
chart house forward.
i There are steel maSts forward and
aft, the foremast having an upper and
lower top, the mainmast a lower top
only. Masts are arranged for wireless
telegraphy. There is one signal yard
| Oh, ,nef ole roI,1 fr1 ,1ot
form forward and aft, with a crows
nest on the foremast.
/ On this floating palace the President
j and Mrs. Roosevelt are now sailing
south. But magnificent as it was In
its completed state, and designed for a
flagship. it was not up to the naval
/ idea of what the President should have
for his home while under the care of
the Navy, and so they made it over in
1 a large respect for him.
/ The President's Quarters.
1 The Presidents quarters will occupy
| nearly One-quarter Of the space of one
deck, and have been made by tearing
| out doors and throwing the quarters of
the Admiral and Captain into one suite
1 They are separated from the rest of
the ship by temporary bulkhead, and
1 the President will have as much pri-
vacy as he would have in the White
House.
| In the suite are a large reception
| room, where state dinners and official
l receptions will be held on the trip
when the President receives the heads
of Southern Governments: large living
I room for general use of the President
and his party: breakfast and smok-
ing room, where the President will at
| tend to official business, located in the
stern of the battleship, and with fine
| light: the Presidents stateroom. de-
signed for the Admirals quarters; a
large stateroom, intended for the Ad-
mirars Chief of Staff. for Mrs. Roose-
welt, and six other staterooms and bath
rooms for other members of the party.
A transformation was made in the
after part of the ship. Two beautiful
silk flags, presented to the ship by the
children of Lieut.. Chaplin. the executive
officer, We're prettily draped against a
| bulkhead in the reception room, thru
which one enters the Presidents quar-
| ters. They are battalion flag of blue
| silk, with a blue foul anchor on white
ground for its center and the Stars and
| Stripes. Both are beautifully embroid-
| cred. They are the flags carried by
| landing party" in action.
The Presidents double brass bed
| stead is set in the center of a large
room on the starbOard side. There are
also in this room mahogany rolltop
| desk sideboard, a lea ther upholstered
lounge and Morris chair of the same
| style. The dining room has been fur
nished with leather-covered chairs, with
| frames of mahogany, and there are also
| in this room rolltop desk and side
| board of mahogany.
| Special ropes have been made for the
| Presidents gangway steps leading to
the quarterback. They have been cross
pointed with green baize and black
cloth, and big white Turks heads have
been worked by the jackies in the deck
ends, where they reeve through brass
stanchions. There are mailboX sew
eral typewriters and. in fact. every
thing needed to carry on the executive
business while the ship is at sea.
The smoking room, where the Presi-
dent will attend to his official business,
| is in the stern of the battleship.
Never before in the history of the
| Navy has there been such commodious
| quarters in one suite on battleShip.
The President will break traditions in
the Navy by spending so long a time on
a ship. In the Presidents quarters
there were few additional wicker
chairs, large desk, where the official
papers will be kept, and lounges for use
in tropical climates.
Always In Reach of Shore.
At no time during the trip will Presi-
dent Roosevelt be more than an hour
away from Washington by wireless.
Care has been taken in making the
itinerary of the Louisiana to keep with
in constant communication by wirelessl
with stations on shore, which can atl
once send messages to or from WASH
ington to the ship.
The Louisiana is equipped with al
powerful sending and receiving station.
The ship will hug the shore all the way
south. so there will be no difficulty in
establishing communications with
Washington. The apparatus on thel
battleship has been thorOly tested in
the last week.
Palms from the White House have
been sent for to decorate tho rooms
occupied by the President and Mrs. |
Roosevelt.
On the Louisiana. which is com-l