Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-24
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IN english NAVY
COULDN'T see kAasERS Joke
ABOUT TIME sEyWEEN
DRINKS
GERMAN KINGS HIGH RANK
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uaoaaEshs have lseen naaae honorary
Officers al she british nav, n. liar.
nan Emperor remains TO-DAY H., en,x
":fe.E holding supreme raak. III.
commission Conferred upon tae kaiser
sss purely honorary. hut bic majesty
hAs never ~e"neeale.t the nrsd.. win
"h!eh he d"ns the British uniform
Win IFS deep gold cuffs and eoes.a
nat D be- a boas; that D.. Is III.
"aIE Ea!eF af \ foreign state "a h., h.s
"Fef commanded the British navy In
a.odeFn times.
Arriving al Malta ones. his mat-s,v
announced that the follow Ing aay h.
would inspect one of the G naf.w ar
accordingly. h. proceeded IN hoard
ana his flag was forthwith hois,sa
u was thought tina, his maiest, we.,s
normally walk round the decks and
men take IN light refreshments and
return 20 his yacht. This was mn, the
ease' however. M sooner did the I'm.
Deror reach the quarterback whar.
% was received With naval honors nv
all the officers. than he took off h,s
coat and intimated that he was rea ~
to no over the shin.
His majesty went everywhere svo,n
me tnrre's 10 the engine and ho,,sr.
rooms and kept the captain fully a..
en2ied answering a multitude Of ones.
'ions as tn the design and eauinmens
m the vessel. With all the earerness
OF his nature he dived into every hale
ana corner and saw everything and
the captain was kept 80 busy that he
forgot his duty as host and the wines
which he had lain in for the occasion
Al last the inspection ended and
Inc Questions ceased, and his majesty
prepared. after complisenting the
captain On the smartness nf his shin
TO 20 down the companion lad.
der 10 board his launch. As
he did so, he turned 10 the CAPTAIN
and said. Yours nus be the longest
ship In the British navy" 4 think
not. your majesty" replied the cap
tain: It's only le0 feet long" oh.
sou surely are mistaken" added the
emperor: and then the captain remem-
bered the naval slang as TO long.
ships in the navy" namely. those
with long intervals between refresh.
ments. He forthwith apoiogised pro.
fusely for the oversight. and implored
the emperor TO return 10 the cabin.
His majesty would not. however. do
20. but added. January eth is my
birthday. and my orders are that on
that day you entertain all your broth.
er captains to dinner and drink my
health" He then left, pleased at the
result Of the incident.
When the day arrived the dinner
was duly held. and the guests enjoyed
themselves immensely. During the
evening they dispatched the following
message to the emperor: The orders
Of our admiral Of the fleet have been
carried out, and we have drunk your
majesty's good health. But there Ii
one point on which we cannot agree
with your majesty, and that is as Il
Inns. - being a long ship.
From this the emperor. who is fam
liar with the language Of the navy
was able to infer that on that coca
sion there had been no lack Of hos
pitality.
One of the best days Of my life,
he has remarked. (which ! shall neve'
forget as long as I live, was the da!
when. / inspected the Mediterranean
fleet when l was on board the Dread
nought. and my flag was hoisted TO
the first time" The kaiser at TIL
time was making a cruise in the Ned
terranean, and visited Athens to a
tend the wedding Of his sister to tn