Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-12-16

man III the feet will feel it not only q
duty, but Il pleasure. to repay the
people for their interest by absolute
fidelity to the trust imposed upon him,
in small things as well as in large /
destination the people will have for US
upon our arrival welcome as warm
as is the godspeed which they give rs
on our departure and that, should our
commander in chief then decide to
send Us on mission Of peace and
good will TO the nations of the other
hemisphere. the same warm interest
will follow in the future as it always
has in the past"
1t has been repeatedly stated that
the feet might eventually circle the
globe. some color being given to the
report by the fact that the navy de-
partment furnished the navigator OF
each ship with corrected charts show
ing the way to San Francisco, to Ma
Mia and to Gibraltar.
Several scouting parties were ashore
yesterday looking for scrubby pines
TO be used as Christmas trees. Nearly
all were successful, and the little pines
will be carefully slowed awa& n
Trinidad is reached on Christmas eve.
Although ~ for an extended tour
of duty in thc cific ocean. the feet
still retains s le of the United
States Atlantic feet
The feet viii arrive at Trinidad on
Dec. "a and remain until Dec. %. 1t
is expected that nothing will be done
there except to coal the ships. Some
of the officers may take a trip to the
celebrated Pitch lake, where the as
phalt that paves large part of our
streets comes from. but it is not likely
that any shore leave will be granted to
the sailors.
The distance from Hampton Roads
to Trinidad is 1850 miles and with
the exception Of the run from Mag
dalena bay TO San Francisco, about
LOO miles, will be the shortest reach
ON the voyage. Christmas will be cei-
ebrated at Trinidad, and it will be of
the usual merrymaking type aboard
ship.
1Atn IL Will DC AuSllC W SCI IOd
in the bunkers and start for Rio. This
will be the longest run of the voyage
a distance of 3,100 miles. The fleet
will arrive there on Jan. IL, and the
stay win be ten days. Shore leave will
be granted to the men, probably about
5000 at time
From Rio the ships will sail on Jan.
81 for Punta Arenas. distance OF
2.22S miles, arriving there on Jan. 81.
Punta Arenas is desolate port of
about 100 people. well inside the
strait of Magellan. Patagonia is ON
one side and TERRA del Fuego on the
other of the strait.
Nothing but coaling viii be done
I there. but the officers may organize
some shooting parties. The climate
down there in February is something
like that of Labrador in our summer.
1t is time Of fog.
Leaving there on Feb. 8, the really
dangerous part of the journey will be-
gin. For nearly 400 miles the ships
must steer through crooked straits
without chance of harbor or of anchor
age. 1t is necessary to start at mid
night so as to reach the most danger
Gus part OF the "trip by daylight All
that day and that night will he occu-
pied in getting into the Pacific. when
there will be comparative safety.
From Punta Arenas to Callao the
run is 1856 miles. Callao win be
reached on Feb. IS for stay Of ten
days TO coal ship and grant shore
leaves
Lima, the capital Of Peru. is less
than ten miles away, and it is proba-
Bile that official receptions similar to
those in Rio will be given. The same
watch over the men ashore will have
to be kept.
Then comes a reach Of about 3.o5p
miles to Masdalena bay, arriving there
on March II for a months target prac-
tice. The feet will be hidden most OF
the time. There is no town near by,
and such news as reaches the public
of the doings Of the feet there will
have to come by wireless telegraph
from the Ships to San Diego, a dis