Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-12

Crashed the OlllCSl
1t warmly.
Had Thrilling Voyage
c,,,,,,ander Cone then began tne re- re,
,a,,,,tinor of some of the tealu, 60 81 M
yovage. The destroyers ndu 'bortIv
glimpse of the battlesIlps r,,hen they
5ftsr leaving Punta Arenas 49, the
s',,.atod the destroyers tahlHs
curse through the narrow lsia.iS
..i,,,als the battleships sWeeplns 81 II
,.a az sea The trip of the SIX slila,,
craft through the Patagonlah pee9'
was filed with adventure; a4toros of
.sWe'ye been scraping the 20 lilies
narrow channels, a thousaIlu ss+be
5 re, eaid Commander Cone ne
, ,e being barely wide enousn LA ID
iot ms through The waters MeIs LII,
f,.or1 the tufting glaciers and fllled WIN "a
a,,.ai1o,, cakes of ice The boats tooN oli
all the ice we needed Tor uayS
over the side. ar. 80 tho snow
,,arnd mountains rose beside us 10
he,Sht Of thousands of feet, seelil ms
son7etin,es 10 almost close over us
Threaded our way through these isldiluSi
H. cher destroyers following the leau
of the Whipple as We came aiois -
single column. ,..,.o,,.n+ con1-
I'VE had as g. pilot lieutenant go
,nander of the Chilean navy. lie steeIeu
ss.o-;in,,s nleces without the slightess
3nishap. Frequently at night we "9uie
come 10 anchorage on Mario" ST.
,,F rock where there would De p'iioiy
,oon1 enough for all the boats TO crow
together on it. This shelf woula ps
but a slender ledge, OUTSIDE OF Mii'C 90
the bottom dropped sheer hu!lo li, Us ,,e
fatboms hevond all possible anchorage
we Went I'll INC natives. AL
though the weather seemed cooi W 10
tbe costume of the natives was seant
enough, Sometimes they wore nolillS
et ali. Now and then we had gooG
hunting on shore where numerous y.
wild ducks collected We finally shot
awev ali Of our ammunition. but until
that happened we had all OF the fresh
meat we required"
Without Accident
Not an untoward accident marred the
long trip of the destroyers from Hamp-
ton Roads. Their supply SNIP tIle arr :,
thusa. or Mother of the Destroyers'
as She is called, was not able to keep
the fast pace set by the little black
craft. and time and again held them
The destroyers are built to make a
epeed of twenty-eight knots and easily
go from twenty-five to Twenty-Five.
They carry only about $50 tons or coal
each. and require frequent visits from
the golfers.
II want some coai' was one OF the
frs things Commander Cone said TO
Admiral Thomas. We just did get IN
with what we took from the Arethusa
at Acapulco. Three of 'em, Including
the Whipple, have less than four tons
in their bunkers tonight"
Investigation the following morning
disclosed they had even a smaller sup
ply than that. Less than two tons each
was what three of them reported. I'm
mediately arrangements were COM
pleted by the flagship for providing
coal the following day.
At daybreak two collier were work.
ing with a destroyer moored on either
sled of them, pouring coal into the
bunkers of the little craft.
"We'vze been scraping the bottoms Of
Golfers all the way around, [ believe"
said Commander Cone after he had f1n-
ished the disagreeable task of taking
the last few tons of coal out of the
deep holds of the big ships. 1.-THE bat
tleships took ali the coal that was
easy to get, and we have been scraping
out the corners"
Today the golfers havC departed
from the bay, every ship having her
bunkers filled to the fullest capacity
The Ajax will arrive Thursday night
and will remain with the destroyers to
supply them with fuel as needed. The
destroyers will spend ten days or two
weeks In target practice and then fol-
low the feet up the coast, rejoining 1t
as soon as possible.