The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-28
JAPANESE
CADET SHIP
IN HARBOR
cFrom wednesday.s Aaverllaer.,

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general impression that Panama was an
unhealthy place to visit at this time OF
the year, the captain of the japanese
training ship Taisei Maru altered the
course of the vessel after leaving San
Francisco and steered for Honolulu. ar.
irving here yesterday afternoon at 9
o clock, anchoring in the stream near
the quarantine wharf. The vessel by
arriving here ahead Of time and prob.
ably surprising the college authorities
in Japan by so doing, is just now in a
peculiar situation. The officers do not
know how long they will remain here
or where the next port of destination
will be.
The Taisei Maru left San Francisco
for Panama on July 2s after stay of
eleven days at the former port. The
vessel experienced gentle west,north.
westerly winds, becoming appreciably
lighter as the ship sailed south, and on
August 0 there was a dead calm. Two
days later one of the cadets having
become quite i'll from a pulmonary af
in weak state of health, the captain
decided to omit Panama as a port of
call, it being considered unhealthy dur.
ing the rainy season, and proceed direct
to Honolulu. After altering the ships
course to the westward fresh northeast
trades carried the ship to the longitude
of 40 West, when the winds became
gradually lighter and more easterly.
Steam was raised on Monday, the col
lege authorities permitting steam to be
used when the vessel arrives within
hundred miles of coast. During the
entire trip from San Francisco the ship
did not have to take in the light sails
The commander, Captain c. Furuya,
during the Japanese-R war, was sta
toned at various naval stations. He
participated in two wars and wears
several service medals. Being a cadet
training ship there are instruction Of
ficers aboard, the chief one being s.
Ozawa, while the instructor in English
is Captain F. A. Phillips, the only for
eigner aboard. The other officers are.
Chief officer, NJ. Sasaki; second officer,
S. Satow; third officer, X. Suzuki;
fourth officer Y. Shiraishi; chief engi
neer, II. Onishi; first engineer, H. Mat
sui; surgeon, DR.. Yoshida; purser, S.
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ment of 1874 officers and men, including
cadets, there being IL officers, SO cadets
and 81 members of the crew, most of
whom are war veterans.
The Taisei Maru is bark rugged yes.
sci with auxiliary steam power, built
at Kobe in 1904, by the Kawasaki
Dockyards Co. During the last war
she was employed as water transport.
The vessel has made two voyages to
Australia and one to the Philippines,
being royalty entertained at Manila
where Governor General Smith assisted
in making the visit a pleasant one.
The Taisei Maru is employed by the
Nautical College of Toxic, Japan, to
train cadets for the merchant marine
service, so that that service will have
officers well trained in navigation and
accompanying subjects. The college
educates youths destined to become Of
ficers and engineers, and the course of
study and training in the navigation
department is five and half years, and
that in the engineering department five
years. The curriculum of the naviga-
tion department for the sixth class in
cludes practical and theoretical sea-
manship, commercial geography, phys,
les, mathematics, law, chemistry, mod
ern Japanese and Chinese, foreign Ian
guage, and military drill. Fifth class:
same as for the sixth class with navi-
CATION in addition. Fourth class: navi.
CATION, seamanshlp, shipbuilding, ma
rine meteorology, general principles of
the steam engine, physics, foreign Ian
guages, military drill, nautical survey,
ing, ships hygiene, law and mathema.
tics Third class: navigation, seaman
ship and all subjects above enumerated
the second class the same and the first
class is taught gunnery, training in sail
: ing ship and foreign going steamers
In the navigation department, navi
CATION, seamanship, nautical surveying
marine meteorology, law and ship build
ing are termed the principal studies ant
the Others as auXiliaries.
= On their entrance cadets are PLACED
: in the sixth class and are promoted on
= class higher at the end of each 81,
months. They are instructed in tn
u college class rooms until they advanc
l. to the first class when they are sen
to the naval gunnery school at Yoke
suka for term of about six month,
They then serve for a period of tw
[ years on board the College trainingshi
d Taisei Maru and further six month
d, on board an ocean-going steamship a
It officer apprentices, thus taking FIVE an