The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10
JACKIESE NJOYLIFE ONWARSHIP CRUISE

the feet from 10 o'clock IN the morning
until after in the afternoon to pass
/ Cape Henry This feet did II In two
hours. When Admiral Evans was asked
about il he said that the little tender
Nankton, which goes with this feet for
use on ceremOnious or other useful oc-
easions. could have whipped that entire
neet OF itself. It's modern small guns
3-inch ones-c6uld shoot so far that
II could lie completely out of the range
! OF any Of the guns on that fleet and
simply lombard the vessels to pieces.
The Arrival of the Fleet.
But 10 return to Trinidad The Vene-
zuolan coast had been IN sight for an
hour on Monday. December %. before
Trinidad was made out. little after
noon- haze obscured things on
shore. Gradually a dark lump on the
horizon took shape. then it assumed
color a deep green. and then on the
highest point, something like 400 feet
above the sea. a white needle pierced
the haze in the sky. 1t was the light
house that points the way TO the four
entrances into the Gulf Of Paria from
the Caribbean, called the Dragons
Mouths. The lighthouse was a visible
sign OF the care OF British for shipping
III Is said 10 be one Of the best in anv
OF EnSlands colonial possessions.
Admiral Evans headed his ships to-
ward tue narrow entrance 20 tho east
ot the main one. 1t is called Boca de
NaVios, one of the many reminders Of
1he Old Spanish days before England
swept down through these waters. The
admiral had ordered his ships i'm single
ME OF the open order. or wiug-aDd-
Wing formation. Approaching more
closely ne ordered close formation. one
directly behind another. at a distance
Of 400 yards When within three miles
OF the entrance he veered off TO take
the large passage 10 the west. Boca
Grande. Then he made sbarp turn
after be had cleared the entrance 10
the gulf For some time he stood in
toward the shore.
Port OF Spain could just be made out
on the beach. eight miles awav. The
SHIPS We're pointed directly for il and
u they had intended TO lombard ii they
could scarcely have been more apgras-
slVe looking in the way they SWING
into the bay The second division kent
on IN the lead OF the single file of sbins
until they reached places directly be-
Alnd The ships of the first division
Then they made dramatic swing $50
III bee third and four divisions I'm turn
did the same thing
Long before the fleet had come 10 an
chor IL was noticed that the t8rpedo
hotiila which had started from HAMPTON
Roads about two weeks before the fleet
was IN the harbor- Mishaps TO the Law
renee mad brought the hotilla back that
morning after it had gone eighty miles
Oh tHe leg 70 Para Tie mishaps were not
very serious, but II was better 10 make
repairs in a port than at sea and So
Lieut. Cone, in charge. had come bach.
The supply ships and golfers were also
IN port.
GREAT Collection Of American Flags.
In few minutes the fun significance OF
all these ships became known. Here was
sight that no other foreign port in the
world had ever seen. Twen-v-nine ships
We're flying the American flag AZ once
There were really thirty-One connected
with the navy. directly ard Indirectly. in
port but Two Of the Golfers flew foreign
flags. Far in toward the city. however
were three more vessels flying our flag
enc brigantine, another "A small steam
ship, and another a little vessel that niles
up the Orinoco. So thirty-two specimens
Of Old Glory huttered in the breeze lust
before the sun went down.
The anchorage Admiral Evans selected
was fully I've miles from the beach" as
the naval man puts it, No ships can go
directly 90 the landing places in Port of
Spain and only small ones en- approach
within half mile. As soon as Tie anchors
were down the admiral sigla ed that no
one was to go ashore unit ne had gone
the next morning 10 pay his official re-
spects 70 Sir Henry NJ jackson. X. &. N.
e., the governor general Ii was nearly
; clock that night when the health Off
Ger gave pratique much TO the relief Of
some ships, because there h,7 been - few
cases OF measles and some Clner diseases
that are classed as conta gious. but great
care had been taken In the matters of fsa- I
latiOn and disinfecJing Indeed. every (
patient in the fleet was convalescent. II (
was a relief 10 Admiral Evans also to
learn that there had not been case of /
yellow fever in Trinidad for six weeks. /
Accordingly he gave orders to allow !.
liberty to all the first class men in the /
fleet.
The next morning Admirals Evans 4
Thomas, Sperry, and Emory went ashore I
to pay their respects TO the governor /
He had sent carriages with 2 /
guard of honor to escort them to tho
government house. Port Of Spain is not
a saliting port. because no English garri- I
son is kept here, and therefore no guns
doomed on arrival
Admiral Evans exhibited great tact and /
showed the incest regard for the situation
when he asked Gov. Gen. Jackson to re-
turn his call that afternoon at the Queens
Park Hotel The governor and the ad-
niral are old friends. The governor IS not
strong, having returned recently from
London. where he underwent a surgical
operation, A journey of five miles out 10
the ships in the blazing sun, Admiral
Evans thought would be too much for
him, and the governor appreciated thor
)ughly the admiraTs solicitude for his
health.
Trinidad Itself Unenthusiastfc.
But let the truth be known! Trinidad
1idn't warm up to the fleet at all Il
regarded it with apparent indifference.