The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-14
NEWBERRY'S TRIP UNDER SEA
SECRETARY BEATS ROOSEYELTsS
SUBMARINE RECORD.

Naval Reserves devote Q nay to Receivsae
the Department chief and Casryfne
MS Flag Ahead OF Him From ehip
to ship-A Submarine Torpedo Displsy.
ON BOARD THE Tonpspo Boar sTnrso-
HAM. WA New LONDON. Conn.,. Aug. is.-
Truman h. Newberry, who 10 acting
| Secretary Of the Navy. let himself be lowered
! thirty feet under Gardiners Bay this
| afternoon and stayed long enough to take
a fall out Of MIR. Rooseveft's submarins
record. Mr.. Newberry as the guest o.
| Commander Charles g. Marsh. Admiral
| Of the Naval Reserve feet In these watsrs,
spent the day in inspecting the ~vcluntesr
sailors. but found time to take a dip In the
! Octopus. Commander Marsh's newest and
best equipped diving boat.
The Assistant Secretary arrived this
morning aboard the Dolphin from wstsh
Hill, The Dolphin lot 60 her hook q fsw
minutes before 0 o'clock. but Il was too
early to observe formafities, and not until
0 did Mr.. Newberry, with the sahufs o
fifteen guns. appropriate to his rank. board
| thes flagship Yankee. In Commander
| Marsh's cabin he met the officers Of the
feet and asked thsn II they had amp ortiz
cism to offer concerning the mannpvree.
A Lieutenant from Massachusetts piped
up promptly, saying he thought the Yankee
was too crowded for effective work. The
Secretary made no comment. but Leu1
Paul Foley. executive oficer OF heY Yankee.
reproved the naval militiamsn somewAp1
sharply for butting In. 'You are nct .
commanding officer said Foley, -aud
II was not up to you to answer. There
Ia plenty Of room aboard the Yankee Ter
any corps that Is properly organised
Tho Massachusetts Lieutenant eaid b.
hadn't meant to criticise. but the Secretayy
asked for expression Of opinion and he
didn't see why he couldn't speak.
Mr.. Newberry visited all Of the vessels
OF the feet, closely pursuing his dag. u
happened that there was only one Assistant
Secretary flag in the whole feet, a that
Marsh had borrowed at Newport for this
occasion. and whenever Ncwberry sst cut
from one ship for another they had 20 Do
some tall hustling to get the pennant there
ahead Of him. Two or three times he bsaS
the hag.>
About noon he went aboard the Octopus,
which was then submerged thirty fect
below the surface. remaining forty-dve
minutes. The Assistant Secretary watchsd
the firing Of the oollapsibse Whitehead
torpedo from the submarine Tarantuhar
II had beeu planned to have q very thorough
test Of the submarines for Mr.. Newberry'a
benefit, but 90 many formalities and oflcial
ceremonies had to be gone through thAk
tho attack on tho Hist became . very tafn6
afair indeed. For the purpose OF tnstruor
tion It was compiete enough no dcubt,
but there was not a thirhbicful OF thrill IN
the whole business.
The Tarantula. commanded bs-sESAk.
George F. Daniels. dipped twenty feet be-
low the whitecaps. kicked like q mule and
fred an eighteen foot Whitehead from her
stern. The torpedo snake It's way under
water for 1000 yards. until 10 ramned IL
soft nose into a avn tennis net like seine
twenty fathoms from the bow Of the Hist
II wal about as exciting as q game OF
marbles.
A night attack on the feet by the i've
torpedo boats ~Stringham. Barney. Tingey.
De Long and Thornton, the third torpedo
lotilla. under the command OF Lieut.. Willis
G. Mitchell. had been planned for Tonight,
but a bright moon spoiled the arrange
ments. Commander Marsh looked ct the
noon and signalled with flags Of blue and
red and yellow. ooh. what's the user No
torpedo boats could hope to slip within
the lines on 30 clear O night and Uncle
Sammy Ii not fond Of having his good coal
squandered. Good GOAL 10 more highly
valued In the navy than regulations. ~
to regulations. there is an old saying witch
has absolutely nothing to do with Naval
Reserves. but which deals with time. 1hsst
commanders and coal, and the greatest Of
these is coal.
Mr.. Newberry, sped by o fine flourish OF
bugles, left for Watch Hill on the Dolphin
at 4 o'clock this afternoon, expressing no
opinion whatever on the wonders he had
viewed, Several regular officers limited 10
MIR. Newberry pretty strongly that the
benefits Of week q training TO the NavalRe-
serve under these conditions are decidedly
p~roblematical. The volunteer sailors frofn
New York, Massachusetts, New Jerssy,
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine havs
had a fine pleasant outing In fine pleasant
weather. but It IL doubtful how much prac-
tical knowledge they AVE received In this
floating seminary. One thing has 70
suited, however: the reserves from New
York have demonstrated their ability 70
shoot quick and straight. The general
averages for Workmanship with . Inch
rifles over the i 100 yard range at regulA-
ton navy targets resulted in this score;
S ss:s; Hos. &c. A S'!s:s,
S :::Ss!s::s%i:ssSi:: ! 4
New Jersey while scoring q higher aver
age OF hits for shots hre5 handed the gums
fewer times. as the table shows. and could
not work nearly 30 swiftly. making out of
about fifteen shots q minute an average
OF only GA hits a minute. while New
York made q fine general average Of e.ie
hits a minute out Of Is shots . min
ute. II was one Of the Manhattan con.
tngent. an employee OF the Board Of Edu.
cation. who smashed all records for Naval.
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