The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-06
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS



| New Zealand A battleship of the
| dreadnought type will be made the
| flagship of the squadron, the base of
which will be established in Chinese
waters.-Mainichi Dempo, Toxic.
North Dakota in Dock.
Boston Transcript-At high tide this
morning the North Dakota was brought
safely through the crooked channel to
her dock at the Fore River shipyard,
with the distinction of being the best
all-around battleship afoat. The official
figures of the navy department show
that not only did she much exceed the
specified speed of twenty-one knots an
hour but that with the Curtis turbines
the necessary power was produced with
considerably less water consumption
than the contract required.
The corrected figures show that dur
ing three hours of the full power trial
the turbines and engineers auxiiaries
used only 1896 pounds of water, in the
form of steam, as compared with the
specified limit of ISL pounds, equiva-
lent to a saving of 1-2 per cent Dur
ing the twenty four hours of the 49,
| knot trial the saving was 5 per cent
| the difference between 16.1 specified
and 1929 actual-while for the same
period of the 12-knot trial the actual
was only 22.3 pounds as against 23.2
pounds specified, equivalent to a saw
| ing of nearly 4 per cent.
From a practical point of view the
| small coal consumption at low speed
| is the most important result shown by
these trials, for it measures the maxi
mum steaming radius under cruising
conditions without recoaling. The dis
lance, which is materially greater than
that of her sistership, the Delaware,
which is fitted with reciprocating en-
gines, is without question due to the
higher efficiency of the turbine type of
engine At 12-knot speed the steaming
radius for the North Dakota figures
5000 knots, while it is 1000 knots at
! 19-knot speed and at a maximum of
q 1-2 knots it is 5000 knots.
Chief Commissary Brainard
An interesting story is going the
rounds on the mainland about former
"Sergt. David L. Brainard NOW chief
commissary the Philippines division.
In the account of the finding of the
relics of the Greedy expedition of 1881
by Commander Peary's rear guard
Professor Mcmillan tells how "Serg-
can't Brainard s trunk was found in
tact.
The. trunk had been carried by Col
onel Brainard in 1884 with the Greedy
expedition into the northern part of
Grinnell Land and ON the return of the
party it was left at Fort Conger It
contained few papers, articles of
clothing, a watch and several other
articles. The colonel had written his
name on the inside of the lid and it
was due to that fact that Professor
Mcmillan was able to trace the owner
ship. Colonel Brainard thought the
trunk had long since ceased to exist.
Colonel Brainard joined the Second
Cavalry as a private in September,
1876. the regiment being stationed in
Montana. He participated in the In
dian campaigns under General Miles,
and was wounded in the face in action
with the Sioux in 1877. Upon his re-
turn from the Arctic in 1884 he was
made a sergeant in the Signal Corps.
and two years later congress conferred
upon him the commission of second lieu
tenant in the Second Cavalry as a
recognition of his gallant services in
the Arctic expedition. General Greedy
in his book. published shortly before
Colonel Brainard was commissioned.
saws: "Sergeant Brainard vet remains
after eight years of stainless and ex-
traordinary service in the ranks, a
sergeant His manhood, courage and
self-sacrifce. displayed on the polar
sea and at Sabine, would have gained
him a commission at once in any other
service of the world. -