The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-02-23
Nv FRANKLIN MATTHEWS.

IirE[ ana second E4A1l-DllS VI TIE ALlaLLlI
feet came to anchor this afternoon they
had completed a journey OF 500 miles, in
rognd numbers, on the trip around the
world Really. they had steamed about
5000 miles, because the work az target
practice in Magdalena Bay last March.
and in Manila Bay last November. re-
<suired about l.0e9 miles OF extra steaming.
Hence, in going around the world, the
feet made a journey almost equal 10
twice around the globe at the equator, in
actual distance.
The distance from Hampton Roads 10
San Francisco. by way Of the Straits Of
Magellan. was 14ee0 miles. IN round num-
bers; from san Francisco 10 Puget Sound
and return, 100 miles. and from san
Francisco 20 Hampton Roads, by way OF
Australia, Japan, and Suez about 29,5oo
miles.
The feet visited every continent on the
globe. North and South America. Aus
trzIia, Asia. Africa. and Europe II sailed
over ever. ocean except the Arctic and
Antartic, and over almost every sea Il
spent a long part OF the time in tropical
waters Il crossed the equator four
LAiCSs anu lCNll- LDALl4C4 Tx Ntl-oLD-
once more in passing By Singapore.
Met ships Of All Nations
In its journey it was greeted by the
war ships OF Brazil. Argentine Republic.
Chile, Peru. Mexico, Great Britain, Japan,
China, Turkey. Greece, and Italy II also
met g Russian squadron in Gibraltar.
French war ships at the same place and
at Morocco, a Danish war ship at Gibra,-
Tar. and a Portuguese war snip At Port
said. In the Mediterranean various coun-
tries were visited by detached ships,
among them being Turkey, Greece.
Tripol. Algiers. Morocco. Italy. and
France. The feet also had the salts
faction Of giving assistance 10 the earth
quake sufferers N Messina.
The feet was gone from December.
Is. 1907 10 February =, 1853. year, two
months, and six days, or f24 days IN all,
counting leap year. According 10 the
logs o. the ships. only As days were &C
Cupied on the cruise but ali home cal
endars Viii show that the cruise lasted
one more day. The difference is due 70
the loss Of one day by the feet in its
westward cruising The folks az home
had one day more OF sunrise and sun
set. one night more Of sleep. than those
on The feet but those on tie ships had
DAYS with a little longer daylight in
them than those al home. and thus the
day lost was made UP.
OF the 433 DAYS that nave elapsed since
the feet left Hampton Reads. I'D IN round
numbers were spent in cruising the $3.50
miles. making the sustained speed OF the
Journey exactly ten knots an hour.
A total OF 243 DAYS was spent in various
ports
On The first stage Of the trip, from
Hampton Roads 70 san Francisco more
days were spent in port than in steam
ing. the figures for stays in port being
81. and at sea S. or 10 in ali. There
was q middle stage in the journey. the
trip 20 and from Puget Sound. where
about DAYS were spent in steaming
and 81 in port That was simply marking
tine for the third stage. the trip from
san Francisco 10 Hampton Roads by the
roundabout way Of New Zealand. Aus
Iralia the Philippines. Japan. the SueZ
Canal. Mediterranean Sea. and Atlantic
Ocean
At Sea and in Port.
On that part OF the journey more days
we're occupied ar sea than in port. the
figures for steaming being 172, and for
STAYS in various pcrts 100. or total
Of 81 days. during which nearly Saooo
miles were Travelled. as against the 1900
Travelled in the 142 days occupied in going
around South America.
The actual steaming transit around the
world, distance nearly twice arOsnd IN
a straight line. occupied six months and
seven days al ten knots steaming.
On the first and third legs thirty days
were spent in target shooting Had these
been eliminated and had the visit 10
Puget Sound been cut out, allowing ten
DAYS stay IN San Francisco. the trip
could have been made In almost exactly
ten months. instead Of fourteen II the
ships had stayed in port only sufficiently
long 10 coal and lay In supplies,
about forty days could have been saved.
This means that the feet could have
made the journey Of @5.0OO miles in q
little less than nine months if social af-
fairs had been eliminated and the ships
had been sent around for business pUr-
poses strictly
By going around the world in the short
est way and IN the shortest time at ten
knots steaming, It Is likely that the feet
could have encircled the world in less
than 20 days, OF less than seven months,
with ample time allowances for COaling-
The longest run Of the entire cruise
was from Honolulu to Auckland. a dis
tance Of $3.50 miles. meaning knots, OF
cOuse. (All the distances here spoken Of
are in knots, or sea miles.) The next
longest was from Albany, Western Aus
tralia. TO Manila. 1900 miles Then there
were two stretches of :, 40 miles each
one from Colombo to Suez. and the other
from Gibraltar to Hampton Roads
Long Stretches on Voyage.
The longest tine Al sea was seventeen
days. from Honolulu to Auckland This
voyage was broken by a glimpse Of Sa-
moa and other lands in the Southern
Pacific. The second longest stage was
also broken BY seeing the land Of vari-
Gus islands. passing through the East
Indies 10 the Philippines. The long jour
ney TO Suez from Colombo was broken
b. seeing land in the Red Sea. The voy-
age across the Atlantic was unbroker
so far as seeing land was concerned, and
therefore, aside from the rough weather
was the most tedious OF the trip, and
really the longest leg Of seagoing out OF
sight Of land
50 much for the elements OF time and
distance on the cruise In the main, II.