The San Francisco call., 1909-10-17

gangWay, the quarantine steamer Ar
gonaut having put the port gangway
out of commission when it ran. along
side off Meiggs wharf to put the fed
eraI doctors on board. Under ordinary
circumstances only official visitors and
commissioned officers are received at
the starboard gangway. The port gang
way to a ship is what the tradesman's
entrance is to mansion. and to be
compelled to receive everybody at the
gangway reserved for ceremonial pur-
poses would be regarded as a deplor-
able state Of affairs on most ships.
The officers of the Arcona, however,
/ accepted the situation with smiles, and
the newsboy who hopped up the ladder
from a passing launch found the way
on board just as clear as did Herr
Franz Bopp, the German consul general,
who was one of the first visitors.
The Arcona. is classed as a light crui-
ser. and is vessel Of $500 tons dis
placement. The cruiser was built at
the Weser dock yard near Bremen in
1903, and can romp along at a p knot
salt. The personnel is made up OF 10
officers and 265 men. The cruiser is
painted white, has two low smoke
stacks and a ram bow, which gives the
ship. in the eyes of a landsman, a most
formidable appearance.
Ten Al inch guns form the most i'm
portant part of the cruisers battery.
The Arcona left Tsingtau September
/ :, just two weeks after her return from
Samoa. where the cruiser was ordered
I last May to make the heather chiefs
/ OF Germany's island possession behave
Three of the chiefs whose promise to
/ be good was not taken at its face
value were carried away on the Arcona
and landed on an island near Guam
! where they will have plenty of time to
/ ponder on the folly of disturbing the
harmony of an island owned by the
kaiser.
TOAST KAISER'S HEALTH
/ Mayor Taylor and the committed
I boarded the cruiser about 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, and were received
( by Captain Schroeder in his cabin
where the captain and his officers
proved delightful hosts.
] The health of the German emperor
was toasted, and the health of Presi-
! dent Taft, glasses were raised and
drained to the well being of the Ger
man empire, the prosperity of the
/ United States. to the health OF the cap
tain and of the mayor and of the good
/ ship Arcona. The captain talked to The
mayor in fawless English, and the
mayor chatted with the captain il
German that the captain pronounced
first class.
Captain Schroeder, who is single
wealthy and handsome, is AZ years o.
age, and when he so told Mayor Taylor
the burgomaster of San Francisco con
fided TO the navy officer that he, alas
was y, but as young, by Jove, as an!
of the committee.
The Arcona is. the third vessel O
that name in the German navy. Th'
first Arcona visited San Francisco II
1876 Among the officers then on boarc
was Lieutenant Won Fischel, who il
now an admiral and chief of the nav,
staff Captain Schroeder for a time wa
Admiral Won Fischers aid, and among
the Junior Iieutenants on the Arcon;
today is. Egon Won Fischel, son of th
admiral Won Fischel and Lieutenan
Eitzemitz have been ordered home t.
Germany, and will leave the Arcona II
a day or So Their places will be takel
by two midshipmen now on their wa.
here from Berlin.
PERSONNEL OF COMMAND
Among the officers on the Arcona is
count. Lieutenant Graf Won Schmitton
Payrnaster Krause is the only marfie'
officer on board. The cruisers officer
Captain H Schroeder. Lieutenan
Commanders Condemann and Albrecht
Senior Lieutenants Bahrfeldt, vol
Bomhard. Won Konig and Won Schulten
Junior Lieutenants schmolIing, Vol
FischeI, Zitzemitz, Mellenthin ant
Graf Won Schmitton. Chief Enginee
Hause. Second Engineer Zurn, Paymas
ter sKrause and Surgeon Krause.
The Arcona will remain here abou
two weeks.