Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-15
CRUISERS TO BEAT
THEIR OWNRECORDS
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| NSohsAhuSu iiOm k~su -
| Hilo anu the same udmDvr from HilO
back to Honolulu, arriving here on Sat.
urday afternoon. On the next leg OF
/ our journey We will make 10 knots,
and from Mares Harbor to Manila, we
| will go ahead again at Is knots. Our
golfers will meet us at Nare's Harbor,
where everything will be made ready
/ for the long run to Manila.
If II is possible to arrange docking
facilities, II Is the Admiral's wish to
have all eight ships alongside docks
when we arrive back from Hilo on the
afternoon OF the 25th The men will
be paid on that day. and 1t will be
easier to have the ships alongside to
grant shore liberty. The men SO far
have been behaving with great
credit to themselves, and hope
that they will continue to do so. Ho.
nolulu has 80 many attractions that
II is hardly fair to expect that some
of the men will not overstay their lib.
erty, and behave out of the way AT
times. but we all know what sailor
is when he gets ashore
Admiral Returns Calls.
Shortly before 10 o'clock this morn.
ing Admiral Sebree. accompanied by
Flag Lieutenant Holmes, and Aide
Lieutenant Mcmillan. left the flagship
Tennessee to pay the return calls on
the foreign consuls who called on
board the flagship Monday morning.
The full marine band, with the marine
| detachment under the command OF
Captain Carpenter were lined up al
attention as the Admiral and his staff
left the ship. The party then left the
dock and proceeded to the foreign con
sulates In the order named: England
Portugal, Japan. France and China.
Capt. Gilmore Was Captured.
A few minutes after O'Clock yes.
terday afternoon the cruiser Pennsyl.
vania, Captain Charles +. Pond. fin.
ished coaling at Naval Wharf No. !
and proceeded outside to her anchor
age on the mauka side of the harbor.
astern of the California and South Da.
kota.
AS soon as she had Strengthened out
in the channel, the Maryland began to
heave her anchors up. and q little
after 4 o'clock came alongside of the
berth just vacated by the Pennsyl.
vania. Everything was in readiness
for coaling and as soon as her lines
were made fast the hard task of filling
up her bunkers began
II is not known generally here that
the genial captain OF the Maryland,
James c. Gilmore, was the officer on
board the old cruiser Charleston dur
ing 1897. that WIS captured by a saw
age band of Moros and held captive
for some time. and was finally rescued
by a detachment OF United States
troops which were sent out to find him
by order of the late General Funston.
During the Spanish War. when he
was serving on the Atlantic coast,
Captain Gilmore was attached to the
U. S. s. st. Paul as navigating officer
and served during the entire West In.
dian campaign under Captain Sigsbee,
who was captain of the Maine at the
time she was blown up In Havana har.
Dor
Captain Gilmore has been here In
Honolulu a good many times, and has
many friends who are always glad to
see him.
To Beat All Speed Records.
One Of the officers of the fleet, In
talking about tho speed trials last
night at the Moana hotel, remarked
that he was confident that all records
would be beaten next week. off the
coast OF Maui.
1.-THE ships In my mind are able to
make at least 81 knots without very
much trouble. and l would not be at
all surprised to see them go much
faster than that. 1t will mean lots OF
hard work for the men down below at
the fires, but every ship in the feet is
determined to beat the record of her
sister ship.
| "Most OF the men are green in the
engine rooms. but they had chance
to get used to the hard work coming
down from San Francisco, and when
the signal to go ahead Is given from
the flagship Tuesday morning they
will jump to their work like seasoned
men.
Most Of the ships In this feet made
over 81 knots on their trial trip. and
the eight engineers are confident that
they will be able to do Just as well II