New-York tribune., 1909-07-25
BIG FLEET In PORT
wORK PLEASED ADMIRAL.
Hero of the Week a CiC1Lidn, Who
Made Fire ReScNeS.
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,sroz5ncs,o,vn. Mass July 24-The largest sum
Of money ever issued by the United States govern
raent to its navy while stationed In New England
waters was distributed among the fifteen thousand
officers and men Of the North Atlantic feet here
.odsx More than S1250.0c0 changed hands and
sailors and officers are happy
IT,. aeet arrived shortly before noon after spend
ing the last three days at target and attack prac-
,ice IN Bsrastable Bay. Headed by the flagship
Connecticut. commanded by Rear Admiral
Schroeder who stood upon the bridge. the big
fighting ships entered the harbor and took their
resoactive positions in q column.
The line Of battIeships extends from that sec
ton OF the harbor known as the Cove. away over
+o Tr71ro q distance of more than six miles, while
IN the inner harbor the torpedo boats, twelve
in number. and the Golfers and supply ships A
total et forty ships under the stars ana STRIPES
are now at anchor here
After the ships had dropped anchor the call 10
quarters wEs blown on each ship and the boFs
lined I'd for their pay This afternoon there are
fully five thousand sailors ashore The pan teams
s7d ether athletic bodies came or the ships and
7ooIzed 10 Evans Field. where games were soon
started Interest was largely centred in the ball
games and the championship event between the
Nebraska and the New Jersey teams attracted the
crowds
s+rict orders we're given every man before he
left the shin not TO get intoxicated Its small
town" the orders read. -'and for the men OF the
United States Navy TO disgrace themselves by
getting drunk viii not he tolerated Every man
degree viii be arrested and dealt with severely
when he arrives aboard his ship
This order was effective. for there was not 4
man found intoxicated during the afternoon OF
evening.
Admiral Schroeder said- shorty al'eT 'li7 O
recticut dropped anchor:
The last three days have been great ones TOT
mis- Heet We have done everything conceivabe
under the sun with the ships. the guns ana me
men. Several experiments have neen uleo' "a
which some worked successfully, While oIheIS sun
need a little tinkering-
I hope our firing has not bothered the cltzefs'
for they have been amable TO my men and We
like to treat them accordingly. We took out over
score Of targets and have brought hack none SO
some Of our shots hit the mark
The Prairie left to-day with the members OF the
Rhode Island and Connecticut naval brigade, which
came here last Saturday The were pretty weu
tired out
The outbreak of typhoid fever which was reported
the first Of the week is under control, and
although the sick boys Of the Wisconsin were re-
moved 10 Boston and the ship thoroughly fuTni-
gated the other sailors aboard were not allowed
ashore
The hero Of :he week at ProvincetoTn has been
George E B Stroebe. Of Rockport Mass. who
has been running a launch in the harbor since the
arrival Of the feet. On Tuesday Szroebe pulled a
launch. On Thursday two women were capsiize9
from roVboat the harbor. and Stroeble olVed
over for them. and succeeded in getting both 10 q
This morning 2 woman fell from the dock, and
Strceble left his launch nd went into the wafer lr
her saving her life. His fifth rescue for the week
was late TO-DAY. when he saved Mrs Ora Harris,
of New York. She was about to board the ndgshP
Connecticut when the accident happened