New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
CRUISE IN RETROSPECT
BaHleship Officers Praise Generosity
of Their Different Hosts.

Officers OF the battleshps Ohio and Missouri.
which joined the Rhode Island and the New Jer-
sey at the Tompkinsville anchorage yesterday.
asked visitors from the metropolis; rs money ac-
cepted at this port?'
Il haven't been able to spend anything for If
teen months" said an officer Of the Ohio. except
hour TO Dress six times or a day wnen
at some foreign port Anything that rustied or
jingled like money one would take at least not
from US I used 70 think United States money
was good the world over. but something vas the
matter with ours this cruiEe. It was a ques-
ton only Of how quickly the people could antici-
pate ones faintest wish and then came the thanks
Of the donor for accepting everything at his ex-
pense"
Another officer Of the Ohio said that home was
about the only place on the globe where he con4d
not travel for the res, Of his life or passes.
II don't care where you put your finger on the
man" he said If we had struck the Arctic the
people there probably would have been tust as
warm in their greetings. I hav- No doubt, n that
case the officers OF the feet would have brought
home ps sses good on every dog sled transportation
line in the region Of the aurora borealis. a sailor
is NOT without passes save in his own country
Captain Thomas r. Howard. commanding tbs
Ohio talked fselingly yesterday Of the epoch max
ing journey of the feet and Of the countless pleas
ing recollectons which mention of any OF ths
anchorage points brings wildly to his mind Lieu
tenant Commander L NJ. Mutton sat near the
captain board ship. and the talk flowed easily
from Toxic to Gibraltar, Annoy, China 10 Ne"
Zealand. and then touched AAstraIta inc oILl-
that were there.
We value as you may easily understand. this
immense silver cup" said Captain Howard On
the cup was engraved: Presented by the imperial
Chinese government TO the L. s. 8 Ohio In COM
n1emoration Of the visit Of the American feet to
China. Annoy. October. 1873
We were at Annoy six days" the captain con-
tinued 1T extremely gratifying and there
vas a touch OF pathos in it, TOO. the way China
received the fleet The plague was ravishing many
places in China when we were there. 50 the gov
ernnent arranged huge isolated spot near Annoy
for the reception OF all ths men OF the feet Gold
and silver medals were presented to the officers
and men, and a series OF most lavish entertain
rnents and dinners was carried out
Lieutenant Commander Mutton las been twice
around the world and said yesterday that he hoped
to 60 at least once more
1T is rather chilly here. you know, he said You
should have seen the cherry blossoms IN Japan.
Mark vou ve were at Toxic in October. when there
really was no chance for ordinary cherry BIOS
som. What did they do--those people in Japaaz
They arranged a large garden Of artificial Cherry
trees IN bloom. natural one could almost smell
them. and then they suspended legend. woven In
those cherry blossoms which announced that the
coming Of the American fleet had turned the raA
into springt.rae-
The Ohio was commanded her long trip BY
Captain Howard. She vas in the second squadron
OF the he4t The 81 division The Ohio won the
trophy for steamins eicisncy. rhich. as It 10 one
Of the older vessels Of the feet 10 regarded as a
particularly notable triumph. The Rhode Island
and the Ohio have orders 10 proceed 70 the Brook
lvn navy yard where they will be laid up tem-
porarIy.
The Missouri departed for Boston ar 40 p m
YESTERDAY about hours after the New Jersey
left the Tcnpkinsvile anchorag for that port The
Missouri was commanded throughout the trip By
Captain Robert NJ Doyle.
a license marry was issued yesterday TO James
J. Manning, thrty-one years old. ensign on |
board the Rhode Island, and Miss Arab Reraeln |
Bruegge. twenty-tour years old, OF Vallejo. Cal