New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
RESERVES BIG GUN DAyS|
Empire State Naval Militia Gets
Taste of Deep Sea Duty.
HAPPY TARS ON BATTLESHIP
Fleet Starts for Rendezvous of
North Atlantic Squadron and
War Maneuvres.

war dE6uVrcS.
Six hundred salt and fresh water sailors
If the New York State naval militia are
e9ozt on the seven first class battleships of
The North Atlantic squadron They passed
on; Of the harbor yesterday on an eight
5av cruise in which the men of the naval
reserves of other states along the Atlantic
Coast are taking part To the Empire State
mil tia. however, was reserved the honor of
having The great pattleships as their home
and thither they transferred their dunnaye
bags. but left behind their ditty boxes on
the training ship Granite State
There was considerable hustle and .x-
citement on board the Granite State yester-
GAY morning. for. in addition to the 230
nner under Lieutenant Commander Russell
Eaynor, of the New York battalion who
came on board the night before in order not
To miss the trip. there arrived 13i fresh
water sailors from Rochester and Buffalo.
under Lieutenant Commander f. N Wal
bridge The visitors looked quite natty but
felt rather hot In their cold weather blue
uniforms, while the Gothanlites were cool
and jaunty in their white duck suits. whicr
were decidedly more in harmony with tue
heated condition Of the atmosphere.
The four big fighting machines, the Con-
recticut. the Rhode Island the Michigan
and The Nebraska. were swinging at their
anchors out in the Hudson and soon tie
transferring Of The sailors was under way.
While there was no confusion, the move
Gnent took some time, for the launches car
ried only twenty men each trip. while lie
bulky hammocils mad other impedimen;a
which the nnsn carried along delayed the
and each launch towed a couple. with their
loads Of merry tars, who climbed over the
rsil and gave a good imitation of having
attained the dignity of getting their sea
legs as they marched 10 their allotted
Quarters. On each ship number of regu-
lar seamen and officers, equal 10 the numoer
OF reserves taken aboard, were granted
furlaugh. so that there will be no over
crowding
Down the bay. off Tompl1insville, the
BROOKLYN reserves were embarked on the
three other battlesh ps of the North All
lantic squadron, willie the New Jersey r.
serves passed by the old square rugged
Portsmouth, wfieh has been their home on
the annual cruise for years to board tie
strictly up-to-jate monitor Tonopah, on
which fer the next eight days they NH
study the art Of killing off the countFyS
enemies at sea There were many glancls
Of regret al the old Portsmouth. for though
the Tonopah is far superior. association
with the old style ship which has such
glorious history has endeared her 10 the
naval reserves.
Under the command CT Rear Admiral
Seaton Schroeder. the feet sailed down TIC
bay and out 20 sea and will rendezvous AZ
s7me spot known only TO the admiral, with
the five ships from Boston, New Haven arsd
Philadelphia and other ports. after which
they viii go % Gardeners Bay. where tie
manOauvrcs viii begin, ard then down -
Hampton Roads and back to Gardiner
Bay again. where the cruise will end On
July 30
While only the New York reserves have
first class bat5leships, the naval reserve
feet itself is composed this year Of modern
warsilips-one cruiser two gunboats AMI I
two monitors The cruiser Chicago is the
flagship of Captain Charles c. Marsh l. 5
y commanding the reserve fleet The
Machias and The Isla de Cuba carry the
Connecticut and Rhode Island reserves,
while the monitor Ozark has the men from
the District OF Columbia and the Tonopah
those from New Jersey
Every naval reserve man will have as a
SIDE partner one of the enlisted sailors Of
with the regulars. For the nrst time, the
reserves will handle ordnance larger than a
e-inch gun and they will have TO do the
T7anv and various things which keep ne
iolly fars out OF mischief until the country
gets into trouble. Then they viii be eN-
rected TO Join the regular tars III making
things hot for those who would trouble
Uncle Samuel.
Philadelphia. July 23--Several hundred
youths from this city and Camden, N j.,
sailed from this port to-day on Cnl;eo
States warships for their annual summer
practice cruise at sea rhey constitute tne
Philadelphia battalion Naval Reserves OF
PENNSYLVANIA and the I'd Battalion NavaI
Reserves Of New Jersey
The Philadelphia detachment sailed on
the battIeship Kansas, which will proceed
10 the Cape Cod Bay drill grounds where
the civilian sailors will see what war really
would be like The Camden reserves are
ma kin, the "trip on the cruiser Vixen, and
they viii be aioat for eight days Tins
year the Camden men make the cruise IN
dependently Of the Navy Department, ana |
are commanded by their own officers
New Haven July 23.-The battleship
Louisiana and the practice ship MachiaS
left to-day for Gardeners Bay with the