The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-03
CRUISE TO BE
LONGEST EYER
NAVAL RESERVES WILL FACE
FINEST TRIP THIS YEAR IN
THE HISTORY OF THE
ORGANIZATION

The cruise this year VIII be the
longest ever made by the Yantic and
will also be the longest ever made by
the entire fleet, after the mobilization.
After gathering off of Alpena, Mich.
i'm Thunder Bay, Aug. s, the fleet viii
proceed to Port Huron and from there
will sail Aug. Q, for Buffalo. Aug. IL.
the fleet will arrive at Buffalo and Il
will remain there until the evening OF
Aug. 12. One half of each crew will
be given shore leave each day to visit
Niagara Falls.
1t is expected that at Buffalo, the
boat races between the men OF the
ships, an annual event. will be held
The officers of the fleet win be guests
of the boat club at Buffalo Aug. 10,
and Ia will be spent at Cleveland
where Governor Harmon OF Ohio will
review the fleet on the latter date.
Aug. Is, ut Detroit, Governor Fred NJ.
Warner of Michigan, who also visited
the fleet last year, will be received.
The board of inspectors of the United
States navy will inspect the fleet ut
Port Huron. Aug. 16, after which the
fleet will dlsband and the different
ships will leave for their respective
home ports.
For the officers and men of the ma
val militia the annual cruise Is not all
work, nor is it all play but work and
play are so intermingled as to get
the best results. for the men individ-
ualy and for the organization.
There is rigid discipline on the
ships during the cruise. With few
notifications, the sailors of the Great
Lakes follow the routine which is en-
forced on the battleshps of the United
States navy. They are men from all
walks of life. men whose primary
training is not the training of the
ship, but when they are on shipboard.
as militia of their state and reserves
of their nation, they are not play
sailors. They are just as earnest i'm
observing regulations, just as careful
in their drills, just as keen to earn
and attain excellence as are the blue
jackets who have enlisted i'm the reg
ular navy to follow the life for the
term of their enlistment
The boys of the Great Lakes fleet
are enlisted for two weeks on ship
board. During the year. they hold
weekly drills, but the real results de-
sired cannot be obtained without the
actual work on the ship completing
the work which the armory drills ac-
complish, or aim to accomplish
The boys get pleasure out of their
cruise and, out on the water of the
great fresh water lakes, away from
their offices and their daily routine,
they enjoy the work. They do every
thing eagerly and willingly. There is
keen rivalry between the different
ships of the fleet. A victory in COM
petive signal drill or in n boat race
is cause for rejoicing on the win
ming ship and the representatives who
gain the victory are heartily cheered
by their fellows.
Rigid Routine
The routine on the ship. while rigid, |
Is not irksome. The boys must take
their watch, present themselves for
ticipate i'm the drills, swing their ham
mocks at the bugle and be up betimes
again in the morning, but they have |
opportunity for. relaxation and the |
novelty OF the work on shipboard and |
the eagerness to attain commendable |
excellence are factors that remove any |
semblance of hard labor that their |
duties may have.
In port, the men off watch and hav-
ing clean record, are given shore |
liberties and that fact is a factor i'm
obtaining strict observance of regula-
tons on shipboard No man is anxious |
to go into the brig or have his liber-
ties curtailed and a failure to realize
the serious side of the work will have
just that result.
The visit of King Neptune to the
ship is an annual event that is keenly |
looked forward to by the initiated, but
is not relished by those who have not
been presented at the court of his
royal highness. Although king Nep-
tune has his usual habit in the vi
cinity of the equator, where he boards
ships as they cross the line. he comes
North each year to visit the Yantic |
and his visit is always welcome-to
the initiated.
The two Duluth divisions will have |
full equipment OF officers and men
this year, about $50 in all. 1t is ex-
pected that a naval lieutenant will !
again accompany the Yantic as rep
resentative of the navy department.
PICNIC ON AUGUST II