The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-16
DOCTORBR[AKSEGG
IN OFFICERS FACE
Navy Supply Ship Glaciers Sur
geon Made AcrObatic by
Vessels Antics
Big Craft in the Clutch of Gale
Pitches and Rolls and Ward
Room Suffers

''beefboat7 Glacier, the supply ship,
which accompanied the cruisers on
their tour Of the Pacific. The Glacier.
Captain Lorenz, was eight days on the
way from Honolulu. Almost az the
end OF the voyage northeast gale was
encountered The Glacier was light.
and rolled and jumped. pitched and
tossed ike a bubble in a hurricane
Some big seas were shipped. and more
or less damage was done about the
decks. c. Taylor, a coal passer, was
thrown down No. hatch and badly
bruised.
II was in the ward room that the re
rocity- OF the gale was really appre-
cisted. The ship developed a So per
cent roll, and shifted from a port to
starboard list in the twinkling Of an
eye. IL was this sudden shifting that
caused all the trouble. The surgeon
was in the act of breaking an egg
when his side OF the table went up in
the air. The medico shot out Of his
seat and slid across the table. He
broke the egg, not in his plate. but
gainst the face OF a brother officer,
who was hanging, face UP, on the lee
side OF the table.
The next roll threw the executive
the glass. but escaped being cut by IL.
When the storm vas over there was
hardly enough crockery left to serve
a meal, and IL occasion had arisen for
A toast TO the president at least half
the mess would have had to drink out
OF the bottle. as the mortality among
the glasses amounted almost to q total
loss.
Chief Boarding Officer Charles A.
e~.1na ~-fc al F,a -faf go
day with a force Of customs inspectors
10 examine the dutiable purchases
made in the orient by the officers and
men. The 500 exemption accorded to
travellers was extended TO the blue
jackets and their officers and, although
nearly every man in the fleet had
brought home souvenirs OF the far east,
the 500 more than covered most cases,
and Uncle sam collected little duty The
officers OF the ships made the work Of
the inspectors easy. When they went
OF board every man had his purchases
spread out on deck. and the inspection
OF all the baggage in the feet occu-
pied less than four hours.
The navy on the Pacific is doing
away with japanese and Chinese mess
attendants as rapidly as possible. The
orientals are being replaced with Fill
pinOs, who, with a little training. are
said 70 be more satisfactory than the
japanese and almost as good as the
Chinese. The little brown brothers are
very proud of their naval uniforms.
The mess servant has always been a
problem in the navy. The officers he
lieve that the use Of Filipinos is the
solution.
The Denver and Iroquois went up TO
Mare island yesterday. The Galveston
viii sail this week for Bremerton. The
big cruisers viii remain here far about
two weeks. and visitors viii be re-
ceived on board every afternoon
New Mother for Fleet
The mosquito feet on this shore of
the Pacific is at last going to have q
real mother. In the past any old
beef boat or other auxiliary that
happened to be handy has been as
signed 10 the duty of playing mother
TO the small blacks. The supply
steamer Iris is now in the parent
business at san Diego. The navy de-
partment has decided that the little
fellows are entitled to something bet
tel than a makeshift mother. and the
old cruiser Boston, now out of COM
mission at Bremerton, is being sur
EeEed preparatory TO conversion into
z first class mother boat
Some time ago officers on duty with
the various hotillas were invited to
tell the navy department what in their
opinion were the qualifications of a
good mother boat. With these recon-
mendations before it the bureau of
construction has drawn up plans for
the first scientifically arranged
mother ship that the United States
navy has ever owned.
Work will be begun on the Boston
right away. The board that surveys
the Galveston before that cruiser goes
out of commission has been ordered
49,
their report has been received the
work OF conversion will be started.
The Boston is a third class cruiser
OF 5000 tons displacement and was
built in 1888 by John Roach & Sons
at Chester, Pa
Smallpox on Cruiser
SEATTLE. Feb. I5-The United
States cruiser Washington, with five
cases Of smallpox among the crew
arrived at Diamond point quarantine
station. Port Townsend, this morning
from Honolulu, and the cruiser Ten
nessee entered the straits. The WASH
sickness on board. Both cruisers are
10 be locked at Bremerton navy yard
and then sail for Buenos Aires.
Before the Washington left Homo
lulu Daniel J. Thompson, a coal
passer on the vessel. died Of smallpox
The Washington landed her five
smallpox patients at the Port Towns
end quarantine station. The cruiser
will probably be permitted to proceed
TO Bremerton after undergoing fumi-
cation.
The cable ship Burnside was ordered
today from Tacoma to the Diamond
head quarantine station. two FiIipinos
OF the crew having been taken with
varioloid. The outbreak is believed
10 be due to the action of the city
oficials OF Juneau, Alaska, who re-
Gently, by force of arms, prevented the
landing of a smallpox patient in the
Alaska city, necessitating a special
trip to Port Townsend TO land the
sailor and exposing the other mem
bers OF the crew to infection.
The Burnside will be disinfected
and released after it lands its sick
man.
BattIeship Formally Delivered
NORFOLK. Va. Feb. 1.-THE battle
ship Delaware, thu first of the Ameri-
can type of Dreadnoughts to be COM
pieted, was formally delivered to the
government upon its arrival at the
Norfolk navy yard at p. m today
from the yards of its builders, the
Newport News ship building and dry
dock company. The Delaware will be
placed in commission at this yard in
the early spring.