The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-21
TURKEYS YANKEE ADMIRAL
Bt'CkNtN PiSHt, REAL SAILOR
OF FORTt W, ~ HERE.
Former Cabin 10, saved Abdul HaHatd's
Lite and Taught Him To buy Real
ships Instead of Junk-A Captain nc
- and q Freddy on Many seas

on the register OF the Holland House
short. s7'llrsly built man wrote on
Monday -R d. Buchanan. CONSTANT
pncle That - the way Buchanan Pasha,
wee Admiral OF the Ottoman navy.
,Ids -de-camp and naval adviser to the
Sultan. puts himself down when he gets
,nong ms old friends. The Admiral
= NJ was, an American. He has had a
career Of real adventure. Twenty seven
years ago he was a cabin boy on a schooner
on ,h- great lakes.
Rensford d. Buchanan was born in
Nova Scotia IN 1889. but his parents almost
lrr.eciistely removed TO Maine. At the
az Il IL he felt the call Of the sea and
wed II TO the great lakes. where
"a. r"c7,ms cabin boy on sch oonsr
v.a-- skipper was her owner Tie cap
i.r nd his wife took IA liking To the
Ister.
- - Buchanan went out from New
'ur a. Quartermaster OF a schooner
rIrd for ths Pacific. When the little
w.. sol reached Manila the captain and
re mates died NJ cholera. and as the boy
v.. he only person left on the craft
~I" had studied navigation he went be-
toe. a special examining board got a
masters c-rtt.rate. became a captain
% = and brought his vessel home
t.rT. twenty years ago Buchanan
,Hrt ont " Tampico in command OF
, -'a,rrship laden with hemp and silver
r.lri Cor New YORK Twenty-fosr hours
r." re smashed his propeller on a sunken
"... &; The captain called for volun-
'.rr- lo go hack to Tampico in the ships
..HE Va md cable New York for a tug
I.- rlaie and three men stepped out.
They aCcompli=hed their task without
ra.~ril. hut the steamship drifted with
, motive power and the tug searched
e. tsr twenty days before finding her.
.'..raI at Key West. IL was assumed
IT,. go ship would have to put in dry
OIL, bat Buchanan wasn't paving out
~ u..y for what he thought was unneces-
s.. he crowded all his cargo into
w. onward holds. which had the effect
~ frruwing the ships stern almost out
ot -rt"- IL was not Quite enough.
however. to enable the propeller shaft
u. - repaired, the resourceful skipper
bought u little schooner. tied her 90 his
.reu and loaded her with stone ballast
ms pulled the how down and raised the
-lern. SO that Buchanan was able to
acnlevs the distinction Of being the first
man Ia put propeller in a steamship
without docking her. An American Ad-
mural who saw the operation said it was
or- Of the cleverest achievements of
~ and ne had ever witnessed
Ru' Buchanan had to dry dock his ship
after all. for the shaft had become twisted
ard It pounded so on the way to New York
mat most Of the bolts in the hull were
lors. when the ship reached Sandy Hook
After that Bucknam went TO the great
IsHs- again and became commander OF
tho first OF the whaleback steamers just
building His first trip on the Joseph l.
colby was exploited far and wide. He had
charg. Of the building of the whalebacx
" s-enger steamer Christopher Column
nl- and was in command OF her during
the world s fair. Soon ssterward he went
out to the Pacific coast. where he built the
wnsl.back SYDNEY In 1895 he became a
mate in the service OF the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. Two years later
ne was captain in charge OF the island OF
Macs. Panama While there ne invented
ar electrical device by which a compass
may be made 20 trace the route Of a ves-
- About ten years ago Buchanan was
py' IN command OF the new steamship
CIV ~ PelSin and became a transpacifc
,-pper.
Bucknam had not made many trips
scross the Pacific before he was asked by
Tho Cramps Of Philadelphia TO become
chip Maine made her trail runs he was in
command Of her, and when the Cramps
finished the Turkish cruises MedJidia he
was assigned to deliver hes and sent 10
Turkey with three months contract
The Turkish navy had been a Joke.
a. east since the battle OF NAvarino
Somehow Abdul Hamid took fancy TO
the American sailor and asked him how
h. sould like a job as naval adviser TO
ssked for long enough leave to come home
ard ger married After a hurried trip
'" san Francisco he reported TO the Sultan
on April 10. 1914 He started to put
va not long before the Sultan made him
d Pashs and admiral conferred on him
he Order Of Osmanlieh and gave him a
media for distinguished service.
Report has II that Buchanan saved the
sultan life when an attempt was made
70 a-sas-lnate Abdul Hamid several years
az While the Sultan was returning to
IL lildlz Kiosk from the Hamidieh
mosque bomb thrown into the imperial
sscor- sliled scores Of men and horses
rom he ground theTeabouts and shook
e. ghborlng building-: Buchanan Pssha
vsppai 10 the side OF the Sultan scarriage
arA shouted that he would lop on any |
hand that dared stretch forth toward the |
Sultan He walked sword in hand beside |
h oar-ase all the way to the palace
Tbs act Abdul Hamid never forgot
R.csnam Pasha is the first Christian !
~ ave- had actual command 81 the !
Ig-s,4h navy He won the Sultan's favor |
49, n's honesty IL used To b" the system. /
- O.. ssid for European shipbuilde-- 10
ss - much money Is possible for ships |
y n"arlv worthless A. the :sultans ofn- !
'"-s Id accept he Sultan paid in /
ne Instance 81 so 600 and got ia return
AZ ron M 'illed with junk. the whole .
T'r'a g"rhaps s'OOOO Of the money ,
M. s.nt ont OF the -'Iltan's purse his
osn oNrar- got 81 .'oOO 900 and the con
trs'"-- 0ocke'ed the modest sum OF
S.rH.'
- s-yerai occasions the American. who
81" vas sent 20 shipyards TO take
=" org II veSseIs ordered. refused TO
A." ne tubs contracted for until changes
'.i r-sn mad. bringing them zap TO con-
,r.n' r. .iirements This made him no
lends among the shipbuilderr ~ the
a-T'"Ilar Government which had the
."'1N0'y u Turkish Contracts at the