The Republican journal., 1910-03-03
I 0St With all on Board
boston TRANSCRIPT

badly reflects the popular esti-
"a, u the skill of the officers and men
.,u navy as navigators and seamen as
.r that the disappearance of one
SIS creates more sensation than the
Va wing up of half dozen merchant
s. by the ocean. That this popular
~ non of past-mastership in mari
ri matters to the navy is somewhat
.g. rated may be admitted without
ss. ug its force in enumerating the
t, Of public opinion. Too frequent
who hold it overlook the diff
r. VI conditions between the navy
"a merchant service. Warships
ayr lg crews and are equipped with
III lfety appliance which money will
lr hey are built not for profit, but
= rance. and they are managed on
- 'fferent principles from those
.r.rrn the operations of a cargo car
Of The merchant captain on the other
ar compelled to work with the
-4 ST crew consistent with handling
/. ssai. Owners do not like expenses
I'd, 'Ice profits, and their disposition
l nee i" is seconded by the happy
b sy disposition of sailors. Judged
vine tandards of accomplishments and
I'll, r regard to the inherent differ
tween the two, the merchant
500 an advance plausible claim to
a 81 the palm for professional skill
r. ,.e officers of the navy. Neverthe-
s peoples attention is more eX-
t Inc mys terry of the fate of the
-. g,n thirty-two men on board than
2 ~ sappearance of the six schoon-
s whose loss has been among the
c- the sea has accumulated since the
e l5l1 opened. These last vessels
a- 4rried down to the depths more
Ian have persisted with the Nina,
ssh that her record shall end with
0. ing words. Lost with all on
NE our navy has not been excep-
r-.y unfortunate in it's struggle
gr- the perils of the sea, the number
i l. warships which have utterly dis
.t-.red and left no sign has been suf-
cel- 70 give to each of several genera
tas mystery of the deep" to keep
I've nope and speculation. The Ameri-
las the Revolution looked and longed
ram for the home coming of two
Il 'a nd successful Continental cruis-
r Reprisal and the Saratoga, crack
7g- 1 their time, which the sea must
ST. 7gulfed. The next disappearance
as a great tragedy in proportions as
s as IA fact During the "quasiwar"
.-- rance the Constellation captured
BE- french frigate "'Insurgent, re-
Is-sat-y fine ship, famous for speed.
I5 rrze was taken into our service and
3 -y 1900, sailed on cruise which
arr her to the port of lost ships
-G--- no years have elapsed since the
-@rg 7- was last spoken, and no man
7oH- .ow the nearly 400 officers, sea-
r- Hi marines on board persisted.
nu The same time the small cruiser
.aar sailed into the unknown. The
as 4mous in the War of 1912, was
~ ard of after certain date in
tac sister ship, the Hornet, is
-- to have capsized in a ''norther"
IF of Mexico in 1880. The
bringing home the Americans
catur had rescued from cap
,giers, disappeared in 1915. In
big Porpoise cruising in the
and the corvette Albany,
Aspinwall to New York, ut
ppeared. The manner of their
Il Unknown still, but it is con-
-- nat the Albany was literally
-s-r nder the waves by a sudden
r great storm, such as is known to
ia re the sea over which she must
"a ye~a sailing
l'a ryotte Levant vanished from
i-tt zen in 1860, entering a Pacific fog
'a' .rom which she never apparently
'@eft. She still sails the sea of ro-
y, s'-' the ship on board which Philip
No% The Man Without a Country,
a.i -r Hale contributed what for
gav vas an added mystery of the Le-
.s5t or there was so much resemblance
nls story that people for long time
s0-d net be persuaded that it was fc-
saa With the increasing application of
stan. and the addition it gives to re-
), Tor safety, "disappearances" in
y may have been unknown until the
H4a alue to remind the public of the
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