New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-28
.BLUEACKET DAYS ASHORE
Sixteen Thousand Men of North
Atlantic Fleet on Land Cruise.
SIXTEEN SHIPS IN HARBOR
Half a, Million in Nimble Money
To Be Spent IN Great City of
Expensive Possibilities.

Virginia Capes. win surge about New York
during tie next few days and nights. Their
aim here VIII be 20 spend ringing coin
wherever a good time can be bought. They
promise to make many records along
that line as they have been accommodating
down South Of an entirely different and
more prosaic sort.
The bIuejackets say they have been firing
e. imaginary targets supposed TO hang
somewhere This side Of the horizon. but
that here they viii see 10 II that they
really hit the bullseye. and If they know
thegnselves-and they think they do-they
viii be close enough 10 the object TO hear
the merry bell ring each and every time
Navigate Fascinating Broadway.
The first hluejackets To reach shore yes
terday came from, the Dreadnought Della
ware. the FIRST American Dreadaought by
the way. eyer 70 enter New York Hsrhor.
They left ten Pinch guns on board and
landed at the Battery. with definite inten-
items Of proceeding uethodically north
ward showing no favoriTism. but buying
wherever a Welcome was on the mat
throughout fascinating Broadway.
The men from the other wa-ships viii
have 70 leave fever Pinch guns behind
The South Carolina and the Michigan have
eight Of these, and sre known as semi
Dreadnoughts. The Delaware boys re-
member this when referring to the men
from those vessels and do not forget that
the rest OF the vessels of the feet carry
only four.
Money Only to Spend.
The men from the Delaware got a start
OF their feet mates in the matter Of spend
ing money in the metropolis. They were
zE lambs a play. Their dispositions when
they first stepped on the Battery and
quickly EIided through the first pair of
swinging doors were bright and CHEEKY
they were warm and generous in their
treatment Of each other after only a few
minutes had passed. A few more pairs Of
swinging doors famed them into YER
table glow. Some were seen 10 be in q
balrnv condition that made them oblivious
~ tha fact thar they were losing their
anchors.
one cf the searnen said he was going TO
patrol hirns-lf for ten days. and he had the
money necessary 70 make job Of il that
would make the admiral proud.
When the sixteen thousand men start -
Do the same thing. which is the plan as an
nounced nv the sesmen with emphatic en-
beIlishrents. between s4naoao and S5oo,oao
vii be tossed about on mahogany counters
- this citv 70 prove that 3 sailors life is
the life 10 lead on shore
They have been saving their money for
-he town of expansive possibilities The
poorest blueiacket viii have TO find ways TO
epend so. Al least. and the more braided
ones viii control the output Of two and
three times that amount.
Will shun the Bowery.
They will look elsewhere than on the
Bovery for opportunities. The Bowery.
Heal .oT
money in the past and has u7loaded tons
Of knockout drops 70 frank and innocent
seamen They have not been able. they
=sv r. figure thar even the best grade OF
knockout drops are worth Bowery prices.
and 50 thew mean 70 travel with the real
people in Broadway this TIN. No merchant
along that thorouEhfare has been heard 10
5ern,1-. Half a million dollars sprtngtng out
Of rlouses. no questions asked and Cana
dian money acceptable when change is
made. are pleasant in prospect.
The -.v-eIcon1e- signs viii not 60 out Of
fashion this week.
The Michigan arrived a. the navy yard
~ BROOKLYN on Monday afternoon. Yes
-e~da~ the Delaware anchored OF Tonp-
-,fnsz-Ile Staten Island. al Il 20 a m. IN
Ger command Of Captain Charles z. Cove.
A. I - O'Clock the feet flagship Connect
-c5r with Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder
N hoard. commanding the North Atlantic
feet. also dropped anchor.
These vessels with the North Dakota
COMPRISE the first division.
The Louisiana flagship Of the second di-
vision. and the South Carolina. the New
Hampshire and the Kansas. completing Il.
arrived later in the afternoon and proceed
81 I'D the North River.
The South Carolina and the Connecticut
T,e,
yesterday afternoon and proceeded 10 the
BROOKLYN navy ward. joining their sister
snfr. the N .chiEan-
Rough Seas at Target Practice
officers on each ship said that the voy-
sze from the South vas pleasant. but IN
erenrfu1 II was different. however.
throughout the, target practice in Southern
waters. The officers said that the sea was
very rough. that the ships rocked most IN
COMFORTABLE ana that some of them. nota-
bly, the Michigan. lost several Of their
anchors The mon were glad when Rear
Admiral Schroeder received. on his flag
ship. the Connecticut. orders 70 proceed
North.
The orders were decided upon IN order to
give the nler shore leave Most of them
had not had any liberty for month. The
result was that when the big battleships
arrived ~ me IrrnRklEn NdTfl lllt
we're overioyed Large groups Of them
were sent ashore on Monday from tho
Michigan. and hundreds were granted shore
leave last evening from the Connecticut
and t1e North Carolina
The big ships VIII proceed 20 Boston on
THURSDAY The. deck officer Of the Nchi-
gan said that his ship would remain there
III the end Of October. when she. with her
sister ships would start on 4 foreign cruise.
The sh.ps came I'D from Hampton Roads
ringlv Il is expected that by to-day all
he ships Of the feet viii be m New York
waters with the exception Of the North
Dakota. which has gone - the Norfolk
Navv Yard.
The run from Hampton Roads 70 Ne"
York is about twenty hours.
Delaware May Win Pennant
Captain Cove. Of The Delaware, said off
Tonapkinsville yesterday:
we had some splendid gun practice and
our men old magnifcently. We are hoping
TIE Delaware viii get the pennant for good
rusrkgT1an ship and carry OF first honors TOT
burnt rlz least fuel in the speed tests We
flss some gun practice e. thirteen thousand
,-a,-5e-sever land miles-the longest dis-
tsnce ever tried. and We made I'VE hits al
fnar distance.
..c.,r,e - the coast, wise vessels delayed