The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-07-15

miral's coffee and tea had to be sweet
ened with condensed milk after that
tragedy. In all probability Honolulu
bossy will be signed on the ship g
papers for the remainder of the cruise.
Like Double Ship.
The Montcalm has peculiar arrange.
ment of smokestacks. Two are forward
and two aft, leaving long space amid
ships. She looks like two ships Joined
together. She has powerful engines,
comprising three sets of vertical ex-
pansion, and three screws. She has a
designed horsepower of 1850, capable
of driving her at rate of twenty-one
knots. Her normal coal supply is 1000
tons, and she will take on about that
quantity while in port.
She is heavily armored, the armor
belt being ~ feet wide, Az of it
being below waterline. She carries two
7.6-inch guns, one on the forward and
one on the after deck eight 6.4inch
guns in the main battery; four finch ;
sixteen 3-pounders; two submerged tor
pedo tubes. In her fighting top are
four rapid fire guns. The Montcalm
cost about $4,300000. She is painted
dark battle gray, and she appears to
have unusually high sides and heavy
superstructures.
Once aboard, a visitor is surpried at
the splendid arrangement of rooms,
quarters and compartments. The main
| deck-'tween decks-is particularly a
surprise. This has the appearance of
double arcade, Gown the center of
which are the deck supports, small Of
, fees, some dining rooms, petty officers
i offices, shore guns, stands of arms, the
smokestacks passing through from be-
low to topside. On either side of these
/ central fixtures is a broad passageway,
the deck covered with a rubberoid
coating, and alongside the ships sides
, are quarters for the principal officers,
! Offices, odds and ends of rooms, all
! roomy and comfortable, many fitted
with potted plants. 1t all has a coy
appearance and looks much like busy
arcade of a city. The clean sweep OF
| deck enables the crew to run down the
| two wide corridors without meeting
with deck obstructions. The cabins are
fitted with swinging lattice doors.
Admiral's Suite Aft.
In the after end of the vessel the
whole section is devoted to the apart
his staff. The apartments are almost
palatial Before the entrances stand
sentries armed with halberds, the one
medieval feature amongst so much
modern destructive engines. The ad
miral is further blessed. He has deck
all his own. The upper deck comes ia
a stop some distance from the stern
The upper deck is cut off and the main
4 s.
apartments, runs out flush with the
stern, giving him a sort Of roof gar
den of his own, where he may at all
times have privacy.
Commands Oriental Fleet.
The French fleet in the Pacific ii
officially known as the naval division
of the extreme Orient. The commander
in-chief is Admiral de la CrOix d.
Castries, who comes from one of the
old and well known families of France
His staff comprises Chief of STAFF MAJ
Guckin de Slane; Aide-de- Camp Carrel
Chief Engineer LIE Ian; Division Pay
master Olivier; Division Surgeon Ker
grohen. The vessel is commanded by
COmmandant Cheron, with Captain
Boissel-Bombreval, second in command
Other officers are Lieutenants (seniol
grade) Raynaud, LabOrde, Lorin, d.
Carne, Rouzaud; Lieutenants Brown, d,
ColstOun, GirOuin and lie Blond; Mid
shipmen Fabre, Tamil, Goybet, Miguel
Engineers BadelOn, Lambert, Rault
saluce; Paymaster Beaufls; Surgeon
Laneelin.
Chief Boatswain B. H. Shepley, U. S
N, boarded the Ontealm in the stream
and presented the commitments of thi
naval commandant and proffered as
sistance, and then looked after the SO
. curing of the lines on the wharf.