The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-03

! squadron, to ait aboard the Louisiana.
! IN. flagship OF Rear Admiral Nreeland
! Rsar Admiral Nrssslands command in
clusies the Louisiana. the kanaas and the
New Hampshire. which 10" In the river.
and the south Carolina. which ~ IN dock
NJ n" Br,.,k .vn navy yard According 10
navy yrbCr,ilr'' NJ of1C~r ~ 'he New
Hampshire. th" ship involved. was asked
To- III as a member Uf III" board
Capt 4 a. Nintcrhatrr IT the I.nuisi-
ana. ranking Captain 1T the -',pnd divi-
sion. presided and IN" other members
II that body were Lieutenant 4 commander
Nphls T. Irwin IT 'he kansas. I.ieutenant -
Commander Arthur Mac an huT. Jr of the
Louisiana and Ensign Y FIrquahlr
of thc lspuiSi ana, acting "a recorder
Capt Rodgers ~ IN" New Hampshire
wa IA" first on. To he rall"d over To tho
Louisiana and he gave merely formal
t'~i lnuny h@for" the members ~ the
heard. sitting IN caS"mItr ~ the flag
ship "" was followed 10y Ensign Harry
Hlrd. who was officer ~ III" deck
aboard III" New llampshir" un Saturday
NIGH. Then boats from the New Hamp-
shir" began To bring over to IN" Louisiana
detachnenr- 81 III" fifty-uinr Saamen
who W'r" an the sailing launch and who
w"r" rescued The first detachment II
tines" included George BiCkrnsdorfar
II & Burns. Alhp-t Stone. "a Collins and
VI Mclaughlin
FIfty-eRht survivors ~ the boat party
sion II the examination If each not To
reveal what they had test fled 20 Lat.
vest "rday afternoon Rear Admiral Nree-
land SAID that IN" inquiry would not be-
completed until to-day The report II
the board will h. forwarded to the Navy
Department AZ Washington and will he
made public there
HE SAVED OTHERS. HIMSELF HE Gould
NOT SAW
In the course ~ the inquiry IL became
known that some Of he New Hampshirp's
seamen had paid tribute IN their t,-sti-
mony To IN" herol-m ~ X Karl "A painter
of the third class whose name WAS among
those given up ior lost Karl who en-
listed at Cleveland. had rescued two men
who could not swim and had handed hem
over the gunwale Of one 81 he Loui-iana's
steamers, then his strength suddenly
leaving HIM he had sunk within sight 81
the rescued
STATEMENT ~ ADMIRAL vBEELANp
When the reporters saw Rear Admiral
Nreeland on the Louisiana yesterday
afternoon he said that he wanted To give
all the Information concerning the fatality
which he possessed Then he dictated
haltingly a statement More than ones.
while he was Speaking he had difficulty
in REFRESHING his felelngs
There Werr cIghty-pighf men in the
boat. said Admiral Nreeland. -as shown
by the muster which was held on the
New Hampshire this morning Those
who survived and who answered 10 the
roll gave the names 81 twenty nine others
whom they b',li.y ed 10 have been IN the ,
boat and who have not been accounted /
Tor. Hut there n some doubt still az to I
the accuracy Of the mems TeCollectionS
on this point and we are hoping that
some Of them may have named a. present
in the boat individuals they saw on the
wharf
As 60 the cause Of the mishap. there
was no acknowledgement. The boat was
not overloaded IL was not being lowed .
with any undue speed II il possible that .
the men crowded into the forward part
of th. boat. thereby causing the boat TO
b" towsi under
Some ot the twenty min. missing men
NAV nav" sWuiu ashor" or hav" been
picked up by shore launches and have
not reported yet Nothing mors deiinIt.
can b" known until the entIr,. liharty
party Of so men has been accounted for
Then at least the agony of susp"nS.. which
now holds S0O families will mrrcifIlly 10.
rut down To small number. aud they will
know the worst
DRAGGING THE RIVER FOR INV pFAD
Rear Admiral Nreeland added that the
Polio" Department ~ New York had
charge of the work for IN" RECOVERY Of
he bodies II the drowned he said that
h" hattlcship- would not coop"rnt. m F.
his task b"caus', II the possibility - a
Conflict IN authority
The police boat Patrol, acting captain .
Mott IN command. spent all Yesterday .
dragging the waters hetween the Louis
ANA anchorage and tn" wharf and passing
A. far ~outh a. Grants Tomb and - FAR
north as 10th street To allow for the
carrying power " the tide. Last uIght
polio" launch No. took up IN" work
the Patrol left "A. Tn. dragging Will h.
rOnt luusd until some of the bodies AZ
east Az. recovered
Their" wer" crowds lining the heights
hack II the i5Sth street wharf all dav
yesterday watching the operations ~
he Patrol The privilege II visiting
Hay aboard III" hattle-hlp- were not -us-
ended except IN the case Of the New
No visitors were allowed
m that boat and nons ~ her crew had
,hora leave. Because u had not vet been
definitely proved by the finding Of q nev
'orp=.- that any - m. New Hamg shir--
men was loot there was no halt-fnas',nE
Il her color-