The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29


Sa5ze4a48a3 and lovers Of tho
sea. II Is moro or
less an everyday experience for US 10 sea
at any OF our naval seaports massnE
OF warships. do not Know that %e
Britishers really realized what spler
did navy you had until tire occasion OF
which You made with composite nect
tour of the world. l know it was q
matter OF comment among our officers
the magnificent way IN which the long
distance maneuvers were carried out. the
small number Of casualties, and the pre-,
else carrying out of the. prearrsnyed
schedule for the arrival OF the fleet at
the various ports.
To a naval man who realizes all The
clements which have TO he corobatted
this precision constituted a feat which
ne at home realized could only ne cav
ried out by = nation which WAS des
tined to become and mas become a seri-
Gus naval power.
Recalls Boyhood Escapades.
An sorts of memories come to the mind
OF an old sailor when he gees a lot ~
gallant Ships riding at anchor. First
comes TIE fighting spirit Then the men,-
ory OF old sea friends. not necessarily
ones own ceuntr5'p,eu, but sailors OF 9TH
er nations. What times We used 10
have. what jokes we used to pIay. and
what f1ue sportsmen one and ell sailors
are. Many's the evening ashore as q
Young nldshipmsn that have spent in
company with some of your American
miGdies. and We used TO compare notes
on mischief. What the American MILDLY
didn't know the British one did, and vlSe
versa
Itcll you, We used 10 turn sor,e of the
guiet seaside resorts Of the South arner-
den,oniums- thar we ever did any
thing reslly bad but II was the spirit Of
fun. And the funny part Of Il was that
the inhabitants seemed TO fall IN with
fl,o~ NJ md inS pf n
us used 10 egg MS OF. and some OF the
worst eggers-on were The ladies'
remcmbssr one particular instance a!
was on the flagship. and We we're left
as the guard ship. They had gambling
saloon called the, Elaorado and dnrlns
the whole of the ready noonev ard the
whole OF the savings or the officers and
crew passed Into the Golfers Of the FL
dorado.
Council of War Held.
So We held council OF war. am
afraid young as was: l9.5. I vas ona
lect party consisting of most OF the gun
room officers ar6 a party Of about the
biggest bruisers amongst the men that
taken a regiment OF soldiers 10 stop us
from what Ne intended 70 do We went
ashore in twos and threes 80 as not to
cause comment; We lounged about ne
wheel
FINALLY at given signal the best
fighting men. rushed forward, aud dis
armed the whole OF the Egyptian town
police so that we should hnve clear
run for our money. We then proceeded
10 make the biggest da5' In the Eldorado
was seized and hurled into the Suez
canal the table was broken ND and the
croupiers hustled into the street. The
ladies' orchestra fled shrieking toward
flt& hS fQ
end OF tho world had come. We did not
take any of The money, but We
scattered I; about on the floor and the
loin town guides scrambled for It,
Boxing Skill an Asset.
II was curious sight to see THAT
British bluejacket-small but one OF our
best tighters-advanee upon siS-foct-
sword and revolver. In the twinkl;ng
Of an eye and few feints from box
ins expert the Egyptian Was minus both
fat Egyptian bobby with more sense than
the rest had fed preciritously to the
canal side and havins Jumped into
Wild, uncomfortable blue Jackets
led bv some small boys With fery spirits
had taken charge OF the town and uu-
Said would be thing of the past
While we were making mInce meat
o1 tne III Dcrado' we heard the buEl6
sailing the marines to arms and we knew
that we would have 10 hurry TO carry
out our vengeance. SO with few
asirps through the looking glasses and
2 highland t.ng or two on the top of
The roulette table we slowly and sober
y formed fours and marched down 10
lhn landing stage. passing on the way
about fifty marines with rifles.
Nothing was ever said. The only thing
was. that as Wa passed the marines we
wioked. and they winked also. The
marine
ported that he could SEQ nothing, and
hat probably some band OF Wild derv.
shes, tired OF dancing. had come In and
ried thasr convivial operation on the
= Dorado gambling salon.
But enough of this for TO-DAY. could
20 adj lib. telling stories Of the past.
some OF these stories have become al
most historical. and on the next occa-
'ion | hope TO tell you OF some other
,me5ing events which took place when
We were. so 10 speak. mating with some
American officers,