The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-19
AMERICAN SAILORS
 ARE NOT R|OTOUS
Paris Disbelieves Stories Against Bluejackets
ARE ORDERLY GUESTS
Rear Admiral Schroeder Delights His Hosts By His Ability to Speak the Language
 Fluently
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Apocryphal stories of the doings of wne sailors of the American fleet while in France are affording considerable lamusement to the French public. It Is evident that they have few believers, for If some of these recitals were true. there would now surely be a dozen Yankee Jack tars languishing in prison awaiting trial for serious violations of the law.
 One of the most picturesque yarns has to do with the alleged exploit of a party from the flagship Connecticut, which filled an entire railway carriage Ion its way to Paris from the seacoast- They are said to have pulled tse safety signals of the train, stopping 1t midway between stations. and then to have de- seconded and danced an Indian war dance around it, with bloodcurdling shouts. After which they commanded the engineer to go on.
 Meanwhile some of their officers, who had been in another carriage, remon- strated with them. but to little purpose. In France 1t is a serious offense for unauthorized persons to stop railway trains. Nothing has been heard, how ever, of any formal charge of this kind against American bluejackets.
 A Parisian newspaper has jocula rly supposed that Uncle Sans boys wanted to supply a long-felt want in France, where the young generation Is given to reading Fenimore Cooper and Nick Car ter. Where the ag1na tion had so long been fed upon printed descriptions of the wild antics of North American sav- ages, the jack tars thought they would give the real thing. The journal in
 e. ..r1xr ..Pt 1,As,- 1rfx ly intentions, and declares that their susceptible hearts had been wounded by the knowledge that nowadays there is growing skepticism, especially in Europe, about wild west customs and adventures. They congratulate them selves, the paper adds, that they have at last thoroughly dispelled such dis loyal opinions.
 Paris Is we'll accustomed" 1t asserts ito view men from the American fleet exploring the streets In knots of fours and lives both day and night It is evident that they inspire everywhere as much respect as curiosity. The dis agreeable experiences of which they have run foul have been comparatively few. Joys of great variety confront them here. Yet it must be said that they take most of them with sober counten- ance. It is this, indeed, that chiefly
 Rear Admiral Schroeder has been play Of disturbances in which American sailors have been the aggressors there have been practically none James Reil- ly of the battleship Michigan fell in with French robbers the other night near the Church of St. Germain des Pres, and in the end became their victim, being left on the sidewalk bleeding from knife wounds and unconscious They had taken from linn 100 francs. One of his assailants was attached in some capacity to the French warship Voltaire Reilly, although sore i ly wounded, insisted upon quitting the and rejoining his ship at Cherbourg His assaiants remain under arrest.
 Schroeder Acts as Host
 Rear Admiral Schroeder has been play ing the role of Amphtryon with great success at Cherbourg. His entertain ments on board the Connecticut have been admirable, and have delighted the French dignitaries who attended them. The admiral's ability to speak French fluently has served him well. His ad- dresses were delivered in that tongue.
 As an illustration of the fine fellowship which has been established between French and American naval officers may be mentioned luncheon given on board the flagship Bouvet at Cherbourg. rule was adopted, and as closely observed as seemed humanly possible, to the effect that the guests of each nationality must speak only in the language of the other . The consequences were both interesting and humorous.
 Wcnder is frequently expressed by Frenchnen that the United States gives no higher rank than rear admiral to its feet commanders Vice Admiral Kiesel, the French maritime prefect, dscreetly and delicately expressed his regret at this fact in speech at dinner given by him self in honor of Rear Admiral Schroeder