The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-03
GETTING YANTIC IN TRIM
FOR CRUISE NEXT SATURDAY
PAINTING AND PROVISIONING
SHIP FOR CRUISE.
Naval officer Arrives Who Will Sail
With Battalion.


Lieutenant N. f. Nichols of Bay City
the United States naval officer who
will accompany the training ship Yam
tic on it's annual cruise, arrived IN
Hancock yesterday with his wife, and
Is registered at the Hotel Scott. The
boat is being gotten In readiness for
its big annual cruise, the complete it
nerary of which has not as yet been
received by Captain Goodell. The plan
is 10 sail first on Saturday night for
Ashland. where about thirty men and
officers of the Ashland division of the
aboard. whereupon a return viii be
made to Houghton. The recently or
ganized Traverse city division, which
has never yet taken a cruise, will ar
rive I'm Hancock tomorrow and will be
initiated into the mysteries of seaman
ship on the trip to Ashland.
The reserves will take part In the
parade at the celebration of the TWEEN
ty-fifth anniversary of the mining col
lege August 8, and that same evening
will start down the lake on its long
cruise which will last ten days. The
destination Of the ship will probably
be Chicago. this being the present un-
derstanding, although II is not officially
stated that this will be the case. The
officers and men of the local division
have put I'm several busy days looISrn>
after the provisioning OF the ship and
painting her up preparatory to start
ing on the trip.
Gopher Leaves Saturday.
There will be no maneuvers Of the
Great Lakes squadron Of the naval mi
litia this year. The ships will take
individual trips. The Gopher of Du-
luth will leave Saturday for Chicago.
returning Aug. 90.
The orders recently received by the
officers of the local militia from the
war department at Washington merely
state that owing to unavoidable cir
the department finds It
impracticabIe for the vessels Of the
Great Lakes squadron to hold COM
bined exercises"
This leaves ii to the local officers,
says the Duluth Herald, as To the time
of the sailing and the destination Of
the boat The orders state that each
ship is expected to take an individual
cruise.
AS the date had been set for Aug. 5
and the men had prepared to go al
this time, the date was not changed.
The cruise now takes the nature of an
outing for the men with the usual
work on ship. which consists of the
various drills and the work connected
with any naval training ship cruise.
Ensign Arthur S. Carpenter, a regu-
lar United states army officer from the
Marietta. has been detailed to the
Gopher as an inspection officer Tie is
already in the city and will make the
trip with the local boys.
1t is probable that few Of the boats
have changed their plans. They were
to have assembled i'm Chicago Mon
day to take part in the exercises
which will formally open the new
naval station at that place. II is prob
able that they will all be there. but
that the annual maneuvers which were
scheduled to take place at Chicago will
not be held.
Although the orders did not explain
the reason for the giving up of the
exercises this year. II is presumed that
II is because the Canadian government
objects to them. There Is a feeling
across the line. Il is said. that on the
lakes naval maneuvers should not be
held by either country. as they are
violation of the treaty. II is very prob
able that the war department at
after considering the mat
ter decided not to have them this year
or until the Canadian government
" Guild withdraw Its objections.
The maneuvers have always been the
big event of the year with the naval
militia and the dropping of them and
the competitive drills. races and signal
readings is much regretted among the
Duluth men.
When the Gopher sails out of the
local harbor Saturday shortly after
the noon hour. she will have about 1875
men aboard.