New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
The Reserve Arrives with Its
Mighty Fighters-Mosqulto
Aggregation Due To-day.
BIG WlNDFALL FOR A SAILOR
Hears of a 100000 Inherit
ance, but Decides to Serve
Out His Time-Land
Parade Tomorrow.


10 take part in the mobilization of Uncle
Sans mightiest armada. Rear Admiral
Knight makes the armored cruiser Ten.
nessee his flagship, and, besides this ship,
has under his command the battleships
Maine, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ala
bama, Indiana, Massachusetts, Iowa,
Kearsarge and Kentucky and the armored
cruisers Montana. Washington and North
Carolina. OF these warships the Alabama
and the Illinois had already taken up
their berths in the river, between 18TH
street and 23d street. the area set aside
for the reserve fleet
The rest, together with the scout cruis-
ers Salem, Chester and Birmingham,
steamed up to their anchorages between
o'clock I'm the morning and noon. many
of them saluting the Connecticut the flag
ship of Rear Admiral Osterhaus, COM
mandeY in chief The Massachusetts,
which had got in very early in the morn
ing. had TO wait until o'clock before
firing her thirteen-gun admiraPs salute
since the navy regulations forbid the firing
OF salutes before that hour The Con-
necticut promptly answered with seven
gun captains salute. The Wisconsin
roared forth her greeting at $3.50. the
Salem at 10 49, the Chester at II :07, the
Iowa at 1915, the Kearsarge at 1928
and the Tennessee at IL IT. The Tennes-
see was the only one Of the arrivals to
get a thirteen-gun salute in return from
the Connecticut, because of Rear Admiral
knights presence aboard.
MOSQUITO Fleet Next Due.
The Dixie, flagship Of the torpedo boat
fotilla, commanded by Captain e. ".
Eberle: the battleships Georgia, Vermont
and Minnesota, Of the active fleet; the
collier Vulcan and the submarine Ell
were other craft to Join the great congress
of warships The Ell, however, trailed
foaming path out again. to come in to-
day with the mosquito fleet Fifty-flve
ships in all had taken their positions last
night.
The Montana. while anchored OF quar-
antine, before proceeding up TO her berth
off 34th street. was bumped by the Ossa-
baw, Of the Texas City Steamship Com
pany inward bound with cargo of lum-
Der The Montana was going astern slow
ly to give her anchor yank. The Ossa-
haw was twisting out Of her course bit
to avoid the steamship st. Laurent just
leaving Quarantine The broadside Of tho
lumber ship drifted against the stern OF
the cruiser. The impact was so slight
that the Montana yanked her anchor out
Of the mud and steamed up the harbor
as II nothing had happened. not even re-
porting the occurrence to Rear Admiral
Hugo Osterhaus or his flag secretary.
Osterhauses at Wedding.
Rear Admiral Osterhaus left his flag
shin early to attend the wedding in South
ampton, Long Island, of Miss Flournoy
Adams Hopkins and Gilbert Elliott, cele-
brated in the Church of St Andrew on the
Dunes. Lieutenant Hugo ". Osterhars
commanding the destroyer Mccall. his
son. oficiated as one of the ushers.
In the admirals absence two events ~
importance occurred in the little male
community on the Connecticut over which
he rules with such benevolent despotism.
One was the victory of the Giants in the
third game of the worlds series. and the
consequent passing Of coin from Coxswain
Austin Mcdowell, better known as Gun
ner McPif. to Red" Carlson, also a
coXswain, whose mates have dubbed him
the Yan6tse Pirate. The other was the re-
ceipt by Captain Rodman Of telegram
from a firm of lawyers in the city con-
viewing the information that c. f. Morton,
an ordinary seaman In his command, had
fallen heir to $4,000.
Unfortunately, Morton. who Is only
about twenty-one years ole, was not on
hand to verify the tale his mates told, for
no sooner had the captain received the
news than he sent for his rich seaman
40 ahn nd
fer with the lawyers involved. His in
heritance, his mates said with spon-
tane,ty and some attention TO detail, con-
sisted Of 5000 in cash and the residue In
real estate and bonds. And 1t came from
an aunt, they groaned, OF whom the
youth had never even heard. VIVA
d'you know about that?'
Well, Captain Rodman magnanimously
offered the lucky Morton an honorable
discharge they said, and the boy spoke
up. with what stiffening of pride and
patriotism is left 10 the imagination:
THANK you, sir, but II you don't mind
10 like to serve out my nine months In
Uncle SANS navy"
AS for Red" .Carlsens strike, 1t will
buy him a new overcoat, anyway-some-
thing he intends buying Immediately.
An incident, rehearsed later In the Har-
lem police court before Magistrate KroteI,
has caused the officers OF the feet to
warn their men against impostors In the
uniform OF sailors. Thomas Lang who
said he was twenty years old, dressed in
the uniform Of sailor belonging to the
battleship Ohio, figured In a mix-up in
saloon at l2sth street and the North
River, in which. II is charged, he at
tempted to rob Harry weissman, a sailor
ON the battleship Kansas. of neat little
roll containing $50.
Assailant Becomes Prisoner.
Weissman went ashore with George
Panier, another Kansas sailor. OF
Wednesday night In rear room OF
the saloon, he told Magistrate Krotel.
Lang jumped on him and tried 10 choke
him. at the same time seeking the roll In
Weissman's back pocket. Panier went TO
his comrades assistance and together
they made a prisoner Of Lang. whom
later they took aboard the battleship
Ohio for identification. But the officers
Of the ship declared him an impostor and
turned him over TO the police OF the
152d street station. Magistrate Krotel
held him yesterday without bail to await
trial
The sailors thought Lang must have
bought his suit on the Bowery, which
thoroughfare is suspected OF doing large