Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-08

Port Angeles on July IS, where there
viii be target practice and drill, and
on July % It is to discharge the mill
tiamen at Tacoma and Seattle.
This voyage rs particularly notable
for the fact that 1t is the first time
the naval militia Of Oregon and Wash.
.ington have Joined together in the an
nual cruise.
The Milwaukee departed from Sc
attic at 3 O'Clock p. m. July l, and
kept up her regular Is knots an hour,
notwithstanding that two days of the
voyage was through a thick fog, and
that good part of the militia crew
suffered a part Of the time from sea.
sickness. The Milwaukee is a 10000
ton cruiser, has battery of is six
inch guns, and has sped of % knots.
She has been kept in the reserve
service at Bremerton navy yards for
the last three years.
Col. Samuel White, from the depart
ment of the adiutant general Of the
Oregon National Guards, is aboard the
ship. Captain G. F. Blair is the com.
mander and executive head of the
Oregon forces, and Captain w. B. ALI
bOu Is luG GACCul1NG HSdu vi tue w ASH
ington forces ]. Richard Olson of
Portland, Oregon, is the only chaplain
aboard There are two bands aboard,
one from each state.
Captain Reeves was enthusiastic
over the success of the trip. He said
this morning after docking: ~: -.
''The entire trip was splendid, and
we made excellent time. We expe.
rienced couple of accidents to the
machinery, but we we're not delayed
by them. We first went to Tacoma.
taking on the men there, and from
Tacoma we steamed to Seattle.
The ship has not been in service
for three years, and | was afraid we
might have some trouble with her.
The department had given me an itin-
erary that required 16 knots an hour.
We started out of Puget Sound MAX
ing 1914 knots and had not gone far
before the starboard airpump broke,
but we managed to fix it without loss
of time Later we ran into thick
! fog which lasted for two days and
two nights, but we were well on our
course.
~ was anxious to get here this
morning as we have to put on 1900
S sfons of coal, and no allowance was
made in our itinerary for this work.
The order simply said we were to-
give the men two full days shore
leave"
Captain Reeves made an official call
on General Carter this morning. and
will probably call on Admiral Moore
Pearl Harbor
It was reported here that the cruis-
er would bring the submarines of f
group, comprising the first submarine
division OF the Pacific fleet, command
ed by Lieut.. Charles z. Smith, in adj
dition TO the naval militia. The sub
marines we're not brought, but il is
well understood aboard the Milwau-
kee that on returning to the mainland
this commission will be given the
cruiser, unless the message received
this morning by Captain Reeves up
sets this plan.
Aboard the ship now are SS officers,
20 Of whom are from the militia.
There are 733 men, 329 of whom are
regularly in the service. This num-
Der is 80 in excess of the authorized
complement Four newspaper men
from Seattle and Portland are aboard.
M. s. Ellis is the commander and exc
cutive officer, Lieut.. Commander Bull
mer, the navigator.
In the naval militia aboard the
cruiser Milwaukee now at Honolulu
) are young men from almost every oc-.
cupation and walk of life-clerks. la,
borers, skilled employees, lawyers, doc
tors-men of every profession, rich
and poor.
The naval militia system is to the
navy what the national guards to the
army, civilian military organizations
IL Is comparatively of recent date and
its existence in Washington and Ore
gon dates back only four or five years.
THE period OF enlistment is two years
and the duties are much the some as
those of the national guardsmen, with
the exception that the scene of action
is transferred from land to sea- After
a man passes the physical examination
and is enlisted, he must be present on
board ship once week for drill and
is expected to turn out for the an
nual summer cruise. During the
cruises the officers and men are paid
at the same rate as in the regular
navy.
The Washington naval militia went
TO Alaska a year ago, but the Oregon
militia has never made cruise away
from home ports.
Aboard ship the routine is as strict
and efficient as aboard any war-vessel
in Uncle Sans navy. 1t is not much
of a pleasure cruise for the men, many
of whom are from luxurious homes.
They must scrub decks and polish
brass and in port must heaye coal
lust like the bluejaekets. That the
cruise to Hawaii is not much of a
Measure jaunt is shown by the fact
that the men will be here at the most
but three or four zdays.
Nile peIayed,- Nearing Port.
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