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

De allowed and ADDED, important
message TO follow"
According to the present itinerary
Of the Milwaukee, il Is TO sail from
here Sunday or Monday and arrive at
Port Angeles on July Is. where there
will be target practice and drill. and
on July p il IS to discharge the mill
tiamen at Tacoma and Seattle.
This voyage Is particularly notable
for the fact that it 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 ], and
kept up her regular 16 knots an hour,
notwithstanding that two days Of the
voyage was through thick fog, and
that a good part of the militia crew
suffered part of the time from sea
sickness The Milwaukee is a 10000
ton cruiser, has a battery OF is six
inch guns. and has sped Of p 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 adjutant general of the
Oregon National Guards, is aboard the
ship Captain G. r. Blair is the COM
mander and executive head of the
Oregon forces. and Captain w. b. ALI
son is the executive head of the Wash.
ington forces j. 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 a couple of accidents to the
machinery, but we were not delayed
by them. We first went to Tacoma.
taking on the men there. and from
Tacoma We steamed to Seattle.
as"The ship has not been In service
for three years, and I was afraid we
might have some trouble with her
The department had given me an itin-
erary that required l6 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 we're well on our
course.
Il was anxious to get here this
uhorning as we have to put on 1900
tons OF coal, and no allowance was
made in our itinerary for this work
The order simply said We were to
sEive 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
tomorrow when the latter returns from
Pearl Harbor.
1 II was reported here that the crris-
er would bring the submarines Of +
group, comprising the first submarine
division OF the Pacific fleet, command
ed by Lieut.. Charles z. Smith, in ad.
difion to the naval militia. The sub.
marines were not brought, but it 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 3S officers,
/ 20 of whom are from the militia,
There are 1888 men, 329 Of whom are
! regularly In the service. This num-
! her Is so In excess of the authorized
complement. Four newspaper men
from Seattle and Portland are aboard
M. S. Ellis is the commander and exc
cutiye officer, Lieut.. Commander Bul.
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-elerks, 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 guard is to the
/ army, civilian military organization.
4 Ii is comparatively Of recent date and
1 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 same as
I those Of the national guardsmen, with
! the exception that the scene of action
4 is transferred from land to sea. After
\ a man passes the physical examination
and Is enlisted, he must be present on
8 board ship once a week for drill and
IS expected to turn out for the an
Iual summer cruise. During the
3cruises the officers and men are paid
I at the same rate as in the regular
4 navy.
\ The Washington naval militia went
(. 10 Alaska a year ago. but the Oregon
militia has never made cruise away
= from home ports.
4 Aboard ship the routine is as strict
4 and efficient as aboard any war-vessel
4 in Uncle Sans navy. 1t is not much
J of a pleasure cruise for the men, many
of whom are from luxurious homes,
\ They must scrub decks and polish
4 brass and in port must heave coal
y Just like the bluejackets. That the
cruise to Hawaii is not much of a