New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-04
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vora cruz. June 3-Whcn you say that
The United States possesses ue iars.s'
bat.lcship in the world you must "riie
worry rapidly In order to finish before some
other nation builds larger one Inns
morning the New York and her Twin '''
Tor tho Texas. are the most powerful
dreadnoughts anoat.
mt tho PENNSYLVANIA will Ne larger. ana
England and Germany are cat'ihg "i'eeh
inch guns and designing ships oil sre"'.I
tonnage. Up to the hour ol BUNS
press. however. the New YORK ~ sun ''i'
biggest Of our big sticks. Her tonnage 10
q 600. her armament is the hea'ieHl !"
tho world her wardroom table the Iohs-
est and she cost sli,0ooco. she boaru9
and lodges 1000 officers and men, anu "'
present has as guests Rear Admlral "iii7
low and his staff and 800 extra marine"
with their tents cots, field guns ana am
munition. and all of these latter fall 10
overcrowd her decks. She swallows ana
dirests them as easily as in one hour she
swallows 70o tons OF coal, which III
enough 10 last an economical housekeepcr
through even the coolest winter.
With the running Of the ship the ad-
,,,,ral is not much concerned. His mind Is
fixed on fleet. The ships forming 'i'at
feet he moves about like chessman, the
ocean being his chessboard. To him the
New York is only one OF his chessnen.
The Man Highest Up.
CAPTAIN #. s. Rogers commands the
10 highest
the man behind the men behind the a.
ir.ch guns. Commander Day Is concerhed
with his personnel. lie assigns officers
TO their duties, distributes petty ofilcers
and men to different divisions OF htty men
each. He Is chief executive. Lieutenant
Commander Watts is navigating ofhcer
He is responsible for the sailing OF the
shin. In his lockers he has charts lot
every one Of the seven seas. IL to-day ne
received orders from Washington TO pro-
coed under forced draught to Hayu or
Zanzibar he has in his chartroom the
shortest possible route. In getting the
ship there Chief Engineer Lieutenant
Commander Tardy would see that every
engine pulled her share OF the load. ana
should her errand be one OF war which
in these days seems unlikely, Ordnance
officer Lieutenant Rowcliff would look
after the big guns and ammunition.
The housekeeper Of the ship. the ON
Ger who is responsible for every can OF
paint and coil of wire and all that goes
to make a ship clean, smart and SER
viceable, is Lieutenant Commander
Overstreet Navigation. ordnance and
engines l must leave to experts to-day.
Even they must specialize. No officer
can boast he understands every part OF
modern battleship. His time is fully
occupied If he devOtes himself 10 gun
merry, electricity. wireless, fire control,
naval construction. component parts OF
high explosives, avis ton, torpedoes,
naviea: lion, armament or engines. Apart
from her navigation, guns and engines
the New York is like a first class hotel
or floating village. II. instead OF be-
ing riyeted in between steel decks. her
shops, offices and stores were spread out
in streets they would form a fairly
large sized town. OF this town the thr-
teen hundred men with appetities that
come from exercise and sea air must be
fed three times each day. Zach one Is
entitled by law to three pounds Of food,
so every twenty-four hours 5000 pounds
are CONSUMED. The American bluejacket
Is very particular about what is served
him. and he is very carefully protected.
II on the bill of fare he is promised
LAYER cake and no layer cake is served
him that harsh treatment OF the enlisted
men must be explained 10 the captain
by the unhappy officer who evolves the
menus, or the bluejacket can himself
complain II he finds n fly in the butter
ii is mis- right to carry that butter and
tina; ny to the mast, and from there il
will ne borne TO the captain himself to
satisfy his appetite
When the New York left New York she