The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-07-09
.JAUNTY SCHOOLSH|P
ISAMODEL CRAFT
will Return To Its Atlantic Port
Station Via Pacific Ex-
position Cities ~.
Delegation Of Citizens, Headed BY
Mayor Lane, Welcomes
Visitors To City r. .

| LII hbHuh aboard the New HoTl
! ~ State nautical schoolship Newport
Awhich arrived here from Hilo n
daybreak yesterday, will be busy fol
the next two days eoaling ship, paint
ing spars, bending new canvas, and
making everything snug and trim
Work before play, and for the New
port cadets this Is a working cruise
not n junket.
Not until the ship has been thorough
ly dressed down and made spick ant
span will visiting hours be annonncet
and shore leave granted. Nor will tn,
cadets be the only ones anxious to sci
foot on Oahu. The executive officer
Charles C., LittleReld; has as lively q
curiosity to see Honolulu, and with bet
ter reason, than anybody else In thu
ships company.
Here Twenty seven Years Ago
Twenty seven years ago Mr.. Little
field lay in Honolulu harbOr on the old
San Mateo.
"It must have been an interesting
city to know in those days." said one
of his callers yesterday.
81 daresay," replied Mr.. Little6eld
absently.
81 suppose you see a great man,
changes now," continued the caller.
"There must be" assented the exc,
cutive.
What in particular do you uoticei''
"Well, to tell you the truth, -
confessed Mr.. LittleneId, "I'Vs
never set foot in Honolulu. The
day the San Mateo dropped
anchor here in 1888, the ski?
per put of in his gig and they gave him
such good time on shore for n week
that we never had sight of him again
until an hour before we sailed. That
was twenty-seven years ago, and I've
never forgotten that skipper. I've been
waiting to see Honolulu ever since. -
First Shore Leave Saturday
Saturday, the cadets will have their
first shore leave. The intention is to
take them out to Waikiki in the af.
ternOOn, as guests of the Outrigger
Club. The following day they win
visit Pearl Harbor naval station, with
Inspector Reeves and "Drydock' -
Smith for their guides. Both are grad.
yates Of the New York State Naptiral
School. Monday they win be given a
sightseeing ride about the city in spe-
cial cars furnished by the Rapid Trans
it.
Tuesday will be pretty well taken ur
with preparations to sail the next day
for San Francisco, on the first leg of
the voyage home. At the Exposition
City, the lads will be given ample
opportunity to see the sights. Each ca.
let was given forty dollars by his par
ents to last the voyage out and most
of them have been boarding it for San
Francisco, though no doubt there will
be remittances from home waiting
many of them, when they pass through
the Golden Gate.
VIII Visit San Diego
From San Francisco, the Newport
| will drop down the coast to San Diego
and take in the Panama California Elk
position there. Then the officers will
shape their course straight for Balboa
and the canal.
On the voyage from Balboa to Hilo,
the Newport averaged a trihe better
| than seven knots an hour, under sail,
| doing some days as much as 9.2 knots
| and one day 1913 knots an hour. When
her speed drops below six knots or she
encounters obstinate head winds, the
boilers are fired up. On one boiler she
can 20 seven knots and on two little
better than ten.
With the exception Of a smart gale
which began to pick up on the night of
| Thursday, June 10, and was blowing
great guns Friday, the Newport had uu
uneventful voyage from New York TO
Honolulu. The gale gave the lads their
first taste of real green water. The
inner and outer jibs were carried away,
the main gaff was torn loose and the
main trysall was split into ribbons. A
new suit Of sails, cut from heavier can.
vas, will be bent while the ship is In
port.
Originally a Gunboat
Originally the Newport was built for
ton, now stationed at Samoa, and the
Vicksburg She is a prettily timbere,l
barkentine, square rugged for ard, car.
rylng main trysail amidshiPs, for laek
or room to swing boom, and regulation
fore and aft sails on her mizzenmast
From Balboa to Hawaii she spread low.
er and toPmast stun sails all the way,
something rarely seen now a days.
The tuition fees of fifty dollars a
head charged does not begin to cover
the cost of the nautical course given
the cadets. Their two years training
stands the state of New York about
$4,000 a head. q. ~
Those that elect to 90 TO Annapolis
find they have ground work of prac
teal knowledge that is invaluable Il
them. Those that choose the merchant
marine make their way fast. At least
they are almost sure of beginning Al
quartermaSters. Capt. f. s. McMur
ray, who is a graduate Of the schoo
himself, cited yesterday the instane,
Of one cadet who stepped immediatel,
to the bridge of a merchantman, a.
third officer.
Aloha and Leis Galore
'ln the name of the city Of Homo
lulu, ! have come, he said, "accom
panied by committee of the rhamhe
Of commerce to give you these wreaths
with our aloha, emblrms of hOspitalit,
aud love. Take them back to YOU
sw""thearts i'll far Off New York an,
tell them Of your visit to Hawaii. -
For the benefit of the mayor and tn
Ommitteemen, the boys put on tn
gloves and gave four exhibition bout
OF two rounds each. Captain McMur
ray believes boxing is good moral an,