The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-04-14
Declaration by U. S. of War Aainst
Germany Recalls Hair-raising Race
OF Battleship Oregon ~ Years Ago


Ahout this time IN April IN the year
OF 1855 the worlds greatest rae ever
IA BY a battieship was under way.
The oregon. known also as h Bull
pos OF the American navy, had Just
LETT the port OF callao. Peru. Wal
with spain was Imminent aud some
where Inc oregon and we
Atientio fleet there was n strong span
Ssh naval force.
n problem was TO set the Oregon
ipio Cuban waters 10 strengthen Ad-
mfral SIMPSONS fleet IL was eoiDE
Go require fast sailing and presumably
hard ~fightine. A. the wal became
more of n certainty the navy depart
fGent realized that the fighting ships.
which were scattered all over the
world. must DO mbie The Maina
had been sunk and the conflict eemed
inevitable. -
The oregon was 90 San Francisco
when IL received orders 40 sail. On
Marsh ~ the Bull Dos steamed away
on its trip OF more than fourteen thou
sand iniies, ready tor any eniels.nes'
5et"esn san rrane's.o ans NY 49,
1Ih', we POI. OF ecss'nAuon, :.
Nere many eAhsc."ur 1850
YES iepoI'su s"e' Sps s-
poses were 'urAihs sn so"'n
~Aueis, ana ~ She 49, =. s"ss
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.v,e |" ssa.na
" ~as "~e ~ 80
~ 80 ~ ~ 49,
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pas',e squseIo" w. u = ~ : 49,
~ N WIZ 49,
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eah ,l" ues anu
.een n"niu '"ns ~ WA
o'su evHH ~ ani'nunieI'n = $500
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No time was wasted. capt Chatles
r.. clark Ordinary ront'he
~ drills Tor parade substituting ~at-
terry drills and work al battle stations
snitry. the crew slept on decks anu
stuck surety 10 war routine Inv
equator was passed n on mat one
day the drills were suspended 10 greet
king Neptune and Indulge IN ths
playful that are suppose
20 convert landsmen int sons OF the
Sea.
sixteen days out from port the SNIP
put In AT CalaO. 0Oat utfLtt Nttt
waiting. n so were orders 10 pro
coed on the trip as quickly as poesinle
Word THAT there was a plot 10 pioM
up the snip caused sreaf preeauuoh
TO be taken. scntries ano iookouts wets
doubled and supplied with
uon. n steam cutters were SET =
patrol the snip AT niSht. vroers "et,
10 stop ans boat that might approsc'
witnin uve hunor yaIus' ana W ,n'
or rar1 III necessary. Ihe seaIeniisns
and sspounders were Kept ready 70
immediate use war nae not oeeh oe'
eiared' Out the oregon ""s "nN"s ~
chanceA
while the coal was oeins 'ahs'
ABOARD reports were reeeiNeo nat III
Spanish torpedo gunooat Tehletuii
was on the Atlantie side on south an
erica, and the papers VIZ
iiiiso win ureiua Pieu'e'io"S 90 :
what the little sea wasp "ouiu eo =
b Dig American m the strai.s Oh mA
Heiian. Tne people IN Saueo ~eI
VERY courteous nut 'here were MAJ.
discreet inquiries as TO "heh "
oregon was going 10 SAT- ana 10
where' NATURALLY, no UPS were se
tered n the heaNy ios mat teii .o'
cred the movement as the SNIP s'"''
silently out OF me haroor.
from '@iiao 20 ths h'I"its s''.n
weather was expected put theIe ~
no slaekehlhg IN the uihF' Nesr :"
turning point the snip was "hcio
h whole nisht IA one OF me "Hue
gales that EVER ehiliea a SAILOR no"
bnt the oregon f""e T" OUT " S'''
style.
~ dayllsht the SNIP was uhu'i ""
Tor a hlgh speed spurt 'hI"ush ~
strsiis' me Naiers IA WHICH ,he ~
Iari" was eAp'Iten- ih' h"''
tortuous chahnei "~iioiu'd T.