The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-03-11
WON'T OVERLOAD
THELEVATHAN,
SAYS GEN. HINES
Continued from First Pnse)

who came home on the Leviathan
with the eth Division saw the order
and knows OF the work which has been
outlined TO carry 1t out.
Gen. Illness statement that the
Embarkation service does not con-
template loading more than 10000 en-
listed men and officers per trip on
the Leviathan carried the suggestion
, that there may be n division of au-
thority in Washington over the con-
duct OF the gigantic transport The
Leviathan In still In port and the
work OF cnlarging her carrying ca
! pacity to admit of stuffing $4,000 men
into space that Is crowded by 1o,5oo
is In progress.
when the Leviathan left Bre6t on
Feb. IS she was under orders to
reach Hoboken on March 6 and TO
start on the return trip to Brest on
March 10. The orders were posted
on the bulletin board with the in
formation that, owing to the short
stay at Hoboken. no shore leave
would be issued to anybody.
.ihortly after the Leviathan left
Rrest the order TO change her car
ryiug capacity TO accommodate $4,000
men was received by wireless. The
original order was removed from the
bulletin board and another order.
stating that the ship would probably
be in port for ten days and that leave
would he granted was substituted.
The news that the Leviathan was
to carry $4,000 men on her next trip
was circulated all over the ship.
The Embarkation Service. of which
Gen. Hines is the head. Ia nominally
In supreme control OF all troop trans
ports and pays all the bills. Gen.
Illness assurance that the Leviathan's
capacity ls not to be Increased, issued
in the face OF the fact that the Navy
Department has ordered the incaease
and the necessary alterations are be-
ing made, appears TO call for get
together movement on the part OF the
Embarkauon Service and the Navy
Department
The Evening World has receive /
from f. W. Saward, editor of Sa %
wards Journal, a coal trade weekly,
the following letter concerning tho
project Of overlooking the Leviathan.
Mr. Saward is transportation ex-
pert:
Editor Evening World: am much
! interested In your article protesting
against the carrying OF $4,000 men or
the Levinthan. Surely, that seems
TO be taking chance.
Would It not be in order to retel
10 the disaster to the steamer Sultans
at the close OF the Civil War? Tha
was one OF the greatest disasters o.
the entire conflict and It occurred OF
an inland river, not on the open sea
D AT tho close OF hostlities there II
an inevitable tendency towards tn,
relaxation Of discipline and, think
] this should be taken into considera
ton as well az the theoretical ca
pacIty OF a boat"
$ tThe Sultana disaster, referred
s. TO by Mr.. Saward. occurred on
u April 27, 1865, on the Mississippi
4 River, about six miles north OF
J. Memphis, Tenn. The Government
n had chartered the Sultana, large
= river steamer. for the .transporta-
" ton OF Federal troops from the
= Far South TO their homes. She
10 carried $500 men when she left
= Memphis for St. Louis on her last
voyage. The boat was packed to
the rails.
1.-THE boilers exploded under the
p. pressure OF steam needed 10 pro-
~ a. pei the heavily laden boat and the
a. wreck caught fire. About 1850
q men were burned to death or
ID drowned. The last reunion OF the
aurvlyors az tha GuIi ana WAS hald