The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
MORE RAINBOWS IN
AFTER TIDE BATTLE
Minnesota Nearly Wrecks Ho-
bOken Piers in Effort
to Warp In.
TUGS PASS UP THE JOB
Part Of Alabama Infantry and
Georgia Machine Gun
ners Return.

The battleship Minnesota, with 1910
troops, chiefly from the Southern end
OF the Rainbow Division, reached Ho-
broken last evenin,. But before she was
berthed on the third OF three trials the
battleship grazed the end Of Pier 2. with
her underwater ram, threatened to side
swipe Pier I. broke a three inch haw-
ser. narrowly missed cutting Pier 2 In
half, just avoided ripping navy tug TO
pieces and snarled up her flag In her
rigging. SO that II wouldn't come down
Capt c. l.. Hussey, commander OF the
Minnesota, and Capt. Walter Bernard,
marine superintendent at Hoboken, han
dicapped linguistically though the latter
was by the presence OF female Salvation
| Army and Red Cross welcomers on the
pier. finally overcame the cussedness of
inanimate metal In large and dangerous
quantities and got the Minnesota trussed
/ up TO the pier before she had an oppor-
tuntty to muss up Hoboken itself
Everything was lovely on the pier and
! on board the battleship Rs she came up
| the river shortly after o'clock There
was an army band on the pierhead, Red
Cross and American flags, Capt. Ber-
| nard. bunch OF pier hands and the
res! of the usual ensemble. The trocps
on the Minnesota were massed on the
| main deck. fore and aft. while Mt bow
and stern black punches Of gobs with
ropes all ready. clustered I'd In the
forereak futtered great white fias
witt. the Rainbow emblem brilliantly
displayed upon 1.-THE gift of Capt.
Hussey and the crew 70 their guests
aboard.
Hampered by Strong Tide.
The first attempt was not a success
out the oattieship speedily got in n posi-
ton downstream again and started float
ingup-to those on the pier she seemed to
be skidding-broadside to the river.
borne by the strong infiowing tide, with
tugs along her upper side to counter
balance in part the rivers force. As
she neared the pier the army band licked
its tongue and started In nightly to
play 'Darktown Shutters Bail" by way
or compliment to the Southerners-Ala-
oamians of Companies l. and NJ 10th
lufdntry, and Macon eGorgianse OF the
lblst Machine Gun Battalion. As she
Heated north the heavy steel bow of the
M.rIesota edged in further and further.
until submarine grating could be heard
as her ram slid gently along the end of
the pier 1t did not penetrate, however. for
there was TO Roadway on the ship. As
urged her into the berth on the north
side, but before she could get all the way
In the tide had swung her stern further
upstream until 1t threatened to skid right
ovei Pier l.
During this maneuvering the yellow
speed cones on the ship mad danced a
frantic Jig up and down her fore mill
| tsry mast as they indicated engines full
ahead. full astern. half ahead, port en-
CINE astern. starboard half steam ahead,
&C.
Hussey Is Persistent.
became apparent that either the Mime
sofa or the pier must go away from
there. Capt. Hussey saw that and so
did divers spectators on the pier. Capt.
Hussey went away from there full speed
| astern before the pier was touched,
while despairing walls arose from the
1910 military passengers'' on board,
who had been near enough almost TO
jump on 10 the pier. 1t was about this
time that one OF the three inch hawsers
which was attempting 10 hold the stern
downstream disintegrated with a report
into little cloud OF furry dust. Capt
Bernard from the pier roared sugges-
lions that the Minnesota go to -
anchorage, the soldiers to be taken of
by tugs.
But Capt. Hussey. 1t appeared. dur
ing the snappy conversation between
| ship and shore, was going to berth his
ship and berth it regardless OF He'll,
Heaven. Hoboken and the strong tide.
He did not say this. but one could infer
II. As his ship sheered or the band on
board supplemented the plant OF the
sea weary soldiers with Aud Lang
Syne." Before she got out OF earshot
the band on the pier interrupted SOL
diers' chorus OF Back to France"
( Throw Us Rope 'Lemme show you
how TO do It," call the NJ Ps."
Where's the Y. NJ, - Drain the river"
Bring that dock over here" Reassur-
| ingly that army band played THE Navy
VIII Bring Them Back" until the Min
| nesota steamed downstream out of hear
| ing. Then she went over to the New
York side and for a half hour or so