Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-01
u. S. WARSHIP TO BE
SEIZED BY BRITISH
plnns Perfected for Her Surrender to
BonrdinE Party led by Sir
Joseph Porter. Il. e.. II.
by MADGE ARTHUR.

NEW YORK. August 3l.--Arrange-
! mcnts have been completed for the
surrender at an early date of "A United
States battleship to the British Ad-
miralty. Her name is Recruit. and.
quite unconscious OF her fate. she is
lying about two cable lengths norcast
by nor OF the Abraham Lincoln Light
house. in Union Square. New York.
daring despeIado: with tho blood
rurdiing name of Dick Deadcye, is.
part in the seizure Of tho ship. which
will Immediately be rechristened the
hc he; ta Of o Sir j! Joseph Porter.
*. c. b., and his rather large STAFF Of
sisters. cousins and aunts;'
have never heard OF tho, U. S; $, Re
Srnit' though surely such OF them as
vnars mus, Saye seem n sre P sbc
was Launched" on Decoration Day.
1917. and although hcr, cost-upwards
snip that had no keel save the earth
81 Ih., ., city park nobody could deny
She s" is & seS foat IN %" length enc Sa" Wh
of an ordinary ,wo-story house. a
couple of military masts with fighting
tops are not less realistic than the
huge wooden guns that poke their
noses out of her main ,urret. She
carries real lifeboatS, real search
compass. real electric lights and real
Z.
She was built for the purpose OF
slim ulatinG enlistmen.s in the navy,
and has proved one OF the most sue
opcncd in various parts OF the coun
try since the outbreak OF tho war.
her cvs S9O and left 0f her
as United States seamen This. how
ever does NOT seem to me surprising.
war how any young man could pass
along in the, shadow OF this great OBJ
hitch Of his tromser nsu and d" " t@itchinE
of his fingers for halyards and LAM
IE yard :, the nautical term.
a, coat of battle-gray paint. but when
me u-boat warfare grew so hot she
| ocean craft. Indeed. she presented
such a wonderfully zebra-likc appear
any cab horses left in New York. might
Wei, have been afrghted as they en-
couple of evenings next week as His
Majesty's ship Pinafore.
am sure I don't know what part
! II any. her regular ships company
Is st, to play in these singular proceed.
and take night off TO see the town
Her compiemeni consists Of two com
mnd ersw o Of two petty officers
attached TO her since she first dropped
anchor IN Union Square. and might
unchanging scenery OF their 't two wears ars
voyage a irihe monotonous.
In order to learn just how II came
ABOUT that United States battleship
c caT junction ton Of an operatc stag &c.
under whose sunervision rssrsHIn;
Tor INC navy lis conducted in this city.
,he War sag eam mat g go1nn
trailed its guns upon the shin and wn
struck eolors' at once. ii would be-
ply after what that splendid or
I Of the army and navy in this CITY il
shouldn't have the use our decks for
an opera or prayermeeting or any-
'"i Trar else 1t desired to hold there"
branch OF tho w c. c. S. learnad
mat tho only purpose of the foribI
coming production of Pima fore" is to
I an I3d JOY. free OF charge. TO as many
I into tho southern end OF Union Snunro
/ on Two evenings next week s;Siin~n
nron' VII be the port side Of the shin.
B road w wFtS's side on nth, the starboard., or
! selves with Il rear view of Inc ner
normanre Managers OF the w. c. &, $
m I,.tSSi,h 10 nave no fear that free opera
a W''i o gray h a New York crowd so large
ciined to think there viii be a rathn-
/ uhcomfortablc jam. Rehearsais In
pubic hail have been going on for
81 ap'''e tiinc and the list OF performers
H. volunteers. includes some we'll
lnasmuch as "Pinafore" was riv.r
once IE,,e, years ago. on real vessel in :,
not not Il be ," said Providence. r. l., il can
, , as is forthcoming here has
/ HcNcr taken place. but in tho la
o. tru; S hr,J J9sfph Porter X. G. b., it " can