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with the Grand Fleet. Once in Au-
gust. 1916, it ventured beyond the
Heligoland triangle but turned for
home when warned by Zeppelin that
the Grand Fleet was moving south.
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body of citizens receive the guests Of
the nation.
First impressions are of great i'm
portance, and to the foreign visitor
landing on our shores for the first time
perhaps. the majesty and serene dig
nifty of the memorial will be the visible
symbol of a great nation that respects
itself too much to receive him un-
worthily the gateway to great city
and to a new world.
when our own fleet and the vessels
of other navies come to these waters
the landing facilities for both officers
and men are entirely inadequate. prim-
tive in the extreme and unworthy Of
the greatest port in the world. The
association has received letters from
many officers of the American navy in
approval of the idea of this water
gate
The Riverside Park site extends
from a point fifty feet south Of 109th
street to a corresponding distance north
of 11lth street and from the park wall
to the pierhead line. The main land
approach would be Cathedral Park
way u1Oth street,. through which
celebrities received at the water gate
would lie taken to Central Park for
tho ride down town.
The Magonigle design provides for
total frontage on the drive of 650
feet From the drive to the end OF
the piers the distance is 1875 feet. The
whole area occupied by the water gate
ard its conjoined buildings would be
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has been pointed out that New York
has nothing of that kind; that in fact
the United States has nothing. Here
would he gathered exhibits indicating
the progress of navigation. models of
famous vessels portraits of our great
sailors and other souvenirs.
In the reception building the nota-
bic visitors would be formally well
coined and luncheons or banquets
would be served. 1t was proposed TO
decorate the walls with paintings il
Illustrating the progress of shipbuilding
from the Ph9nician galley to the SUI
perdreadnought and modern liner. This
room would be open to the public all
the time.
The enclosing walls Of the landing
basin, the steps and buttresses would
be granite, the buildings and peristyle
white marble. In order to suggest the
magnitude of the watergate the asso-
citation set forth the fact that there
would be more than 100000 cubic
feet OF stone in the structure. The
Pennsylvania Station has $50, 900 cubic
feet
Each of the lS6 marble columns of
the peristyle would be fifty feet high
and five feet eight inches in diameter.
1t is said that the design could be cas-
lily modified so that the army and navy
could be memorialized. On the four
pediments of the twin buildings could
be placed sculptural compositions sym
bolizing our history In the war with
! appropriate statues and votive tablets.
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of Alumni of the American Academy in
Rome.
The judges in the Robert Fulton
competition were George b. Post. Will
lam r. Mead. Thomas Hastings and
John Russell Pope, together with a lay
committee composed of r. Fulton Cut
ting. Isaac Guggenheim, William II.
Fletcher and Walter Scott. The pres
ident Of the association, which even
tually changed its name to the Robert
Fulton National Water Gate Associa-
ton, is Cornelius Vanderbilt. The prof.
ect up to the time that public contri-
button was to be opened cost $40, 900
which members of the association con-
trlbuted. At first 1t was thought thai
about $4,000, 900 would be needed In
the estimated sum is now about Sc, 900
900.
In pamphlet acquainting the pub
lie with its purposes the association
said:
New York is the greatest port in
the Western Hemisphere, and to this
city come all our foreign guests. When
we would do them honor there is no
proper place to receive them. An
ordinary evil smelling steamship wharf
piled with merchandise is not a proper
pace of reception. AS individuals we
would not receive "A guest at the ser
vice entrance and conduct him past
the garbage cans and ash barrels to
tho drawing room--dnd yet that is
what we now do I'm effect when we
cease to act as individuals and as a
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considerably larger than that covered
by the Pennsylvania Station. Facing
lC9th street would stand a naval mu-
scum and facing 111th street "a build
ing for the reception OF the nations
guests, the two being connected by a
peristyle OF 1856 Corinthian columns in
four rows These structures would
stand on two great buttresscs extend
ing toward the river.
Between the buttresses a tremendous
stairway would descend to a landing
basin 230 feet wide and 534 feet long,
enclosed by recreation piers. The city
has no recreation piers on the Hudson
between Fiftieth and 10th streets.
Public piers at Seventy ninth and
Ninety-siXth street are crowded with
people on summer nights. although
neither is intended for such use and
one is public garbage dump. Pro-
vision for utilizing for popular recrea-
ton necessary masonry forming the
landing pool OF the water gate was one
of the happy features of the Magon-
igle plan.
1t was intended that the landing
basin could be useful not only on spe-
cial occasions but to yacht owners and
boating parties and for aquatic sports.
The great stairway would not only be
ceremonial path for distinguished
visitors but would form natural
grand stand where the public could
sit and enjoy the river scenes and
breezes and gather for pageants.
In relation to the Naval Museum It
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ect examined by the committee. II Is
set forth that this proposal has the ad
vantage of site already selected and
allotted by the State and city and the
existence of a design which would re-
quire little revision In conversion from
Fulton to an army and navy memo
rial.
Before the Hudson Fulton Celebra-
ton a group of men formed what was
then called the Robert Fulton Monu-
ment Association for the purpose OF
commemorative the inventor of steam
navigation and the revolution 1t eff
fected in the worlds commerce. The
memorial was to be of great public
utility as well as of an impressive
character.
The conception having been ac-
cepted of water gate on the Hudson,
the scene of the Clermont's triumph,
an act of the Legislature was obtained
setting aside a part Of Riverside Park
from the drive to the pierhead line in
the river. In competition open to all
properly qualified architects siXty-two
designs were submitted. The success
full contestant. Mr.. Magonigle, was the
architect of the Mckinley National
Memorial at Canton, Ohio: the Ma
tional Maine Monument at the Column
bus Circle entrance to Central Park.
the Firemens Memorial on Riverside
Drive at Tooth street, and other well
known works. He is president of the
Architectural League OF New York
and past president of the Association
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tributed to the difficulty Of keeping
within effective gun range of the
enemy. Two separate destroyer at
lacks were made by the enemy
Jellicoe did not close with the en-
envy and so missed his chance because
he feared torpedo attacks. There is
not a line in all Beatty's report that
hints that daring commander even
knew a destroyer carried a torpedo.
1t may be briefly stated that
the battle area was roughly twenty
thousand square miles, that the battle
was in the North Sea off the coast of
Jutland near the enemy's bases and
mines, and that 1t lasted from two in
the afternoon until the morning Of
the next day.
The German fleet came out not sus-
pecting danger, its scouting ships
moving ahead. 1t moved north, par~
allel to the coast of Schleswig, and
contact with Beattys cruisers was
made about a hundred miles off the
coast. The weather was thick. but
by o'clock Beatty had headed the
enemys leading ships and was driving
him off from the land. The Grand
Fleet was coming In sight from the
north. In a short while Beatty had
the enemy to the west of him, and at
$3.50 o'clock the enemy was still to
the west. putting up game fight
when he got away behind a smoke
cloud sent up by his destroyers and
darkness fell over the sea
In the words OF the report OF the
captain Of the Revenge, "a fiotilla OF
destroyers passed through the line
and made a most efficient smoke
screen. At this period the enemy's
fleet turned eight points to starboard
and rapidly drew out of sight" There
was desultory firing during the night,
and when morning came Jellicoe' s
fleet was riding alone off Jutland.
The battle of Jutland was carried on
in walking mists and weak fogs and
funnel smoke, giving rise to that con-
dition characterized by the Admiralty
cable as low visibility" in which il
was at times impossible to distinguish
friend from foe.
Distrust OF Torpedo Attack.
"The German gunnery was always
good at the start" Jellicoe says. de-
scribing the action al 6 =. NJ. and CIV
ing his reason for not deploying in a
certain direction. land their ships in
variah!y found the range OF the target
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mo after day or tWo that he had
come over on very important business
connected with War Office contracts
and wished to proceed to London. After
an interview with him this was agreed
to-"
one Of the most touching things in
the Admiral's book is his account of
the tragic end of Lord Kitchener in
that same black week of June. 1915;
touching in itself, and because it
shows the deep sense of responsibility
which seems to be characteristic of
the writer.
Kitchener came to Scapa on the
way TO Russia and had lunch with
Jellicoe on the Iron Duke. During
the day of that June the boisterous
Scapa weather grew more and more
angry and by afternoon was blowing
hx'er gale, The hampshire was,
ready to take the ENJOYS to Archangel,
and the route cNosen was up along the
eastern side of the Orkneys, the beaten
track of navigation, usually swept
free of mines; but the gale on that
side was too much for the destroyers
that were TO form the escort Of the
cruiser. There was a discussion on the
Iron Duke as to whether it would not
be better to try the vets, or lee. shore.
and finally it was decided to try the
lee THAT day, the danger of mines
being considered slight.
AT 4 o'clock Kitchener and his staff
of brilliant men went on board the
Hampshire, which sailed at $50 p. NJ,
accompanied by two destroyers. The
orders were to make sixteen knots so
as to avoid submarines. and if the
destroyers could not make the pace, to
send them back. At : o'clock, owing
TO the heavy seas, the destroyers We're
ordered back by the commander of the
Hampshire, and between 1880 and 7:45
tie vessel was seen from shore to
strike a mine, one and half miles out,
and sink by the bows. Word was tele-
! phonod at once, and destroyers and
patrol vessels rushed To the scene.
| Lord Kitchener was below when the
disaster occurred but was escorted on
deck and a boat was being prepared
! for him. and his stan, He was never
seen after the ship sank The Hamp-
! shire did not succeed IN lowering a
I boat, so furious was the sea.
| Let Admiral Jclllcoe describe his
own feelings:
"As the 9Ours passed and no
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A WATER GATE where distin-
~ guished visitors to this country
could be appropriately ushered
into the nations greatest city and
which between times could serve use
full everyday purposes has long been
advocated by persons with vision and
a desire to beautify New York.
Several designs for such "a contribu-
ton TO American architecture will be
considered by the Mayors committee
in its search for ideas relating to the
proposed permanent war memorial
One of them, for a water gate at the
Battery. was pictured in THE SUNDAY
Sun recently. Another water gate,
the site of which would be Riverside
Park between 109th and 11lth streets,
Is shown on this page.
The illustration is from a photo
graph OF a model made from the plans
of the architect, II. Van Buren, Ma
gonigle. His design won the first
award OF $4,000 in competition held
by the Robert Fulton Memorial AS
ISOLATION several years ago. a fund
for the erection Of the water gate in
granite and marble was to have been
raised by popular subscription, but the
war caused postponement. Now that
the city Is planning war memorial
THE Sun is informed that the associa-
ton will not object to having its prof.
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news was received of tho rescue of
any survivors, the anxiety became
intense. With the arrival of day
light and the certainty that this
great man, who had served his
country so faithfully and well in
its greatest emergency, had met his
death when under the care of the
navy, the anxiety turned to con-
sternation and grief. Lord Kitch-
ener had inspired the service with
confidence and trust. The navy
had frequently worked under him
in Egypt and in South Africa. and
he had been one OF the outstanding
figures in the European war on
the side of the Entente. Every one
in the Grand Fleet felt the magni-
tude of the disaster that had fallen
upon the nation. and it can we'll be
imagined that the feelings of the
Meet generally were intensified IN
myself, for on me lay the main re-
sponsibility for his safe passage TO
Archangel, so far as such safety
could be insured.
Il have often wondered since that
fateful day whether anything could
have been done that was not done,
but short of postponing the de-
parture of the Hampshire alto
Gether until weather conditions adj
.mitted of channel being swept
ahead of her, no safeguards were
possible. Such a decision should
have resulted in two or three DAYS
delay in starting, and would never
have been agreed to by Lord Kitch-
ener. Moreover, with the kncwl-
edge then at my disposal as 10
enemy mino laying possibilities, I
did not consider the delay necessary,
as I should not have hesitated, il
need had arisen, 10 take the Grand
Fleet to sea on the same night and
by the same route as that traversed
by the Hampshire.
MY owl. sorrow for the incident
was overwhelming. There was, at
first, doubt In the minds of some
people as to whether the loss Of the
Hampshire was due to a mine or 10
a submarine, but those doubts were
set at rest by the sweeping opera
tons which were- undertaken as
soon as the weather admitted. They
resulted in the discovery OF moored
mines of the type laid in southern
waters by enemy submarines, these
mines being easily dlstinguishable
from those laid by surface vessels"
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Besides Nelson's twenty-siX capital
ships and seventeen frigates England
had forty-seven capital ships and fifty
frigates TO fall back on IL disaster oc-
CURED. In 1916 the Grand Fleet was
the mainstay on which England had 10
rely for safety.
"Neither in 1914 nor in 1916" writes
Admiral Jellicoe, did our margin OF
superiority justify me in disregarding
the enemy's torpedo boat fire or meet
ing IL otherwise than by definite move
ments, deduced after most careful an
alysis OF the problem at sea with the
fleet and on the tactical board" This
is the key to the battle of Juuand.
But what does the Admiral mean by
the sentence that follows: THE sew
erely restricted forces behind the
grand fleet were taken into account,
and there was also a possibility that
the Grand Fleet might later be called
upon to confront a situation OF much
wider scope than that already exist
ing?"
What does this hint at? Who is
involved? What nation? What fleet
did Jellicoe fear. If all went not well,
and very well for the Grand Fleet? The
sentence says either too little or too
much.
. Misses Chance TO Destroy Foo.
But, TO return to the battle of Jut-
land and nervousness over the en-
emy's torpedo boat fire. The world
did not wait for A. II. Pollen to write
his The Navy in Battle" before It
made up its mind that. a chance was
missed to destroy the German fleet.
II would seem that the explanation
of that failure is to be found In
Admiral Jellicoe's own official &C
count of the battle.
LAS was anticipated, the Ger
man fleet appeared to rely very
much on torpedo attacks, which
we're favored by the low visibility
and by tho fact that we had ar
sived in the position OF a following
or chasing fleet. A large number
OF torpedoes were apparently fired.
b.; only one took effect. and even
In this case the ship was able to
remain In the line and to continue
in action. The menace of effective
torpedo attack on long line, how
ever, In weather conditions which
we're ideal FOR the purpose, CON
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portanCe were introduced. First,
the torpedo could be Iired at very
long range, up to $4,000 yards,
either from large ships or destroy
ers: and at shorter range from sub
marines, and the mine had been de-
veloped; the invisibility OF these
weapons made 1t difficulty for it to
be known when they were being
employed.
THE reasons which make II
necessary TO DE more cautious
when dealing with underwater
weapons than with gun attack are
the greater damage which one tor
pedo hit will cause, which damage
may well he fatal to many ships,
and in most cases compels the ship
TO reduce speed and leave the line
of battle. With the gun, it is
usually different; a ship~-< ich is
being heavily hit can-if her own
offensive powers will not save her
by crushing the fire OF the enemy
so manGuvre as to derange tenn
porarily the accuracy of that fire.
Therein lies the whole necessity
LOT lut SAtINlSG VI lll' SINhA'HN
care when dealing with the under
water weapon"
Herein is the keynote 10 the battle
of Jutland Jellicoe had no re-
serve fleet and he cautiously kept be-
yond the range of the torpedoes of the
German destroyers, thereby leaving
the capital ships of the German High
Sea Fleet beyond the range Of his
guns.
Greatest Action Since Trafalgar.
The battle of Jutland was the first
fleet action of any Importance since
Trafalgar, if We except the engage
ments of the Russo-Japanese war
1t was not a pitched battle but q
chance meeting Of two hostile fleets
The British fleet, l5l war vessels
strong, was out on one of its periodic
sweeps of the North Sea. The Ger
man High Sea Fleet under Admral'
Won Scheer and Won Hipper was sen
out to cut off some British ligh
cruisers believed to be i'm the vicinity
of the Skaggerrack. 1t did not expec
to meet the whole OF II, Grand Fleet
As might have been expected wheT
the material losses on neither sid
were overwhelming, both sides claimed
a victory at Jutland.
But never again did tho High
Sea Fleet dare 10 measure It's force
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Marines
Incidents
on Three Cont
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men Braved w ater


ITHE Llanero OF south America
lives on horseback, trades, buys
J. and seIs on horseback and
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ros contributed much toward achieving
the independence of "errzuela and
New Granada. Ihere Is related
story of an occasion when 1t was nee
essary for Bolivar's army TO cross inc
Apure to engage Morillo. But Bolivar
lad no boats and the Apure at TINS
point was vide and deep.
The Spanish fotilla was guarding tho
river opposite to the patriot forces.
Bolivar was in despair Turning 10
Paez he said, II would give the world
to have the Spanish fiotilla; without
it can never cross the river
1T shall be yours in an hour re-
piled Paez.
Selecting 300 OF his Llanero iancerS'
all distinguished for strength and oraV-
cry, he said, pointing to the gunooatS'
I'VE must have these fiecheras or die.
Let those follow who please.
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! the river and swan toward the iiotilIa.
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.
their horses by swimming beside them
and patting their necks, now shouting
! TO scare away the crocodlles' or winch
there were hundreds. AL last thcE
! reached the other side ana sprahS from
/ their horses backs on BOARD the poat9
headed by their leader. 10 the aston
lshment OF every one they actually cap
tured the entire notllia.
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the French General Plchegru' "no' III
, the winter ot 1850 leu prlSade ot
/ cavalry across the ice against inc allled
/ ileet' frozen helpless III the leNel on
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papers and local TRADITION preserve the
memory OF a somewhat similar ueeu OF
daring IN our own Refolutionary war.
Ihat was the capture ana burning OF
two British ships at AleXandria' Va,
/ by squadron Of cavalry made up OF
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from Valley Forge during the winter
of 1ITi-1S. This account Is preserved
/ by a family Of the name of Williams,
descended from the Alexander family
from which the town got its name,
who were leaders in that daring raid.
At that time Alexandria was the
principal port of northern Virginia,
for the deep water at its wharves per-
mitted any seagoing vessel of that day
to lie alongside. In February, 171S,
two English ships under convoy of
man-of-war tied up at the wharf at
the foot of King street They wanted
to buy, beg or steal tobacco, the sup
ply of which the war in Virginia had
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ton at Q A NJ. when the Audacious
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the port engine room and mart of the
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THE German gunnery was always
good at the start" Jellicoe says, de-
scribing the action al 6 =. NJ. and CIV
ing his reason for not deploying in
certain direction. land their ships in
variab!y found the range Of the target