The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
The President Grant, Army
Transport, Back in Brooklyn
After Nine Months.
SAILED IN MANY CHIMES
Encountered Fire, Storms, Death.
Birth, and Strange Adventures In
TropIes-Experisneed Every
Danger Known to Sea.

New York.-Shore-staying people
who sadly wag their heads and say
that the romance and adventure Of the
seas went out with the clipper ships
had better not express their views in
the presence of any Of the officers or
men Of the army transport President
Grant.
For the President Grant, with her
bottom full of barnacles and her sides
coated with green moss, recently tied
up at Pier 2, Army Base, Brooklyn,
after a nine month voyage Of some
46,472 sea miles, in which all hands
from Capt. John Chambers to the
smallest of the Filipino boys got all
the adventure they desired, and then
some. And Capt. Chambers may be
said to be good Judge of adventure
for at 10 he went to sea in a clipper
ship, sailed around the world at IL
as bosom of another sailing ship. and
has seen many strange things and
tight squeaks N forty years at sea.
It would BE- impossible to sum up
the doings of the President Grant and
her men on the long voyage. equal
to almost twice the distance around
the globe, but they went through fire.
storm, sudden death, births, arctic
cold and tropic heat, men overheard
parties fights, black nights. typhoons'
CLASSY seas and rescue at sea.
ON for viadivostok.
All Of this started very prosaicasfy-
to the men Of sea-when the President
Grant warped out of her pier at Hobo
ken on the afternoon Of February
last bound for Vladivostok, the Rus
sian port on the Japan sea. There
were S85 officers and men on board. IN
Guiding 20 officers and men OF IN
army, most Of whom were Of the meds
cal corps. The former liner is vesse
Of 1902 tons and is 500 feet ione
Before the ship was half way acros
the Pacific the officers and crew wer
to be thankful for every ton Of weigh
and every foot Of length, but this
anticipating the story. Captain Cham
bers was on the bridge, the chief on
Ger, H. L. Jones, was busy straighter
ing things out all over the ship for
long voyage, and down in the engin
room Chief Engineer A. E. Brock wa
grooming his 7 800 horsepower engine
for the long and trying task ahead
him.
Just by way of showing that sal
Or's life is not always as perfect 9
nactured. Chief Officer Jones was lea'
Ing behind his bride Of one mont
He was happy that he had the mouI
tain OF work that falls to the exec
tive officer Of a ship to take his min
of his troubles.
The primary purpose Of the voyae
was to transport Czecho- Slovak trooI
from vlsdivostok to Trieste. ltai
after thek long, hard Russian car
oaisn. TIE snip was not idling on NJ
way over, however, for she had stowe
away In her after holds 5000 tons
steel rails. beams and plates, whit
she was carrying for the shippii
board to japanese ports.
Fine wes.her and smooth seas
tended the FIRST leg Of the passae
down the American coast to Colon.
the entrance OF the Panama Cant
The port was reached after run
: eight days, and the big locomotiv
pulled the ship through the locks al
out the other side In seven hours al
n twelve minutes. Elevei. days Al
eleyen hours more Of steaming at I
ships regular gait, which was alme
always Letween eleven and twei
knots, brought her through the Gold
Gate at San Francisco on Washir
toms birthday, February ".
After i've days here to take on G