The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-20
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SIX DAYS
1883 Mid -Shipmen Scrub
bing Decks Of Atlantic
Squadron BattIeships

Six battleships of the At
lantic fleet, with 5,109 Off
GERS and men aboard, steamed
into Seattle harbor at 4 4:lO
this morning and dropped
anchor in Smith Cove at $40
to spend a six-day holiday
here.
The warships comprise the "m1l.
dies fleet" carrying 1883 future -
mirais. commanders and lieutennnto
Of the United States navy on thetr
annual training cruise from the A.
napolis naval academy.
Among the midshipmen ~
turned to- at I a m and got doWn
on their knees scrubbing and polluAp
ing decks. wiping guns and No.
chinery and painting the sides of -
big fighting craft was Midshipunn
b. b. Cassels. of Seattle, who Win
graduate from the naval acadamy
next year.
SEATTLE BOY IS
EAGER TO GET ASHORE
9 0Ns 49, - - - eMs -
sells. sz2 Queen Anne ave-. and -
aboard the squadron's flagship Co.
necticut. Midshipman Cassels ~
mitted at IL o'clock that his AMNESTY
10 shove Off on shore leave w1s m
fitting him for the calm task g
scrubbing 10 square rods obf hard
wood quarter deck.
Another Northwestern chan on tho
Connecticut Is I. l.. Lind, midshin-
man. stepson OF Superior Judge q
w. Chapman. OF Tacoma Lind, like
Cassels. is in his third year At An
napolis. The son of the judge ''panoo1
coaly with Cassels for IS days while
the squadron was steaming from
Annapolis to Honolulu. And their
horny hands still bear evidences e
the fact.
while we are learning to BE- "a
mirhls of the navy" said Land, we
are also showing the boat along.-
RATHER SCRUB THAN BE
LOUNGE LIZARD
r. Spencer. son OF a wealthy banlD
er Of Columbia. Mo-. and v. l. Pot.
tie. son OF a New York city paint
manufacturer. knelt side by side on
the deck OF the Connecticut shining
brass with n gritty rag. Aiongst0e
OF them. using soap and water on :
monster hoist. were c. II. Noble, son
of a New York banker. and w. J. y.
Rafferty,. son of a Putnam, Conn
contractor.
Don't mind the work." said RAT
fnxtx nj - -
leave. Rather do this than be .
lounge lizard"
In the "middies' fleet are the hat
tleships Connecticut Michigan. New
Hampshire. Minnesota. Kansas and
South Carolina After today the
public viii be received aboard daily
from ! to p. m. up TO and including
Sunday.
Entertainment OF the visiting midp
shipmen wilb consist OF dances. bon
games. motor tours OF the city. -
ners and more dances.
The two cabinet members, Secre
tary Of the Navy Josephus Daniels
and Secretary of the Interior John
Barton Payne. will return to Seattle
from the cruise in Alaska waters
Thursday evening. and will be gueeta
Of the Chamber of Commerce. at din
ner at the Masonic club rooms Fri
day evening. They viii leave Friday
night.
EAGER TO PLAY
LITTLE BASEBALL
Lieut.. +. l.. Richardson and En-
sign ]. b. Goode, baseball officers On
the flagship Connecticut asked The
Star today to find them = baseball
field where the flagship team can
practice Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday mornings and play the team a.
the flagship New Mexico. OF the PAs
cific fleet. and local semi-prcfeU-
sional nine on Saturday and Sunday
afternoons.
Motorists who offered to put thel1
autos at the disposal of the visitou
from the men-of.war are urged to ~
port today at the Chamber Of Com
merce to be assigned numbers. This
request. IL was said. is urgent II
order that the program may be com