The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-10-21
Missing Document lust Recover
ed Dates Back to Building
of "0Id IrOnsideS."
TELLS TALES OF ADVENTURE
Cook Disappeared When Vessel Went
Out Of Commission and Officials OF
Navy Department Have Since
=, Hunted High and Low.

Boston.-The logbook Of the frigate
Constitution, missing for fifteen years,
Las beeu found at the Boston navy
yard.
High and low the officials of the de.
partment have sought the volume ever
since the famous old ship went out OF
commission for the last time in 1907,
says the Boston Herald.
The disappearance Of the losbook
was complete mystery and the de-
partment had come 10 the conclusion
that some person had purloined the
book and that It would probably never
again come TO light.
Covered With Crime.
And now, quite accidentally, II has
turned up, covered with CRIME and
cobwebs, In the upmost corner OF
building 81, at the Boston yard, where
apparently It had/laip, with lot Of
other rubbish, since her captain hauled
down his flag for the last time.
The logbook, which is In manu-
script, Of course. Is very well pre-
served and Its entries are remark
ably clear and lcgible. They bear
the signatures. written In the flowing
script Of a past generation, of Capt.
Isaac Hull, Commodore William Balm
bridge. Capt. Charles Stewart, Capt.
Jacob Jones. Capt Otto c. Badger and
other commanders OF "Old Ironsides."
Many interesting episodes and
events are narrated In the volume,
told In crisp. sailorlike fashion, with
out adjectives or embellishments.
Some Of these occurrences have been
forgotten and their re-telling at this
time makes strange tale of the 100
years which have elapsed since the
old ship has been In the service of
Uncle Sam.
The logbook tells, In brief, of the
building Of the Constitution, In Bos-
ton In 1874, and modestly recounts her
many engagements and adventures dur
ing the war of 1912 with Great Britain,
most of which are familiar history.
Describes World Voyage.
1t describes, In detail, the famous
voyage around the world. which began
In 1874 and ended In 1916, during
which the Constitution visited the
Azores, Madeira, Brazil, Cape Town,
Madagascar, China, the Philippines
and many other places In the course
Of her circumnavigatlon of the globe.
In crossing the China sea II Is noted
that the ship sailed through u,ass
Of floating pumice stone. which had
peen cast up by spouting volcano in
Japan. At Canton, China, the crew
were called .on to help extinguish a
huge fire which threatened to destroy
the city.
The Constitution, In 1921, made q
tour Of European waters where, on
account of her exploits and victories
during the war she was the object of
great attention and curiosity. After
q trip Of 20 days. under the command
Of Commodore Bainbridge. she reached
.GiIbraItar, short of provisions.
A detsil'of men wos sent ashore to
procure food, and ''after lengthy
talk with natives" according to the
1og. they succeeded IN bringing aboard
oranges, apricots, emons and vegeta-
bles One rather. wonders how such
fare appealed ~ crew Of husky
man-'o-warsmen after 40 days
cruise.
Arriving IN Genoa harbor on July
a, 1921. sickness broke out aboard
he ship Which lasted for two days.