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...ready. Sick men went to bed until the hospital was full; then they were placed in cabins. At Panama 167 were sick of influenza. Eleven men developed mumps, infectious disease that added to fear aboard. To restrain the epidemic officers forbade enlisted men to mount above the main deck, first-class passengers to descend from the promenade. Continuous entertainment kept morale...
...harbor, the cruiser Trenton moved. Suddenly the grease-grey guns on the biggest ships spat red and yellow fire . . . boom . . . boom . . . boom . . . Twenty-one guns they fired, the full presidential salute. It was for Louis Borno, President of the Negro Republic of Haiti (see p. 6). From the deck of the Trenton he watched the U. S. display its naval power while he chatted with Theodore Douglas Robinson, fourth Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They saw the greatest force of U. S. sailors that has ever been assembled, the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Fifteen Admirals took...
...Elsinore, Denmark, where Hamlet saw his father's ghost, a young British newspaper correspondent excitedly climbed aboard a small tugboat. He, Philip Gibbs of the London Daily Chronicle, was late in covering his assignment. Finally he reached the good ship Hans Egede, scrambled up a rope ladder. On deck, newspapermen talked about the North Pole in polyglot tongues. Mr. Gibbs introduced himself to a man with a heavy nose and queer eyes, who said: "Come and have some breakfast...
...first big game that the Orangeman was present at was present at was the one in New York in 1888. On the way down in the boat John sat in the upper deck, regaling his crowd of "friends" until midnight brought a protesting officer. Upon arriving in New York, the mascot was draped in crimson flags and scarfs, taken all over the city, given dinner at the Hoffman House, and driven to the field in a coach...
...Haiti of the Colombian line neared St. Thomas harbor in the Virgin Islands, a dove, flying aimlessly far from land, alit on the deck. Wireless Operator William D. Collins occupied his idle hours cooing, chirruping, making enticing gestures with his fingers. The dove's hunger overcame its distrust when the man offered crumbs in his palm. The man, thinking the small creature loved him, felt benevolent, like...