Show ROOSEVELT ON ONBOARD BOARD WARSHIP Sat Down to Dinner With the Jackies Greatly to the Delight J GUN GUI CREW AT THEIR BEST PRESIDENT DELIGHTED WITH WHAT HE SAW Barn Stable Mass Sept 20 President dent Roosevelt visited the North At Atlantic Atlantic lantic fleet off Cape ape Cod today and left heft I ft with enthusiastic praise for or the cite officers cers and crews of oC the fleet The fhe crew of the Missouri on which L the president spent the day da cheered L themselves hoarse Via ii t he left the ship at for they had had an honor pre presented presented to them which no other crew in the navy had ever received The pres pros ident and his guests sat down to din dinner dinner ner ncr with the jackies jackles This feature of ol i the trip was a surprise both to the of and the th men When the Mis LIis Missouri Missouri left the target ground and re turned to her anchorage and the first mess call was sounded on a marines trumpet the notes had no ceased echo ing throughout the fleet when the pres ident called Admiral Evans to his side and announced that he and his guests S would take dinner with the sailors Surprise for the Sailors The necessary orders were sere imme issued and the sailors jumped L to their feet in surprise when they saw sa r President Roosevelt walk on the after L gun deck and take his place at a table where he and his guests had the same sam mess that was being served to the th sailors at the surrounding tables One of the men observing that there ther I were no napkins on the tile presidents table rushed to the tile ward room to pro procure procure procure cure the necessary table linen When 1 he returned the tho th president thanked him but said he was dining with the tile boys boy S today and would have no privileges 3 which they did not enjoy The sailors pleased with the tile presidents pr action took no further steps until at the tile con COIl conclusion elusion of the tile dinner when they sent sen t to the presidents table a box of cigars S which had been obtained by tion from the tile navy canteen President Roosevelt left for Oyster r Bay this afternoon after he had re received received a long IonS dispatch from Secretary y Taft dealing with the thc situation in I 0 Cuba Salute Was Omitted The president arrived at the en entrance entrance L trance of Cape Cupe Cod bay buy at it at about abou t 9 U Jo o lock this morning Rear Admiral I 1 Evans left the flagship Maine shortly v Iv afterward and went n ent to the tile presidents president S yacht accompanied by Congressman ii Lovering At 9 the president it boarded the Missouri At his request requel t the usual presidential salute of twenty one guns was omitted The he moment the presidential party part V arrived on board the Missouri the th l lr champion of f the th North Atlantic fleet fled r salted sailed s out to the target grounds On 0 a athe the way out the tile president visited th various parts of the ship inspecting g the turrets wardrooms etc Firing at the tile targets anchored 1680 o yards away was begun almost imme immediately While the guns were e 0 being fired the tile president stood behind behin d the gun crew and watched through a da glass the admirable marksmanship dis dh displayed displayed played Every shot fired found the tar tai target target get nota not a miss being bing recorded When fl the ship turned and went back over r the course President Roosevelt went to I O 0 the forward turret where the tile big bi ig g guns were being prepared 3 i During the firing of these guns he did di 3 d not remain in the turret the mechanism mechanIsm 1 ism having been explained to him ear car earlier r Her lier in the day Posed for His H is Picture When the ship returned to her h er an ar anchorage 1 a newspaper photographer photograph r asked the president to pose for a pic plc picture picture I ture and he immediately gave his con cor consent consent i 1 sent on the tile condition that his picture e should be taken with the victorious gun gu in crew Before the actual target practice be began began b gan In order to show the president the ti le ie lec value of the team tam t am work in training trials were held from turrets and six si c inch guns the maneuvers being the ti ic ie same as in actual firing except that it I dummy charges were used instead of Df f powder This was waa followed by target n f practice at 1680 yards ards with guns and turret guns the speed sp ed of the ship being ten knots and the size of the targets seventeen to feet The Tile following scores were made The Tile forward turret in charge of Lieutenant T E L Johnson fired eight shots making eight hits in one across the range at the rate of hits per turret per minute The trainer was Benjamin Hare seaman the right gun gu pointer was W Gibbons boatswain boatswains s mate left pointer Charles Blanchard boatswains mate and L K Boyer turret captain The guns were fired by three pointers each pointer firing eight shots and making eight hits The first six inch gun pointer made hits per gun per minute the tile second pointer made 91 hits per gun per minute and the last pointer made 9 94 4 hits per gun per min minute mm ute 1 |