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Show Cruise of Fleet Has Made it Hyodred Pes Cent Better ! SAN" FRANCISCO.. April 7. Henry Sosvielle, chief master-at-arms of 1 ho battleship Jfhodu Island, the first enlisted en-listed man to reach bnn Francisco from Admiral Evans's fleet, at 'Mngdnlona bay. arrived here todivy on the hospital ship Relief. Tn li is opiuiun, that, of a man who has -served as a blue jacket in tho navy, th? inuse lias helped to increase the ellicienoy of both olliccrs and men one- hundred per cent. "All have 'enjoyed the cruise immensely im-mensely and a icat lesson has been learned by. the men on all vessels. The officers and sailors have come to know one anothor better. :;iid as for tho ships, they are 'in nortec! condition," declared de-clared Sosvielle.- An inccrp.Blinp; incident of the cruise occurred at Puntn Arenas. Two of the jaekic on the llhodn Island took advantage ad-vantage of the occasion lo go on a hunt-in hunt-in C trip. They secured permission lo take the ship's cutter and left in high spirits. Betnre they had been lonj away from the ship," however, a squall arose and they had considerable diffi-r-ulty in keeping tho boat afloat. At hist a sudden gust of wind caught them as the erafr struggled in the trough of the sea. and the cutter capsized, l browing brow-ing them into tho water. They managed man-aged to eling to the bottom of the upturned up-turned boat, however, and were driven five miles awny from either the shore or the Rhode Island before the we.vJior 'cleared and they were seen from the shore by Seaman .lames Bicgler. who scoured a leaky boat and with a' piece of board for an oar made hia way to I the men find oflVclnd t hoi r rosfuo. Cap- lain Murdoi'h of the Rhode Island roc-omnicndod roc-omnicndod Bielor lo Roar Admy-al Evans for reward and I ho latter lias , reported the matter io the .Navy de-partmenr. |