Show The Navy Yzwd At Mare Isla11d Most Important Naval Station on the Pacific I Coast Second In Size and Import tancc Mammoth Drydock fCopyrlllM 1S51 While our Atlantic const navy yards I are more or Team generally knovin 10 icuple east of the Rocky mountains the single one on the nelllc connt does not Time i the prominence It deserves It has ben slighted bl ono dmlnltr long and Its distance from Washing ton seems to have retarded Its proper development and roOf ro-Of our seven utlltllng stations the league Island I hllidell hill navy yard with Its 93 acres Is I the largest but Mate Islnn 1 with Its 741 acres Is next In the Incld tally tile llrook < T ln lard perhaps tie most Important anl wllch has been In existencesine ISOI f occupies only 1 el ol aer s wWJJf Mare I or Nepal Island Is I aKtnllc i from San Francisco northeast and Inland In-land opposite the ton of VlleJo < wlere most of the workmen employed employ-ed In the yard live A little steamer tile IIIn plies btween Ir Ioland and the ton for tho accommodation 01 officers and mn Houeel a fw mne I wY 19 mhero John C 1Innn did lome of his training for the pugllls I tie ring and where lie I had a blacksmith shop sal 1 < 1 to lie I still In existence The mountain of the Sunoma valley group form a background to the place The Iland derives Its Fnztlsh name from the fact that a Spaniard raised Mare on It for breeding purposes I Entering tile Golden Gt from the Pacific there Is Alcatraz Island In the middle of tho channel cohered with 1 i fortification besides the Islands otIs Angel Bnd Yrba I uonao while thereIn there-In I another at rort Point on the south side 1 of tie date The name San From Cisco hay li often extended over San Pablo bay which Is I nearly round and ten miles In diameter though there to I a strait three miles wide connecting the Iwo he laat named receives from the tiril east through Carqulnez strait one mile wide the waters of Sulsun bay which I a eight miles long and four Iles widTh wid-Th two bays ale deep but the strait I has only 16 fet of wr nt low tide The Sacrament And San Joaquin riv ere which drain the great vany ben be-n be Sierra Nevada and cot an = flo IIIoho late Sulun by I Tho nnvy lard 1 proper ot Mar Island in I on the eastern side Toward the ten tr 10 the wont are the onkrs Qur Term the marine barracks and the naval I hospital all looking toard Sn Fran else surrounded by live ok and I poplars mlille gIU so foliage and shade trees form a larger part of the most plcturQu n311 depot of the United Mate In 158Monda > June ISlt wn the sceae ot a terrific explosion In the Dow Jji 4 d4 r = r l I R I I I It 1k1 i FP P 4 I I I I I 4 7P 4 1 TM r X I Q z I I 11 4 1 I t o 11n Ot 11 11k I I f I Il I I I 1 I I I I I I I nDAn ADMIRAL KIRKLAND dr house by ehich 13 sailors 01 the cruiser Uoton itere Instantly killed and two frightfully mangled Th blue jackets at he time wr engaged In Oiling shells Seven wk ItrAug 1lho crew of tile nuson unveiled un Imposing granite monument within the grounds of the naval cemetery of the Yard as a memorial 10 their dead com rade radeVp Despite the salubrious climate and delightful surroundings orricern and men of t he navy prefer the east though l I tile European station the Med1terra nan Is I regarded ama the pradlo ot them all The hue drdook nl Mare 1In1 Is I perhaps theniost Inlerutlng feature Imaelno u small coliseum or classic amphitheater ttralyou III have almost n literal Ida at this nah basin III In made of granite and Is I lIIotlonl Ide4 tellatvd fill Innu In elastic Its 10 lIt Idlng dllwn moral 5T loading oval nllhl bollom 10M m 10 < greal C 8I diameter rests the k1 of nagalitriM Ill off that tin for locking I Is l net 1 Tile rean or ships sides and keel nay bo leaned started bolts anl sltalns below the vv itor line may be repaired I and tho hull given u new coat of point The ordinary landlubber has little Idea of the enormous enor-mous amount of drift that cat lecls on a seagoing vessels 1 hull millions ot tiny il cllflsh barnacles I whelms tolnuts dnmlllo rnollusca parasite of every el H rlpllonngalnst lie gathering or which there Is I no known prnth A three montls Cruise will foul I n y ship wood Iron or ItIlo such an ex tent Mot hr I speed I will b I e materially dreae1 and her efficiency Impaired I And docking 10 l always an exucnlvo affair the cost of which adds targets I to the financial maintenance of our navy A cruiser out ot water Is I a queer lookIng look-Ing object live grace her 111 It rsi I hr Ipurnoo of speed and nglllly van Ih when the H I In tin drj loci Site look title n fish on land or n sent on n rrI1I thing amphlblou dum n1 I Iow moving Her dignity has I llrnp ered I There Is I 100 much Incline 10 her bow anti Morn hr Arrem an1 ruder I dr took trifling l and Inadequate and hr rain her formidable forefoot capable capa-ble of administering tie kick that ashes In the ribs of her adversary and sends her to Davy Jones locker a dismantled dis-mantled wreck sectno only a hideous ottudlnc snout the loner jaw of a I sulky bulldog Then there Is I the storing of prol dons done mechanically by those hug Inn nrm cratIes and smeelev that swing to ova fro and drop their burden m1thin the ships hold A fw month ago the grentevit noli fly ircvallel at the Mare Island navy I i yard but nt present the work Is I of the ordInarYdnI In strong contrast tome to-me of he eastern yards Tile Phlla delpIlhL arrived their last fill was placed plac-ed In the drydok cleaned lalnttd its inntled and stripped of lie I last gun anti then towed Into thc stream nhere she presents a plllbl pclcI n or ry looking hulk Her great I arbctlci t P through which her 6 unit II Inch rl fled guns once Protruded menacing now removable the oeless 1 sockets of i some monster And yet she Is I one of our best armored nhll > The cruiser Charleston and the gunboat Yorktown uf the nw navy are alpo I them The latter 1 lat-ter I s anchored In the stream ready for Instant service while the first named H I tied ui to the eiuay a seemingly hopeless less I tangle eit beams and rigging The Adam a little oodn craft IIl1h an obsolete tttery of smoothbores is I now In the drdock mith a large gang of mn nt work Inslle and outside getting I her In readiness for service as n trainIng train-Ing hll Close to the < l1 < lock alongside thi quay mall Is I the old Iron ship Hanger Alth a fw mn at work upon hr Nearby Near-by Iles the ooden ship Penacola 4 gii I If 7 L 3W I lJfE 1 6 V U rg i = I V I = Zc t T7i i q 5la a I Jf f oMr Yq i I 7 I r f I i 11 f 6T7L 7 Z2 = 4 I A th l rrJZ M 14 l 5 11 I it ff Ii I J w rJ jr 1 11 Y t < t A I Jo YA I I kll I 9 i rr 1 r 1 t NO f g f s 7 Ay cIf4 1 I czxl I i 4 Je I 1 V I I tf I NIH F q I e 8 ar I ul N g f LR 4e 0 I t tr J YlP I I t wt < > W q 1 n 7 g 04 N 0 W17e111r M I 1 zHfffr I I 1 IN 15E 4 kIoF1 0 4f gj 5f1fJPW i I r1r 1 A I I PffiPAe 4 i IJ I I Ill I I U 1 Ij 1 iL i w Gpzl Y I I I a a i r r I I I I I 1 G40N I lq 1 I 01Id a I 9 11 5 VV li 1 11 j I I t r1 1 11 Li il 1 I I l Ilt ifl l1 f > JJl I I I f 7 I jI I i I i 11 II ii I I 11 11 11 ir rnD ISLAND NAVY Ann which In receiving the finishing I touch ca Preparatory to going Into service an a training chili ti be stationed a t Han Francisco The historic old frigate Hartford which has made Us last lay 00 now Iles astern the lnLoln and Is I a dismantled unsightly old tub 10 rise sailors Ihraoeology The Mohican arrived there on i March 6 and docked at the quay astern ot the Chnrlosto 10 lsttlth Oon I first class i 1 arrived Ih cte a short no Ivan I-van from her anchorage Pug t sound I I iiaval 1 tllol and left uu IArch n r Ky West I last November neir 1200 mn v I employed nt lie yard wlula tt pi 1 O till to are IUaO voikmei engaged I ir perters Jolrc cat Ills ncn I q and lZorers sort Itififflalt Ull1 ay Caitam I llsnry Glass II N i a flow actInZ as commandant 0 h P Inri onIng to tile InJinpottlon o o it I I Klikland vhLa Is the mentor rPr ALI mh1 of the no ALni ALnnni It SOUTI1AIICX I |