Show boisterous VOYAGE trip of four war vessels across the atlantic THE YORKTOWN BEHIND the chicago atlanta and boston bide hide the warn like duels ducks I 1 TUE THE lOCk IT 17 through her re cullar build and the terr very havy U aej battery she carrin carries A abla able araga Ali crage or r speed NEW YORK jan 5 an associated pres press cone corio on board the atlantic in in a letter from casbon def cribei the experienced experiences ol 01 the a squadron q t i adron in the trip across the atlantic la r 1 t ic referring to tho the dropping behind of the yorktown he says at 7 p m on the in the height of a furious southwesterly gale and tremendous ben sea the commander dr of the yo keown made signals to the flag ship requesting permission to heave to which WAS granted from this lime the tile yorktown york town dropped astern I 1 the action of lier her commander is no awe than could have been expected I 1 the yorktown is is a comparatively I 1 light ship ca trying a very heavy battery i thus hus it w would 0 uld have been I 1 the height of folly to have kept a vessel of 0 her peculiar design running ranni of before such a he ivy sea had one of I 1 the ilia monstrous combs which from tima time ta to time rolled over the tile At Ulan lantas taa and sold stona sterna sterns ever plumped on the York towns min addi k it would have rutted gutted her tier fora fors anil and att wt during the tile night and all nest next day the cej sea ran high but the atlanta A anta in fruite of her liar low fore and unit after parts rode it like a juk duck as did I 1 also her lie si ter ship the boston noth I 1 ing could more forcibly convey to he the mind the fury of the atlantic than the fight sight of 0 those hose huge cruisers cruis era loaded tossed like the of playthings by the sea scudding studding scud ding und r reefed beefed fore I 1 and ana main topsails top sails and tore fore bail and burning burying the muzzles of the guns nn un der waler at every rall it seemed 11 incredible that their canvass would J stand or that they could longer continue to run ran before such asea a BOA to no thought of lying to however suggested itself to the mind of admiral I 1 walker the chicago rolled on and 4 on n and the to two gallant brigs briga followed a 1 1 even if they did hide their entire fore and aft parts under 1 green seas as on oil the morning of the tile A the wind ind lulled considerably but before night fell it came to blow v iti it i renewed violence at 6 a m of the tile the boston made signals that her I 1 1 boilers ceded net ded repairing and the chicago and atlanta slowed down dun a until 4 the repairs were completed fog I 1 I 1 heavy rain and a najay chip sea I 1 1 t the lie prim prin i ial jal features ot the remainder d er 0 of I 1 the I 1 vo voyage age A se set t of more seaworthy vessels never put pitt to sea during the entire run and in the tile f fice ice of exception exceptionally all bid bad weather eal lier they mai maintained n bained at its half if power an average speed of over nine I 1 knots an hour a remar remarkable kahle parfiro J ance and it is is safe to rosiy say one thit that th it q never has been equalled equal led lel by any i |