The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1878, Page 8

IN A RUBBER SU. Paul Boyton's Experiences on the Waters of Europe. FIVE YEARS OF ADVENTURE. His Reception in Ireland—Och, He’s the Divil!” ‘A WHITEWASHED YANKEE.” —_-—. Captain Paul Boyton, the famous swimmer, whose arrival on the steamship Britannic was chronicled in the Herat of yesterday, comes back in the uniform | of acaptain in the French Tafe Saving Service, aud with a commission trom the Republic to buy sup- plies of the life saving dresses in which he performs such marvellous feats, These are made in no coun- try but the United States. During the voyage across the Captain delivered a lecture on board for the benefit of the sailors’ orphans, and his peculiar dress was purchased the passengers and presented to Captain Perry, of the Britannic, the purchase money going to the same charitable object. Captain Boyton will remain in this city—which is his home—during the winter months, recuperating for a new Continental cam- paign next year, after he shall have drilled the French life saving crews into good form. With the excep- tion of a brief visit here three years ago he has been abroad five years. In these matter-of-fuct days, when ulmost e field has been exploited, the novel story of his adventures upon the waters of the Old World reads like aromance, Before embarking for America he was found by a London representative of the Hera at “Romano's,” where, over coffee and cigars, the plucky swimmer told the story of his adventures, and the correspondent records them in a series of letters, the first of which is appended, Lonpoy, Dee, 14, 1878. Captain Boyton has been on this side of the At- Jantic since October, 1874, at times exhibiting his “moral show,” as Artemits Ward would call it, and at others drifting or paddling down the rivers of Europe, in order to satisfy apparently an innate love of daring and adventure. Twice he swam across the English Channel; he swam down the Rhine from Basle to Cologne, down the Danube from Linz to Pesth, down the entire lengths of the Po, the Tiber and the Arno, from the Isle of Capri to Naples, across the Straits of Messina, by the famous whirlpool of Seylla and Charybdis, then down the Rhone, the Somme, the Loire, the Tagus; over the Straits of Gib- raltar, down the Guadalquiver, the Garonne and the Beine; and I think would swim across the Atlantic home in his own peculiar method if favorable breezes could be insured him. Captain Boyton has spent a large part of his time during his sojourn in Europe upon the water, and of this the most interesting on the surface of rivers which had never before been known to living creature, save fish and sea fowl. "The Captain's journey down the Tagus from Toledo to Lisbon, as told to his friends, is a most interesting and thrilling narrative of personal adventure and ex- ploration. In the course of that voyage he says he #ot among river solitudes that had never before been invaded by man, and his bugle notes were echoed by weird primeval rocks, that sent back for the first time the reverberations of human speech. Crossing the Straits of Messina we have a fight with » shark; on the ‘Tagus a long continued battle with rapids and water. falls; in the Straits of Gibraltar a struggle with the currents, and in the Po a death fight with the “fever of fire.” Sometimes the Captain, during his journey, dressed in his peculiar costume, which gives him a kind of seal-like appearance, was received with royal honors by majesties and princes innumerable, by cities and corporation with grand fétes and popular rejoicings. On the other hand his appearance in solitary stretches of rivers, where his name and fame had not penetrated, sometimes caused consternation, the Captain being greeted either as a merman, a river gnome or the devil himselt in person. THE FLD SWIM. The Captain's first adventure on this side of the water took place off the coast of Ireland. in Octobe i874, he went on board the steamer Queen, st Ne York, intending to jump off when some two hun- dred and fifty miles out and swim back to the shore in order to prove the efficacy of his dress as a means of saving lite at sea. “But the captain of the vessel,” to use th ‘imumer’s own words, “would not let me go overboard when we got out that far, but said he would let me leaye the ship when we arrived off the eoast of Ireland. It was so arranged, and the captain word, When the day came he, with the loctor, took me down into his cabin and ‘said ‘look here,’ aud le showed me the barometer, ‘it is lower than I have seen it tor thirteen years.’ ” * ‘I don’t care if it fails out at the bottom; I doctor said, ‘Well, come and have a you go.” I declined, ‘for,’ said f, ‘I in- nd { shall want my head about me,’ sh, 1 did that night. Ishook hands ytain, the doctor and all the passen- over the sid It was then about nine The captain bad stopped the screw with the Kers and got o'clock at night. just to let me yet overboard. As soon as I was down i heard the ‘burr’ of the screw and the ship was gone a minute, looming in frout of me like a big house, ALONE IN THE OCEAN. “I pulled myself together and braced up for a rough night. I knew I was going to yet it. There was not @ light to be seen anywhere. Lying down flat on the water IL could not see anything, not even a star; I could uot see the cc * for I lost my light and it was piten dark. The wind rd. There was a heavy sea, I kep ting along, not knowing whether to paddle or AS soon us I could get the course I went for it After battling with the waves for a couple of hour saw light us I rose on @ high the sea kept getting rougher, a big wave would come running down upon me and wash right over me and then one Would raise me up on its top. Then two or three would run against each other and seem to jump one upon another with @ noise like thunder. There would be at times a ton of water on me and I would wriggle right up through it. 1 thought, ‘If this takes me on the will smash me." My fee ings were not enviable thonght of every mean trick I had done in x ‘etime and imagined that every minute would be my last. After a while I saw something like a dark cloud, ‘This I discovered was the line of the cliffs on the coast. I ran alung paral- lel with the shore, watching for a break in the cliffs, determined to make for land at the first opening. ‘I ward morning I «aw just a narrow slit in the and I knew that was my only chance, so I bore dowi upon it and was carried right into x little creck. A SINGULAR “ARRIVAL. “As soon ax I reached land I clambered up the rocks and struck my signal lights, not knowing whether I ‘was on the mainland or on an island, I looked all ong the cliffs for signs of lite but found none. At ngth ax f was burning my last signal light, which is a very white one, I ok down right huder me and th showed them r land and little vill Lhe stone tiles with which thy Were ruoted were being torn off and strewed around by the wind. At the end of the street I saw a light burning, and bore toward it. It was the coastguard Station. I had taken the suit off und was carrying my paddie anda big case. The coastguards looked at me in ot. ‘Where do you com from they From New York,’ l answered, “Wh iip wrecked ? they inquired, I vum ashore, ‘My God! he is the they exclaimed, one and all, and next day the report was spread all over the village I had swum all the way trom New York to ireland. “Be- cad, he is no Christian al verdict of the inhabitants of the little v A RIDE ON A Next morning Captain Boy ting to at least to a rous of office, got redler uform aptain of th land. A wort driver of & jaunting tound ud brought into the Captain's presence, He seratehed nis head, eyed him spic aly, but fiually agreed to take him to Skibberee the sum Of eight shillings. The vehicle was drawn wp mare without much harness was int shattes, Andy, the driv aid she was the t mare it south of Ireland, wad gave ber a prod ck with # nail at the end * Pp m. You know,” said the Capta uiting oa 4 Wohi mt r four persons, tv k There being no front seat the driver none side. Well, he got up on ¢ au u the other, and away we weat. It was a ter ribly cold morning; the wind was as ken as the edge ofaknife, Law the fellow was frightened, and it did not tend to r 1 when the people cried Then The wind came, to my marrow, Ax vercoat, nid take the tint of my life dress and use it axa covering. It made rude looking figure no doubt. Suddenly iny «ide of thé car went down, and 1, looking around to see what wus the matter, saw the driver on the top of a diteh making the sign the cross, ‘Iknew ye were the he cried, He would not come back antil I tovk the suit off. Lasked him how far off Skibbereon ' NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1878-—TRIPLE SHEET. was now. He said, ‘it is tour miles; I wish it was four inehes!’ He never spoke # word more until we | arrived at our destination.” GRERTING THE CAPTAIN OF THE QUE! Arriving at Cork Captain Boyton met the captain of | the Queen and many of his fellow passengers. then learned that the night he jum} overboard had | been such # fearful one that the large steamer had not dared to put into Queenstown. ‘The captain of the Queen had told the people at Queenstown and Cork that a man had gone overboard the night before | and was to land on the coast, but they were sceptical and fancied he was fooling them. The captain sent telegrams all over the coast. One reached Skibbereen after the Captain had left and a reply was sent to the | eftect that aman had passed through there on his | way tu Cork, The passengers were so pleased to be able to do so that they hoisted the Captain on thew shoulders when he arri’ | CAPTAIN BOXTON AS A LECTURER, Captain Boyton, speaking of his first experience as a lecturer, suys:—"A gentleman came in to me and proposed that Ishould give a lecture and be would ive me half the house. He was the proprietor or jessee of a theatre, I said, ‘Get out.’ He said, “Why not do it?’ I said, ‘Iu the first place, I am no lecturer,’ ‘Oh, that doesn’t matter. You only need | go on the s i show yourself und explain your suit,’ ‘Oh, that’s all,@s it? Well, then, it you're in earnest you'd better pay me down £10, a8 a kind of guarantee.’ A ten-pound note was out, and I thought At that’s the case 1 imay as well go in for it; and so it was arranged, ‘The next morning when I went out [ suw the walls covered with imamense posters, with | amy name in letters a foot long, announcing that 1 was going to ater a lecture on the Mexican cam- paign, ou the United States Life Saving Service, and | LT don’t know what beside. My heart sunk. I went | to the fellow who hi me and | 1 say, look here, what do you ‘I'm not going to do all that.’ ‘Oh,’ said he, right; you're only just to go on and show yourself.’ i hever was so thoroughly frightened in’ my lite. Well, the night came, ‘They had a play on the bourds first. ‘Chen itcame my turn to goon. The manager came out and said, ‘Now’s your time. Just show yourself and explain your sfit and you are all | right.’ [hesitated a minute and then made a rush | on to the stage. There gas a tremendous shout, but | Lsaw nothing beyond Whe footlights. ‘Then I tweed | the andience and saw the place full of ey tT thought uow I’m in} might as wel do something. Then the people cNwered again and seemed so good humored that it pat me in heart. So I started, but what I said I never knew until I saw it all in a Dub- lin paper. ‘The consequence of that lecture was that T waa offered by telegraph a week's engagement in ablin.’* “A WHITEWASHED YANKEE.” One night of the Dubtin engagement Captain Boy- ton brought down the house by appearing all over whitewash, It was usual tor him to appear in a closing tableau as just emerging from the sea, his dress glittering with water. ‘Che super who usually poured on the water got drunk, and not. finding the Water handy, poured over the Captain and his dress a solution of plaster of Paris standing inja bucket for the use of the scene painter. The audience roared, and so the Captain had to explain how it all came about, at which a gallery god exclaimed, “Well, by jabers, I never seen a whitewashed Yankce before!” DR. BUDINGTON RESIGNS. CONTINUED ILL HEALTH CAUSES HIM TO RE- LINQUISH HIS PASTORATE OF THE CLINTON AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BROOK- LYN, At the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn, Rey. Dr. Storrs preached yesterday morn- ing in place of the regular pastor, Rev. Dr. William Ives Budington. Before the sermon, to the astonish- ment of the greater part of the congregation, he read a letter of resignation from Dr. Budington, who has been in ill health for soe time. Dr. Budington has been afflicted for several years with a cancer on his chin, which threatened to permanently interfere with his work as a public speaker. After having two opera- tious performed upon it in this country he visited Bnrope last summer, and in London had the cancer cut out for the third time. It was hoped that this would effect u permanent cure, and after travelling for several months on the Continent he returned home early in October in good health and renewed his pastorate. He had preached but a few times, however, when the cancer returned, and he was again com- pelled to relinquish preaching. Four or five weeks ago a fourth operation was performed by Dr. Hutchin- son. Dr. Budington has progressed favorably since this operation and is now able to go out every day. Nevertheless, he has been greatly depressed in spirits, aud within a very tew days he has come to the con- clasion that he was unable to continue the work which his large pastorate called tor. This fuct was known to but few members of his cong’ tion when the letter of resignation was read yes day, aud it was, therefore, a Source of great surprise and regret. Dr. Storrs read the letter previous to his opening prayer, and, both in his prayer and the sermon which ' followed, he alluded touchingly to Dr. Budington, and’ paid a high tribute to his worth and character. The letter is now in the hands of the deacons ot the church and will be brought before the church for ac- tion in «few weeks. Membets of the church were unable last evening to state what action would prob- ably be taken. Dr. Budington had previously been granted a leaye of absence until next May, Pro- fessor Cole, of New Haven, who is Dr. Storrs’ son-in- law, preached in the church last night and will oc- cupy the pulpit next Sunday morning and evening. Dr. Budington has been the pastor of the Clinton Ayenue Church for more than twenty-three years, He is over sixty years of age. THE HILDISE BUND. The Hildise Bund, the largest German Insurance and Relief Society in the country (having nearly seven thousand members), owing to the heavy calls made upon its funds, has been for some time under a@ financial cloud. A meeting, called by section No. 19 of this city, was held yesterday after- noon at the Germania Assembly Rooms, in the Bowery, with Mr. A. Werner in the chair, After con- siderable discussion a committee of five was ap- inted to confer with Mr. Knapp, president of the Metropolitan Insurance Company, and the president of the Board of the Hildise bund and report the best plan for reorganizetion. When the meeting had adjourned one of the mem- bers stated that during the nine years existence of the society over $800,000 had been patd out, and some members had drawn over $4,000 each daring the past two years—in some cases, he felt sure, without proper investigation. CIfY NEWS ITEMS. The Young Apollo Club will sing a selection of fa- vorite glees and part songs for the convalescent pa- tients at Bellevue Hospital to-night. FAward Bessenger, the fireman who was injured in night, on the Harlem Rail- road at Williamsbridge, died yesterday. One dollar has been received at this office for the poor cigarmaker’s family, whose misfortunes were told in yesterday's HeraLb under the beading “Pa- thos of Poverty.” Patrick Irwin, a painter by trade, who ent his throat with a razor ut lis residence, No. 339 Eust ‘Thirty-fifth street, on the Lith inst., died at Bellevue Hospital yesterday George Whitehall, aged thirty-one years, a fireman on the steamship Glenlagies, lying at pier 45 Kast River, while intoxicated tell overboard yesterday and was drowned. ‘Lhe body was not recovered. The meat market of Herman Fink, No. 244 Broome by burglars yesterday morning, Mitchell, of Staten Island, who was found lurking in the immediate vicinity, was ar- rested. Judge Wandell held the prisoner in defanit of $1,000 in the Essex Market Poli urt yesterday. An officer observed that a large pane of glass in the t window of an insurance office on Canal street roken yesterday morning, and on further ex- tion diseovered & young man, who gave his uate ax Johnny Morgan, walking about in the build- ing. Morgan, who was considerably nnder the in- fluence of liquor, stated that he remem! ed nothing from the time he broke the glass, and did not know what caused him to enter the place. He was held in $1,000 bail at the Essex Market Police Court, SUBURBAN NOTES. and Godfre During the past year there w Leas erated the Brooklyn Hom@opathic Hospital and ine was given to 11,477 persons. From the opening of the hospital on March 3, 147%, until December 1, 1874, 1,041 patients have been treated, Che frawe dwelling owned and MeArdle, in Jefferson street, nm Hoboken, was ng by fire ered by insurance Lizzie Gordon, a child ten years of age, residing at street, Brooklyn, w on her way on Saturday night, was h unknown man, who took fifty conta yut of her pocket, and taking the capo’ which I from she wore the thief ran away. Boonton branch of the Dela- kawanna and Western Railroad, at seven yesterday morving, struck and’ instant! killed a unknown man who was walking track neax the wost end of the new tunnel, TH was about fifty years of age aud comfortably clad, The body was taken to Ruempler's Morgne aud Coro- ner Parslow will hold an inquest Androw Kohl, of Montgomery avenue, A coal train on thi wark ight suit for $5,000 ayainst Matthias Arb @ wealthy milk dealer, of South Orange avenue ease of the suit is the alleged betrayal of Miss Lena Kohl, Andrew's danghter, by Matthias, ‘The case was before the last Grand Jury, an effort being made to have Arbruster indieted under the Henderson Se- duction act. The effort tailed, Now the father pro- to try a civil suit, Podrick, the Custom Honse clerk of tton, New York importers, who ap- peared sume time ago in connection with the din covery of a de hie hom ation of #1 in Newark. It is ,000, hae returned to understood that an ar- nt hax been made whereby he will exe prosecution. He will be used ax a witness against be more guilty parties connected with the defalea- on ATHLETICS IN AMERICA. {From the Londen Field, Dee. 7) ‘The pursuit of athletics, whether as a pastime or as a business, seems to be a characteristic of the Anglo- Saxon race alone, It is true that the name of the Russian, Mr. Janker, occupies @ prominent niche in the temple of athletic fame, and that other similar in- stances might be cited; but these are merely isolated cases, examples of individual predilection and not of national taste. To other races, indeed, the Anglo- Saxon love of athletics appears at least incompro- hensible, When, 4 week or two since, Gummings, the pedestrian, ran an almost impromptu match against time in Paris, the French papers, in referring to it, were careful to insist that all the spectators were Englishmen, and though Fronch and German youth do in most cases go through course of gymnastic training, this is widely different from anything that in this country we un- derstand by the term “athletic sports.” With the last named form of contest, however, popular to the verge of excess on both sides of the Atlantic, it is only natural that in it, as in other tests of skill, strength and endurance, there should bea certuin feeling of international rivalry; that the records on both sides should be subjected to a keen but friendly scrutiny, and that the Americans should be desirous not only of equalling, but of surpassing, the per- formances accomplished in this country, It is now rapidly getting on for a score of years since the Miucing Lane Athleti¢ Club geve the neces- sary impetus to the revival of athletic competitions in their present form in England. In America they are of much more recent growth, If our memory serves us the first athletic meeting in the United States was held on November 11, 1868, at the new Empire Skating Rink, New York. The floor was con- crete, so that the use of ordinary running shoes was impossible; the sprint was seventy-five yards instead of the now stereotyped hundred; the distance was run in nine seconds, and the other, performances were as good as could reasonably be expected from novices, and were in some instances better than tho corresponding performances in England some six years previously. Since this time athletic sports have increased marvellously in popu- larity. ‘‘From 1870 to 1875,” says a recent American writer on the subject, “athletics began to creep, and at last to walk; in 1876 it was a healt infant; in the spring of 1877 it developed and flourished in its robust manhood; while in the autumn it reached the topmost round of the ladder. A sufficient period has therefore now elapsed—a sufficient number of men haye devoted themselves to the pursuit of ath- leties—to give our cousins across the Atlantic an oppor- tunity of learning to make good times and of put- ting on record performances worthy to take rank with those accomplished in this country; and that they have availed themselves of this opportunity no one will desire to question. The difficulty is that some of their recorded times are a little too good to be ac- cepted without the suspicion of there being a mis- take somewhere. An extraordinary performance, of whatever nature, necessarily in the first instance sug- gests a certain amount of discreet doubt. It requires to be confirmed by incontrovertible evidence before it can be accepted as genuine; and, if this is the case with feats accomplished in our own country, much more must it be so with those which are perfornied ut adistance of thousands of miles, where the con- ditions and surrounding are wholly ‘unfamiliar to us. It is true that our scepticism regarding things ‘American has more than once been proved to be un- founded. No one believed that the America would vanquish our crack yachts until she did it, or that Weston and O'Leary had ever accomplished the per- formances they were credited with until they came to this country and astonished us by what they suc- nd, ceeded in accomplishing. At of course, the mere + that no Englishman has yet done a certain thing is mo reason why that thing should be impossible. No English- man has yet run a hundred yards in nine and a quarter onds, but the veriest sceptic will admit that the evidence that the American, G. Seward, did so is irresistible. Still, athletic contests in this country are of such frequent occurrence, they ex- cite so much interest and so much attention is rected to all connected with them, that Englishmen are fairly entitled to assume that some, st least, among their countrymen are able to run, and do know something about the time that a race between first class men over @ given distance ought to oceupy. And @ be no question that among athletes on th side of the Atlantic there. is & universal cousensus of opinion that the times in which sprint races are frequently reported to be run in America are erroneous. An isolated instance, if properly authenticated, would be loyally accepted; but when we find times that mate- rially surpass the efforts of our best athletes, and that it is commonly believed no amateur runner at pres- ent in training and but few professionals could make ropeated with a frequency that is suggestive of blac! berries in September, it is no cause for wonder that they do not tind credence. We may take as an cxam- ple—and, indeed, it is really the heart ot the whole difficulty—the number of American amateurs who are said to be able to do 100 yards in lu seconds. At the necting of the Staten Island Athletic Club on Septem- ber 28 last, in the final heat of the 100 yards race, Mr. RL. La Montagne is said to have done “a yard inside even time,” while Mr. Lafon, who was second, is cred- ited with being ‘inside 101-5 seconds; and as Mr, Saportas, who was third, was only beaten by a foot, we presume he may be considered to have made the same time. The last named gentleman, however, is one of those who is reported to be able to do 10 sece onds dead; so is Mr. Wilmer; so is Mr. H. H. Lee. Now, here we have four American amateurs, cach of whom is, it is asserted, capable of performing a feat that no English amateur now running has ever yet accomplished in public, and the very number is of itself # source of suspicion that there must be a mis- take somewhere. Of course, we impute no inten- tional deception, and the most likely solution of the whole matter appears to be a difference in the method of timing. It is Sieeevable that it is only in Pires | and sprint races that the Americans do such wonderful performances; in running races at longer distances they are far behind us. A leading American peper has recently adinitted that their walking records are untrustworthy; so that there remains only the ques- tion of the seemingly marvellous performances at short distances. And it is precisely in these races that «kilfal timing is both most important and most ditieult. The Americans claim that, owing to the frequency of trotting races in their country and the very great importance of an absolutely accurate time record, they have developed a large number of edu- cated and rag mea ge titne-keepers. But they will ad- mit that we ein this country at least a few men competent to hold a watch; and it is just ible that their trotting-time keeper, accustomed to a flying start, pn 4 not be the best man in the world to time 4 race in which the competitors start from a state of rest. A well known and experienced English athlete has recently asserted that, in the heats ot @ sprint race which he witnessed in America, the runuers al- most invariably got off before the pistol, and if flying start is tacitly allowed in a sprint, as it ex- plicitly is in trotting matches, the whole discrepancy in times would be accounted tor. It is possible, again, that the timing may purposely be carried out ona different method. “In this country the recog- nized plan is to start the watch from the flash of the pistol; possibly American timekeepers are in the habit, if the men are steady on the mark when the pistol is fired, of waiting antil the foot comes to the ground, which would be quite sufficient to account tor a fraction of a second. We have no desire to be discourtevasly ineredu- lous. We have a vivid recollection of the difficulty there was in getting amateur races in this country properly timed and of the long controversy that took place on the subject of amateur timing a few years ago. Even now the difficulty has not been en- tirely solved, and it would be easy to find ground for cavil in the times which were officially given for some of the races that were recorded in our own colurons last week, If, however, wo require con- firmatory evidence of’ reputed’ marvellous per- formanes which cur as it were within our own ken, we may be excused if we re- fuse to receive iuherentiy improbable American times without further proof. For our own part, we believe that a difference in the method of timung is at the bottom of the whole matter. If, however, the American champions are so good as our cousins be- #, itis @ pity that one of them does not visit this ry. Wecan assure him of « cordial welcome: would make # clean sweep of all our serat races, and we ave by no jueans sure that, at first at any rate, he would not find himself allotted a start in handicaps in which our best sprinters had entered, Certainly he could make us puy heavily for our in- evedulity. PIGEON AND GLASS BALL SHOOTING. ‘The pigeon and glass ball tournament promoted by Captain Bogardus, and announced to take place at the Brooklyn Driving Park on the 25th, 26th and inst., bids fair to result in spirited competitions. On the first day the prizes will be $500 and a yold medul, Fach competitor will shoot at twenty single and ten double birds, the winner to receive #160 and the champion medal, the latter to be held two years ayaiust all comers before becoming the personal rty of the holder. The second prize will be the third, $100, and the fourth On the 1 day ‘the contest for the Darlge ot Ame for glass ball will take place, The first prize is and #75; the second, $100; the third, $ fourth, $50, The conditions are 100 glass balls each, This medal, in order to become personal property, ust also be held two years against all comers, On the third day a purse of $500 will be hung up for all comers, ene » shoot at twenty glass balls aud seven he first prive will be $200; the second, ); the third, $100, and t th, $50, Bogardis’ rules will govern the events, Entrance will close day as the first shooter to the seore. 6 conditions ander which the mvtais are to be held are in print. If stormy the tournament will take place the uext fair day, WRESTLING, A wrestling match will take place this evening at Cosmopolitan Hall, No. 63 Market street, between Jo Ktyan, of thiv city, and George A. Edwards, of Cali- “for $15) aud the champion medal of Gali- quarter and MME. ANDERSON’S WALK. ‘THE LADY PEDESTRIAN APPARENTLY AS FRESH AS EVER—-LARGE ATTENDANCE ALL DAY YES- TERDAY—ONE-FOURTH OF THE FEAT NEAKLY ACCOMPLISHED. Mine. Anderson finished her 576th quarter mile at ten minutes before eight P. M. last evening, having been six days at work. She was walking very casily, without any apparent effort, and at faster gait than she has attempted during the past two days. he attendance yester- day was larger than it has been since the commencement of the walk, and about one-third of the spectators were ladies. During the afternoon the pedestrian was accompanied by the piano, and in the evening the regular band was in attendance. By the special request of Mme, Anderson smoking was prohibited im all parts of the building except the gal- Jery, as during the past few days it has proved an an- noyance to her. Early yesterday morning Mme. Anderson was troubled with a very drowsy fit, and, in some in- stances, had to be carried on the track before she realized what she had todo, On several occasions she walked # number of laps with her eyes closed, and, judging from the way she rolled about the track, she must have been asleep at the time; but, before making many turns, she woke up and increased her speed, On the 512th lap, atabout 4P.M., she came out 1m. 4s, behind the it down on a chair on the track while her attendants changed her boots, In the hurry to got her ready after the first bell had rung they had put her boots on the wrong feet and when she put her feet 6n the ground she discovered the mis- take. They were going to make the change in the room but she made them tuke her out on the track, as she said, “I cannot af, ford to lose the hundred dollars that I offered to anybody finding me off the track three minutes after any quarter.” When she com- meuced the walk she said that her hardest time would be about Saturday or Sunday, and carly yesterday morning she was a good deal bothered for want of sleep. Her feet still annoy her yery much and are both badly blistered. The track is also not quite what it should be, as several handfuls of coal and hard pieces of wood were picked off it, not of a size to disturb any ordinary walker in thick boots, but quite sufficient to hurt the tender feet of the pedestrian. Between four A. M. and six A. M. yesterday morning the attendants had considerable difficulty in getting the lady walker on the track, as on the 515th lap she was 42 seconds behind the quarter, on the 516th, 1m, 208.; 517th, 40 seconds; 518th, Im, 108.; 519th, lm. 5s., and 520th, 1m. 15s, She was wide awake, however, on the 520th, and came out munching a sandwich as she moved around. She cannot complain of her appetite, as she Bs age to be eating all the time, and she does not leny herself solids, eating underdone beef and mut- ton'when she feels inclined. During the night she had been walking in an ulster and she changed her costume about half-past six A, M. yesterday, and from that time until ten . M. last night apparently improved in condition. After noon, when the Garden became full of people, Mme. Anderson quickened her pace considerably and kept up an average of about 4m. 10s, to the quarter. ‘here is a good deal of betting on the result, time being a strong favorite at the odds of about 10 to 20. The people cannot yet bring themselves to believe that the feat is possible. On Saturday beer one old gentieman thought that she looked like stopping, and bet $25 that she would not be on the track ut noon of Sunday. He remained up all night in order to satisfy himself that the record was kept right, and id over his moncy yesterday, quite convinced that Mme. Anderson is likely tw walk for some time to come. On Saturday night there was se au attendance in the Garden all night loug, and airing the past twenty-four hours there has never been less than ten spectators at any one time, At eight o’clock to-night Mme. Anderson will have been walking one week. RECLAIMING LONDON THIEVES. DINING TWO HUNDRED OF THEM AT THE ST. GILES CHRISTIAN MISSION. {From the London Daily News.] On the evening of November 12 a supper (the third of the kind) was given by the committee of the St. Giles Christian Mission, in the large mission chapel, Little Wild street, Drury lane, to about three hundred thieves. The invitations were limited to about two hundred, but many eagerly pressed round the door without tickets, and as far as was practicable the overflow was admitted to the feast provided, The managers of the affair had been at grest pains to place their guests at por- fect ease by preventing any zealous detec- tive from gaining an entrance and using the assemblage as a means of trapping any one who was “wanted” for some offence against the law, and the knowledge of this fact doubtless swelled the num- bers who responded to the invitations. ‘The supper ‘was a good, substantial one, and the men, whose faces, generally speaking, expressed for the most part the peculiarly unpleasant sharpness incident to their calling, appeared to enjoy fare set before them— ot various kinds, meats plum pudding, tea, coflee, &c, The giving of an occasional sup- per is far from being @ Mepet! effort of the mission to redeem the male thieving population of London. Since the 3d of June last 4,337 men and boys have been disch from the House of Correction, Coldbath Fields, and of these 2,110 a card of invitation, given to them as they left the prison gates, toa breakfast in Elm street, almost opposite, the Bible being read to them during the meal, and efforts being ufterward made to induce those who had just obtained their liberty to employ it in trying to gain an honest living. The society has a “home” in Great Earl street, Seven Dials, in connection with which 251 cases have been teken in hand during the past year with encouraging results. Of these 61 persons are uow at work, 1 has died, 56 have been sent to sea, 52 of them being boys; 1 ha been expelled from the Home; 10 have absconded of these having had employment obtained tor the: 106 have been relieved with mohey and clothes; 14 have had fares paid tor thein to send them to homes iu the country; 3 were sent to Mr. Fegan's Home at Depttord; 1 was sent to the Sailors’ Home, and 1 ix now in this Home and out of work. After last night's supper was finished those who had partaken of it quietly assembled in the chapel, where a meeting was held under the presidency of the Common Sergeant, Mr. Charley, M. P. ‘The proceedings began with the singing of the hymn, “‘lell Me the Old, Old Story,” in which the gathering joined loudly and with a toler- able approach to harmony. ‘The superintendent, Mr. George Hatton, then made a brief statement, in which he remarked that 426 of the 2,110 men who had accepted invitations to break- fast, as mentioned above, had since taken the tem- perance plodge, and thatthe inmates of the Home Fina vocontly presented to the seerctary, Mr. W. Wheatley, a handsomely bound Bible, for which they paid four guineas. Mr. Wheatley himself delivere a short address, in the course of which he read sati factory letters from some of the boys who had been sent to sea, The men for whose benefit the meeting was intended listened very attentively to all that was said, including the apparently welcome statement that four or five persons who were formerly thieves are now engaged in trying to reclaim others from dishonest courses, ‘The Chairman (Mr. Charley) read a letter from the Ordinary of Newgate, testifying from personal ex- perience to the practical usctuiness of the mission, and thé honorable and learned gentleman expressed his earnest desire that ever; discharged prisoner might have an opportunity of earning an honest live- libood, “Once # criwinal always a criminal,” was, he obs a principle unknown to the English so that any one who « ed prise a_ conv th tion tor libel. (Loud cheers from the men generally.) He thought all such persons ought to have a fair op- portunity of becoming useful members of ¥0- ciety. As to police supervision, he believed that it did more harm than . good, often driving men to despair. What those who had been dishonest chiefly wanted was sympathy and practical help, and those were given by the mission which had asked them to come there.’ Mr. Johnson, a reformed erizuinal, followed with a short address, in which he urged his hearers to follow his example and return to an honest life. A man named Jackson, in speaking with the same object, stated that he was . hit years of aye, and that eleven years and twenty-one days bad been spent by him in prisou, his reformation dating, it appeared, from only afew works ayo and having heen brought about through the agency of the mission, KAISED HIS SALARY. {Prom the Chicago Times.) A few days ago, during one of his rounds through lily palatial hotel, the landlord of the Palmer House entered a room suddenly and discovered a window washer Jeisurely engaged in reading a newspaper, Being very active himself he had no use for a lw ian, or one who slights his work, He discharged pot and ordered him to go to the 4 ed, got hix money, pper floor, arrayed himneelf od np hia dads and de- scended to the servants’ apartment to take leave of his former dassociates, About this trine Mr. Palmer entered, but did not recognize hig quondam employé in his store clothes, “Here, my man, you look as though there was good work in you; do you want a job?” The ex-washer, somewhat surprised, admitted that he stood in need of one. “Can ¥ windows?” ‘The mat lowed that he could. “Well,” «aid Alr. Palmer, “I’ve just discharged a tan w 8 beon doing thut sort ot work. J paid him only $20 month, but if you take the place and go right to work I'll pay you $22." ‘The proposition was ytietly accepted, and in half an hour the discharged em ployé was scrubbing away in the same old room, HARLEM FLATS. History of the City’s Attempts to Se- cure a Title to Them. -—--« --—— URIES OF LEGISLATION, Why the Descendants of Baron Waldron Believe Their Claim To Be Just. The repeated attempts of the city to secure pos- session of the unoccupied lands on Manhattan Island, and the persistence with which the authori- ties maintain the right of the city to possession—in the face of what seems aclear and undoubted con- veyance, reconveyance and confirmation to others, and the reservation in the charter, from which the city derives all its powers—have excited no little public comment from time to time. The HrraLp has endeavored to keep the public advised as to the movements of the parties claiming title to all such lands, and a history of the legislation bearing upon the lands in question is given below. As eurly as 1807 the authorities of New York set about procuring legislation, in the hope that the city might secure control of all lands covered by water. Tn that year a legislative enactment was made by which the city was led to believe that it could take all lands outside of the tideway. In February, 1826, a bill was passed entitled, ‘An act in relation to im- provements in the city of New York,” and to carry out its provisions the Governor caused the following to be issued :— PATENT TO THE CITY. it Tur Provux or THx Statk or New Youre, ny ram Grace oF Gop Fx axp INpEPENDENT, To ALL 10 Wuom Ties Preskyts Suatt Come Gnekriy Whereas in the first section of the act entitled “An act relative to, improvements in the city of New York,” passed February 25, 1826, it is enacted as follows, to’ wit—Bo it enacted ‘by the people of the State of New York. represented in Senate and mbiy, that it he lawful for the Commissioners by directed to. is Aldermen and Co monalty of ¢ ‘their successors foi ever all the wople of the State to the lands covered with water along the easterly shore of the North or Hudson Hivar, contiguous to and, adjoining tho junds of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty within the suid city of ‘New York, at and from low water mark and running 400 feet ‘into the said river from a point on the easterly shore of said river, four miles north from Best Killitje, and extending therefrom north along rly shore of said river to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, oth called Kingsbridge Creek or Hariem River; and also land covered with water slong the westerly shore of the East River or Sound, contiguous to and adjoining the lands of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty, at and from low water mark, ana extending 400 feet into the said river or Sound, two tuiles north from Corleur's Hook, and oxtonding therefrom north wlong the westerly shore of the suid East, River or Sound to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, otherwise called Harlem River: provided, always, that tho proprietor ov proprictors of the lands adjacent shall have the pre-emption right to all grauts made by the Corporation of the said city of any nds under water granted to the said Corporation by this t letters patent Now, therefore, in order to carry into effect th eontaiued in the said sections, know ye that we granted aud confirmed. and and confirm unto the the city of New York al ieee oF ps of land under water, city of New York, abutted, hounded and described in manner and form as in said section is above mentioned, together with all und sin- gular the rizhts, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same, belonging or in any wise appertaining, to Lave and tu hold the above described and granted premises unto the ayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of New York and their successors, us # good and indefeasible estate of inheritance forever. In testimony whereof we haye caused these our letters to be made patent and the great seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed. Witness—De Witt Clinton, Esq.. Gov. ernor of our said State, general and commandér-in-chief of the militis aud admiral of the navy of the same, at our city of Albany, the 25th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1826, and in the fiftieth year of our independence. al. DE. WITT, CLINTON, sed the Secretary's office the ith day of March, 1830. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Deputy Secretary. examined the preceding letter patent, and’ do certify that the saine is conformable to the order’ and pro- ccutings of the Commissioner of the Land Uftice and. in due form of law, SAMUEL A. TALCOTT, Attorney General. SIRENGTHENING THE TITLE. This patent, although broad in all its provisions and apparently covering all lands unappropriated on Manhattan Island and the waters adjacent thereto, was not accepted as sufficient, but additional legislation was sought from time to time, until the statute books were loaded down with different enactments touch- ing the water fronts. Very little was done by the city on the cast side uutil 1864, when it assumed ownership of the river lots and commenced the sale of the same, and gave its title deeds in consideration of sums varying from $500 to $4,000. In 1870 the Ring then controlling New York, be- lieving that additional legislation would strengthen the title of the city, appealed to the Legislature for further enactments, and another bill, similar to that of February 25, 1826, was passed. Governor Hoffman signed it, and one more patent was added to the hist, already large, conveying all the lands cov- ered with water from the Battery to 216th street, on the Hudson River; thence in a convex curve toa point on the Hudson River Railway Bridge crossing the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. and the Harlem River to Harlem Bridge, at ‘Third avente and 130th street ; also from the picr at Staten Island ferry to Harlem River Bridge, at Third avenue, WORK ON THE PLATS. The filling in of the Harlem flats above Ninety- first street, and the attempt to sell the lots laid off thereon followed the legislation of 1870; but the following clear and compreheusive opinion. of the then Corporation Counsel, O'Gorman, soon put a stop to these proceedings : — Gury ov New York, Law Derantwrnt, — ) Orrick OF COUNSKI. TO THK CORPORATION, August 1, 1570. § ONSOLLY, Comptroller, &e. — ve the honor to acknowledge the receipt tion in whieh you request my opinion Harlem River, between Ninety- ing to the Third Hon. Ricaann B. Dean sim of your com’ whether certain lw first and 104th etree owned by the city uuder-the provisions of an; tor grants vesting the city with the title to land under wal In answer thereto T beg to say that @ claim on If of the eity to the lands in question can only be urs the third sectionfof the Dongan charter of 22d April, 1686, whieh grants to the Corporation of the city of New York all No Waste, vacant, unpatonted and unappropriated Jand Iying and belng within the city ot New tork waden Man hattan Island, extending and reaching to the low water mark, &e., not he d hy any of the former Govervors' or enants or Commanders in-Chief, or by any of the former Mayors or Deputy Mayors ot Alden the suid ci that this grant did net co the following reaxons, vin. :— ‘ ernor Nicolls granted and con- freobolders of Harlem, th s re and assicns forever, «large tract of lant, bracing the land in question, by the following descrip. tiow:—All the land on Manhattan Island lying eastward and northward of a line commencing on the East River at ho said mill over ayainst Hogy's or Vercher’s Island, and north nutil it ser udson Kiver at the 5, together wit Is, meadows, creeks, sland is ne id Corporatio mvey the 1 aters, fishing, &e. (Hoxg’ esvell's Isluivd.—Hoftinan’s Tithe other patent was made to the said inhabitants, &e. Blackwel ie Hariom, on the Lith of October, 1606, granting the same lauds and the same privileges ‘as were embraced in tho former pat but reserving payment of certain eo of the duties, whieh however, impair the f granting words of the pateut, the 7th of Murch, 1688, Governor Dongan confirmed the patents or grants to the’ sald inhabitants of Harieu, (Hook ‘of Patents, No. 6, page 184, in office of Secretary uf ate.) DARY SETWREN NEW YORK AND HARLEM, ndaries and division line between the common the then town of Hark iad the then city of New Were dofluitoly settiod un Solonial wet of 1774 f via. 1775, pages 171 and 173; also Valentine's 15K, jsiow tine began on the East River, about Sev- enty-fourth streot, crossed Second avenue at Seventy-ninth street aud the Hudson River about 120th street. ‘Seond—The lands in question are marsh or meadow lands, lying along the Harlem iver above the original high water line, and not between the lines of high and low water, ‘They wre designated im endow laud on the old maps + (Vide € ners’ map 1807, Blue Book ‘8 np of the city of New York, 1800, compiled ‘&e., of Harlem in sof Kandall a ex. and , to the ordi B m River, al sometines, and at unusmally high submerged (toners vs. Jonés, 1 Wo he ane were tially or wholly 287) rm imarsh or meadow used in the Nicolls charter 1) of 1655, seems to me to be an apt and proper desig Jands in question. These hi 1 Har : the lands nequir grants above mentioned, avi by them. shail be sold for the ben fitariem. (Chapter 1,160, Laws of o efit. of the inhabitants Is200), city of New York any title to Yours uly, iia] Ce VHE PEARS OF MANY SHC AT So much lias been said and written erning the rights of the descendants of the original setters, and xo inany wild stories put afloat us to the extort of the claim, that it is refreshing to find an interested party willing to admit that all of Harlem is not “rest- ing ‘under ." ‘The writer met an attorney who has given the question much attention since the or wae laken from the Tiltous, and from him sevtred the following interesting statement as to what has been discovered during his investigation: — “Do the descendants of the original settlers claim all Harlem?” was the first question propounded, “There are some who have gone almost crazy in this matter, sir, aud they actually believe that own nearly all Manhattan Island. The fact is, how- ever, that but a small portion of the island is resting under a cloud. Nearly all the tpland was pry pe by the oviginal tentees and iy as, diate descendants the present century, and lands now in dispute are those known as marsh and meadow lands and the shore fronts from high to low water and extending into the streams. The city has ignored one of the main provisions of all the enact- ments of the islature—that yiving owners of ad- jacent lands tl re-emptive right to the shore front—and it holds that owners of upland distant trom the shore are not adjacent owners, and asx the matsh and — meado lands were not conveyed away by the original settle the rights of descendants have been wholly ignored, The Waldrons claim (and all the records bear them out in it) that the original patentees were granted full right to the lands under water along all the streams, and that no act of the Legislature can affect that right. If this be true, as my investigation tends to prove it to be, then the city has no right to a single foot of water front above East Seventy-fourth street, and all that portion once known as marsh and meadow, between that point and High Bridge; all the lands occupied by and surrounding the railroad depot, opposite Harlem, uud some of the islands mentioned in the original patents, are still under a cloud, or, in other words, the property of the de scendants of the original inhabitants.” “HE CLAIM TO THE WATER PRON. Jnder what clause of the patents do you claim the water fronts?” “The patents expressly grant ‘all the meadows, marshes, fisheries and water.’ The city claims that the Dongan charter conveyed an absolute fee in the tideway; but in that charter all the lands above Kast Seventy-fourth street are reserved to the original patentees, It was never supposed that the term ‘tideway’ was meant to include ‘lands’ until 1873, when the Revised Statutes were amended so as to bring under that term lands under water; but, if lands are included in the term ‘tideway,’ then all the lands under water were conveyed to the freeholders of Harlem. The line designated by all the patents commenced at a point on Blackwell's Island opposite Exst Seventy-fourth street, east of tho west channel of the East River; and before it returned to that point went to the Hudson River, came down Spuyten Duyvil Creek, crossed the Harlem River, taking in the low lands opposite Harlem aud the islands in the vicinity of Gate, from whence it pussed to the place of beginning. If there ever was & clearer conveyance of all the shore front I have tailed to have it pointed out to me.” ame far inland did the marsh and meadow ex- “In some places, at the Ticinity, of 100th street, it extended actoss Third avenue, It varied, say, from one to tour blocks, with occasional ridges of upland reuching the shore at different points all the way to High Bridge. Opposite Harlem the marsh lands covered the whole boundary line mentioned in tl patents.”” RESPECTING LEGITIMATE TITLES. “Is it intended to make war on those who made what they supposed to be bond side purchases many years ago?” “No, sir; 10 man will be disturbed who has a shadow of title, other than that from the city, on which to found a claim. Those who have squatted and those who have bought from speculators who never had aclear title will probably suffer if the case gets in the courts, as 1 believe it will very soon, ‘The missing link: it, and when t! ‘e being age case is commenced the public wi strong one.” “Do the heirs work together?” “No, they do not. Those who live outside of New York are controlled by men acting as agents, and ure induced to believe that ba ape working bi tsi case when they are apparently doing nothing. than half a dozen men in this section have borne all the expense thus far, and they are not levying contri- butions upon the others. When ee lings are in- stituted it will probably be by a single branch of the Waldron family, and bear only upon a small portion of the tract in dispute, STAFF AND LINE, see that it is a AN OLD NAVAL DISPUTE REVIVED—A MEMORiaw TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ON “‘RELAs TIVE RANK.” ‘The periodical line and staff fight of the navy has again assumed an aggravating character, this time in the shape of a memorial to Secretary Thompson signed by 333 line officers. In analyzing these signa- tures it is found that of 33 rear admirals who sign it only 3 of the 11 on the active list append their signa- tures; of the commodores 5 are on the retired list and 15 on the active list, leaving 10 of the latter who do not sign; of the 50 captains 20 of them have not™ signed; 67 commanders on the active list signed and 22 did not; 42 lieutenant commanders have signed the memorial and 39 did not; of the 280 lieutenants on the active list only 105 sign the memorial; only 20 of the 101 masters sign it, and 9 of the 83 ensigns appear among the signatures, A further analysis shows that only 294 of the 720 line officers on the ac- tive list above the rank of ensign signed the memo- rial, and 39 retired officers of and above the rank of commander, numbering 97, have appended their sig- natures. WHAT THE LINE SAY. ‘The memorial makes a strong attack on the staff on the question of the status of the executive officer, as- serting that the staff is the civil branch while the line is the military branch of the navy, It claims that ‘‘the present condition and tendency of certain affairs in the navy are sapping the very foundation of its existence as an efficient military organization,"* and “that a want of harmony and unity of action has existed for some years between the military and civil branches of the service may well be considered ex- traordinary.” They claim to have been robbed of their authority and power by acts of Congress which have been wrongly construed. These encroachments have been so constant as to impair the efficiency of tne service. The most dangerous of these they claim to have been brought about through direct or in- dircet attacks upon the office of the executive, and this seems to be the only “encroachment” mentioned in the long and exhaustive memorial signed by 333 officers “whose experience in the navy extends from ten to forty-five years and more.” Either, then, the office of executive must be abolished or he must be reclothed with the authority taken away. It is as- sumed that he must take absolute precedence next to the commanding officer. It was formerly the prac- tice of all heads of departments to report to the ex. ecutive and ask his permission to leave the ship and report his return, ag all other officers did. Congress in 1871 gave the staff relative rank, and also the priv- ilege of communicating directly with the command- ing officer in when their rank was superior to the executive. This, the staff claim, did not conflict with the duties of the executive officer in the general routine management of the ship nor did it affect the iilitary status of the service. THE MEAT IN THE COCOANUT. ‘The signers of the memorial, in conclusion, request the following résumé of their wishes: First—Tho Honorable Secretary of the Navy is earnestl requested to give the questions herein presented that talk and impartial examination that their vital importance de- that, if the opinions herein expressed as e proper interpretations of existing laws be found cor- the necessary orders may he issued for reclothing the exe er with the authority and precedence of which he has been deprives Second—If in the opinion of tha Honorablé Secretary the oxisting laws will not permit the application of this remedy he i# respectfully requested to transmit this statement as 4 momorial to Congress, with such recommendations as he may deem pro THE STAPF ON THEIR DIGNITY. ‘The staff claim that the line have attacked them very unjustly, and misrepresent their status, They claim that being a part of the milit service, bear. ing the same relation to the navy as the staff corps of the army does to that organization, they should by equity be accorded the rank and authority in their departments that the line have in theirs, ‘They have not and do not ask for any military authority or com- mand, as is asserted, The want of unity and harmony they claim to have resulted from an infringement upon their legal rights and ig ag by the line, and, second, that the remedy is to be found in such an es- tublishment of their rank and status as will in effect render them to a great degree indepehdent of the rigorous authority of their juniors, to which they have in ti past been subjected. They claim that the act of Congress which gave them the rank and title of other officers in the service below that of ad- miral does not give ther any extra military authority or right to command, but gives them the right of re+ porting to and communicating directly with the com- manding oficer, when they ate senior in rank to the It does not take away from the latter any hority over his juniors or conflict with his id that this is plainly seon on most veasels stween the executive and staff Another exception which duties, where the relations b officers are most arnicable, the line regard as unfair ix the “six years clause,” giving the staff six years credit for the time spent in being educated before entering the service to coun- teract the six years allowed to the line which have been spent at the Naval Academy at the government expense, A QUESTION OF ADIUNCTS, o! h ption to is hans r corps are adjuncts—necessary, but still adjuncts—and that it it were destroyed to: morrow their places could be filled at once by men equally efficient from publie life. To dispute this statement they quote from Admiral Farragut that it takes the best partof 4 man’s life to make him @ competent aid to the naval service, under which term is included (he entire personnel of the service, ‘The fale lacy of such an assertion was also shown by the num- ber of vacancies in the Enginecr Corps during 1871, A872 and 187 hundreds of candidates pre- sented themselv 1 not more than three per cent were found capable, and the vacancies were not filled untit the cadets of the enginvcer class at Annapolis that bred raduated, It also b draw from the T) engineer cadet called the at the fact that his ni veretary of the Navy to He Was not among the List of sig- natures, “The necessity for the extent and seeming complexity of the organization of the wavy in ti of pouce, and for the existence of its various grades, is recognized in the practice of every naval fow ‘There is @ special training Seared to the nw officer and seaman that is too different from the re- life to admit of comparison,” quirements of those who fill like positions in civil