The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1898, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1898. . 21 HERE 15 THE FAMOUS “WAR BOARD" THAT PLANS THE OPERATIONS OF OUR NAVY In tre present crisis this War Board or Strategy Board is often in session all night at its headquarters at the Capitol, Washington, D. C. The member sitting at the left of the picture is Captain Crowninshield; next to him stands Rear Admiral Sicard; 3, on his right sits Captain Mahan; at the end of the table is Captain Barker, and Secretary Long sits in the foreground. 4 Sl i A \ \nl i of 7 State crdler. I g clpt\ernClerR 1 a2 Ketler War Board. g b A 7T They Sit in Counsel in Washington, Study Mans and Reports and Send Their Orders to the Commanders of Our Battle-ships by Cable or Swift Ocean Flyers. Rear Admiral sea soundings around the world while all the information that comes through The the Bureau of Navigation, the State artment, the War Department and utive mansion—in fact, every ion of information bearing di- or indirectly upon the pending ASHINGTON, D. C., May 25 the President and ty of the tion are fast Board ‘is nd of the Enterprise. . made at interval the ordnance depot n Barker, whose last com- the Washington the battle-ship Oregon, Is t comm as soon to retire from the War Board to cavy ordnanc y due to his effor Depart- ic Squadron, of the Newark, which conflict Is promptly placed at the dis- ans to ap- Whic had had a long and v out at the Norfolk Navy posal of the War Board for such action all f the as may be deemed advisable. The prin- t ‘and put an ain. Theoret- er closes its ty-four-hours s in the week. ( at by birt ut on the old addition to he from this brief out- cipal source of information, however, e of the official record of the officers is the Bureau of Navigation, over composing the War Board that they Wwhich Captain Crowninshield pre- are pecullarly fitted for the grave re- sides. a New Yorker sponsibiliti ting upon them. All The chief of the Bureau of Naviga- guished service of them have seen service and obtained tion is practically the commanding offi- 1861. In knowledge which only experience can cer of the navy. He regulates the de- world in the art of conducting a naval talls of officers and directs the move- has renc hed service Their participation in the block- ments of vessels; hence he is in a po- t and the g and bombardment of New Or- sition to know the exact location of x ; an authority 'way back in the sixties, is right every vessel, great and small, in the Sl s :ct of sea power and its in- in line with the work they, have in United States navy. He is also sup- > allowed to ry. He has written hand in blockading Havana, prepara- bposed to be familiar with the personnel a book on the subject which has added tory to bombardment. It is apparent Of all the ships; as all orders of detalls 1a 3 shed interfor of to his fame as an authority on naval that these officers were not selected.for are promulgated by him. It is the first Navy Department looks rd and Wwarfare yrtant duty without due con- duty of the commander of every ship to L . DiEht STheioo o }pl:‘unl Crowninshield, the distin- sideration of their naval skill and per- n;ilill'yxlhe Ntlwftug]na\'!sull“ln of 1hls ar- e e RSN EATOD au of ga- sonal experience in the line of duty. rival In port, at home or abroad. 3 re ocoupiea by well EUSIE, s e ot e moms it ok Sater- T the Burean of Nuvigation o recora AN OVERWORKED MEMBER SNATCHING FORTY WINKS DURING A MOMENT'S RESPITE. gallant and meritori- esting night fons of the board gc- of the arrival and departure of every 3 with the North Atlantic curred a few days ago, when news came ship is kept and the changes in the formation regarding the movements of his men sometimes drift into dream- the telegraph office half way down the squadron at the battle of that the Cape Verde fleet, which had varfous squadrons noted on boards ships and the intentions of the War land, always leaving two or more per- corridor. A moment later a messenger He participated in the eriously disappeared from Cape that hang on the wall and are desig- Board must necessarily be kept secret sons on deck prepared to arouse them hurries down the dimly lighted hall- will be s > War Board duty twe i seven d are are from C el fook ttack on Fort Fisher. Since the war nt, was at the French island of nated as “ship boards.” These boards to prevent the enemy from taking ad- should an emergency require. way to Lieutenant Whittlesey's room. ¢ make their fre- Of the rebellion he has cruised with the Martinique. The War Board was un- are arranged according to squadrons, vantage of knowledge which does not Lieutenant Whittlesey is master of In an instant Lieutenant Whittlesey i3 ing echo and st Indla squadre 1d the conscious of the presence of the Span- and the name of each ship in the Properly belong to them. the naval cipher cade. He has all the the lights are turned up and rt on orc ish squadron on this side of the Atlan- squadron and its present location is Day and night the force in the Bu- combinations at his ccmmand, and he Py stants assume their re- in a few apparently mean- Spectlve stations and prepare to de- cipher . the dispatch just received. Should the intelligence be of a startling f the night he' fourth floor in the The board had adjourned for the noted on little slips of cardboard, which reau of Navigation on duty. When can expres: and the members were in their can be easily altered as the ships move the deprtment closes for the day ingless combinations of words a whole naval ary sits - Pome tlol Mati he was relieved a ve homes, probably dreaming about from one station to another. and the clerks and employes in volume of Information concerning the 1 Montgon sj. short time ago by Captain Sigsbee. of meeting and conquering the Spanish Just now the movements of the ships the other divisions of the de- orders to commanding officers of the nature, such as that of the arrival of Mahan, Captain . Captain B fourth member squadron. The news of the arrival of of the American navy are not only be- partment retire to their resnective warships. His istants during the the Spanish fleet at Martinique or h fleet at Martinique was ing watched by the officers of the Bu- homes, a detachment of the employes mid-watch are Lieutenant G. W, Lo- Dewey's viotory at Manila or the retary Long, a th s a con- first conveyed to the President by a reau of Navigation, but their maneu- in the Navigation Bureau remains on gan, Lieutenant William B. Hoggatt "kading, Herald-Call man. It took but a few vers are being observed by all the na- duty. I visited the Navy Department a and Ensign R. J. Hartung. These four New Or- minutes to transmit the anxiously tions of the world. There is not the few nights ago during the mid- officers are entrusted with the myster- ar. He has al- looked for information to Secretary same amount of freedom in announc- watch in the Navigation Bureau. Lieu- fes of the maval code, and they alone varled experfence Long, and no time was lost in assem- ing the movements of our ships in time tenant H. H. Whittlesey, the officer on ' decipher all dispatches received or sent a midnight session of the War of war as there would be in time of detail in charge of the cipher code, was by the direction of the Secretary and of th changing of base of any of the ships, the information is hurriedly sent to Secretary Long, either by telephone or speclal messenger on a bicycle. The President is also notified, and the mem- bers of the War Board are communi- ts man. He bombardment and c leans during the so had a wide ar with all the squadrons of the American Everybody in the navy remem- peace. Therefore, “an awful circle” has at his post of duty, where he had been the War Board. The clerical work at ¢ated with immediat, s bers his remarkable achievement at the was plenty of life and activity been thrown around the RBureau of all day. night is done by E. W. Callahan, F. S. tion is required the board quickly as- Newport tor] station in 1873, when in the Navy Department that night, Mavigation, and only a few trusted and Since the war commenced Lieutenant Hinricks, P. J. Willett and S. Hud- Sembles at the department and Lieu- he fir ed with dyvnamite and bright lights gleamed from the faithful officers of the navy are per- Whittlesey and his staff of assistants nell, stenographers. tenant Whittlese: is dirw‘h-«;l to fragxa i dance with the code. ¢y Alongabout 1or 2 o'clock in the morn- & dispatch in ace vatchers in the It sometimes occurs that the infor- The lights mation received is not of such a nature 1dows of the Secretary’s office and mitted to enter within its sacred pre- have remained in the department eves rooms occupied by the Bureau of cincts. It is there that the real news night to receive such information a ing the eyelids of the »n until the sun came up from of the present war is received and dis- might be sent from the warships, cipher room grow heav from 24-pour y powder cart E t time on this continent that d fi Navi mite was successfully fired in the east and flooded the corridors with seminated. wherever they might be. Cots are pro- are lowered and the tired men fling as to require prompt action. In that in 1864 ¢ with ordinary powder cartrid natural light. A great deal goes on in the Bureau of vided for the watchers, and between themselves down for a few moments of case it is not brought to the attention nt of " , tain Barker also well known in n The War Board has exclusive sources Navigation of which the outside world the intervals of receiving and sending needed repose. Suddenly the clicking of of the Secretary or Captain Crownin- Philip, which resulted in the history for having run a line of deep- of information. It is in possession of has no knowledge. A great deal of in- dispatches Lleutenant Whittlesey and the telegraphic instruments is heard in shield until the next morning. WHAT THE U.S SOLDIERS ALREADY MUSTERED IN CONSUME IN ONE DAY 28 250 i| GALLONS | OF COFFEE 5000, ¢ | QUARTS OF BEANS E i : POTATOES 17,100 POUNDS OF BACON B T = ARAGRAPH 130, Army R‘Tguh‘v‘ s salt beef ..o 22 O peas . s Or cane syrup. 16-25 | THE TRAVEL RATIONS. L The following order has been re- saccharine, 4 grains: salt, 6 vides that “A ration is r, when D r rice -5 % ounces; ‘pepper, .04 ounce; tobacco, e allowance for subsistence of one | furniched, dried fish.... 1t LOr homiy 15 Seasoning Components. & 100 EE s, | celved from the War Department: gunces; son for one day, and consists of | Or pickled ‘fish. otatoes .. : i ® ; N o 2 < {,fi;s;;neafi e brc;d, the vegetable, | Or fresh fish.. = 18 Or potatoes, 12 4-5 0zs. g?_lthg:%adfirgggndgo lmn llln%e}- the authority i{\_\&!teqd in 2. The Secrgary of “fnr directs that the coffee and sugar, the seasoning, | Bread Components. and onions, 3 1 0zs.... 16 Pepper, black = Beef, canned, pounds L3 m hsecfluq 1148, Re\bg« »mll- this emergency ration be resorted to only and the soap and candle components.” | gy 8 Or potatoes, 1115 ozs., Soap and Candle Components. Baked beans,1 pound 33 o T P;:::eg}m!{erf_‘i‘mssh;o‘; on occasions arising in active operations, THE RATIONS. [ Or so - 18 Sther froph wegecabios Soap Coffee, roasted, pounds. 8 troiph. JDeratinE: ot Ahort: pesiods when the use of the regularly established Meat Components. Or hard bread 16 Wiiogdidas RENE o 1% Candles Sugar, pounds ............. 516 under circumstances which require ration may be impracticable; that, al- el Sosantes. Oncorninaglicy iy 2 R e arag Ao liew of the coffee g:?nsusna‘;ypggfisln them to depend upon supplies car- though its nutritive qualities permit its Kind of Article. ‘er Ration. | Bakin, owder, for troops Y Y vides that ofthe ration, cents D y 5 ried upon their persons. Its com- —allow: X, o i Ozs. Gills, | “in the field, when neces- Coffes'and Sugar Components. ““When troops travel otherwise than by | lowed each man for the purchase of liquid fonemppms Gre a5 follows: Bacon, :Sifé‘xc’éff e ‘;v:rl‘}\lm':\‘: ::;:: Fresh beef......o.ocvevsceeess 20 gary to bake thelr own Coffee, green .. . 135 marching, or when for short periods they | coffee. 0 ounces; hard bread,’15 ounces; i ey e Ml ok Or_fresh mutton, when bread ........... BN 16-25 Or roasted coffes L1715 are separated from cooking facilities and | An emergency ration has been provided ea meal, 4 ounces, or an equiva- y, and never for a longer perlod than the cost does not exceed Vegetable Components. - Or tea, green or black.... 8-25 do not carry cocked rations, the articles | by General Order No. 49, series , Head- ent in approved material for mak- ten days; and that not more than five that of beef. 20 = Sugar . 225 will be issued in lieu of all components of | quarters of the Army, adjutant general's ing soup; coffee, roasted and days emergency rations be carried on tha. 13 . 1BEAIB wavisrinisrieiianiienane 2286 Or molasses . the ordinary ration.”” They constitute: offica. ground. 2 ounces, or tea, % ounce; person at one time. - B porhs