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& £ the very first day, and we thrashed 

 £ O it out together. The result was an 

 <uJj excellent installation of six ele- 

 ^m_ vators in each of the largest ships ; 

 2 ° four elevators in the two next 

 largest. 



One of the Otis Company in- 

 spectors was enrolled as a reserv- 

 ist for the squadron to assist in 

 the installation, care, and opera- 

 tion of the elevators. These in- 

 stallations proved entirely satis- 

 factory. Out of the 32 elevators, 

 only one failed — just once during 

 the whole period of service. 



Like all other work during that 

 winter, ours suffered from the ab- 

 normal fuel, traffic, labor, and 

 weather conditions. There were 

 many vexations, but by doing all 

 possible to anticipate and avert 

 delays we managed to get five 

 ships completed, making in all 

 4,000 mines capacity, early in 

 April. 



I left Washington then and took 

 command of the mine squadron 

 again, on board the San Francisco 

 at Hampton Roads, and on April 

 12 the Roanoke, Captain Stearns, 

 and Housatonic, Captain Greens- 

 lade, the first of the new vessels, 

 joined the flag — an event long 

 worked for. 



No account of an accomplish- 

 ment so extraordinary should omit 

 to name our full squadron, all 

 names familiar in the old Navy: 



San Francisco, flagship, Captain 

 H. V. Butler. 



Aroostook, Captain J. Harvey 

 Tomb. 



Baltimore, Captain A. W. Mar- 

 shall. 



Canandaigua, Commander W. 

 H. Reynolds. 



Canonicas, Captain T. L. John- 

 son. 



Housatonic, Captain J. W. 

 Greenslade. 



Quinnebaug, Commander D. 

 Pratt Mannix. 



Roanoke, Captain C. D. Stearns. 



Saranac, Captain Sinclair Gan- 

 non. 



Shawmut, Captain W. T. Clu- 

 verius. 











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