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Bruce Chapman Tells of Trip Around 
the World with Battleship Fleet. 
The members of the Manchester 
Launch club were taken ona trip around 
the world with the U. S. battleship fleet 
Wednesday evening when Bruce Chap- 
man of Magnolia, one of the sailors on 
the Missouri, gave a very interesting ac- 
count of his experiences. Mr. Chap- 
man had no flowery set speech prepared, 
but told in his own way, stopping to an- 
swer questions now and then, of the 
trip from the time the ships left Hanipton 
Roads in December 1907 until their re- 
turn in February of this year. 
The first leg of their journey was to 
Port of Spain, Trinidad, a cruise of 
eight days, which in itself is quite a while 
to be out of sight of land, when it is 
considered that an ocean liner crosses the 
Atlantic in from five to seven days. 
They remained there over Christmas, 
seven days in all, proceeding thence to 
Rio Janeiro, Brazil. It was here they 
were given the first big reception of the 
cruise. The city is up-to-date and the 
scenery is most beautiful. Excursions, 
banquets, sight-seeing tours into the 
country, etc., occupied their time here. 
He referred to the ‘‘special prices’’ ac- 
corded them at various points on their 
journey ; 
price, it was generally an increased price 
that made it “‘ special.’’ 
He told of the routine of the day on 
the trip, of the daily drill, target practice, 
etc., etc., and related also the ceremon- 
ies in connection with the crossing of the 
equator, and the manner in which the 
uninitiated were introduced to the mys- 
teries of King Neptune. 
The trip from Rio Janeiro down the 
coast and through the Straights of Magel- 
lan was the most perilous of the journey. 
They stopped at the most southern town 
in the world before going through the 
Straights. 
After reaching the Pacific ocean they 
struck very pleasant weather and smooth 
seas. Valparaiso, Chili, was not on their 
itinerary, but by special arrangement the 
fleet altered their course so as to enter 
the harbor and circle around, not drop- 
ping anchor. On Feb. 10, he said, they 
came in sight of land, and as they neared 
the shore they could see the hills swarm- 
ing with thousands upon thousands of 
people. A pretty and effective feature 
here was the formation by an army of 
sailors on the hillside, wearing suits of 
bright colors, of the word ““ Welcome’’ 
as they entered the harbor, and “‘ Fare- 
well’’ as they steamed away. It wasa 
sight long to be remembered. 
Calloa, Peru, was their next stop, on 
Feb. 20. A hie reception was given 
them here. Bull fights were given for 
their special benefit. Bull fighting is to 
the people of Peru what baseball is here, 
—the national game. 
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They also went to Lima, a city of 
500,000 population. The people are 
very pious there; 52 Catholic churches. 
After leaving Peru the fleet proceeded 
to Magdalena Bay, Cal., where they en- 
gaged in the annual target practice. A 
number of records were broken, includ- 
ing the three inch gun record. ‘The 
Missouri fired 20 shots, making 20 hits, 
in 2 minutes 28 seconds. 
After that the fleet stopped at different 
ports up the Californian coast to Frisco, 
where they had the biggest reception of 
all. From there they went to the 
Hawaian Islands, and then to New Zea- 
land, which was decribed as an up-to- 
date progressive place. The _ people 
were very cordial and hospitable. Sid- 
ney and Melbourne, Australia, were the 
next places visited. Sidney isa city of 
about a million people, modern, but not 
as up-to-date as Melbourne. The feet 
had the best time of the whole trip while 
in Australia. All kinds of courtesies 
were extended them. The people were 
exceedingly hospitable and _ kindhearted. 
The trip from Australia lead up 
through the islands to Manila, thence to 
Japan, where another royal welcome 
awaited them, despite the rumored 
strained relations between the two 
countries at that time. On this tripthey 
experienced the most terrible storm of 
the whole cruise. In their stop at China 
they were royally entertained, the gov- 
ernment spending some $300,000 in 
their entertainment. 
After another stop at Manila the fleet 
went to Ceylon and then through the 
Red Sea to the Suez Canal, and home by 
way of the Mediterrannean Sea. 
Mr. Chapman’s talk was very much 
enjoyed and at the conclusion of his talk 
he was made an honorary member of the 
club for one year, to June 1, 1910. A 
collation was served after this action had 
been taken. 
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