Over two hundred students of the American School, accompanied by relatives and friends visited the U. S. S. Augusta on a toit of insect tion yesterday afternoon, They were, judging from their comments, fully satisfied with the way in which the flagship of the American Asiatic fleet is run, although guides were the recipients of several suggestions as to means of carrying out various technical improvements. The older students were somewhat overawed by their surroundings, but the younger, distracted by the proximity of tables where ice cream was being served, were slightly arrogant about ihe whole process of inspection.
Tenders bringing the children from the Customs jetty began to arrive at 3 o'clock, and additional recruits continued to arrive, by tenders, which waited at the ship's side only long enough to pick up those who had absorbed enough ice cream and information to justify departure. The plan of inspection arranged by their elders, provided that small groups of children, accompanied by a few parents or teachers, should traverse the ship, maintaining a sufficient degree of silence to listen to the information given them by the guide; but it became evident soon after the arrival of the first few tenders that the students had ideas of their own as to the proper methods to be used for a thorough inspection of the cruiser.
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