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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
108
But
as
the
Niagara
was
now
to
go
on
an
errand
of
peace,
this
formidable
armament
was
not
taken
on
board.
She
was
built
with
what
is
known
as
a
flush
deck,
clear
from
stem
to
stern,
and
being
without
her
guns,
was
left
free
for
the
more
peaceful
burden
that
she
was
to
bear.
When
the
orders
were
received
from
Washington,
she
was
lying
at
the
Brooklyn
Navy-Yard,
but
began
immediately
to
prepare
for
her
expedition.
Bulkheads
were
knocked
down,
above
and
below,
to
make
room
for
the
huge
monster
of
the
deep
that
was
to
be
coiled
within
her
sides.
These
preparations
occupied
four
or
five
weeks.
On
the
twenty-second
of
April,
she
made
a
trial
trip
down
the
bay,
and
two
days
after
sailed
for
England,
in
command
of
Captain
William
L.
Hudson,
one
of
the
oldest
and
best
officers
in
our
navy,
who,
to
his
past
services
to
his
country,
was
now
to
add
another
in
the
expeditions
of
this
and
the
following
year.
He
had
with
him
as
Chief
Engineer
Mr.
William
E.
Everett,
whose
mechanical
genius
proved
so
important
in
constructing
the
paying-out
machinery.
Besides
the
regular
ship's
crew,
no
one
was
received
on
board
except
Mr.
Field
and
Professor
Morse,
who
went
as
the
electrician
of
the
Newfoundland
Company;
and
two
officers
of
the
Russian
navy--Captain
Schwartz
and
Lieutenant
Kolobnin--who
were
permitted
by
our
Government,
as
an
act
of
national
courtesy,
to
go
out
to
witness
the
great
experiment.
The
regulations
of
the
navy
did
not
admit
correspondents
of
the
press;
but
Professor
Morse
was
permitted
to
take
a
secretary,
and
chose
Mr.
Mullaly,
who
reported
for
the
New
York
Herald,
and
who
had
thus
an
opportunity
to
witness
all
the
preparations
on
land
and
sea,
and
to
furnish
those
minute
and
detailed
accounts
of
the
several
expeditions,
which
contribute
some
important
chapters
in
the
history
of
this
enterprise.
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