She arrived in Liverpool on June 21st, and immediately received orders to transform herself into a war-vessel, and take her place in the naval review at Spithead.

As soon as her passengers and freight had been landed her crew set to work to take her war supplies on board.

A British naval officer had been sent from Portsmouth to superintend the work, and under his direction magazines and armories were arranged, gun platforms were built, and sixteen guns were taken on board and mounted.

In the crew of the Teutonic were some fifty sailors who were members of the British Naval Reserve.  To them rifles and cutlasses were supplied, and they in their turn were transformed into regular man-of-war’s men.

The rest of the crew was made up from sailors drafted from other warships, and then the Teutonic was ready to take her place in the great Jubilee naval parade.

So fine an appearance did she make that she was put at the head of one of the seven lines of vessels in the review, and Captain Cameron, her commander, received a flattering letter from the flag-officer of his division, congratulating him upon having the neatest merchant vessel in the parade.

It took just forty hours to change the Teutonic from a merchantman into a war-vessel.

Captain Cameron is highly delighted at the praise he received.  He also is a member of the Naval Reserve, having the rank of lieutenant.

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Sandy Hook, which is the first point of land sighted in entering New York Harbor, has been again converted into an island.

This strip of beach is a continuation of the New Jersey coast.  The curious thing about it is that it has never been definitely settled whether it is a peninsula or an island, as it is continually changing its character.

The first mention of the Hook, says a writer in one of our current journals, appears in the diary of Robert Juet, who was the companion of Hudson during his third voyage in 1609.  It was then an island.

On maps and charts in the possession of the New York Historical Society it is represented both as an island and a peninsula.

It was certainly an island in revolutionary times, for when Lord Howe retreated from the battle of Monmouth by the Navesink road he built a bridge to Sandy Hook Island.

Twice during the last century it has tried to get away from the mainland.

In 1870, the New Jersey Southern Railway laid a track along the west beach for a distance of three miles.

This trestle is now the only connecting link between the island and the mainland, the water for more than a year having been washing away the neck of land which joined Sandy Hook to the coast-line.

The War Department owns part of the Hook.  A proving-ground for guns, armor, etc., has been established there.

The Assistant Secretary of War has sent word to Speaker Reed asking that a joint resolution be passed to enable the Department to protect its property.