Tuesday, July 27, 1915

At 6:30 I turned out very much refreshed. Went below at 8:30 to sketch the main and auxiliary drains, jacket steam and drains, oiling system, valve water service and cylinder relief valves - a short morning's work. I finished at 10:30 so until 11:30 I corked off by the circulating pump. In the afternoon, in preparation for tomorrow afternoon's parade in San Diego, we got into blue service and leggings, cleaned the rifles and had an hour and a half of drill on the quarterdeck. We increased our speed from 65 to 78 turns in order to reach San Diego before 8 tomorrow morning. That will be 3 days ahead of time. Turned in early at my billet. For the last three days we have had to wear kaki[khaki] shirts, and at night, one blanket is none too warm.