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SS George Washington Passenger List - 21 September 1912

Front Cover, Passenger List, SS George Washington, Norddeutscher Lloyd, September 1912, Bremen to New York

Front Cover, Cabin Passenger List for the SS George Washington of the North German Lloyd, Departing Saturday, 21 September 1912 from Bremen to New York via Southampton and Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain Ch. Polack. GGA Image ID # 1e862e603b

Senior Officers and Staff

Captain Ch. Polack
First Officer R. Wurpts
Second Officer W Drechsel
Second Officer W Oelrichs
Second Officer O. Brinkmann
Third Officer E Schmitz
Fourth Officer F Woerdemann
Fourth officer E. Eyring
Physician Dr Starke
Physician Dr. Filser
Chief engineer D Lampe
First engineer E. Assmann
Paymaster H Ahlers
Purser Th. Schroder
Purser W. Thiele
Chief Steward O Caesar
Second Steward Second Class O. Larson
Second Steward SecondClass M. Oesterheld
Second Steward SecondClass K Arnold
Second Steward SecondClass L Huck
Second Steward SecondClass J. Westendorf
Second Steward Third Class J. Böttjer
Chief Cook M Rolle
Baggage Master H. Helmers
Wireless telegraphy Telegraph Operator: H. Reese
Traffic and Information Bureau Official: Ch. Seghorn

First Cabin Passengers

From Bremen To Southampton

Mr. Henry Bisson
Mr. Frederic Hefti
Mrs. Frederic Hefti and Child
Mr. W. E. Hyder
Mr. Bernhard Jung
Mrs. Bernhard Jung
Miss Jung
Mr. Sanitatsrat
Ernst Kirchhoff
Dr. Otto Kruger
Mr. Arthur Lee
Mrs. Arthur Lee and Servant
Mr. C. E. Melchers
Miss Amory Melchers
Miss Dorothee Melchers
Mr. Oberburgermeister
Dr. Max von Mulberger with Mrs. Mulberger and Daughter
Dr. Volkert Pfaff
Mrs. Dr. Volkert Pfaff
Mr. G. H. Powell
Mr. Ernst Ribbert
Mrs. Ernst Ribbert
Mr. W. H. Robinson
Mr. von Wiegand

From Bremen To Cherbourg

Mr. Chief Engineer Bruckhoff
Mr. Ing. Rich. Kohn
Mr. Henri W. Price

Second Cabin Passengers

From Bremen To Southampton

NoeIle Horrocks Dorothy Horrocks
Mr. Claus Pals
Mr. Heinrich Simon
Mr. Percy Whitley

From Bremen To Cherbourg

Mr. Fritz Waitz

Information For Passengers

Traffic Office

At this office on board Passengers are furnished with information regarding travel in general.

The TRAFFIC Office is open: for First Cabin Passengers from 10:00 am to 12 noon and " 4:00 pm " p. m.

The official of the Traffic Office will hold himself at the disposal of the Second Cabin Passengers from 9:00 am to 10:00 am and 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the Second Class Smoking Room.

Information for Cabin Passengers

The object of the following rules being to provide for the comfort and safety of Passengers, their strict observance is urgently requested.

Passengers are requested to comply with the orders of the Captain and/or his officers who are responsible for both th safethy of the ship and Passengers and the comfort and order on board.

Meals. First Saloon Passengers are served in the large Dining Room.

Breakfast from 7.30 a. m. to 10:00 am
Lunch from 12 noon to 2:00 pm
Dinner from 6:00 pm to 8.30 p. m

Meals are served à la carte at any time during the above mentioned hours at small tables for 2-4, 5, 6-8 persons. Besides this, a fixed menu is served both at lunch and at dinner. Any particular wishes with regard to special dishes will be satisfied so far as circumstances permit. Passengers are requested to apply to the Chief Steward in this respect.

Children are served in the Childrens' Dining Room. Breakfast 8:00 am to 10:00 am, Lunch at 12 noon, Dinner at 6:00 pm

Servants, not attending the children, are served in the Childrens' Dining Room. Breakfast from 8:00 am to 10:00 am, Lunch at 1:00 pm, Dinner at 7:00 pm

Tables, as well as seats, may be reserved beforehand upon application to the Chief Steward.

Meals are not served in the cabin or on deck, unless the passenger is prevented through sickness from coming to the Dining Room.

A good selection of various drinks at moderate prices is carried on board. Drinks brought on board by the Passengers will not be served in the Dining Room.

The Dining Room is closed after 11:00 pm

The Reading and Social Rooms are opened to the Passengers until 11:30 pm The Vienna Cafés and Smoking Room are closed at midnight, the bars at 11:45 pm

Baggage: Only small parcels and hand baggage in limited quantity may be taken into the staterooms. Trunks and other bulky articles must be stored in the baggage-room, to which Passengers have daily access if accompanied by an officer or the baggage master.

Money, valuables, documents etc., duly sealed or enclosed in an envelope bearing the name of the owner, may be handed to the Purser for safe keeping during the voyage, but without any guarantee on the part of the Company. The Purser will give a receipt on demand.

On the steamers "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse", "Kronprinz Wilhelm", "Kaiser Wilhelm II.", "Kronprinzessin Cecilie", "George Washington" and "Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm" cabin Passengers may place their valuables in safes which are placed at their disposal against payment of $ 1.—= Marks 4.—.

Library: There is a library on board at the disposal of the First and Second cabin Passengers. A list of the books will be found in the Saloons.

Bath-Rooms: Passengers wishing to make use of the bath-rooms are requested to write their names and the hour of bathing upon the list in the antechamber to the bath-rooms.

Doctor. A duly qualified Doctor is on board who will attend, free of charge, to Passengers falling sick during the voyage. However, the physician is entitled to ask for his fee from those First cabin Passengers who come on board ill.

Barber and Ladies Hair Dresser. A fixed tariff is to be consulted in the flarber's room. A similar tariff is to be found in the Ladies' Hair' Dressing Saloon.

CIGARS, Cigarettes and PLAYING Cards are obtainable in the Smoking Room at fixed prices.

Smoking is permitted only in the Smoking-rooms and on deck. It is strictly prohibited below deck, in the saloons or in the state-rooms.

Correspondence. Telegrams and cables to be despatched from the ports of call are to be handed to the Purser. Wireless messages are to be given in at the special wireless telegraph office on board ship.

Letters and post cards may be posted at any of the letter boxes on board. The time of collection is indicated on the boxes.

The UNIVERSAL Postal Union Regulations apply to the mail posted on board.

20 Pf. German stamp for letters k on steamers sailing

10 Pf. German stamp for postal cards I towards America.

Postal stamps are obtainable either at the Post Office on board or from the stewards in the Smoking and Writing Rooms. The Chief Steward is charged with the distribution of incoming post. Parcels are delivered either by the Baggage Master or by the sea-post officials.

In their own interest, Passengers should call upon the Chief Steward before leaving the steamer both to enquire whether any correspondence is awaiting them and to leave their address for later despatches.

Letters and telegrams may be directed in clo any of the company's agents.

Deck Wind Shelters. Special attention is called to the Wind shelters provided on the upper Promenade Deck of the Express Steamers, enabling Passengers to remain comfortably on deck even in severe weather. This new invention is patented in all countries.

Pastimes and Games are provided on board.

Deck Chairs and Travelling Rugs: can be hired on bord of the Deck stewards at a Marge of $ 1 = sh. 4 = Marks 4 = Frs. 5 each for the voyage to New York.

Service. Passengers are requested in their own interest, to submit any complaints they may have to make to the captain at the time of his daily round.

Change of Cabins. Passengers desiring to change their Cabins during the voyage are requested to apply to the Purser, who has charge of the vacant accommodation.

Wireless Telegraphy on Board

The Wireless Telegraph station on board this steamer is in daily touch with all parts of the World, either through the Coast Stations direct, or indirectly through the medium of passing steamers. The names of the Coast Stations, as well as those of the steamers with which connection is expected during the day, are made known to Passengers by means of notices posted up in various parts of the ship.

Besides ordinary wireless messages, so-called "ocean letters" can be sent from the ship at comparatively low rates. The message is transmitted by wireless telegraphy to a steamer sailing in the opposite direction, taken by it to its next port of call and thence forwarded to the addressee by post.

Such letter-telegrams cannot be transmitted To Passengers.

All particulars respecting modes of transmission, duration, tariff, etc. can be obtained on application at the station on board.

All enquiries, complaints, etc. must be addressed to the German Wireless Telegraphy Co. Ltd., Tempelhofer Ufer 9, Berlin SW 61, which is entrusted with the Wireless Telegraphy Service on all the ships of the North German Lloyd. The Norddeutscher Lloyd assumes no responsibility whatever in respect of the Wireless Telegraphy Service.

It may be added that the following Companies accept wireless messages for transmission, and also supply particulars on application :

Paris, Cie. Française Maritime et Coloniale de Telegraphie sans Fil, 34 Boulevard des Capucines,

London W. C., Marconi International Marine Communication Ltd., Watergate House, York Buildings, Adelphi.

Rome, Compagnia Internationale Marconi per le Communicazione Marittime, Corso Vittorio Emanuele 317.

BRUSSELS, Compagnie de Telegraphie sans Fil, 19 Rue du Champ de Mars.

Moreover, wireless messages to all steamers appearing in the International List of Wireless Telegraph Stations are accepted for transmission at all Telegraph Offices in the German Empire as well as in other countries.

Travellers' Cheques and Letters of Credit

The increasing popularity of these arrangements has led the Norddeutscher Lloyd considerably to extend the system.

Intending passenge:s have now the following at their disposal according to the starting point or destination of their journey:

Internationale Reiseschecks, in Marks (in denominations of dt 50, 100 and 200), issued in Germany.

Travelers' Checks, in Dollars (in denominations of s 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200) issued in the United States.

Mandats de Voyage, in Francs (in denominations of Frs. 50, 100 and 200) issued in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and other countries of the Latin Union.

Circular Notes, In Sterling (in denominations of A: 5, 10 and 20) issued in all the countries of the world.

All of these can be cashed without deduction at any of the 5000 offices mentioned in the list of correspondents.

Letters of Credit will be issued for such amounts as may be desired, payment of which will be made by any agent of the Norddeutscher Lloyd.

Further information will be willingly supplied on application to the Norddeutscher Lloyd, Central-Abteilung, Bremen or to any agent of the Company.

Warning against professional Gamblers

The North German Lloyd desires to call the attention of the traveling public to the fact that certain persons, believed to be professional gamblers, are in the habit of traveling to and fro in transatlantic steamships.

The North German Lloyd, while not wishing to interfere in the slightest degree with the freedom of action of the patrons of its Line, invites their assistance in discouraging games of chance as being likely to afford these individuals special opportunities to take unfair advantage of others.

Twin-Screw Salon Mail Steamer "George Washington"

Description: Built at the shipyard of "Vulcan shipyard," Stettin. Gestelit into service on 12 June 1909. Twin-screw steam ship. 220.2 m long ship. Width of 23.78 m. Depth of 24.38 m. Depth 12,47 m. Tonnage, about 25 570 Br RT water Chandran laid approximately 46 000 T. machinery with 21 000 ind. PS Average speed 18.5 knots an hour.

Some Early double bottom, hydraulic device Scots Schue 3-Lloyd - Stone - system. Submarine bell signals;
wireless telegraphy;
Imperial rooms (three rooms with bath);
State rooms (two rooms with bath);
Lounge room (with bathroom);
luxurious main dining rooms Society 550 square meters;
Company Salon 336 sqm in size with dome-shaped glass dome;
Children play and dining room;
Smoking room with an open porch;
Gymnasium, a large playground;
library;
Electric. Passenger elevator;
protected decks (Promenade deck through glass windows against wind and weather geschtitzt);
Patented wind protection devices;
Electric. Light baths, hot and cold surgeonfish;
Physician and pharmacy;
Barber and hairdresser
All cabins are exceptionally large;
almost all the beds are not first class above the other, but at ground level

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