Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1898, Page 11

a THE EVENING STAR. gee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennszivania Avova:, Yor. 11th Sh, by The Byening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served te subscribers tn the eity ty carriers, on their own a-rount, at 10 cents per week. o- 44 cects per month. Copies at the geunter 2 cents each. ‘By toail—anywhere in the Tnited States or Canada—pestage prepaid 50 cents per menth. Saturday Qrintunte Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.08. (Entered at the Port’ Office at Washington, D.C. $$$ | Part 2. Che Ep ening Star. Pages 11-14. as second-cla. 3 mail matter.) €7 All mai! snbacriptions must be pall in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. DEWEY’S CAPTAINS Brief Sketch of the Officers in Com- | mand on His Ships. fies Se THEY ARE TRIED MEN AND TRUE Nearly All Saw Service During the Civil War. FULL ROSTER OF OFFICERS Rear Admiral George Dewey comes from Vermont and entered the Naval Academy of the same day and in the same year beth graduating ia His first sea duty was on Wabash, with the Mediterranean Then. he was attached to the sippi with the west gulf squadron, during which time he was present at the cepture of New Orleans in 182. He was in the engagement with the confederates below Donaldsonville, in 1863, and present at two aitacks on Fert Fisher. The year after the close of the war he served on the Kearsarge attached to the European sta- Commodore Howell, the same class. the tion, and also on the Colorado on the same station. On being assigned to shore duty he was ordered to the Naval Academy, and later to the command of the Narragansett on special service. On being promoted he was again sent to this ship, and after serving on lighthouse inspection duty was made secretary of the lignthouse bh In 1882 he commanded the Juniata and soon after the end of this cruise was advanced to the rank of captam. A year later he became captain of the Dolphin, one of the firs ships of the new navy, and for three years, from 1885 until ISS%, he was in command of the flagship Pensacola on the European station. On the expiration of his cruise he was made chief of the bureau of equip- ment, where he served entil 1803, when he became a member of the lighthouse board. He is now commander-in-chief of the Asiatic station. : Capt. C. V. Gridley. Capt. Charles V. Gridley was born in In- Gana and appeinted from Mivhigan, grad- WASHINGTON, D. ©., MONDAY, MAY 2 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES. Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. > THE CENTRAL SCENE OF WAR IN THEPHILIPPINES inspector of ordnance at League Island’ in 1:91 and was meade a captain In 1896, and at present commands the Raleigh. Commander Lamberton. Commander Benjamin P. Lamberton, the second ranking officer of his class in the navy and at present commanding the Bos- ton, was born in Pennsylvania and gradu- ated from the Naval Academy in 1865. He was attached to the steam sloop Susque- hanna of the Brazil squadron for one year and the Juniata from 1866 lo 1867, when he went to the apprentice ship Sarato where he served until 1869. In the mean- time he had been four times promoted, a master in 1 a lieutenant in the year following and a lieutenant commander in 1868. From 1870 to 1874 he served on the Mo- hican and the Dictator and on torpedo duty in the year following. He then went to THE BALTIMORE. tating tp ISG ard being assigned to the | steam sloop Oneida,where he served for two years. He-was at the battle of Mobile Bay and at the clese of the war.was ordered to the brocklyn, the flag ship of the brazi squadron, Where he served for two y and on being transferred to the Kear on the same station-he-served two there. He was promoted in 186s and during the early seventies-on the M and for the following four yes ry & y at y, during Which time he ractice ship Con: He was on the Trento Wanded the Jamestown and_Portsmouth and was sentor officer of the cruising train- ing squadron during 1886. He command- ed the Marion end is now commanding the Olympia. He was made a captain in March, i507. Capt. N. M. Dyer? Captain Nehemiah M. Dyer was born in Provincetown, Mess., in 1839, educated in the public schools, served in the merchant service from the age of fourteen to twenty, enlisted and served in the 4th Battalion of Rifles, Massachusetts Volunteers, and was with Banks’ division, Army of the Potomac. In April, 1862, he was appointed an acting mate in the navy and assigned to the Cuyler, on which ship he served in the West Gulf squadron until he was, for gallant conduct in capturing and burning the confederate schooner Isabelle, promoted to acting ensign by Admiral Farragut and appointed to command the Eugenia. In 1865 he was promoted to acting volunteer lieutenant, and upon the surrender of the confederate fleet. under Commodore Far- rand he was selected to command two of the surrendered vessels. He was made a lieutenant in the regular navy in 1868, and @ few months afterward was promoted. On & cruise, while attached to the Ossipee on ellation. A | ward to the Portsmouth navy | 1877 to 1879 he served on the Alaska of the r rit © the Boston navy yard in 1876 and after- yard, From Pacific station, when he became connecte with the bureau of equipment, where he served until 1882. He was with the Van- dalia for two years, and from 1885 to 1SSS Wasa light house inspector. He was pro- moted to the rank of commander in 1883, and from 1888 to 1889 was commandant of the Norfolk navy yard. He then command- ed the training Ship Jamestown for two years and then went to the bureau of ards and docks. Commander Walker. Commander Asa Walker of the Concord kas been in the naval service since Novem- ber 21, 1862. He is a native of New Hamp- shire. On March 12, 1868, he was made an March 21, 1870, a lieutenant; on December ensign: on March 26, 1869, a master; on 12, 1884, a lieutenant commander, and on April 11, 1594, a commander. In all he has served fifteen years at sea and eighteen years on shore or special duty. He was named to the Concord May 22 last. Commander Wood. Cemmander Edward P. Wood of the Petrel is from Ohio. After four years in the Naval Academy, he became a midship- man October 1, 1863. His promotion to en- sign occurred in October, 1868. A year later he became a master and in another year a licvtenant. Hfs next promotion was on September 20, 1800, when he became a lieutenant commander. He took charge of the Petrel December 16, 1896, and on July 13, 1807, was raised to the grade of com- mander. He has been eighteen years at sea and fifteen years on other duty. Capt. Hodgson. Capt. Daniel B. Hodgson, commanding THE BOSTON. the Mexican coast, in 1870, he rescued a sailor from’ drowning by jumping over- beard, for which he was gommended by the Secretary of the Navy. He has command- ed a number of vessels in the last twenty years, and is now in charge of the Balti- more, flag ship of the Pacific station. Ca: J. B. Coghlan. Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan was born in Kentucky ard ajpointed from Illinois, graduating in 1863, He was promoted two years later and was assigned to the flag ship Brogklyn, where he ‘served for two years. He was executive officer of the Pawnee in 1867 and on the steam frigate Guerriere in 196% Next -year~hé was on the sailing sloop Portsmouth, from which he was transferred to the Richmond on the Eurcpean station: He commanded the Saugus for cne year and the Colorado for another year. For two years he command- ed the Monongahela on the.Asiatic.station, and on being promoted to commander in 1882 was assigned to the Adams. He was son anes the McColloch, {fs a native of New York. Oa November 12, 1897, he completed his thirty-sixth year as an officer of the reve- nue marine, which he first joined at Bal- timore in 1861, with the commission of third licutenant. On July 14, 1863, he was Promoted to second lieutenant, ‘and on July 14, 1864, his commission as first Heu- tenant was presented him. September 14, 1868, saw him wearing the insignia of captain, the highest rank In the service, a position he reached in about seven years. In his thirty-six years’ service Captain Hodgsor. has spent twenty-four years and fourteen months on Atlantic coast sta- tions, seven ard a half years on the lakes, two and a half years on the Pacific, in- cluding nine months in Alaska, and six years on life-saving duty. Descriptions of the Veasds. Here are descriptions of the vessels in the squadron: Oly pia—Protected cruiser, Capt. Charles V. Gridley; speed, 21 knois; displacement, 5,870 tons; tonnage, 2,797 tons; length, 340 feet; beam, 53 feet; draught, 21 feet 6 inches; horse power, 17,213; twin screw; main battery comprising four. §-inch breech-loading rifles and ten 5-inch rapid- built ‘on works, San Francisco, fire guns; 34 officers and 395 men; in 1893 ai Union at a cost of $1,7! Baltimere—Prot Dyer 000. cted cruiser; Capt. N. M. speed, 20 knots; displacement, 4,413 tornage, 2,163 tons; horse power, twin screw; length, feet; beam, draught, 19 feet 6 inches; main comprising four 8-inch breech- inch breech-loading rifles; 36 officers und 350 men; built in 1888 y William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, cost of $1,325,000. Raleigh—Protected cruiser; Capt. J. B. Soghlan; speed, 19 knot: displacement, tonnage, 1,363 tons; horse pow- er, twin screw; length, 300 feet; beam, 42 feet; draught, 18 feet; main bat- tery comprising ten 5-inch rapid-fire guns and one 6-inch rapid-fire gun; 20 officers and 292 men; built in 1804 at the Norfolk navy yard at a cost of $1,100,000. Boston—Protected cruiser; Commander B. P. Lamberton; speed, 15 knots; displace- 3,009 tons; tonnage, 1,495 tons; horse power, 4.030; single screw; length, 271 feet; 2 feet; draught, 16 feet 10 inches; main battery, two $-inch breech-loading rifles and six 6-inch ones; 19 officers and men; built at Chester, Pa., by John Roach & Sons in 1885 at a cost of $619,000. Concord.—G-nboat;Commander A. Walker; speed, displacement, 1,710 tons; horse power, 3,392; feet; beam, 36 feet; ain battery, six 6-inch ; 18 officers and 180 , Pa. in 1888-9 by of $490,000, battery loading rifles and six screw; draught, 14 feet; breech-loading men; built at Che: Palmer & Co. at a co: Petrel—Gunboat; Commander E. Wood; speed, 11 knots; displacement, tons; tonnage, 401 tons; horse power, 1,0 single screw; length, '176 fe beam, feet; draught, 11 feet 7 inches; main bat- tery, four 6-inch breech-loading rifles; 10 officers and 122 men. McCulloch.—Auxiliary cruiser; Capt. D. B. Hodgson (revenue marine); speed, 17 knots; displacement, 1,280 tons; tonnage, 850 tons; single screw; triple-expansion en- gines; length, 219 feet; beam, 23 feet; draught, 14 fect; main battery, four 6-inch 1apid-fire guns; 8 officers and 45 men; built in 1897 at Cramp’s ship yard, Philadelphia. Nanshan—Transp¢ rt steamship, recently ur.der British registry; gross tonnage, 2,200: se power, 232; steel, single screw: length, 285 feet; m, 39 feet; draught, 22 feet; built in 1: at the Grangemouth, England, dock yard. Zafiro.—Transport steamer, recently un- 0 der British registry; gress tonnage, 1 horse power, 21. steel, single screw; length, feet: beam, 31 feet; draught, 21 feet; built in 1884 at Aberdeen, Scotland, and until two weeks ago employed as a passenger and freight steamer bettveen Manila and Chinese ports. Roster of the Asiatic Squadron. Acting Rear Admiral George Dewey, ee ill is alia ward, M. J. McCormack; naval cadets, D. W. Wurtsbaugh, I. Z. Wettenzell, C. Tozer, T. A. Karney; passed assistant sur- geon, K. Smith; pa. engineer, A, Kirby, assistant engineers, H. B. Price, man; first licutenant of marines, D. Wi | ams; gunner, L. J. Connelly; carpenter, O. Bath. W. Hourigan; ensigns Spect#f this week, suit to-order The Mertz Idea of “New Era” tailoring had its birth right here May 1, 1893—We're celebrating the event ‘The suit is not yoo®-@til the ft OK. KEEP THAT POINT ALWAYS IN MING- you pronounce of our growth. Mertz and Mertz, this week—We want you to join with us in the celebration—to you it wiil mean a money- saving event—it will mean dollars in your pocket—saved dollars—dollars which worked hard for—We’ve learned lots in the past 5 years—5 years ago we had a small busi- ness—We’ve grown big in 5 years—-You've helped us to grow—No tailoring business - Washington as large as ours—besides, we've invaded Baltimore—big place there, too—2 big outlets—hence we can buy more cloths—buy them cheaper—You reap all the benefits For $10 today we can give you as good a suit as $15 would buy 5 years ago—all this has been made possible by our growth—Our knowledge, too—We're not young tailoring business—2q years for our senior member—1g years for our junior member—this is our record—We know only ONE business—THAT’S MAKING CLOTHES — Can we serve you this week? Progressive Tailors, 906 F Street. PROYOea eee eee oe eee SPP REE EEE Eee you have in ‘The euit is not yours until Fou prenource OK. KEEP THAT POINT ALWAYS: IN MIND— the fit in the RADAR RPI NORIO v Special this we suit to-order istant surgeon, R. BH, Bellows; chief F. A. Hesler; as inspector, H. I. Cone; neval, cadet (engt- neer), C. P. Burt; chaplain, T. S. K. Fre acting boatswain, H.R. Brayton; U.S.S. Concord.—Commander, A. 8S. Walker; lieutenant commander, G. P. Col- vocoresses; lieutenants, T. B. Howard, P. L. A. Kiser, W. H. V. Butler, jr., O. o d assistant surgeon, R. d assistant paymaster, E. D. Ryan; eng! , Richard Inch; passed ras- sistant engineer, H. W. Jones; assistant Davidson, pa g engineer, E. H. Durn. U. 8. 8. Petrel.—Commander, E. P. Woods i =]y))/mcoagu gg commander-in-chief; Lieut. T. M. Brumby, flag lieutenant; Ensign H. H. Caldwell, secretary. Olympia, Flagship. Captain Charles V. Gridley, lieutenant commander, $. C. Paine; lieutenants, C. G. Calkirs, V. 8. Nelson, G. 8. Morgen, W. G. Miller and S. M. Strite; ensigns, M. M. Taylor, F. B. Upham, W. P. Seott and A, G. Kavanaugh; medical inspector, A. F. Price; passed assistant surgeon, J. E. Page; assistant surgeon, C. P. Kindleber- ger; pay inspector, D. A. Smith; chief en- gineer, J. Entwistle; assistant engineers, E. H. de _Lany and J. F. Marshall, jr.; chanlain, J. B. Frazier; captain of marines, W. P. Bid gunner, L. J. G. Kuhlwein; carpenter, W. Macdonald; acting boats- wain, E. J. Norcott. U. 8. S. Raleigh.—Captain, J. B. Coghlan; lieutenant commander, F. Singer; lieu- tenants, W. Winder, B. Tappan, H. pop man and C, B. Morgan; ensigns, F. L. | Chadwick, P. Babin; surgeon, 1, H. Mar- steller; assistant surgeon, D. N. Carpenter; passed assistant _paymaster, S, R. Heap chief engineer, F. H. Bailey; passed as- sistant engineer, A. 5. Halstead; assistant engineer, J. R. Brady; first Heutenant of marines, T. C. Treadwell; acting gunner, G. D. Johnstone; acting carpenter, T. E. Kiley. U. 8. 8. Boston.—Captain, F. Wilde: lieutenant commender, J. A. Norris; lieutenants J. Gibson, W. L. Howard; en- signs, S. 8. Robinson, L. H. Everhart, J. S. Doddridge; surgeon, af. H. Crawford; assistant surgeon, R. S. Blakeman; pay- master, J. R. Martin; chief engineer, G. Ransom; assistant engineer, F. James; first Heutenant of marines, icM. Dut- ton; gunner, J. C. Evans; carpenter, O. H. Hilton. U. 8. 8. Baltimore.—Captain, N. M. Dyer; Neutenant. commander, G. Bi Inger; Heutenants, W. Braunersreuther, A. G. ‘Winterhalter, F. W. Kellogg, J. M. Elli- cott, C. 8. Stanworth; G. H. Hay- lieutenants, E. M. Hughes, B. A. Fiske, A. N. Wood, C. P. Plunkett; ensigns, G. Fermier, W. 8. Montgomery; passed as- sistant surgeon, C. D. Brownell: assistant paymaster, G. G. Siebels; passed assistant engineer, R. 'T. Hall. Revenue cutter McCulloch.—Captain, D. B. Hodgion. OPPOSING ASIATIC FLEETS. American and “Spanish Ships and Crews Compared. The American Ships. Olympia, first-class; protected } cruiser, 5,800 tons; launched 1892; speed 21 knots; battery, four 8-inch rifles, ten 5-Inch rapid- fire guns, fourteen ¢-pounders,-six 1-pound- ers, four machine guns .and six torpedo tubes. 4 Baltimcre, second rate; 4,000 tons; spe2d, 20.6; battery, four 8-inch, six 6-Inch rifles, four G-pounder rapid-fire, two 3-pounders, two 1-pounders, two 18-inch, two 1.4-inch, six machine guns and five torpedo tubes. Boston, second rate; ‘ tons; speed, 15 knots: battery, two 8-ineh, six 6-inch, two 6-pounder rapid-fire, two jers, two 1- pounders, two 1.8inch, two. 14-inch and two machine guns. Raleigh, second rate; 3,482 tens; speed, 19 knots; battery, one 6-ingh and ten 5-inch rapid-fire rifles, eight @goungers, four 1- pounders, two machine gunayand one tor- pedo tube. oer Concord, third rate; 1,400 tans; speed, 17 knots; battery, six 6-imch. gifles, two 6- “pounder rapid-fire, two + one 1- pounder, four machine guns.gnd two tor- pedo tubes. " apes = Petrel, fourth rate; Sam tons; speed, 13.7 “knots; battery, ‘four $-tseh guns, two 8 pounder rapid-fire and one 1-pounder and four machine guns. McCulloch, revenue cutter. Nanshan, collier, Zafiro, supply vessel. The Spanish Ships. Reina Christina, 3,520 tons; built 1886; speed, 1714 knots; battery, six 6.2-inch Hou- toria guns, two inch and three rapid-fire rifles; two Castilla, 3,342 tons; built 188) battery, four 5.9-inch Krupp rifles, inch, two inch, four 2.9-inch rapid fires, eight rapid-fire guns, two machine guns and two torpedo tubes. Velasco, 1,152 tons; 14.3 knots; three 5.9-inch Armstrong rif inch Hontorias and two machin Don Antonio de Ulloa, 1,130 ton knotss battery, four 4.7-inch Hontorias, two 2.7-inch rapid-fire, five machine guns and two to) tubes. Don Juande Austria, 1,130 tons; speed, 14 knots; battery, four 47-inch Hontorias, thr2e 2.2-Inch rapid-fire, two 1.5-inch, five machine guns and three torpedo tubes. General Lezo and El Cano, gun vessels, 524 tons; built 1885; speed, 11 knots. The Genera: Lezo has two Hontoria~rifles of 47-inch caliber, one 3.5-inch, two small rapid-hre, and on2 machine gun and two torpedo tubes. The El Cano, three 4.7-inch guns, two small rapid-fire, two machine guns and one torpedo tube. Marques del -Duero, dispatch boat; tons; speed, 10 knots; one smooth-bore 6. inch caliber, two 4.7-inch and one machin2 300 un, S'sia de Cuba and the Isla de Luzon, small gunboats. They are of 1,030 tons displace- ment, 16 knots and carry four 4.7 Hon- torias, four 6-pounder rapid-fire, two 3- pounders, two machine guns and three tor- pedo tubes. Crews Carried by Each Vessel. UNITED STATES 9). SPAIN, Olympia . 412/ etna Christina Baltimore 375|Castilla (General Lezo EL Cano .. Marques del Duezo. Isla de Cuba..... Isla de Luzon. Total ... +-1,604] Total THE UNITED STATES NAVY. Disposition of Veasels According fo Latest Information. ‘The disposition of the ships of the United States navy, according to the best informa- tion obtainable is as follows: Flagship New York; battle ships Iowa and Indiana; monitors Terror, Puritan an? Amphitrite; cruisers Detroit, Marblehead cruiser New Orleans left New York for sea. Collier Sterling left New York for Lam- bert’s Point, Va., for coal for fleet at Key West. Cruisers Chicago, Atlanta, Topeka, trans- port Badger, auxiliary cruisers Paris (Yale), Yankee and Prairie are at New York. Dynamite cruiser Vesuvius at Hampton Roads. Cruiser Montgomery, dispatch boats Fern, Leyden and Samoset, gunboat Annapolis and transport Panther at Key West. Gunboat Bancroft at Boston. Torpedo boat Rodgers and cruiser New: ark, undergoing repairs at Norfolk navy yard. Flagship Brooklyn and battle ships Mas- sachusetis and Texas in Hampton Roais. Torpedo boat Cushing is being repaired at Key West. Cruisers Mirneapolis and Columbia, cruis- ing off upper New England coast. Ram Katahdin, at Provincetown, Mass. Battle ship Oregon and gunboat Mari ella, at Rio Janeiro. Nichtheroy, at Rio Janeiro. Gunboat Bennington, at Honolulu. Coast defense vessel Monterey, at San Francisco. Cruiser Alert, at San Juan del Sur. Flagship Olympia, cruisers Baltimore, Boston, Monoecacy and Raleigh, gunboats Concord and Petrel, revenue cutter McCul- loch and colliers Nanshan and Zafiro are at the Philipipne Islands. Cruisers Philadelphia, Charleston and Pensacola, outfitting at Mare Island, Cal. Torpedo boats Talbot and Gwin, at New- pert. Cruiser Albany and torpedo boat Somers, detained in English ports on account of neutrality laws. Monitors—Catskill, at Boston; Lehigh, left League Island for Boston; Nahant, at New York; Jascn, Montauk, Canonicus, Mahopac and Manhattan, at League Island, Pa.; Nantucket, at Wilmington, N. C.; Passaic, at Brunswick, Ga.; Ajax, at Phil- adelphia; Monadnock left Vallejo, Cal., for Puget’ sound; Miantonomoh, en route to Key West. The auxiliary cruisers Dixie and Yosemite are at Newport News and the St. Paul at Philadelphia. Revenue cutters—McLane, at Key West; Hudson, Manning, Windom and Woodbury at Norfolk, Va.; Grant, Corwin and Rush at San Francisco, Cal Perry, at Port Townsend, Wash.; Gresham and Calumet, on the lakes; Hamilton and Morrill, en route for Key West. Light-house tenders—Armeria, Norfolk, Va.; Mangrove, Key West, Fla.; Maple, Norfolk; Suwanee, Norfolk. Yachts—Eagle, at Key West; Hawk, at New York; Hornet, at Key West; Wasp, en route from New York to Key West; Vixen, at League Island, Pa.; Scorpion, Yeft New York for sea; Free Lance, at Brooklyn; Aileen, at New York. Tugs—Algonquin, at Key West, Fla.; Alice, Norfolk, Va.; Nezinscyt, Key West, and Cineinnatt; torpedo boats Dupont, Ericsson, Porter, Foote and Winslow; gun- boats Wilmington, Helena, Machias, Nash- Harvard Bt. Louis and (New York) left — on, Boston, Mass.; Saturn, at Norfolk; Nix agara, at Hampton Roads. Repair ship—Vulcan, at Boston. Water ship—iris, at’ Norfolk. a Distribution of Vessels According te Latest Reports. There is considerable more uncertainty regarding the whereabouts of the vessels of the Spanish navy. According to latest reports they are distributed as follow Cruisers Alfonzo XII, C de Venedito, Infanta Isabel, Marques de Esenada, gun- boats Nueva, Expana, Filipinas, Magel- lanes, Ligera and Antonio Lopez, and transport Legaspi are in Cuban waters. Cruisers Almirante Oquendo, Vizcaya, Cristobal Colon and Infanta Maria Teresa, torpedo boat destroyers Furor, Terror, Plu- ton have left St. Vincent, Cape Verde Isl- ands, and are believed to be sailing west- ward. Torpedo boats Azor, Rayo and Ariete left St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, for the Canaries, accompanied by transports San Francisco and Ciudad Cadiz. Cruisers Reina Christina, Castilla, Ve- lasco, Don Juan de Austria, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon, Don Antonio de Ulloa, gun- boats Paragua, El Cano, Gen. Lezo and Marques del Duero, Quirol and Villatobas, transports Gen. Alava, Manila and Cebu are in the neighborhood of the Philip- pine Islands. Torpedo gunboat Temerario has left Bue- nos Ayres. Torpedo boat destroyers Dona Maria de Molina, Habana, Barcelo, Orion, Proser; pina and Destructor, Pelayo, Vitoria an: Alfonso XIII, Cisneros, Mercedes are at Cadiz, awaiting the cruiser Nunancia. Gunboats Samar, Mariveles, Mindoro, Ma- nileno, Pampagna and Arayet are at the southern extremity of the Philippine Isl- ands. Gunboat Calimaines is at Balabac. Gunboats Balusan and Leyte are at Taal Lagoon. Gunboat Otalora is at Bay Lagoon. Gunboats Alboy and Callao are at Para- gua Isle. Gunboat Ruy Lopo de Valuoboa is at the Caroline Islands. Cruiser Emperador Carlos V is at sea, Torpedo boat Audaz is at Ferrol. ————<$<-oo—_____ Thicker Than Water. From the London Chronicle. We ain't the delight 0” the nytions, the dawlin’ ‘and pet o’ the world; ‘They winks when they cove us a-comin’, their lips is sawcest cutled. ‘They ’as the opinyun—it’s one as they don’t tike no pines ter cornceal— As we fights in the ‘olicst causes, but mikes ar bit art o° the deal, And trusts us, believin’ they knows jest what sort o* pertiter we are, As far as they're thle ter chuck us—thenks be as thet sime isn’t far. It's winkin’, an’ grinnin’, an’ jab'rin, an’ don’t Bat siceerare the ba tion, it isn’t Grit wi ers ay’ 0 ie Britain—that's. da Dunno ‘ow it is. but it ts 90, and us and the world no good And rometimes when we've bin in errer, {t's some- body else "as gort whackt. alone, And knews if we warnts a thing done, then we've ter do thet on ar own; And the whisper it rane through the nytions, when- ever ar cornduc’ “Grite Britain? Git ‘no friends.”” Hreeigs High ri | i F