The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-11
OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO.
Our Naval Strength In the CoiE-Our ASaaia-
BILE Force In Case OF Necessity--Thc British,
Spanish and French Gulf squadrons.


Bile Force In Case OF Necesslty--Thc British,
Spanish and French Gulf sguadrons.
The present state Of relations with Mexico has ma
turay aroused the attention Of the public mind and the
subject earnestly discussed in commercial political and
other circles Our naval strength in the Gulf and the ad
jacent waters is compared with that of other Powers in
Of the probability OF collision with any Of them.
In order that the public may know how stlnd in this
inpo tant particular, We have prepared full and accn
rate Of the Of vessels the Gulf th'
force which present available and that which could
be made within six months
The Secretary Of the Navy in that particular part of hi
report referring to Mexico, says
Such Is the condition Of Mexico and OF the Central
and South american States that IL is ndspl naby
necessary that should be able to approach them
frequently and at every accessible point There
Is no other mode Of extending efeetua protection
10 American interests IN that any other quar-
Of the globe where the existing governments lack
stability for other causes be relied for the
per formancc OF international duties The frequent pre-
of ship of war though not of the largest class
exerts powerful restraining influence, and will gene
rally czens from the infection Of gross mus
tice There still other considerable aug
gHeatatioa If our aardt force.
That the public may sec at a glance the comparative
naval strength of the American English, French and
Spanish fleets in the Gulf and the adjacent
have have said prepared the following account:
UNITED STATES SHIPS IN THE GULF AND ADJACENT
WATERS.
The following the vessels which already in the
Gulf and adjacent waters and all of which may be made
available at a comparatively short notice
Steam fgate Roanoke 40 guns built at Norfolk in ls5
She was AspinwalI November 90 The following is
list Of her oiBcers.-
Flag Qffcer--James Mcintosh.
Captan--Wiiam n. Gardner.
Fleet Surgeon-Edward tiiichrist
Passed Assistant 5urgeon-A Lynch Assistant Surgeon,
A. Vedner.
purser-E C. Doran
iieptenants-Fust, r. 1aner; Second, 7. H. Stevens;
Third, George H. Cooper Fourth, Abner Read Fifth, vii
liam X. Powell; Sixth, T. kennon; fhg Lieutenant,
Samuel Maaaw.
Captain Of AlarucsJ Watson: Lieutenant of Marines,
f. H. Fontane.
Chaplain-N. Frost
secretary to Flag oalcer-wliam zantzinger; do. to
Captain, Il. St. Clarke; do To Purscr, K W. Bird.
fngneers-Chef, Ebridge Iawton; First Assistants,
James NJ. Adams, T. A. shock Second Assistants, John
W Moore Alexander Greer Third Assistants, c. H. levy,
| John Purdy, L. Inch, Samuel Ayres.
Midshipmt IA L, Cooke, T. H. Eastman, G. NJ. Bodg
| EFT, William G. white, W. A. Kerr Albert Kantz
Boatswan--lohn Mckinley; Gunner, John Owens; Car
pentcr, +. NJ. Cecil; suimaser, W. Bennett.
The soop ofwar Jamestown, % guns launched at Cos
port in 1884, She at Greytown November II.
! Sloopof-war Plymouth ordnance ship Her crew
sists 2l2 sailors aud She carries eleven
inch pivot gun and four nne.inch broadside guns, all
Of the Dahgren pattern She is in tho Potomac and
| is 10 be despatched Immediately TO the Gulf The fol
| lowing are her oficers-
IaIunm, I, a. c,s nangren, a. ronos r,,o,, y r.r,.s
n = ionas Trcy@u Abbott n p Iovam ''''
Surgeon--J Is. Chiller
rsa ,n - Dese@'
m- mu'hel-'uyn, m,
rea,an,ar ooaa naa-y pehyyi,
Smi~.,er-p,apDn Sanpsaser p,raoai
storeship Relief guns, built in Philadelphia in 1896
She was at Aspnvall Nov. 10 tier officers are
Cap4ain---James H. Strong.
rasn,aa 1ou.snn's-"' v" l""'' . 'o""'u Ao" ""u - .
Passed Assis.an, surgeon-B Rush MITCHELL
| car,a,n,s C1ers-yamss r. MORRISON Jr
rr,ga,e savannah. atty guns. bull, in New York in
1912 She WINS at Grey,own November II. The follow.
| ,nv IS the lis, of her offocrs,
/ Captain-,Joscph K Jarvis
Lentensn.s-ohn @ :, woracn, soe kepparo 'ona
'nsn n wcccand Pssscd a.s,s,an, .,rcco,
n - CaIaue,l "N' eO"'
Purser-Benjamin y Cahoone.
S,as,a,Uiohn " s,rhlIns 1''1'' . 'A''
| Mldshit man-James G. Moeeley.
Forward oiiicers-Boadswan Charles r. Bragdon gun
Ws,sr "Ai '
Captains Clerk-rred r. Curtis purscrs CLERK James
W k'ehic r..a, v u...,. p.,o. ~. ,... rsa,,..
= Waney F q Iowers
sioo, 80 ,v.r s,,,,oc, % ,Yns buu, in por,suo,h
n 1870 sbe salea from Asninxau xox eo for the
chr The ,ol,ovln., Is =, is, ~ ,bc oaeers.--
counapser-Thom,s Turner
Ilcutcnans-J. NJ Wainwright Pierce Crosby, VIM. "
Gamble, John ~ naihi,on' Jes~e iaylor, ~. ,-
robnsen IT,
Purser--C J. Emery.
Captain slcrk1W, I. iaum.
na,ns s,eesr- scoona Ilraiepap, ralus 3 Mecre
Mcshipmen-Iienry n. Blue, George u. White
hdshiItnen gong OUT as lassengsrs-soshua BsLop,
Iohn s,:mhsm Henry r. Uorisap ,obn a Howell Vim
A. Kerr, Abyrt Kants Luthcr l. May, Allen v. Reed,
George slorrs, Mm. =. white, ~. 49,. 49,.
VIM. Cope. Cnpcntcr-Thos. c. TcrraIi. salimaker-
"m' maui.
ihe soop Of VIZ" o. 'nus' " guns no" w 'h@ f"'''
nea'y 'eaoy ir sea sne p'o'eVp !" 'ie 'uh i"i'ie
uR'eV' ihe '0no"''s "''oe's "AN' '''" ""''e"
MT
1ieutcnants--lared Y X Wyatt, Joshua ~ Todd,
cnrs hshan' mu.s' M r"''''So" 'on'S' A'" Su's''u