The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-02
SAM0A'S STRANDEDSA
THE GOVERNMENTS PLANS FOR
BRINGING THEM HOME.

All VIII be Brought to San Francisco
War Ships Already Ordered to the
Island TO Take the Place OF Those
Lost-A Graceful Act by the British
Channel Fleet,
SAN FRANCISCO. April lin naval and
shipping circles the question has been dis
cussed as 10 the best and earliest means for
getting supplies from here to Samoa If this
government should deem it advisable to
send them to the shipwreoked officers and
seamen. The steamer Zealandia, which
sails from New Zealand April 6, is mer-
chant steamer of the only line passing near
the Samoan Islands, and she carries nearly
1000 tons of wheat alone for Sydney and
Melbourne, owing to the shortage i'll the
colonial wheat crops
NOT MUCH ROOM TO SPARE.
She will therefore not have much room
for additional freight. 1t is thought, how
ever, that the navy department could ar
range to have the Zealandia proceed to
Apia on this trip instead of making Tutuila
her port of call This would enable her to
render any urgent assistance and also pro-
cure later and more definite advices from
Apia and Admiral Kimberly. The New
Zealand government has an agent here and
such an arrangement would have to be
made by the United States and the Oceanic
Steamship Company.
THE VESSELS FOR SAMOA.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The navy de-
partment is making every effort to secure
an adequate representation at Samoa. Or
ders were sent out to-day to have the Rich
mond, Alert and Adams sent to Apia at the
aariiaSt ctiNa bla r1,nnant The A lart is
at Honolulu, all ready to sail when she
| Goals and provisions and can reach Samoa
in a month or forty days
The Richmond is at present in River de
la Plata, on the east coast Of South Amer
lea, and must go round Cape Horn. The
Adams is under repair at the Mare Island,
| Cali navy yard. Ten days or two
| weeks will serve to complete the repairs,
and allowing for a few additional days CON
sumed in taking coal she may sail on her
voyage, which will take about month.
The Mantle, now at Brooklyn, will be ready
to sail on the 10th instant, probably to re-
leve the Richmond.
DETAIL FOR THE ADAMS.
The detail for the Adams was almost
completed this afternoon. She will be
under direction of Commander Edwin T..
Woodward. The other line officers ordered
to the Adams are Lieut.. Commander J
Beeler, Herbert Winslow, Hanson
R. Tyler::s. and J. C. Burnet
and Ensign William J. Maxwell Passed
| Assistant Surgeon Emlyn II. Marsteller
will be the medical officer, and Chief en-
gineer Absalom Kirby the engineer in
charge The paymaster and assistant en-
| gineers have not yet been selected. There
| affairs given the commanders of the YES
| sells.
ADMIRAL KIMBERLY TO REMAIN.
| Admiral Kimberly will remain at Apia,
and will continue in command Of the
| squadron. He had the instructions issued
TO him before his departure, and the situa-
tion has not changed since then. The
| admiral has considerable discretion vested
| in him, and may, to a considerable extent,
exercise his own Judgment in regard to
| what shall be done. Should anything occur
to render new instructions advisable. they
can be prepared and sent to Samoa long
| before the war vessels get there. The thing
now needed there is ships, not instructions
| Ii is not improbable that the Samoan confer
| ence will have met and settled the entanRle-
| ment between the United States and Ger
many before our vessels reach Samoa, and
any new orders sent to Admiral Kimberly
will doubtless largely be governed by the
proceedings of the conference.
The Secretary of the Navy has cabled to
| Auckland that the men of the wrecked yes
| sells who are sent home are to come to San
| Francisco.
| Renewed instructions have been sent TO
| San Francisco TO hurry forward the prepar-
| alton of the Charleston, and every effort
| will be made to get her guns and carriages
| transported overland at the earliest possib ble
moment. The guns are ready at the prov
| ut Iio nd ho a,rio
are about ready at the Washington navy
yard.
| Mr.. Scott, the contractor for building the
| Charleston, was at the white house tod Y
| in company with Senator Stanford, and
they had private interview with the Presi-
| dent.
A GRACEFUL TRIBUTE.
A graceful tribute from English naval
| officers was contained in the following
cablegram received by Secretary Tracy,
who has returned TO Washington, this
morning:
GrBRALTAR, March 81, 1889.
| To the Secretary Of the Navy, Washington:
| The officers OF the English channel fleet sym
pathize with the American navy in the terrible
| loss Of life from the wrecks at Samoa.
To this message the following reply was
made:
WASHINGTON, April I, 1889.
Admiral Commanding Her MdJesty's Channel
| Fieet Gibraltar:
| Accept for yourself and officers Of your com
! mAnd my grateful acknowledgement on be-
| half OF the United States navy for your mes
| sage Of sympathy and good will occasioned by
| the recent disaster at Samoa
TRACY, Secretary Of the Navy.
REGRETS SENT TO GERMANY.
| LONDON, April The queen has sent a
cable dispatch to Emperor William express
| ing her regret for the loss Of the German
men-of-war at Samoa, and her sympathy
| with the relatives Of those who lost their