Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-05-11
MORE SHIPS SAIL AWAY !
The Englishmen Leave Many
of Their Men Behind.
A RUSSIAN CAPTAIN INDIGNANT

He Denies a Story that Deserter Was
to Be Hanged-BritishT ars Desert the
Blake-The Remaining Foreigners May
Go to Annapolis.
New York, May 1.-THE departure of
the four British men -of-war at noon yes
terday left gap at the head of the line
of war vessels nearest the New York shore,
and the Russians now head the line.
Their three ships, the Dimitri Donskoi,
General Admiral, and Rynda, were
thronged with visitors, who were enthusi-
astically welcomed by the big-hearted
Russians, who seem to be trying to show
our people that they have not forgotten
The grain ships which were sent to their
starving countrymen last year.
Capt. Besobrasoff, of the General Ad-
miral is very indignant over story that
has been circulated to the effect that 'one
of the sailors of the General Admiral de-
serted last week and was taken back to
the Russia cruiser, where he was placed in
irons, and would be taken three miles to
sea and hanged to the yard-arm.
Capt Besobrasoff said that the story
is absolutely false; that they have not had
single desertion, and that sailors are not
hanged from yard-arm on the Russian
men-of war He said that the laws of Rus
STA require that a man shall be tried before
Judge before the death penalty is in
6icted, and that desertion is not capital
crime i'll his country. The other officers
and seamen were all very indignant about
the story. AS matter of fact, the most
cordial relations exist between officers and
men ON the Russian ships.
A different story was told on the English
I'll.
was seen on the Blake before the start was
made and said that the loss on each ship
in his squadron was from to per cent.
Several of the officers and sailors of the
Blake said this was a rather small figure.
One of the former said that 400 men were
missing from the Blake's crew. OF these
40 were sailors and will be greatly missed.
The others were mostly stokers. The
complement of the ship is 635
The Blake had the biggest number of
deserters because her time on the Atlantic
seaboard will not be up until 1895. The
Australia had the smallest number miss
ing because her time is nearly up, and the
men are willing to spend four months
more for an honorable discharge. One of
the officers said it was too bad that SO
many had deserted, because the Admiralty
may be adverse to sending ships here
again.
Inc loss from INC reuCu SHIPS Is very
light, and the same is the case with the
Germans. Among the deserters from the
| Magicienne is Chinese cook.
The Dolphin. the Presidents yacht, as
I she is called, has left her anchorage at the
lower end of the fleet and gone to the
Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. The
British freight steamship Mississippi ran
into her several days ago and smashnd two
plates at her bow. The other American
ships and those of Germany, France, Italy,
Brazil, Argentina and Holland, still re-
main in the Hudson.
The caravels will not now leave for
| Chicago until Juno l.
| There is talk of sending some of our
white ships and as many foreigners will
go, to Annapolis to be present at the
| annual commencement of the Naval acad-
envy about May 90. The Russian and
/ French admirals have agreed to send their
ships if desired, and the Hollander Van
| Speyk will probably go if the others do.
| However nothing is definitely settled in
| regard to Annapolis as yet, as Admiral
| Gherardi is awaiting orders from Wash
ington.