Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-25
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THE NAVAL REVIEW
At New York viii Be Attended BY
Many Foreign Naval Vessels.
England Nay Send Entire Channel Fleet
Others Will Sc Represented.

MN Nogh, Ian. 2t.--It has been learned
IN official naval circles that Englsna pro-
poses, in the event of the Prince of Males
visiting the Columbian Fair. >ca,iiag her
entire Channel squadron To the Columbian
naval review. Ii Til. is done there will be
present the MOS, powerful flee, assembled
to-day un.ler one lag.
As the time Cor ,he review draws neat
| the atteniion of navy department, officials
is being turned in the direction of Admiral
j iherar,iis cable connections. The speeis
| squadron commanded by Rear Admiral
| Bancroft Gierariii is timed 10 arrive at
| Barbados by February /, The squadron,
consisting Of tl,c cruisers Baltimore, San
Francisco, Charleston AMI fork,owa lett
Montesileo on JANUARY -. From Barba-
does the squadron will sail Direct for
! Hampton Roads. Va, and there await the
arrival of the various foreign sfuadrons.
/ II is learned that the secretary of the
navy has been assured. 50 far. of the at.
tendance of fully - forvign war
ships, The number may be increased to
include nine frenci, ironclals and fss,
| cruisers, seven Russian warships, six Ger
man vessels, tise Italian and four Spanish
and four Austrian vessels also, one Portu-
guese ship, ami possibly one Norwegian or
Swedish ship. Chill will send at least on,
ship, and perhaps two. The cruiser
| Esmeralda, it is sad, has been selected for
the duty. Brazil. il is known, will send one
vessel, and there is prospect of the Argen
tine Republic sending representative
vessel. Just what Great Britain will do no
ono AT the navy department has as yet
learned.
| 1t was rumored at one time that Il fleet
of 10 British ironclads would put in an APP
pearance, but this statement was not con-
firmed. 1t is certain that the British North
American squadron Will send at least six
ships, but in the event of the Prince of
Wales visiting the Columbian Exposition it
is positively known that the British force
will be one of large proportions. The
Channel squadron is practically deemed
England's floating protection of her home
ports. The squadron is made of the heavi-
est and most powerfully battered war ships
In the British navy, every one of which is
4 steel armor.clad vessel Not few of
the Channel squadron ships are provided
with ll0-ton guns, and all carry guns rang.
ing from 50 to 81 tons weight
| The British Channel squadron, if sent as
an addition to the representative from the
British North American squadron, will
give England in the parade no less than
twenty modern war ships, or fully one-third
OF the assembled naval strength. The four
teen ships of the Channel squadron carry
| altogether about 1000 men. The entire
force of the British navy afloat numbers
| 40 900 men.
| United States naval officers have been
| Informed that France will, as Il matter nj
honor, endcavor TO equal in showing the
| fleet Great Britain might send out Naval
af'iccrs who learned last night that England
| proposed sending over the Channel squadron
shook their heads and expressed doubts OF
France ever cndeavoring to Offset in show
sueh powerful force. among few oil
GERS considerable surprise WIS exhibited n
England deeming the condition of Europe
sufficiently safe to warrant detachng from,
her shores her greatest safeguard to SO
great distance as Hampton ROADS. The
Channel squadron in recent years has nevcI
been permitted to depart from England F.
shores to greater distance than the rocl
of Gibraltar.
| 10 whatever point the Channel squadron
departs it will always be found, one nava
officer said, that that point has cable COM
muncation with the British admiralty
| At the navy department it is now said
that the United States force in Hampton
Roads will include the following war ships
Cruisers Baltimore. San Francisco, Charles
ton Yorktown. Newark, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Atlanta, Concord, Remington, and
Nesuvius, doubc-turrctcd monitor Mian-
tonomah, dispatch vessel Dolphin, torpedo
boat Gushing, sloops of war Kearsarge and
Essex, and training ships Constellation,
Portsmouth and Monongahela. As now
arranged, the United States force will be
commanded by Rear ADMIRAL Glcrar,li.