Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25

The Philadelphia. flagship of Rear Admi,a
Bancroft Gherardi, commander-in-chief,s steel
protected cruiser. 1924 tons.
The Gushing. dispatch boat for the feet, stee
torpedo boat. lie tons.
The Dolphin, the Presidents dispatch vessel
gunboat, ,4S5 tons.
First squadron:
The Newark. flagship, under Rear Admiral A
E 4 Benham, steel-protected cruiser, ,0Ss
tons.
The Atlanta, steel-protected cruiser, s,1ss
tons
The San Francisco, steel-protected cruiser
4,0s3 tons
The Bancroft, steel practice vessel, S3s tons
The Baltimore, steel-protected cruiser, 4 SOC
tons.
The Bennington, steel gunboat, 100 tons.
Second squadron:
The Chicago, flagship of Rear Admiral John
g; Walker. steel-pro:ected cruiser. A. 800 tons
Inc Yorktown, steel gunboat l. 700 tons
The Charleston, steel-protected cruiser, 4.O4O
tons.
The Vesuvius, dynamite steel cruiser, $50
IONS.
The Concord, steel gunboat. !, 700 tons.
Inc Mlantonomah, steel monitor, 8, 500 toLa.
THE AMERICAN VESSELS.
These vessels are splendid types Of their
class and in many respects are far superior to
similar vessels Of other nations. 1t was fully
would be ready in time, but account Of the
backwardness of the steel companies her armor
will not be placed in by the date of the assem-
bling of the ships. 1t was also hoped that the
Detroit and Montgomery at Baltimore would
be ready. as well as the Castine, Machiss and
Marblehead. building at Boston and Bath, but
none Of these Will be in condition to take posi-
ton in line.
The Philadelphia. vesuvius, Yorktown. Bal
umore, Bancroft and antonomah are now in
New York harbor, and the others, except the
Newark. Bennington and Concord, are at
Hampton Roads. Va The Concord is lying at
Norfolk and the Newark and Bennington are en-
route TO Hampton Roads from Havana. whittier
they conveyed the two small Spanish csrave!s,
the Pinta and Nina, from Cadiz, via the Canary
Islands, manned by American officers and sea-
men. under Admiral Benham. These, with
the third and largest caravel, the Santa Maria,
viii be manned by Spanish officers and
crew at Havana and thence conveyed by Span
ish men-of-war to Hampton Roads. Aside
from these caraveis, all OF the above vessels
have been added to our new navy within the
past four years save the Chicago. Dolphin and
Atlanta. which were put in commission in 1885
and 1886. Possibly the historic old Kearsarge
will also appear in the review, but the chances
are that she will not, as her services are re-
quired in the West Indies.
THE FOREIGN SHIPS.
At leas. twenty-nine foreign warships have
been booked to join in the demonstration, max
ing in all \ combined feet OF forty-nine vessels
GREAT BK1TAIS's SQUADRON.
Great Britain's squadron will consist Of i've
vessels, under command OF Vice Admiral Sir
D. Hopkins, &. c. B. Her finest ship present
will be the big arnored cruiser Blake, which
neares. approaches the United States twin
screw cruiser New York in general design and
type. OF the two vessels the New York, how
ever. is said to be the finer ship. The Blake is
a sister ship OF the B,enheir, both vessels hav-
ing been designed to exceed in speed. pro-
lection and radius of efficiency all cruisers
heretofore built. She is SIS feet long, IS feet
beam and has a displacement of 5000 tons.
Her armament consists Of two 9.2-inch 24-ton
breech-logdins rifles in her bow and stern in
armcred ta-rets; ten 6-inch rapid-fre guns on