New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-08
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ASIATlC WATERS


ASIATIC WATERS
Officers a, :he Navy YARD mad many favorable
comments Yesterday upon The T9Ibunes Washing
tor disratch tha: The Asiatic Squadron would prob
ably y" augmented 10y seVera, OF Ii. SHIPS a. the
various Navy yards. one O' the officers SAID. Com
modor@ G. G. Carpenter IS believed 10 have sailed
from san Francisco to-day for Japar 10 Command
he Asia;ic Station He will 90 rs Pacific Mai
steamer 20 Yokohama. thence 20 Nlgasak!. wnere
The Monocacy j. reported 20 be. and VIII then
probably take ;he Monoclcy and q over u Che
nup3. whore ne Will take The Baltimore as rs
flagship. These the only TWO ships AZ Dresen, IL
the Asll:c waters.
Il; NAY l. said ;ha; the Blliimore Is really the
ony erlc,cn warsh3 there. for the reason mat the
Mcnocacy ne las. OF the old doub.e-enie- gun
boats hut in 1864. AMI she has been condemned a.
unf for repairs on Two occasions. She has iwp ''-
pounde- breech-,oading rifles AMI eirh. Hoichk!'-
guns bu: aside from these her battery consists o.
four snch smooth bore guns and two ho"iizeIS
The Concord ard Pe,rel have been detachcl from
the Behr.ng Sea fleet and ordered % Corei bu' my
viii no, reach there for some TIM The 'hnr.es'oH
!s a: Mare Island and ready for and So also i'
the Coas;-de,encr ship Monterey Hoih % Ties" YES
sells coalt be - Co.el az one The olympia
which il 1910 tons greater displacement than ~"
Charleston. Is al san Francisco. and "Is rei"'e'
20 b. % per cen; cornpe;td cn saturday IAi' means
that sne could be mad ready for sea Win i"N
days Both of these ships coud be- ssn; diFtc''E 70
NAgasak, WhcTe tNey cO4.U COM d.'' '''N" 's''
TO Corea. They could reach NagEsAk! In t"e"N ~
twenty three days. ..
"rhe Newark the flagship or the south A;.ante
arrived Al Cape Town Cape OF Good Hope, on Ihu's
day last and Immediately pdi IN diyl 10
have her bottom cleaned an painted. Acths h'A. {,
Admiral Kirkland is - leave the ves-e tnri" ~
20 TO southampton by M 'rchau; steamer. TO com
rand the European Squadron. A, prtTfht conn -
OF one ship the InlcagO. The Newark = ''"
venien. 20 be ordered - CHINA am c9Ild max s'o
time ~ .he coulc stop a. Cfyl p, Snt y" ~
Uo-y KorE for coal. Your dlspa;cc speaks ,i s'i-
'ng n Crc:nnati 10 COred TIE slp T. nedrf Tta!y
FOR sea tha, l. true. and she ccult x without ha'
jrg he- Official speed iria. But sholA qies'iot
ha propr.c;y of giving her 50 long V'Ndc". "h'i
4 necess.ty required Il, she cou.d D." sem 90 N'
S,u,h Atlantic as he subs:itute for 'Ac Newark
II has been suggested thai the N"w-No "n' ihr
Columbia sent China. but thcsc vessels are -
rersive both "a c0al-hurners AMI - ~ inalnie-
= anca o. .he'r persJrn.l-On cTu!s'. an! ~. or
rrros.ancce would hardly warrar' fcr!.rs 're-r o.
f.- Resdes | bel.evc iAa' ~" practice snoHlf %"
no, - keen all u the Vesses A. sea, cruising about
but TO hod many o' them IN p'f'. 20 b. 4ictr'
promptly whereye- they should Poe nee.ct A. =.
Inc Ra'elrh an IS reporte! 10 b. only . per cen,
completed. conseGuer'.,. ] cant -" 10" So" c!if
no ,na1e ready for n .'s4 han two months
she is A slste- ship 20 the C!nc. .nn1t
The Nlon:gomery j. available f'r arg GHif. an
has been ordered 20 rnesapeaks by r. iaIft,
.rac.,ce AS to the Machas and Cas Inc. A. ihl'
Xayy Yard ne former il n turA"f' ahV4nc'i' nl'
en-. could no, he got ready f)r scl insf" oi '"!
months un.-ss We worked night ana day upon heF.