New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-17
ON THE ACTIVE LIST.
THE CINCINNATI PLACED IN COMMISSION
AT THE NAVY YARD.
CAPTAIN HENRY GLASS in COMMANDO USE
THE LANCASTER IN THE TRAIN

THE LANCASTER IN THE 1HAiN
ING SQUADRON.
The new cruiser Cincinnati was put INTO co"i''ilS
s,on at the Navy Yard at II o'clock yesterday MORN
ing. . ,,,o,.
The commissioning Of vessel is not an i"p"S"'e
ceremony but it is one which means great uea.
After so many months Of construction the nearly
completed ship put on the list OF active s"'P'
ready for any duty or any emergency Inc o'''e
assemble on deck I'm dress ana the GRE" 10 a'ao
drawn up; the National colors and the captain
remnant are broken; the commander OF 'he snip
reads his orders and the captain OF the YARD turns
over the snip into his hands The ceremony IS
uuckly over but when IL is finished the Nessei Is
something more than name 10 the Navy sie Il
an actual existence. ready 10 do her duty WITH 'ne
rest. -
The Cincinnati has been built at the Navy 1aru'
She was ordered be built September 70 1917 ohe
a known as a protected cruiser and was to be OF
21Sa TONS disbursement; her speed was 10 be ~
knots with a maximum indicated horsepower oi
1900 The dimensions planned. were 10 be -Si'4
feet length between perpendiculars u feet eNue"e
breadth and 10 feet mean draught Her engines
which are of the triple expansion, vertical type LOT
twin screws were built in the machine shop ana
SET M in the erection shop In the Yard. The con-
strucion of the ship has not been hurried n great
deal of other work has been going on at the Nav!
Yard and delays have been occasioned by the nom
arrival OF material, ana 50 plenty Vi tlhie mas
used in the building OF the vessel
When she was put into commission yesterday the
Cincinnati did not have the full complement OF
officers She had however, her most important ones
as follows: Captain Henry Glass. commanding;
acknowledgements J. D. J. Kelley, executive
Lieutenant A. c. Dillingham;. navigator; Lieutenants
John c. Colwell Charles a. Cove. Harry NJ r.
Huse and Augustus " Mayer; Ensign Roger Welles,
,tbarIes Sissefried Passed Assistant Paymaster
Ia,Gfa II
ert r. Leitch and George T. Burd. Assistant Eng
neer Walter S Burke. Assistant Surgeon Alfred IS
Pussy First Lieutenant Wendell G. Neville of the
Marine Corps; Gunner Patrick 1EnSh. CaIp ss
There are now 10 g to the ship six naval CADETS
from this years graduating cass-Navai cadets .
P Fulnwider. A c. Kavanaugh, 5. " Graham !al1slI
Edwin H. De Lany. Joseph NJ Reeves and William
S. Whitfield. dock trial of the engines Will prop
ably be held soon. and in month or TWO sea
The "a ining-ship Portsmouth is now nearly ready
to Newport. where she vii take on board her COM
plement of about one hundred and thiriy-five APP
The work on the vesuvius. Machas. Castine and
other vessels carries them along nearer 10 com
pletion. Not much change Is noted from week 10
week. but some day the vessels VIII be ready 10 20
Ii was learned yesterday at the Navy Yard that
the duty which takes Civil Engineer Peer G. Asser-
Pug Pnge 81 SOUND %av S Station at Sidney Wash is
only temporary Two other officers 60 win nm nm
stiiutng a board which makes this long Journey 20
see to something in the distant station. 49,,
pedo-boat Ericsson vii. not get away from the
iowa Iron Works before the LIST OF July. unless she
is taken in an unfinished state in order that she
may be sent down the river while there is enough
water 10 float her She is 10 go to pensacola for
the trial trip. but the contractors would Ike 10
have the place changed 10 New-Nork. Is re-
ported on account OF the greater facilities there Tor
repairs In OF accident. 49,.
The official trial of the Minneapolis is 70 take
place abou, July and Il Is expected that she will
make upward OF twenty-three knots
The Naval Appropriation bill provides money 10
give new machinery 20 the Hartford and the Chi
Cage This will make the latter vessel two or three
knots faster than she now Is. The Hartford may
10 be an excellent place for her