The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-27

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her design, and her remarkable achieve
nent in New England waters last sum-
mer, when she averaged 307 knots 1or
four hours is we'll remembered. She Is
the swiftest war vessel, torpedo boats
alone excepted in the world
THE RALEIGH
is q twin-screw protected cruiser, with
thick protective decks, high speed, and
powerful batteries of rapid fire guns The
single 6-inch is mounted on the forecastle
two 5-inch are placed on the poop, one
on each side the other weight are on the
sponsors, two under the poop, two under
the forecastle and four in broadside. She
is a well decked vessel, lie, having
poop and forecastle but with the waist
or center portion uncovered. The protec-
tive deck is q inches thick on the slope
over the machinery spaces and inches
at the ends. A Golfer dam, or belt of
woodite. is worked above the protective
deck next the outside plating in the coal
bunkers The usual coal protection IS
afforded. The Raleigh" was built at
Norfolk, MS no bids were received from
private parties within the limit OF cost
prescribed by ; law The Montgomery"
is twin-screw walled decked cruiser OF
1900 tons, with water tight steel deck,
eleven sixteenths of an inch thick, coal
protection and partial woodite belt. One
6-inch gun is mounted on the forecastle
and one on the poop; the fiye-inch are in
the Sponsors four on each side, with bow
and storm fire for the forward and after
pair respectively.
..The following is complete list to date
of the officers of the squadron:
Rear Admiral-F. NJ Bunce, command.
ing.
Fleet Captain and Chief of Staff-Com-
mander John Schouler.
Flag Lieut.-Lieut. Osterhaus
Secretary-Lieut. Marsh.
NEW YORK.
Captain, Rohley d. Evans; Lieutenant
Commander, William Swift Lieutenants,
Wainwright Kellogg, Jesse M. Roper,
John +. Parker, Thomas +. Brumby and
Homer G. Poundstone; Ensigns, Frank
K Hill, John R. Edie, Joseph r. Kim
ball, Leon S. Thompson, and Yates Stir
| L.. 4
David F. Sellers, Provost Babin, Ernest
L. Bennett and Charles S. Bockwalter !;
Passed Assistant Surgeon, John +. Wise !;
Assistant Surgeon. Frank c. Cook; Pay
Inspector, George W. Beaman; Chief En-
gineer, Capriano Andrade Passed Assist
ant Engineers, /. J. Schel and M. a.
Anders on; Naval Cadets Engineer Di-
vision), Roscoe G Moody and Emery
Winship; Chaplain, Henry II. Clark !;
Captain of Marines, Benjamin r. Rus
SELL Second Lieutenant of Marines, Ru-
fus H. Lane; Boatswain, William Ander-
son; Gunner Hugh Sinclair; Carpenter,
Joseph B. Fletcher.
MINNEAPOLIS.
captain, George n Wadleigh; Lieuten-
ant Commander, Edward ii. Green !;
Lieutenants, Joseph B Murdoch, George
} H. Peters, W. F. Chambers, James Il.
Oliver and John A. Bell: Ensigns, Y. O.
Chase and Joel R. P. Prindle; Naval Ca
diets, Lawrence S. Adas, Fritz l. Sandoz,
Melville J. shaw, Robert W. MaoNeally,
, Arthur I. Chester and John V. Kleman |;
Surgeon, Dwight Dickinson; Passed As
istant Surgeon, NJ. T. Gates; Paymaster,
} Joel P. .Loomis; Chief Engineer, William
A. Windsor; Passed Assistant Engineer,
J. S. Mexican; Naval Cadets, (Engineer
Mallory and John E. Marshall, Jr. !;
Chaplain Carroll @. Wright; First Lieu
. tenant Of Marines, a. K. White; Boat
swain, John Sutton; Gunner, James
Shannon; Carpenter. Henry Rigby.
RALEIGH.
Captain, Merrill Miller; Lieutenant
Commander, W. j. Ba cite; Lieuten.
ants c. S. hickman, John NJ. Borough,
J. W. f. Fullam and j. H. Gibbons; En-
{ signs, Philip Andrews and George +.
Cooper, Naval Cadets, Charles Webster,
VIM p. Scott and George L. ..P Stone
Surgeon, Ezra 2. Derr; Assistant Sur
Corwine; Chief Engineer, Charles R.
r oelker; Past Assistant Engil II, John
L. Cow; Assistant Engineer George W.
Laws; Naval Cadets (Engineer Diyision),
, J. T. Cooper and Daniel NJ. GARRISON /;
First Lieutenant Of i, Marines, g. K
Lownes, Gunner, M. W. Gllmartln; Car
penter, N. ]. Junkins.
MONTGOMERY.
Commander, Charles II. Davis; Lieu
tenant Commander, W. N. Everett
Lieutenants, G. Fl. Lyman. J. o. Nicol-
son, H. S. Knapp and J. NJ. aver; En-
signs, l. Washington, + Is sullivan and
Paymaster, J. A. Mudd; Chief Engineer,
J. G. u. smith; Passed Assistant Engin-
Ger, Dewitt G. Redgrave; Assistant En-
gineer, G. R. Enrich; Naval Cadet kEn
gineer Diyision), L. r.. James.
, THE ADMIRAL AND HIS CAPTAINS
+ Acting Rear-Admiral Francis M
Bunce, the commander-in-chief of The
i North Atlantic Squadron, is generally re
f garded as one of the ablest commander
f in the service. He is a rigid disciplinari
# an He was born in Connecticut and wa
a appointed to the Naval Academy at : IAN
l. napolis. Md, on May ss, 1852 Afte
/ graduating in 1857 he was orderedsto dut.
k on board the sloop of war Germantown
! and served on that ship until 1859 H
v received his commission as lieutenant il
e April, 1861, upon the breaking out OF tn
rebellion He served on the gunboat Pc
nobscot in the North Atlantic Squadorl
until 1862, and was at the skirmishes a
. Yorktown and Gloucester in April o
% that year. While cooperating with Gen
= eral Gilmore in the assault and captur
W ofMorris Island heIoommanded an import
y ant coast expedition July TO- 1868. III