New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-17

.rv FOR BUSINESS. But NOT WORRY
INC OVER THE ALLIANCE AFFAIR

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.~s If a startling and sensational
nature have found u'V' '
,he New-Yorl Navy Aa'u 49,,
tnc Nv =. ~ increased activity and employ
I' 80 more men, and the general rush or work
o~soIs at the Yard. have been received with
more or less credence' az '..o0 '
i'o' ,rfo,oe OF naval aaffirs. visit to the
yr, yesterday showed the second class battleshlp
80, eo,tng In the drydock. with Naval Con-
,r,,a,or rernald endeavoring to get her on an
...n keel M FerBald had received no orders
calling for the employment Of any more men. or
r, particular rush In getting the Maine ready for
s,o Tho twelve-iEch guns for the ship are sun
tin, where they were placed by the big steam
crane alongside the dock in which the Puritan is
boin.- fin she'd and mounts for the guns are not
vet ready to receive them. Ii VIII be three weeks
AT least and possibly a month, before the snip
Viii have her full armament on board. The WORK
on the Puritan has 50 far advanced that two
turrct plates IN the after turret were being placed
In position yesterday. and it would take all the
available force OF men at the Yard at least three
weeks TO get her anywhere near ready for sea. The
Terror could IL needed. 20 TO sea in short order.
Her guns are mounted. ana although her turrets
are not entirely finished. they could be used in
case of an emergency. 80 much for the vessels
the Navy Yard.
The Statement, that the Vesuvius the little dyna-
mite thrower. had been ordered TO JON near
Admiral Meade's squadron is in error She Is 10"
cruising off the Long Island coast. LOOKING LOT
derects which have been reported as neh"oe9 ~
navigation by the photographic office. Nh'h her
work of destruction is finished as far as LAeuteh-
ant-Cornmander Knox can finish H. she VIII return
TO the Yard for more coal and further orders.
or all the vessels Of the North Atlantic Squadron
available for active service in the West Indies. the
only one at present IN NeW-York waters Is the big,
four-funnolled. tripe-screw cruiser Columbia. She
Is at anchor off FOrty-second-st.. t the Hudson
River. and can go to at an hours notice. Her
orders will call for stop at Havana on her way
southwark and i, Is than likely that she will
sail within the next three or four days
All the fuss about the Alliance affair has not
served to disturb the routine work at the yard TO
any appreciable extent. and although Commodore
Scard would not explicitly deny that he had re-
ceivcd hurry" instructions from Washington when
the question asked yesterday the general state
OF affairs and the statements made by heads of
bureaus go a long way to show that the orders
ceived are not Of nature calling for the employ
nent Of more keeping the men already there
work at night.
The fact of the matter is that If trouble should
arise over the incident and the arbitrament Of
appealed TO- Read-Admral Meade has sufficient
fleet at his command in West Indian waters
TO handle all the Spanish gunboats which there
and will look out completely for American inter
css. not only in Cuba, but down the islands and
the Mosquito coast.
one thing is 10 he regretted and that is that the
. Department has not tit order large pOr-
ton of the fleet TO Cuban waters. There is little
doubt tina. ii is time for the adoption and enforce
ment of more vigorous foreign policy. and while
the demand for full reparation from Spain for this
last outrage has been emphatic and explicit. IL
would have been just IS well have ordered to
Cuban waters feet sufficiently large TO teach Spain
as well as other foreign powers, that the United
States will no longer brook insult or molestaton
and that the right Of American merchantmen 10
navigate the high seas must not be questioned by
gunboats. no matter what flag they fly.
In regard to the Amphitrite now at the Norfolk
Yard, which has been mentioned being ready for
sea, the mounts for her four-inch rapid-fre guns
have been shipped from the Washington Yard, and
with their installation she viii be ready for bust
ness. The cruiser Marblehead. which was at New
port last Saturday. testing her Howell torpedoes
arrived at Halifax. y. 5. on Thursday night on her
way TO the European station where she will join
the San Francisco and 10 Kiel TO take part in
the naval demonstration at the opening Of the
Baltic Canal Commander Perry's trim little gun
boat Cast.ne has reported from the Azores on her
way To the Mediterranean. and her officers say that
the vessel in extremely stormy voyage from
New-Iork behaved admirably all hands being
pleased with her general bearing in a rough sea
The latest news from the West Indian fleet is that
the New-York. Minneapolis and Cincinnati have
gone to Iaguayra, Venezuela. This indicates a
change in the programme announced which
- send the Minneapolis there alone and make a
cruise in the Caribbean Sea with the New-York and
Cincinnati. visiting Colon and other ports on the
neighboring coast Of Central America.
Another point which has far been overlooked
is that the Chicago is expected here at any hour
Il is true that her boilers are a little tender IN
places and her bottom Is probably foul, but her
officers and crew are in good condition and her
guns are all right In spite OF her need OF repairs
Captain Mahan could probably find a way OF getting
her 20 Havana IN short order If she were needed
there
While II IS asserted at the Navy Department that
the departure OF the three vessels for Venezuela has
no special significance many Of the naval officers
are gratifed over the fact that the United States
VIII soon have three vessels in the harbor Of La
Suayra as their presence there during existing con-
uoVeTsies' or complications that may arise, may
serve 10 prevent any attempt at infracton OF the
principles OF inc Monroe Doctrine. II half that is
puohshed and heard Is true, certain European Pow
efs are IN Il state or mind about Venezuela and It
may be that the United States will have an i'm
portant duty 10 perform in that Quarter before
long Should the occasion arise, the country has
good ships and commander who Will make as
good a record as Benham did at Rio Janeiro
The question Of names for the new vessels which
have been authorized is arOusng considerable dis
cusson One OF the battleships It has been settlod
by law. is to be called the Kearsarge and for the
honor OF giving a to the other one several
states are contending Pennsylvania mas advanced
the assertion that the Keystone State, which has
produced the coal iron and skill from ana by which
many OF the big vessels have been evolved. should
able that one OF the ships Will be built at the
gards o. me Cramps ana that the armor for It VIII
Rhode Island also advances is claim and says that
me state which gave Oliver Hazard Perry, Matthew
{: Perry Essex Hopkins and Abram Whippe to the
Nation. which took active part In the maritime
battles OF the early years OF the countrys history
ana which has been conspicuous In shipbuildng and
iarile and naval matters OF all the
cement or the country should be remembered when
ie patueship is launched and chrsteued Other
o.ates are TO be heard from, and there Is every
rrYoaaoiy that before tho matter is settled there
Will be lively discussion. '''0
IN, me sihaner gunboats will. Of course be named
aItel ctuts, IN accordance with the custom which
aS so iai while as for the torpedo boats
" Is more nhsn likely that fanciful names will be
destructiveness ''"e' anu general
Among the orders issued in the last week are