The sun., 1897-11-22
THE WILMINGTON HERE.
She is Anchored Just Below the
Jetty.
ALL ARE WELL ON BOARD
The Natty GunbOat All Ready for
the Silver Souvenir From the
people OF This City.


boarded the gunhoat Wilmington at
seven bells, (11.30 ?. NJ.
Corporal Cox first sighted my yawl
and hailed US with
'Boat ahoy!"
aye aye, sir" l cried, and these
three words exhausted my nautical vo-
cabulary.
! wanted to board the craft and not
withstanding the genial corporal's order
to "kccp off," we went alongside and
made fast. | told the corporal that |
wanted Il word from Captain Todd and
the boats crew for the people of Will
mington, and he said that
would haveto get it from Quar-
termaster Wohltman, who was the
Officer of the Day.
then called for the Quartermastcr
who was below getting authority
from Captain Todd to let no one
board.
After few moments wait we were Or
dered to drift astern and come aboard.
Once on board the Wilmington, Quar-
termaster Wohltman assured me that
every man,o board anticipated having
a royal welcome on Shore and vouchsafed
a cordial reception to those who might
be priviledged to board the boat on Tues
day.
l could not see Captain Todd. He
had long since turned in. Quarter
master Wohltman took me on tour
Of the boat and showed me
the crew snugly tied up in their "dream-
ing sacks"
l asked Quartermaster Wohltman to
to tell me about the boat, and he said to
me that l had better take roster of the
officers, which is as follows: Com
mander, G. G. Todd; Executive Officer,
J. B. Collins; Navigator, F. Cutler
Chief Engineer, J. P. Laurence,
Paymaster II. J. Sullivan Surgeon, F.
L. Cook, NJ. d.; senior Lieutenant, II.
Amy; junior Lieutenant, Bertolettc; En-
signs, c. Bailey and NJ. T. KEENAN,;
Quartermaster, A. Wohltman; Corporal,
J. c: Cox; Captains Ordcrly,H s. Cole
man, and besides these officers there is a
crew of $50 men and Is marines, which
makes the complement number 175
men,"
"rhe boat armament, 'said the Quar-
tcrmaster, "consists OF two eight-inch
and two four-inch rapid fire guns; four
six-pounders, four one-pounders and
four colts automatic guns, all rapid fire.
The automatic guns each fire 420 shots
in one minute.'
Concerning the-boat itself Corporal
Cox said: "The length on low, water
line is $50 feet 6 inches; the length on
moulded beam is 40 feet inches; the
width at the normal water line is
SO feet s inches; the normal draught is
8 feet 10 inches; the free boarded bow is
10 feet 8 inches; the free bc ardel stern is
II feet 2 inches; the displacement is
1915 tons; the coal capacity is 275 tons;
the average speed of the boat is l3 knots
an hour and total weight of the machin-
cry, 200 tons.
The boat has twin screws and twin
rudders and numerous electric fans fur
nsh fresh air to every nook and corner.
A military mast with two tops, with
two gatling guns in the upper one, and
two 6 pound Hotchkiss rapid firing
guns in the lower, about complete the
had my own troubles getting out to
The boat, a sort of dime novel experience.
could see the boat anchored off Lob
lells. The white paint on her sides
looked like sheen of silver on the rip
pling water and the tide was running at
1 full cbb and it was no easy matter to
make the shore after having boarded the
boat. The boatmen were none to anxious
% undertake the job. After leaving we
lad merry old search for Il good place to
and and the lookout man overlooked the
)uoy in the creek and when we smashed
nto it an oar sent him sprawling on the
bottom OF the yawl with Il crash. 1t was
ong after midnight when we finally
anded in Lobdell's canal, but ! had the
OF being the first man from
Wilmington to board the gunboat since
she was anchored in these water.
HARVEY.
NJ. MeIinc Wants HimctnlIisn.
Paris. Nov. 21.-ln an address to the
Chamber Of Deputies yesterday NJ. Me
line, the Prime Minister and Minister
of Agriculture. attributed the agricul-