Evening star., 1898-02-19
VISIT OF THE v4xcArA..
The State Department Notified by
SenOr du Bose of Her Arrival.

The State Department Notified by
SenOr du B0se of Her Arrival.
The Spanish legation has been advised OF
the arrival Of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya,
and Senior du Bose. the charge, has been
In communication with the Spanish consul
general at New York and Lieut. Sobral
tie naval attache Of the legation who is
now at New York, concerning the move
n,ents of the ship. Mr.. Du Bose says he
feels no apprehension over the presence OF
the ship in American waters. but he has
given Instructions for such precautionary
steps as seemed to be justified by the cir
cumstances. These will be in the hands of
tie consul general at New York. Mr.. du
Bosc and his s.an rave no present inten-
! ton of going to New York. The proposed
precautionary measures are merely those
of maintaining an efficient patrol about the
ship. Aside from the Instructions going
through Mr.. du Bose, the Spanish authori-
ties at New York are in communicated
with the minister of marine at Madrid. In
view of the feeling that there need he no
apprehension. 1t is understood by the Span
ish authorities here that there will be no
restrictions to visiting the ViZcaya. beyond
the necessary precautions of preventing all
indiscriminate crowding by the public at
large. Mr.. du Bose has not heard from
the commander Of the Vizcaya what his
plans are as to the duration of visit at
New York and his subsequent movements.
This is ordered direct from the naval de-
partment at Madrid.
Mr.. du Bose called at the State Depart
ment at noon and officially notified the
aLtf critics of the arrival of the Fizcaya in
American waters.
Lieut.. Sharpe Mr. Roosevelt's naval aid
retl rned to Washington from New York
this morning He had an amusing expe-
Fence In the metropolis IN his attempts to
evade the local reporters. who were seeking
to discover the object of his visit. which
Ua
Cayd.
Description of the Visitor.
The Vizcaya is officially classed as an
armored cruiser, and has a displacement
of 1000 tons, being $40 feet long and 81
feet beam, with a draught of u feet {
inches. Her armor belt and her coming
tower are II inches thick, and her barbettc
turrets are 1Ola inches thick. She carries
two 11-inch guns, ten 5.o-inch guns, eight
2.2-inch and eight 1.4-inch rapid-fire guns.
She has also eight torpedo tubes fol
launching fish torpedoes. She has twin
screws and triple expansion engines, and
is credited with 21-knot maximum speed.
She was built in Bilboa in 1891 and cost
81 100.
1t is difficult to compare her with any
vessel of the United States navy. Though
only an armored cruiser, she has an inch
thicker belt than had the Maine, which wa
a second-class battle ship. The Maine haC
two 11-inch guns Our New York, an ar
mored cruiser, has only 5-fnch belt and
she has six S-inch guns. The Brooklyn
has eight S-inch guns. The disposition o.
offensive and defensive features are thus
entirely different on the Spaniard from
any of our vessels of her class
Besides Captain d. Antonio Euate, the
officers of the Vizcaya are Commander
Roldan. Lieutenant Commander De Fuen-
tos, Lfeutenants Suances, Ristori, Magaz
Pazes and Cugo, Sublieutenants Sobrino.
.Gonzafes and Manjon. Paymaster Urda-
pilleta, Drs. Jurada and Tornell, Chaplain
Riera. Captain Baleato of the marine corps
and Chief Engineer Fonleta. The crew all
told consists of 1872 men.
"A dispatch from Norfolk, Va, says tn,
Spanish warship Vizcaya. will visit Nor
folk harbor before leaving American wa
ters. Arthur Humphreys. the Spanish vice
consul here, has been notified to that eff
fect. 1t may be three weeks before she
gets there. as she will go to Charleston
after her visit to New York