The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-06
THE WAR

The Spanish Prize ships and
Alvnrado to be Here Next Sunday
with the Souvenirs Secured by Lieu
tenant Anderson For the North Caro-
lima Naval ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for the Reception of the Trophies
and the Entertainment Of Lieuten-
ants Anderson and Blue
The latest information is that Lieu
tenant Edwin A. Anderson and Lieu
tenant Victor Blue will arrive in Will
mington next Sunday with the Span
ish prize ships, the S~andoval, com
manded by the former, and the Alva-
RADIO, commanded by the latter.
The people of Wilmington anticipate
the visit of the two heroes with great
pleasure and are taking the most live
" interest in the coming Of the two
historic ships captured from the enc
nv and now sailing under Uncle Sans
colors.
The greatest interest, however, cen
tiers in the war trophies which Lieu
tenant Anderson is bringing to VIII
mington to be presented to the North
Carolina naval battalion. On all SIDES
the city is ringing with the praise OF
our distinguished young toWnsman, a
gentleman as modest and unassuming
as he is gallant and brave, and the
gratitude Of his townsmen is being ex-
pressed in fullsome terms for his in
strumentality in securing the trophies
to be brought to his native city. When
he comes this appreciation will be
manifested and expressed in a man
ner which he will be made to long re-
member
AS heretofore stated in The Messen-
ger, the trophies which Lieutenant
Anderson is bringing to Wilmington
are as follows:
A five barrel Nordenfelt 45-calibre
gun and mount, taken from the wreck
of the Spanish armored cruiser Viz
caya, which succumbed before the
guns of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet at
Santiago.
A contact mine case picked up by
the United states steamer Marblehead,
on which Lieutenant Anderson serv-
ed, in the channel leading to the town
of Caiminera, Cuba.
A cutlas taken from the Spanish ar
mored cruiser Maria Teresa which also
fell a prey to the American fleet at
Santiago and which was afterWarf
raised and foundered a couple of weeks
ago while being brought to this coun-
try.
A 55-inch shell and case, and a six
FOUNDER and a one-pOunder also taken
from the Maria Teresa.
A machete captured by the Ameri-
can marines at the first landing at
Guantanamo bay, Camp MaCalla.)
Also other smaller articles captured
from the Spanish and which are inter-
esting souvenirs of the war.
When the SandovaI and Alvarado ar
rive in Wilmington these trophies will
be presented to the naval militia of
North Carolina, and as heretofore
stated, they will be received with an
appropriate demonstration, and 9, re-
ception will be rendered to Lieuten-
ants Anderson and Blue.
The joint committees appointed on
the part of the North Carolina Naval
Battalion and the Wilmington Produce
Exchange, to make preparations for
the reception of the trophies and to
make arrangements for the entertain
ment of Lieutenant Anderson and
Lieutenant Blue, met yesterday at the
Cape Fear Club. After taking over
matters in an informal way, it was
decided to have a meeting tomorrow
evening at 6 o'clock at the office of
the Hon. John d. Bellamy, in the
Smith building. The committee will
then make arrangements to carry out
the purpose for which it was APP
pointed.