Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-29
SCHLEY IN COMMAND
He Takes Charge Of the Fly
ing Squadron.
PUTTING ON WAR PAINT
Color Changed from jet Black to Drab.
Vessels Expected to Join the Fleet
Today. StaInen Wanted
for the Brooklyn. ".

,,,.ya, ru,. n,,5.
Eleven guns thu'lne'ed a welcome to
TIE COMMANDER as ne went aboard the
Brooklyn shortly utter IL O'Clock
Yesterday r,,rnin. and raised mic t,or-
:, -, - -
: - "".see' 7sn4es niaa@
Il iofief address after being received by
Captain f. a. Cook and The =. r,-nonv
ended. ninr c,.n,,,,1,r. cl.h,,'.
III ta..1 - .N"1e9
Hteu'eiiah'S 9tH's ana Wells, the
former being the flag lieutenant und the
latter the flag secretary U.....
nm, n,s s,,n,,.o1 .;., = "''t. "'tss'
M. "'"a 1'ie usu'1l aol1lial-
''SIes as ne passed UP the Brooklyn
nrpahionw to begin active service.
,.'tul'1il u MARI hour after boarding the
snrp. C~olnmudorc S4tlley, ia full uni
i|ftn, was ready TO take and
t'le men OF The fleet We're drunmed To
with the yards manned. tIn,.
tlldille.s on deck and officers and gun
ners at Their posi-. Commodore Se,lley
stepped 10 the bl4dSe OF the Brupklyll
and, reading has commission as com
ll'!ldeT. TOOK POSSESSION. AT The S.ulne
instant tne flag was broken from the
E~r"@kEyn's masthead. l.uM
As Yet the cruiser Brooklyn and the
hattleship Massachusetts are Ehe only
V sSelS of The squadron in these waters.
but the other ships are expected to ar
rive today The ships that will compose
Ihe lighting part of the fleet ar the
cruisers Columbia, Minneapolis. Cincin-
natl and Btooklyn. tirst-c!ass llt,leship
Massachusetts. sscolL-eNass blttl,hin
Texas and gunbouts Wilmington PAN
croft and Eicksburg. Bur 1here wiIl H..
other SHIPS attached to Commodore
Suhley's command.
The torpedo boat Rodgers. v7l,is.h mad
a successful trial trip several DAYS ago
i'm Hampton Rnads. win be 1S,,rs,i :
commission in "a f..,. ~, 10. -, ~. -
assigned to the home fleet. "
The speedy steam yacht Nayn,pwar
which was recently ;lur.4has,. ~ nv ,h,..
government wjll be us,sd as ~ Wv
One of the old-tima monitors nal ~
which are to be reftteu. VIII h. :, ttr,.-,-
ed 10 The flying squadron, (i
SIX uf the fastsst steam 1,,,-s =, MI,
yachts bought i'm New ynrk = SH ~ IiN :.
are L, ma assi,rnsz1 81 u icy
Schiey's as soon ~ ,hn,. y
converted into torpedo gunI,ol,,,s at tha
Brooklyn navy ward. 111,v Viii act az
night k f,H,. ma Iy,,-ssb;,,s ~
vii ha ti,,nd " : - aAl,Its. t@isIl
that purpose. This precaution Wa vas an
Of the nn,.1sinnss 49, ~
approach of the Spanish ,torne1o M
,ilm. r~~' $3.50 -
That handsome product Of the New
port News ShSsNb,,illin ANA Tl,y D,sE
run,.any tba tn,~ IN ~, ~ *
VEN Known ' tugs w W,r Inv A'r ma I tl1r,a ln ne
I-uckenhas,h are among M. sin ,1,os
purchased by the g~nvern,nent 80
Commodore SchI.v.s orders in terms
make him commander 81 a dI-finct
SO that Ire ships ar Hamntnn
Roads Will be entirely apart from, the,
North Atlantic sauldron. az when
Captain Sampson lis IN command. This
is an unusual ~expedient, as the North
Atlantic vessels have heretofore been
under one commander.
The impression that Commodore
Schley. commandments chief of the new
tlyfng squadron. N.,q,qd safg from Hannn-
tom Roads on THE dangerous mission of
intercepling h Spanish torpedo boat
ilntMlo. still prevails, but there is no
real frunMa ton for the belief. .
1t is known that the department at
Washington e~ntertains decided views
on the missinn Of this remarkable ag-
Sregation of Spanish warsNnips. and il
is also known 't!ia; there are projects
for what is dHp!onatically termed a
~. w. ,Ie'nuo VIZ o,uius = .N'lrseIslusi
Srhl.y His a,.,a ,,tI,n,, yrith RI, an i,,s