The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-20
A GRAND NAVAL REVIEW
Seventy Warships Will Rendez-
vous at Fortress Monroe.
TO PREVENT INFECTION
The Ships Will b. Put in Thorough
Repair and the Crews Gradually
Changed TO Regulars - Police
Boats for West Indies.

Washington. Aug. 1s.-one Of the largest
fleets of warships ever assembled in an
American port will be brought together in
the next few days at Fortress Monroe.
Already 81 warships are under orders to
rendezvous there and the orders stlll to
be issued will raise the total to the neigh
borhood OF 30.
Naval officers say it Is difficult to realize
the extent of such a marine aggregation
In one harbor. The orders began to be is
sued last Monday. when five ships were
| ordered to Fortress Monroe. on the 18th
| another ship was added on the 18th eight
more were sent and on the 18th II ships
were added. To-day's orders include Is
more ships. Before the orders were issued
there were eight warships at Fortress
Monroe. so that the total up to to-day is
81. Those included in to-day's orders are
the Newport, Rodgers Lebanon. wampa-
tuck. Morris, Grim. Lancaster. Machias
Osceola, Peoria. Massasot, Sioux, Chey-
enne, Waban. Chickasaw. Helena De-
troit and Yankton.
These are the ships previously ordered.
and are mainly small craft. although
there are number of large cruisers and
eunboats, including the San Francisco.
Helena, Detroit. Topeka, Marietta and
Casttne The movement of these ships
northward is due to the close of hostilities
and more particularly to the desire to
get the ships away from points OF possible
fever infection. They will now be put in
thorough repair and their crews gradu-
ally changed from naval reserve men to
sailors of the regular navy.
The navy department has not yet deter
mined what ships shall go to Havana. san
Juan and other points of Cuba and Porto
Rico. There is felt TO be no hurry about
this until the authority of the United
States IL fully established throughout
the Islands. In the meantime. the matter
of policing the shore points Is being con-
sdered and I'm due time n number of light
draught of the auxiliary craft and some
of the single turreted monitors will he
used for this coast patrol IL Is found.
however, that only four of the old mon
itors of the civil war are fit for this ser
vice I'm southern waters.
As many naval vessels will be centered
about the West Indies from this time for
ward. the navy department will send the
new floating dock recently bought in New
York down the coast to Pensacola, Fla.
where "a will be kept for docking the war
ships. At that point, also. there are good
naval workshops To be used I'm conjunc-
ton with the floating dock. The dock is
now being coppered and will be towed To
Pensacola as soon as the September gales
are over.
There were few developments of import
ance I'm the postwar situation to-day. The
authorities are still waiting for General
MerTtts report of the list of casualties
and as the war and navy departments are
Interested in knowing the exact terms
under which Manila OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
er the city alone. or If all the Philippines
were included. II was stated by the Off
cials that nothing additional on this point
had been received up to the close of Of
flee hours to-day.
The efforts to restore the Manila ca