Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-19

9Sei III mind, as possible acouist,io,
uut abandoned the idea upon learnins
enat she could not be made ready N,
s,'Se !" less than three or four months
ct p'dcucally put her out of consider.
"Ioh as purchase.
r,,.a suhDoat Newport reported her ar.
ero Wy cable to the Navy Department
| tho ,,,'y'oWn. She Will bring back 10
| Coro,,,ta.,eNu states the Nicaragua Canal
| o,oa - .toh, and VIII then be attached al
! '"e North Atlantic squadron.
NAVAL ACTIVITY.
'e ioea OF the activity prevailing in
ndVal circles is given by the statement
,nat the payroll OF the construction 40
g'i iunneht only one of several denart-
n,en's IN the Mare Island aavy-yard for
.noIch' was $4,000. This great expendI-
'Uie per month 1t is said was not
equalIed during the late war
me amount paid for the Mayfower was
about $4,000. was
Recruiting is going on apace at all sta
IONS Tor the army and navy.
me Marblehead is at Tampa. The If
bancroft on her way across the
ocean reported by cable her arrival 80
az iorta' Fayal She appears to be
making about as good time as her iarg.r
consort. the Helena
The Samoset arrived NJ Ke,, w.
day' as did the Montgomery Will rs
Detroit sailed from that port for tho ,ror-
lusas The Machias has arrived ~ pos-
made. '"shI repairs
no ofhcial notice Of the stonnaeo 90 ~.
'pah'sh torpedo-boat fotrla at the ca
nory lSlands, and their turning bacl, from
.i"' point. mas reached our government
90 yet so mat any assumption that tho
movements Of that foti1a have ia,
ehced the Navy Department 70 vitbdra1,,
me meet at Key West is said 10 he nnre1, |
without basis Of fact.
DESIRABLE SHIPS sTTIr. sor-crrr
The Navy Department has bv No r,oa,,-
suspended its efforts TO obtair rns.i'',.I ,g',nS
oi desirable warships abroad anT a. 10
direction is there visible anv reIava+,n,,
VI the steadily-pursued purpose NJ tbo
tNaVy ana War departments 70 nro,,ido
ior the defence Of the country aoai,.t
hostile attack against
senator Hawley. OF Connecticut said
To-Day that ii was the intention IN got
'n oush congress as speedily as possibIe
the three-battalon military bin which
was introduced at the suggestion NJ the
department in both houses Yesterday for
srehgthening the military arm OF the SER
wee and providing for its increase tn 1Oi
)oO men, if necessary.
THE VESUVIUs ARRIVES
Ihe report that the Vesuvius had been
'lshIeu carry In the day, coming through
me virginia capes headed for Washing
.on, gave rise to the rumor that she was
bringing the report Of the Naval Board
u inquiry to Washington This. how
YER could not be confirmed from any
official source
Al the Navy Department. ii was admit
ed that the Vesuvius was bound for
Washington, but IT was explained that
me was coming merely for repairs 10 her
ornament, and it was denied that she
lad on board any member of the Naval |
5oard or that she was carrying the re-
'ort Of that body.
The Vesuvius did not reach Washing
on tonight, but it was reported a the
avy-yard that she anchored off the gov
rnment provng-grOunds, at Indian Head,
bout O'Clock, and was met there by
he navy-yard tug Triton, which returned 2
o the yard about p. NJ. 1t was denied !
hat the Triton brought any one from \
he Nesuvius TO Washington. r
Secretary Long went to bed at 9 o'clock, +
18th strict orders not to be disturbed, and !
misunderstanding Day spent >
ne evening at the theatre, stopping for +
few minutes only at the White House, T
here he had a talk with the President n
the presence Of the other members of a
le family. (,
SPANISH TORPEDO FLOTILLA. f
The Navy Department has the follow
II list of the Spanish torpedo fotilla d
lw halted at the Canary Islands: Tor !.
ado-bOat destroyers Terror. Furor, and >
luton, each Of $50 tons, and a speed Of u
knots. and torpedo-bOats AEON, 127 "
MS 25 knots; Ragor, 12O tons, p knots; o
riste. 12S tons. 25 knots. and Ciudad de b
idiZ 120 tons and 22 knots.