The Advocate and news., 1898-03-16

WiNSI.OW mo. 5)--Lleutenant j. b. Bern
adou. At Norfolk, Va.
PORTER mo. 6-Lieutenant j. Z, Free
mont. Same as Dupont.
IN RESERVE.
MINNEAPoLIs-Ca j. II. Sands. At
League Island.
CoLUMBIA-Capt J. H. Sands. At League
Island.
PURITAN--Capt. P. + Harrington. AT
navy yard, Norfolk, in reserve.
FISH COMMISSION VESSELS.
ALBATROSS-Lie Commander ].
+. Moser. At San Francisco.
SHHAWK-Lieutenant Franklin Swift.
The foregoing shows none but the yes
sells in commission. The list which fol-
lows comprises not only those In COM
mission but those in various stages OF
construction and repair, classified ac-
cording to their rank and value in war
fare:
ARMORED VESSELS.
Flrst-class attleships--Kearsarge, Ken
lucky, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Indiana, Massachusetts, oregon.
SecOnd-class battleshlp-Texas.
MonitOrs-Monterey, Puritan, Monad"
mock, Terror, Amphatrite, MiantonOm0h.
Armored cruisers-BrOoklyn, New York.
Steel harbor defense ram-Katahdln.
Ram-Alarm.
Single turret mOnitors-Ajax, COmanche,
pac. Manhattan, Montauk, Nahant, Nam
tucket, Passaic, Wyandotte.
UNARMORED STEEL VESSELS.
Protected cruisers-Olympia, MnneapO-
lis, Columbus, Chicago, Baltimore, Phlla-
delpha, San Francisco Newark Charles
ton, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Atlanta, Boston
Cruisers-Montgomery Detroit, Marble
head.
Dispatch boats-Dolphin, Fern.
Gunboats-Concord, Yorktown Benning-
gt,.ago n.An Ma
tine, Petrol, Bancroft, Machlas, Vicksburg,
Annapolis, Newport, Princeton, Wheeling,
Marietta. Also gunboats No. z, No. and
No. 8.
Torpedo boats and catchers-Ericsson
Cushing, Stilleto (woOd).
UNITED STATES IRON AND WOOD
STEAM VESSELS.
Barks-Ranger, Enterprise, Alert, Nipsic,
Omaha, Yantic, Marion, Thetis, Mohican,
Michigan (barkentine), Adams, Alliance,
Essex.
Ships-Lancaster, Pensacola, Hartford,
Richmond, Swatara, Iroquois.
SchoOners-MonOcacy, Pinta.
WOOD SAILING VESSELS.
Bark-Monongahela.
s-ConstellatiOn Portsmouth, James,
town, Saratoga, st. Mary's.
STEAM TUGS
Catalpa, Fortune, Leyden, Nellis, Triton,
Nina, Rocket, Standish, Iwana, Wahneta,
Narkeeta,
RECEIVING SHIPS.
Independence, Franklin, Vermont, Enter
prise, Richmond.
COAST SURVEY STEAMERS.
Blake, Bache, Endeavor, Patterson, Ged-
FISH COMMISSION STEAMERS.
Albatross, Fish Hawk.
To match these vessels Of the Ameri-
can navy Spain has the following feet,
some Of them still under construction
about as far along as our own Ken
lucky and Kearsarge, which are to be
launched in three weeks--and will re-
quire several months to complete and put
in commission:
Flrst-class battleships-Pelayo Numan-
Cia.
secOnd-class battleships-Numancia Vi
toria.
Armored cruisers-Imperador Carlos ",
Almlrante Oquende, Vizcaya, Infanta Ma
rle Teresa, Princess de Asturias, Cristobal
Colon Cardinal Cisneros, Catalina.
protected cruiserS-AlfonsO Kill, Ye-
panto, Isla de Cuba, Don Juan de Asturia,
Don Antonio de Ulloa.
Partially protected cruisers-AlfonsO XII
Martin AlonzO Pinzon, Reina Cristina, Is
tilla, Navarro, AragOn.
Gunboats, partially Observation-Disclosures,
Conde de Venadito, Don Alvarode Bazan
lnfanta Isabel, Marques de la Victoria
Marques de Molino, Nueva Espana, Dona
Maria de Molino.
Nine torpedo gunhoats
Eighteen torpedo boats from 100 tons
downward.
It must be kept in mind that In the
event Of trouble many of the vessels in
both nations would be out Of the calcu-
lation because Of not being completed.
The tonnage Of those under construc-
tion for the United States Is about rs, 900
tons, and for Spain about $4,000 tons.
The United States has not even provided
for the armor for the Illinois, the Ala
bama and the Wisconsin, the three bat
tleships under construction. But our
ships are being built in our own navy
yards, while those Of Spain, or most OF