Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-22

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irciuie tht receiving ship Mlnnesota.
ihe monitors CntHkill aud Lehigh and
IN tug Seminole. and tho zach. Inca.
THIRD DISTRICT
In tho Third district. Lieutenant
Commander j. W. Miller. u. 3. ", fore
meriy captain OF the New York naval
rDfgvta. ~ Ia charge, with hcadquar-
trrs In New York city. His dntrIct
extends from Newport " seabrlght
y. j.. and the vessels under his come
mand were the receiving snip New
Hampshire. the monitors jam, Man
haitian and Nahlut. The yachts Mllcen,
M Freda. Enquirer. Free Lance. Hum
trtss, Hotlea8 and spcarWatcr ana the
torpedo boat Marley.
FOURTH DISTRICT
In the Fourrh district Lieutenant
John 3. Muckis. n. :. N, formerly
commanding the first battalion naval
force u Pennsylvania, D. an command
WIN headquarters at Philadelphia. IN
dor HE command are the receiving ump
81 Louis. the monitors Canouicua and
MHhonar, and the slde-whcel steam
boat. which was used NJ an lce-brcsk-
cr In the Delaware river, and which u
called IN government service the Arc
iir. The Fourth district extends from
seabrlFht 90 Mdionkln Inlet. Va.
FIFTH DISTRICT
In the nfth district. whldh extends
frlm Mftonkin inlet 70 New River In
irt. y. g.. the commanding orlcqr 10
Lieutenant l. u. Emerson, u. 8. ~,
me- naval battalion % Maryland. The
voaris attached 10 this district are the
receiving ship Dale and the monitor
Ajax and the yacht syiph. Tho head
quarters or the district are az Bait
more.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
The sixth district. the limits Of which
a.. New River isiet on me north and
Iurltcr lalrt. Ala. on the south, Lieu
commaud. with headquarters az Port
Royal. 3. 6. ne was formerly comand-
Ing officer Of the naval battalion o. the
North Carolina star guard naval bat
talon. and ths vcsariH In his COM
naud arc the monitor NautuokG and
uin tuEs Cheyenne, Chlckasa and Wa.
ban.
SEVENTH DIsTRiCT.
Theseventh OSTRICH runs from Jupiter
fsirt. Fla, 90 pofdno Entrance. the ~
/ IRVINE wrntcryimdt Of Florida. Pen
saeoA : ne headqunrieru and IN on
l Gee len charge II Lieutenant &c. suthtr-
lard. q. =. ". who formerly command
| 81 ne Fourth division o. the naval
militia 81 Florida. IN tug Tacoma ~
thaonly vessel at presors, IN this DIS
tries
EIGHTH DISTRICT
IN ne Ernth OSTRICH which eN-
t.rdT from prnNfn entrance, 20 the
most westerly point of Texas. the com,
mITiiuF oflrfr o. Lieutenant J, W,
] nlfiNic, u.SN. Ne was formerly com.
/ maEie N tho ftat naval btttnlIon ~
| iau.Irua. ii'H headquarters are a.
| Ne lHH..sra asfN uwHaH NHHlt ave- IA
NOR fur plrHiic and the tuga ch1cinw
ana pYWhHit.n.
NINTH DISTRICT
The uhHr Pacific coast of TN United
States COMPRISES the Niuth district
which o. under the command % Lieut..
rnhnt william T. Gum, ". q NJ for
meriy commanding the second division
of the California naval hHa TALON with
headquarters W san Franz cn. Lou
tenant Gunn'a command consists NJ me
rturuH cutters CurWln. Grant, Perry
ana nush and me tugH Active. ifu-
uul'H AMI NirIlAut. the yachts Sylvia
iud Niklnr, the tugs Apnulc and Taco
ma and H ffW ferry boats. l,aft boston
ana Governor Russell were alHl part
NJ the auxiliary Meet. but were de-
tachpl and turned over 90 The navy r..
Dculy Cor service leo southern waters.
All ihrra have boon nfncored aud
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several HtTHn With tn exc pilpn nf
tlRlao lhaf have boon detached which
aro commanded by officers Of tn regular
nnNy.
The rlpldity with which tho force has
boon reduced since the Suspension ~
hoHtllltios Is considered proof NJ its oN-
cellont management, ana shows how
valuable the naval mllitin system has
h.'1me In tho fcw years uf IL exist
euce.
FpR GUARD SERVICE.
The twelve monitors which have
served ln the auxiliary force have been
ordered ont 90 commission ns rapidly az
possible at League Island whDe they
Wll Doc Immediately prepared f,r per-
mlngnt duty ~ gunrdshlps 81 cipnn
ana Porto ilcau hafhors. Additional
awning VIII Do stretched over their
lnIf decks with eide awnings Tor proc
Ununu DO stormy wolth.i, ana the
rowe. Consisting nf fun war compile
mont NJ rcgu1r ssnmcn ana marines.
W.ll sleep undGr these awnings Instead
%. in tho close. hot quarters below.
NNrrA ~ The vessels are already gpi-
lIrs ready fOr tho new duty. and viii
h' on hrir way south In tho course of "a
week
orders were Issued today. sondinH
ialr powerful nuaan-roIur TUGS from
Nnftnlk 90 Hnstnn 90 tow me Mnutluk
ihr caukill, tho Lthlgh and the wyan-
lnltr 10 League Mlfnd. The paH.
''N, nIW In The mouth ~ tho Miralr.
alupl win 20 tp. Pensacola ON Monday.
whrre her naval millJilmen will he dl1-
charged ana "a regular crew nut ON
hn1ti Go take her 90 cuba, and the Nan.
lNnk"t VIII go out NJ commission Al
Port Royal In few days 10 70 III
lorio Rico as soon NJ she can be made