Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-21
Every Precaution Possible Taken
To Protect the Vizcaya.
CRUISER ENTERS PORT
An Exchange Of The Usual For.
malities Takes Place.
Marines and Harbor Police Watch over
the Vsitor-Great Interest Shown BY
Crowd of Spectators On Shore.


Eulate, came through the narrows this
afternoon and anchored off Tompkins-
vile, Staten Island, where she is closely
guarded by navy yard tugs and police
patrol boats.
The Vizcaya has been lying outside OF
the bar since Friday night, beng unable
to come into the harbor owing to the
dense fog and the rain storm.
Rear Admiral Bunce, the commandant
of the New York navy yard, received or
ders from Washington last week to es-
tablish, when the Vizcaya should have
arrived, careful and well-appointed
patrol to guard against any harm being
done to the Spaniard. The commandant
put himself in communication with
Chief of Police McCullagh, and appoint
ed Lieut.. John A. DougheCty Of the
navy to take charge of the protective
patrol. Chief McCullagh informed Rear
Admiral Bunce that he had instructed
Capt. Smith of the harbor police to hold
himself in readiness to supply the de-
sired number of patrolmen to assist in
SudIulnR Cne WISHING vessel.
The navy yard tugboats Nina and Mar
keeta, in charge of Capts. Bell and Can
tain respectively, were placed at the dis
posal of Lieut.. Dougherty. Lieut.. w
G. Neville of the marine corps received
instructions to take command of 3S
men, one first sergeant, three sergeants
three coCporals and 81 private marines
who will relieve each other in four-houl
watches during the entire stay of the
Spanish cruiser.
By special permission of the navy de-
partment at Washington, a representa-
tive of the Associated Press was per-
mitted to go aboard the Nina, on which
tug Lieut.. Dougherty established his
headquarters. This boat, as we'll as the
Narkeeta, had been in readiness to &C
down the bay and meet the Vizcaya
from the moment that the latter should
be sighted off the Jersey coast, but il
was not until . o'clock this afternoon
that the weather conditions permitted
the guards to proceed down the bay
About that hour word was received al
the navy yard that the Spaniard was or
her way over the bar and the marines
were ordered on board the Nina Lieut.
Aaron Ward, representing Admira
Bunee lost no time in boarding the
commandant's barge Undine, and the
three vessels aeft the navy yard at 8 IL
o'clock. There was a nasty northeast
wind blowing at the time. which was
accompanied by a continuous downpouI
of rain and light fog. The tug Nina
led the way, and as she rounded the
Battery. large crowd had assembled in
the vicinity of pier A, where the little
vessel was to take the harbor police
aboard.
AS soon as the Nina got alongside the
pier, Capt. Smith and Lieut.. Dougherty
exchanged greetings and official docu-
ments. Two roundSmen and eight
patrolmen were put aboard, and the tug
once more turned her nose in the direc-
ton of Staten Island. Just then,
through the thick fog, could be heard
the booming Of cannon, which was the
salute given by ViZcaya as she came
through the Narrows. This salute was
answered from the guns at Castle Will
liam. on Governors Island. AS the
Nina neared the Staten Island shore,
the Spanish cruiser doomed up out of
the mist, and Lieut.. Neville ordered the
marines to stand at attention and salute
the visitor as the tug passed on her
starboardside The police officers on
board also stood at attention, and the
salute was returned by the officers and
men who were grouped on the Vizcaya' S
deck. The Spaniard was still under way
at the time. with Pilot Gillespie on the
a D.
reached her anchorage ground and
dropped her mud hook.
AS soon as she was anchored several
boats in the vicinity made toward her
but they were quickly warned or by
the naval vessels and backed away to
a respectable distance. The Undine,
with Lieut.. Ward aboard, then
made it's way alongside, and that Off
Ger. dressed in full uniform, ascended
~, ,tal, on
port side. AS soon as he reached the
deck he was greeted by the Spanish
commander, to whom he rendered, in
the name of Admiral Bunoe, the courte-
sizes of the port which is the usual for
mality when a foreign war vessel ar
rives in American waters. Lieut.. Ward
remained on board about quarter of
an hour, and as he descended the gang
way on his return to the Undine. the
royal Spanish ensign was put at half
mast
This was the first sign that the spec
tators ahoat and ashore were given that
the visiting craft was aware of the dis
aster in Havana harbor Capt. Eulate
ordered the flag placed at half-mast as a
token of regret for the death of the
American sailors.
Meanwhile the marines who were to
take up the first watch were transferred
were four policemen and roundsman.
A row boat containing three men, two
of whom were rowing, and the third
was sitting in the stern, came out from
Tompkinsville and headed directly for
the Vizcaya. The Nina intercepted the
little craft, and in response to inquiries,
the man in the stern said he
had a telegraphic dispatch for
the commander of the cruiser
When this information was transferred
to Capt. Eulate the latter told Lieut..
Dougherty to let the boat come along
side. and also said that he would see
any newspaper reporters VINO wished to
come aboard. AS soon as this was made
known to the press boats, which We're
lowering around, half hundred news
paper men took advantage of the invi-
tation, and in less than ten minutes
We're all aboard plying questions to the
commander and officers of the cruiser.
While all this was taking place the
crowd on shore became larger, and the
keenest interest was taken in every
movement of the different vessels.
Lieut.. Dougherty will remain in the vici-
nifty of the cruiser while she remains in
port, and will direct every detail re-
garding the protective watch From
four o'clock this afternoon until mid
night tonight. the Nina and Narkeeta
will patrol the waters in the neighbor-
hood of the big vessel. They will be re-
lieved at midnight by the tugs Daniel
S. Lamont and Scout. These boats are
provided by the supervisor of the port
They will take on the police and marine