The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-17
SPANS CUBAN NAVY.
The Dons still Able to Make Some
thing Of "a Showing.

WASHINGTON, July 16-Notwith-
Standing the total annihilation of Ad-
miral CerVera's SOU Idrol Oft the harbor
Of Santiago de Cuba by the vessels
under command of Commodore Schley,
the Spanish navy has not altogether
disappeared from Cuban waters. and
if that government could mobilize the
cruisers, gu3- b ais ana mo- quito vessels
row IN the numerous keys and small
could make some trouble for the fleet
bays on the Cuban coast, possibly it
of Admiral Sampson. Spain has now
four torpedo gunboats, eight cruisers,
thirty guEbCats of various sizes and q
number Of small yachts and tugs of
various sizes and ornaments, which
were converts into war vessels at the
begiE Eirg Of the Cuban insUrl ection in
1885. The list Of the mole impol tant
Of these vessels is as follows:
Torpedo gUnboat Fflipinas, $50 tons;
built OF st5el; speed, % knots; arma-
ment, 4-T-inch quick firing, 1.5-inch
and M guns; torpedo tubes.
Sloop Jorge-Juan, 935 tons; built of
wood; speed, 13 knots; armament, 5
4.'-inch Eont0ria, 2.S-inch Krupp and
2 m. guns.
Torpedo -gunboats Galicia, Marquee
de M9lins ard Martin Alonzo Pinzon,
57 tors; butt Of steel; speed, 10 knots !;
=.
inch QLi X fire and l m. gun; , torpedo
tubes.
Cruiser Marquee de la Ensenado, 1O30
tons; built of steel; speed, Is knots
armamt MT, 4.7-inch Hontoria, quick
fire and m. guns; torpedo tubes
Cruisers Isabel II. and Condo de
Fen&Gito and Infanta Isabel; built of
hon, 1,l30 tons; speed, II knots; anna
ment. 1 47-inCh Hontoria, 2 77-inch,
quick firing and 4 m. guns; torpedo
tubes.
Also the cruisers Human Cortez and
PizGrro, which are not in the naval
list.
Among the minor vessels are the gun
boats General Concha, Magallanes. AL
Geo, Cuba Espanola, Contramaestro,
Nasco NuneZ de Balboa, Diego Velas-
quez, Ponce de Leon, Alvarado, Sand
oval Alerta, Ardilla, COmeta, Fradera,
F.. G2Viota, Golondrina, Legera, Flecha,
Estrada, Linda Satellite, Vigia Cent?
nefa, Relempago, Bardoe Esperanca,
Intrepidio, Mensajero, Almendares,
T Baracoa, Criollo, Santocldes and
Cauto.
Besides these there are many small
vessels. corresponding to the mosquito
fleet of the United States, in the keys
and bays along the coast of Cuba and
Porto Rico. These We're put in COM
mission al the outset of the Cuban in
sGrTection by the minister of marine,
Capt. Aunon, and have since then been
cruising between Cuba and the United
States coast, principally on the lookout
for hlfbustering vessels. Since the
opening OF the SPANISH war
however, they have done considerable
damage to our forces. Even before the
arrival of Admiral Cervera's fleet in
Cuban waters they were the principa!
defenders of the northern coast of
Cuba, where they We're then concen-
trated.
The names and locations Of these YES
sells, together with their armament and
the number of men they carry, have
been furnished the United States gov
eminent and it is only a question OF
time when they will meet the fate of
Cervera's squadron.
Capture or Destroy" the famous
message of President Mckinley to
b Dewey and Sampson, has been printed
broadcast in Cuban papers in Key
West and the island. and has been
adopted as the slogan of the Cuban
army of liberation. The greatest mum.
Der of the vessels named are on the
northern coast of Cuba, hiding in the
keys bays and harbOrs which abound
there, While many of them are in Porto
Rico Singly they are inconsidera BILE
but modified they might give consid-
cradle trouble to the naval forces OF
the United States in Cuban waters.