The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-09
SPAIN BUYS ANOTHER VESSEL.
l,aly FINDS IL Probable to build Cruisers
~ Large NUMBERS.

~ Lsrg. Numoers.
New York. April S.-A dispatch to the
b from Washington says: The
navy department has learned officialiy
that Spain has bought another Giuzep-
DE Garibaldi from Italy for future de-
livery, after the United States had re-
fused TO take the vessel. The Varez No.
2. which had also been offered to the
United States. has been sold by Italy
to the Argentine Republic. NO other
vessels will be completed for four or
five months. and by that time the
United States does not expect TO neeu
second hand ships of this character. IL
was for this reason that Commander
Brownson. after inspecting the two
vessels in the Italian dock yard, was
recalled to his country, IL being evil
dent that in case of var neither OF the
vessels could be brought to the united
States, IL II were possible, indeed, 10
complete them i'm Italy or get them u
of neutral waters after a declaration OF
hostilities.
Commander Brownson also had the
satisfaction of knowing before ne LETT
Italy that Spain was made to pay dear
~ for the ship. for his visit
her price to "a, 900. 900. although the yes
sci had at one time been offered for
two-thirds of that mount. Italy has
found IL exceedingly profitable to build
Garibaldis and Varezs in lots n par
Gel them off at strictly retail prices.
The first was launched at Sestu Pom
ueto dock yard on May "a. 1895. and
named Guizeppe Garibaldi. A sister
ship. called the Varez. was launched
about the same time at the same place.
Both OF these were sold to the Argen-
tine republic in 1896, and ename re-
spectively Garibaldi and San Martin.
the former bringing the enormous price
of is. s07 500 francs
Italy Immediately laid down two
more identical ships with the same
names, and launched them by the lat
ter part of 1896. They were snapped up
by Spain and renamed. respectively.
Cristobal Colon and Pedro D'Aragua.
the former being now considered the
finest cruiser belonging to Spain, while
the latter Is still ~suncompleted at Ca
diz.
II was the Cristobal Colon that was
selected TO convoy the torpedo fiotilla
to this country. but at the last m
Il was found that the Scotch engineers
would not come and the Spanish engi-
neers were not sufficiently familiar with
the machinery to undertake so long a
voyage. In fact, the Spanish engineers
could not get the ship under full steam
power at all.
AS soon az Italy disposed of the sec
ond set of duplicates another Giuseppe
Garibaldi was laid down At Sestu Pom
ueto. and a third Narez at Leghorn. TO
be completed I'm the latter part of 1898.
The former vessel was launched on Sep
TENDER % last. and by extra work has
now been brought to a condition which
gives promise of completion the last of
August.
The United States concluded 1t would
not need such a ship the last of August
or even a month earlier. Naval officers
did not want to purchase the Albany
because she was uncompleted. but Bra
I'll declined to sell the New Orleans
without the Albany, and so both ships
were taken. The American flag was
promptly raised on the Albany to avoid
any International entanglements, but Il
is fully recognized here that her serv'
ices cannot be utilized IL war occurs
before she leaves England. for the Eng
lish could not complete her afterwards
to observe neutrality, nor would II ID
considered safe to start her unarmoreC
and alone across the ocean.
At the avy department it Is sale
that the statement that the Unite,
States signed conracts for three 1tal
ian torpedo boats Is not true. for mucl
as the United States would like to nay
the vessels. the impossibility of get
ting them To the United States is full,
recognized.
The names Yankee. Dixie. Prairie am
Yosemite were today selected as tn
naval designations of the -four Morgan
line auxiliary cruisers FL Sol, FL Norte
FL Sid and FL Rio.