The evening times., 1898-08-22
Sigsbee's Vessel Sighted in
the Great Naval Parade.
WAS READY TO TAKE PART
Not Reing Invited to Join the Pro-
cessicn, the Auxiliary Cruiser
Six.aled a Pathetic Fan ewel to
Her Sister Ships and Slowly
Stern ed Out of the HarbOr GateA.

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has slishted the man who commanded
the Maine. in not giving his present COM
mand, the st. Paul. a place in the pa
rade of Saturday. 1t is learned that
among tho officers and men of the aux
Hilary cruiser there is a feeling that they
should have had some part In the recep-
| ton As 1t was, not a sign was given to
! show that this city recognized the man
who. but for disaster, might have been
| on the bridge of a battleship. Capt Sigs-
| bee, by the traditions of the navy. Is pre-
vented from any expression of his feel
ings in the matter.
| There was a pathos in the farewell OF
the St Paul yesterday morning. She sig
| nailed good-by to the flagship of the fleet
| which had been SO splendidiy honored the
| day before and slowly moved out of the
| harbor gates. She will go to Philadelphia
| and eventually TO Newport News. where
she will go out of commission. She had
| been lying off Tompkinsville for nearly
| a week before the arrival of the squad
| rons of Sampson and Schley.
When the sea fighters moved up toward
| the quarantine station the st. Paul Sig
| nailed her number. sign that she was
C
| flag of Commodore Philip was saluted.
| Her officers and men saw official tugs
| hurrying to and fro and half hoped that
| one of them might come with a message
| for the ST. Paul to join the parade. such
| a message had come several days before
to the Texas which was only few ca
| Bile lengths away.
Then came the line of floating forts.
moving amid the saiutes of laundering
Snrk h.a IL
iary cruiser and then came the others.
| attended by the gayly decked yachts and
excursion boats. Many of those who
watched the martial show wondered why
the ST. Paul did not follow the Texas.
They who had read of the sea fights of
the auxiliary cruiser. of the prizes she
had taken, of the man who commanded
could not understand. Now that the
parade has passed into history they are
still wondering at the chance which pre-
venred the welcome TO the might of the
American navy.
To those who read the S.Ory of the war
| the thought was always present that the
| ST. Paul searching along the Cuban
coast had discovered Two cruisers of
the ViZcaya class and two torpedo
boats in the harbor of Santiago. After
| that the American fleet bottled up the
| warships of Cervera and bided its time
class and some which the sharp eyes
on tine ST. Paul had no: made out, made
| a dash for the open sea. The vessel
which contributed to that victory by
finding the fleet to be fought had no
| place in the welcome given by the city
| of New York.
Those were fighting ships that steam
ed up the North River Saturday. Those
| who feel that the St. Paul should have
| haa z.AJ in mt
as much but they say. too, that the big
cruiser held her part well in the fighting
and the prize getting.
| Then those who think that the ST. Paul
| did not get her due last Saturday have
| been thinking of the disaster which
| brought so much of sorrow to this land
| The Maine had been avenged. The fleet
| which had avenged the loss of the battle
| ship was moving up to receive the greet
| ings of New York. The man who COM
| manded the Maine stood upon the quar-
| terdeck of an auxiliary cruiser watching
| the ovation to the fleet which had aveng-
| ed his ship. He was not even a guest.
The flags fiutterins from the rigging of
| the New York were not meant as a signal
| for the st. Paul 1t had not occurred to
| the city authorities that the man who
| had commanded the Maine should have
been asked to join in the triumph of the
Ii was the city of New York which had
arranged the celebration, although it was
in reality a national affair. The man who
commanded the ST. Paul is a New York
er.
The city which Capt Charles D. Sigs-
bee called mis- own had not invited him
to be present when the municipality well
coined the fleet which had come in from
| the sea. The St Paul, which had come
into the port of New York bearing ocean
records and adding to the commerce of
| the port had become a warrior. She had
| attracted the attention of the world to
| the uses of the swift auxiliary cruiser
| She had not attracted enough attention
| from the city to be recognized when a
| demonstration was made in honor of the
| fleet with The destinies of which her
deeds of war had been associated
Rear Admiral Sampson regarded the re-
| ception of Saturday as a purely munich
| pal affair." The mayor of the city had
come to welcome him. The city had TAX
| en- the initiative and the National Gov
| ernment had followed. 1t was to Mayor
Van Wyck and the citizens Of New York
| that the commander of the fleet had given
| thanks. He knew nothing of the recep-
| ton until he reached Sandy Hook.
Il did not issue the invitations he
| said yesterday. at his home in Glen
Ridge, N. ]. 81 did not signal to the ST.
| Paul to follow because she did not be-
| long to my fleet
| Navy officers regarded the reception as
tribute from the citizens of New York.
They We're speaking yesterday of how this
city had welcomed them.
Lieut.. Stanton, the secretary of Rear
Admiral Sampson. said yesterday after
noon that he doubted if the ST. Paul could
have been managed amid the mass of
shipping that filled the North River.
He said that Rear Admiral Sampson had
nothing to do with the fact that the St.
Paul was not in the parade. He also call
ed attention to the fact that the cruiser
had not taken part in the battle at San
tiago.
Capt. Sigsbee, after the fleet had re-
| turned to Tompkinsville after the parade,
visited the flagship. By that time the
rear admiral had taken his departure.
| There had been recpvion earlier in the
afternoon. at which the officers of the
vessels of the fleet were present.
The ST. Paul is one of the best vessels
of the American Line. At the beginning
of the war she was chartered by the
Government. Capt. Sigsbee will shortly
be placed in command of the Texas
Mayor Van Wyck, who was the chair
man of the citys committee which well
coined the feet was out of the city yes
terday.
Gems Stolen at NarraTansett,
Narragansett Pier. r. l.. Aug 22-The
FIRST diamond rniphery of tho coo-o, -.