New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-18

CONTINUED f~on, First PaReJ

Continued frOEt fIrht T"He'
est vessel Spain owns. being practically the size
Of the cruiser Brooklyn and similar TO that yes
sci in fighting force She was built In lo9o. mas
a displacement Of 9235 tons. is $50 feet long. ID
feet beam. and % feet draught. Her turrets are
ter inches thick and her protective deck IS SIX
inches In her main battery are two ll-inch
Noutorla rifles ore in the forward turret ana
the other aft and eight jia-inch rapid-tre guns
on the broads.des. In addition 70 her heavy
secondary battery she has siY torpedo tubes.
carries 200 tons of coal maintains twenty
knot snced and has 4 complement OF DO men
The Pclayo is the particular pride Of Spain.
but Americans as we'll as Europeans blink ltte
OF her She was finished ten years AGO. on OLD
fashioned plans and is rot unlike the double
turrcte1 monitor lass for effective sea fishting
although, like them. ste is well suited Tor r'ii-
Dor defence. She has Just had new boilers ~
In Sine France as we'll as lot Of 5l2-inch
rapid-nre guns mounted in place Of her former
useless ordnance. hut she carries only SUD IONS
Of coal, which will drive her a. her hest speed
Of thirteen knots onl, few hundred miles ana
unless p large feet Of GOLFERS accompanies neT
she can hardly reach Suez in less IMAM TWO
weeks and 1t would DC a matter OF months 10
send her to the Philippines.
THE SMALLER Ni-SSrsi'''
ONLY three other vessels actually built FOR war
purpoees accompany the squadron. THESE axe
TIE new torpedo boats Audaz. Osado and froser-
pima. which were recently completed IN treat
Britain and barely hurried away from there
before the declaration Of war. They are exacty
alike Of 400 tons displacement. thirty krots
sneed and altogether desirable craft They were
attached to the notilla at the Cape Ne"d islar'S
,tt,sE n
after the SpnrIards blew up the Maine.
Tn. Ror,do and Patricia ore better known IN
,hle country ne the Hamburg american liners
Columbia and NorInanna. which were recently
purchased ~ Spain and equipped with RAPID
fire. Guns N the same manner that the Harvard
end tho Yale were fitted for scouting service III
tho American Navy. They are neither 50 'ds'
nor SO Formidable as The st. Louis and the d.
paul ard they would make a sad showing
aeainst the Olympia or the Baltimore. or even
the Raleigh II they managed TO get withih str'h-
inC distance OF Manila
The Colon. which carries the spanish minister
Of Marine. Senior Aunon. on her present cruise
IS a merchant vessel built IN 1851. subsidized ~
tho Government TO carry mail 10 Cuba and IS
rated at 50i4 tons displacement and speeu
az thirteen knots The Alionso XII. tho Cana
donCa the Girada. the Prelajo the ls!a De IA
nav and the BucHos Ayres are similar IN All
respects 10 the Colon. while the san Francisco
!. an ordinary merchantmen. which was used ne
SUNNY shin for The torpedo nota at the
Canaries.
The dispatch from Consul Carroll indicates
that the last four did not accompany the squad
ron 10 Car,agena. and naval officers here believe
that they are bound for the CanarIes TO reinforce
the garrisona oil the heavy fOrtncations In those
islands in anticipation Of an American attack
at no distant date. The fact that the three
troopships are accompanied ny me Ahtph'"
7 onaz serves to confirm this opinion, as that
vessel has been stationed FOR many years AT
Grand Canary and had recently been nome ioi
overhaulins. She is described as coas. sTa ,h,
gunboat Of only 2lO tons displacement. and eight
knots speed. while the fact that she was DUNK
in 1869 indicates how n;tle fear she If apt to
excite.
80 FEAR FOR DEWEYs SAFETY
Naval authorizes in Washington consider IT
utterly propOsterous that the Cadz squadron
should be seriously intended for duty In the
PHILIPPINES or in any other part Of the world
except In some well -shcltered Spanish haroor' az
difficult of access by an enemy as tina, q san
tiaco de Cuha. The two regular warshps con
stitute the sole naval defence Of Spain herself
and they could not make the long Noyag" -
Manila without the consovt ~ n large number az
GOLFERS. as they would be able TO purchase no
supplies whatever IN neutral ports. Neither
could they reach the Pacific within six weeks,
and 10y that time General Merrit's soldiers VIII
have fortified the entrance - Manila. and the
coast defence vessels Monterey and Monadnock
would have to be confronted
Admiral Dewey VIII also be reinforced In
day two by the cruiser Charleston. and per
haps later the Philadelphia. and he would he
able 10 spare tho Olympia. as well a. one or
more other cruisers TO attack the Spaniards IN
the Malacca straits. which would be found an
exceedingly hazardous passage for the Ave IN
armOrod Spanish auxiliary cruisers. II not FOR
the Carlos V. and certainly FOR the Indispensable
golfers Of the Pelayo
The fact that the Spaniards have been unable
to organize "A more powerful feet than that
ported by Consul Carroll is particularly graft
Tying to naval officers. who are convinced that
the North Atlantic scacoast ~ In no fur
Their danger II attack and may be practically
left unguaried while all efforts concentrated
on Cuba and Porto Rico.
The who have been tortured for two
months in the blistering temperature OF the ar
mOr-clads in tropical waters Will also he glad To
know that there Is n prospect OF being relieved.
temporarily. at least. by the arrival ~ some OF
the numerous ships now assumed to he needed
for patTO ling the New England coast and sup
plies for the Army in Cuba may lie shipped
freely by sea from New-YOrk Norfolk with
out the necessity of armed conveys and without
fear Of capture.
MUSTERED INTO THE STATE SERVICE
FIVE COMPANIES THE lI4TI REGIMENT TAKE