The sun., 1898-04-03
WHERE OUR WARSH|PS ARE
The Positions of the Vessels Of
the Navy.
GROUPED IN SQUADRONS
Strong Fleets Arranged TO Protect
the Coasts and 10 RcpcI an
Attack From the
Spaniarls.

The present positions of the vessels o
the United States Navy are of great in
terest just now to the public. The yes
sells have been collected by the Nav,
Department at various points arount
the coast, and are in readiness to attach
the Spanish fleet and to defend the cite,
on the coast.
The largest squadron is at Key West
in Command of Rear Admiral w. r
Sampson, and the Flying Squadron is at
Hampton Roads 1y to put to sea.
There Is a good sized squadron il
Asiatic waters, and another one on the
Pacific Coast. The positions OF all tho
vessels, according to the latest advicc'
are as follows:
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson. Com
manding.
KEY WE>r--lndiana, battleship, Capt
II. &. Taylor; Iowa, battleship, Capt. r
d. Evans; New York, armored cruiser
Capt. +. f. Chadwick; Marblehcad
cruiser, Commander, b. II. McCalla
Detroit, cruiser, Commander j. II. Day
ton; Nashville, gunboat, Commander
Washburn Maynard: Cincinnati, pro-
tected cruiser, Capt. G. N. Chester
Castine, gunboat, Commander r. NJ
Berry; Dupont, torpedo boat, Lieut.. s
5. Wood; Gushing, torpedo boat, Lieut.
Albert Gleaves; Ericsson, torpedo boat
Lieut.. n. Il. Usher; Foote, torpedo boat
Lieut.. W. L. hodgers; Winsow, torpedo
boat, Lieut. J. B. Bernadon; Potter
torpedo boat, Lieut.. J. G. Fremont.
The Terror, monitor, Capt. Nicolt
Ludlow, is expected at Key West today
The Helena, gunboat, Commander W
7. Swinburne, is expected there tomor.
row from Bermuda. The Annapolis
gunboat, Commander J. J. IIunker, il
expected there today.
JAcKsoNyILLE-Wi Wilmington, gunboat
Commander c. G. Tod.
PoRr RoyAl, $. C.-Amphitrite, nloni
tor, Capt. c, J. Barclay.
FLYING SQUADRON.
Commodore W. 5. Schley, commands
ing
HAMrToN RoADs-BrookIyn, armoreC
cruiser, Capt. +. A. Cook; Columbia
protected cruiser, Cart. I. +. Jewell
Massachusetts,, battIcship, Capt. +. J
Higginson. The Minneapolis. protected
cruiser Capt. j. II. Sands, is expected
there today
NORFOLK, Va Montgomery, cruiser
Commander q. A. Converse, is expected
to arrive today for repairs
LEAGUE ISLAND--katahdin harbor de,
tense ram, Commander &. +. +. Wilde
Miantonomoh, monitor, Capt NJ. L.
johnson. The monitors Ajax, Canoni.
Gus, Mahopac, Manhattan, Wyandotte,
Comanchc, Catskiil, Jason. Lehigh, Mon,
tauk, Nahant and Passac are at Phila-
delphia being relitted, and in few days
will be distributed along the coast.
NEWpoKT NNwS--Puritan, monitor,
Capt. !. =. Harrington.
NAsurNDypT-NrSuyius, uynamite-gun
crriscr, liz, :. Commander John f.
piisbury.
t,uorv. \, J.-Princeton, gun boat,
Commander West, is almost ready to 60
into E fommission.
BEookLyN NAVY YARD Texas, battle
ship, Capt. j. W. Phillip; Dolphin, dis
patch boat, Commander II. W. Lyon;
Mayfower, dispatch boat, Commander
NJ. X. S. Mackenzie. Auxiliary fleet
Hornet, Lieut.. Helm; Eagle, Lieut..
Sutherland; Hawk, Lieut.. Hood; Wasp,
Lieut.. Ward; Tecumseh, Lieut. Roger
Roger Wells; Uncas, Lieut.. Brainard;
Osceolo, Lieut.. Purcell; Sioux, Ensign
Gherardi; Algonquin, Ensign Crosby.
NEWPORT 'R. I."-Gwin, torpedo boat,
Lieut.. W. r. Shoemaker; Talbot, tor
pedo boat, Lieut.. W. 5. Williams.
BosroN-Machias, gun boat, Com
nander J. L. Merry.
The Bancroft, cruiser, Commander j.
V. B. Bleecker is at Bermuda, bound for
Nor%O'k, Va.
The San Francisco, protected cruiser,
Captain II. p. Leary, and New Orleans,
cruiser, are on their way across the At
lantic from England The Albany,
cruiser, is at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng
land, being got ready for a trip across
he ocean.
PACIFIC SQUADRON.
Rear Admiral j. n. Miller command
ing.
SAN FRANclscn-Monterey, monitor,
Captain y. T.. tluik, flOIiuultCh, lIlOlll-
;or, Captain W. II. Whiting.
SAN JUAN DEL sUR-Alert, monitor,
commander, Il. II. G.. Lcntze.
Observation-Disclosures, gunboat, com
nander, II. +. Nichols.
The gunboat Wheeling, Lieutenant
Sebree, has sailed from Port
ngelus, Cal, for Seattle.
CALLAo, Peru.-Marietta, ,gunboat,
Japt. f. NJ. Symonds, bound for Key
Vest; Oregon, battleship, Capt. G. +.
lark, is expected daily, bound for Key
Vest
ASlATlC SQUADRON.
Rear Admiral George Dewey, COM
handing
HoNGK oNG--O olympia, cruiser, Capt.
:. V. Cridley; Boston, cruiser, Capt.
rank Wildes; Petrol, gunboat, com
nandcr f. p. Wood; Raleigh, cruiser,
,apt. }. b. Coghlan; Concord, gunboat
commander Asa Walker.
WoosuNG-M Monocacy, MONITOR Capt.
}. w. FarenhOlt.
The Baltimore, cruiser. Capt. n. NJ.
'yer, is expected at Yokohama.
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