New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-29
YANKEE BACK FROM THE WAR
OF THE AMATEUR TARS
WITH SIMPSONS FLEET

The United States auxiliary cruiser 1a"he'
steamed up through the Narrows yeSteroaS i"o'
ing and dropped her anchor Off TompklnsVhe' :.
was NOT long before the Of her arrival reache"
the CITY and as several of her officers ana an o'
her crew are members Of the NeW-io rK NaVa' ~.
serve the craft was thronged with their i'e'"' :"
the afternoon The Yankee had an eVehtiui ci"t'0
during the six weeks that elapsed between INC
time she left this port and her return yes'eiu"s'
ord the temporary tars only too WiliihS ~
spin long yarns OF their adventures TOT the pe"e"
of their friends No shore leave was grah'en '1'
terday and although the immediate future OF ,'e
Yankee has not been announced the N''a' w
serves aboard her are confident that they VIII soon
be mustered out OF the service. Incidentally 'hes
ar. NOT sorry to quit the life the bounding deep
now that the war II over. .,
The Yankee is commanded by Commander VIII
lard H. Brownson, l.. S. n, who was sent 10 i-"-
rope before the war began TO buy warshps ~, ="
United States. Her other officers are as lo'Io"''
Lieutenant John II. Hubbard, executive ofnce''
Lieutenant W q. Cutler, navigator; w bu'i''
Duncan jr. senior watch officer; i-eutehah' '''''
u BARNARD watch officer; 5. Dana Green leu'eh'
ant of the Junior grade. ". De w Dmmoch, q"
sign; Ensign Charles l.. Andrews, sshai o''N
and captains aid; Dr. J. p. McGowan, surgeon D.
=, Gilbert chief engineer: f.. 5. Van Wart ASSIST
ant cn.incer; Lieutenant Louis A. rockingham
best known as Harvard's old toohal P'"S''' -
command Of the marines, and j. y" biSeoe' p''
master ,, 20
lp
carving 40 tons of ammunition. for the hee' ~
Cuban waters She touched at Norfolk ana 'oon
on $50 tons more ammunition. and left mat port o
July Il. arriving at Guantanamo on Jul! - az
distributing part OF her ammunition TO the s"'P' ="
the Acct she sailed for Ponce 10 denver ''' i'r
Il TO the battie-shp Massachusetts. When OH hasu
aho,, thirty miles the Yankee met the Dixie when
sienaled that the Massachusetts was Ie'u'h''e ~
Guantaramo whercupon the Yankee tuFhed pa'A
.,1 t,dulged I'm a race with the Dixie. According
90 the warn that was spun yesterday the latter WAS
soon lost astern.
Al midnight on August the Yankee sighted the
British steamer Burton and hove her TO- An oihcei
WAS sent on board to find out from the captain he'
identity. lie said that the ship hailed from barry,
England and exhibited letter from the 'ht'u
States Consul ri Guaialoupe saying that the bur
TON WAS carving coal for the ships that were gong
to take the Spanish soldiers from Santiago 10 spain
Il amt the Teller you want, said the 'dP'''"
Of the Burton. You want the Marie She 'e''
Guadaloupc I'VE hours ahead OF me. She s"' co"-
traband aboard.
So the Burton was allowed TO proceed At SSo on
the evening of the next day the Yankee fell In with
tho Marie and sgnalled her to heave 10. The Marie
displayed no anxiety to comply with the ORDER un,h
Two blank shots had been fired at her Her captain
told tho officer who went aboard her that the Mario
hailed from Bergen
i amt the Teller you want said he. You want
IN. Rlrtou She's carryin' contraband.
Vut Lieutenant - commander Brownson was opi"-
ratio and took the Marie into Guantanamo. Al
,nirol Sampson thought the Marie and the burton
v,ore TWO vessel. that had sailed from 'adiz three
months ago and were trying 20 get coal INTO sa'-
spo for C.ryera before they knew mat ms Meet h"'
ha.n DESTROYED He hustled the Yankee out ai'er
"a. Rurtou again and II took Leuicnant-' ON
tnoud.r Brownson only four hours I" nui h'l'
,,o wa taken into Guantanamo tdI' DUN
.t,am.rs w.r, aftrrward allowed TO 90 fIee 1,
ON August I! the Yankee was ordered 10 "a.'
Dor m. Steamship MOntserrat. when was expo 'lc"
Ia atf.npt TO escape from MatAHzas WIN a IA, X,
,,nnirf i'm Spanish gold. one report had II thh'
G.rcral Hlanco would be- aboard the Mohts'riH'
Tn. Yankee took up position near astlc stihn
fghf ~ tho southern end of 'rOOKtd lSlanH faS
- Tho Dixie stationed herself az the othtr emu
- mo nassage and here the two AUXILIARY cruisers
rtn,airrd until the morning OF August j. Will
~ lie ht.d the fleet on its way TO NtW-1ot anu
wer. informed that the protocol had heeh S's ~
Then they returned To tuantdhhh"' ''l'e''"e ~
hic warships as they passed -, ., or ,or
LAST Tuesday the Yankee got orders 10 san 'V ~,
New-York and there WAS joyful crew an1ro H.,
rnnseetIencc Wednesday morning hIsilt anu 'a'l
.n Yankee sailed from the harb0r OF Guahtd"ii,
l.r i. nj playing Home. sweet Rome eI" ~, ~
uixie'T bnnd responding with Dixie ana ally
Man land My Marylhnd ,-,.- ha,... t,,d
The naval reserves aboard the ankee nav i'i.
,r,ch 81 cruising for the present ana are ailN'nv9
"a rrturn TO the business activities whl'h theS 'i'
y.htn he Yankee went into commission