The times., 1898-05-11
UNDER STARS AND STRIPES
Cruisers Atlanta, Chicago and
Topeka will Seen Sail.
St OUT BOATS FITTING OUT
Thirteen New Wnrships VIII lie
Prepared Within "a Month TO Try
Their Gums ON Spanish ArmOr.
The Auxiliary Cruiser Prairie
May Sail Thursday.

New York, May 10.-Three cheers ana
a tiger were given by the crews Of the
monitor Nahant and of the receiving ship
Vermont to the 270 naval miliciamen
| forming the crew of the United States
! auxiliary cruiser Yankee as she swung
! into the East River from the navy yard
/ pier yesterday Cries Of Remember the
Maine!" fioated across the water, and
| the answer went back. I'VE Will!
| Commander Willard Fl. Brownson sailed
under secret orders. but from a reliable
| source it was learned that the Yankee
would steam 10 Provincetown, Mass,
there to join Commodore Howell's pa
troll fleet. 1t is said that she will relieve
the cruiser Columbia, which may be
needed in the flying squadron. The Prai-
rie is to join the patrol fleet in a few
days.
| All the way from the navy yard to her
| first anchorage off Tompkinsville, S. l.,
the Yankee was greeted viii whistle sa-
| lutes from passing craft. Her departure
was delayed by the fact that her masts
We're four feet too long to go under the
| bridge at high water
| AT. Tompkinsville the Yankee was
! boarded by Capt. Jacob w Miller and
| committee of the Sons of the Revolu-
| tion. After all hands had been mustered
| Talbot Olyphant, chairman of the com
mittee, on behalf of the organization.
| presented to Commander Brownson for
the naval committee three fiags-a jack,
/ an ensign and pennant. The bugler
then sounded "colors,' and the flags
were unfulred
Capt. Brownson will remain at Tomp-
! kinsville until today, when he will open
/ his sealed orders.
The Yankees naval officers are: Will
lam II. Brownson, commander; Lieut..
| John Hubbard. executive officer; Lieut.
& 4I.,s JnI,
| bert. chief engineer Harry Biscoe, pay
master. and Joseph H. Pendleton, lieu
tenant of marines,
Her naval militia officers are: Lieut.
| William Butler Duncan jr., senior watch
officer: Leuts. S. Dana Greene, j. H.
Barnard and w. De Wolf Dimock, watch
officers: ensign Charles Lee Andrews !;
surgeon. J. B. McGowan.
Guarding the Mines.
New York, May 10.-Commander W H
Stayton, of the Second Battalion Naval
Reserves. reported yesterday to Admiral
Erben. L. S. N, of the Coast Defense
System, the results of tour of inspection
of the Naval Reserve patrol fleet.
Commander Stayton reports that the
task has been thoroughly systematized.
and that the duty of preventing ships
from entering the submarine mine fields
is perfectly performed by the eight tugs
and one launch.
Nineteen vessels trying to enter the har-
Dor were stopped by the tugs e. S. At
wood c. p. Raymond and Starbuck Sun
day night. Seventeen trying to run the
guard were brought to anchor Saturday
night and kept outside the Hook until
, morning. Every night vessels endeayor te
evade the watch. but all are stopped. The
Reserves have not been obliged TO use
their rifles to enforce their commands.
The Cromwell Line steamer Captain
Kemble which arrived yesterday morn
: ing from New Orleans, tried to enter the
Swash Channel. but was halted at once
: by the Atwood.
The patrol feet is busy all night and al
! day, but the busiest time IS between
l p. m. and s a. m. The harbor Is ther
. thronged with boats waiting to get out
. and there is always feet outside waiting
| to come in.
} OF the three tugs at the Sandy Hook sta
2 tion, one is left to guard the mine fields
= the other two pilot the vessels in slngl,
file, two ships following each tug at SLOW
/ | speed until they are past the danger line
= By this method four ships leave or ente
the harbor at one time.
The task of the tug Jacob NJ Heath a
Willets Point is particularly difficult. ant
r the Second Battalion launch BROOKLYN
with Lieutenant Reid in charge, has beer
| assigned to assist
A steamer on one of the Southern line
sailing out last week passed through tn,
q Swash Channel in defiance of the reguIa
ton. The swash released one of tn,
mines complaint was made by Ma 10
Adams against the captain. The compan,
yesterday ordered the officers suspension
This was before the patrol had been es
| tablished. Captains disobeying order
hereafter will receive harsher treatment
A drifting mine, supposed to be mine Nc
| 30. was found ashore near the Brighton
/ Hotel Sunday The x1-oC c =
urday by the crew of John Hennessy'
4 fishing boat. 1t had drifted into a fish ne
2 and was anchored by the crew to a poun
! stake, but broke loose. 1t is said tha
: about forty mines have been lost altogeth
er.
General Merritt has ordered the patro
e boats to carry signals arranged differentl
p each night, in order that other boats ma.
: not duplicate them and pass the forts.
The tug Dalze1I with Lieutenant How
ard Patterson navigator, in charge, re
+ mains at the New Hampshire, the head
quarters, at the foot of Twenty-eightl
f Street. leaving at O'Clock each mornin
g on a trip of inspection visiting all tn
! tugs in the fleet
f The Manly.
: Admiral Erben was notified by the Sec
retary of the Navy yesterday that tn
, torpedo boat Manly had been assigne
D to patrol duty in the harbor
. Manly is the torpedo boat which wa
purchased recently in England.
;, Commander Fields reported that tn
boat was unfit for patrol service. Their
is no gun mounted on her. and she is no
: fitted with torpedo tubes. The Navy De
partment was notified that the boat wa
unfit for patrol duty. Admiral Erbe
asked for four yachts-Aileen, Viking
Restless and Felicia. now being fitted on
at the Brooklyn navy yard. for torped
: boat destroyers-for patrol duty.
The MOntauk.
2 Cape May, n. J., May 10.-The old sin
e | gle-turreted monitor Montauk, whc
4 | Me-, with the members of the New Jer
1 sey Naval Militia on board, put in her
t for shelter Sunday. She left again yes
/ terday afternoon at o'clock. The wave
: swept her decks from the moment sh
r left the river, and the men on boar
] were decidedly unhappy. There was sti
e a heavy swell on this afternoon whe
the Montauk steamed out into the ope
/ sea, but the vessel is as stiff as the da
e she was launched, and though she wi
3 take on plenty of brine on the trip u
r the coast she is perfectly safe. Th
o Montauk was built in 1862 at a cost O
Si2S, ,027. She mounts two 15-inch smooth
s bores in her main battery. She has ais
p been supplied with some rapid-fire guns.
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