The Advocate and news., 1898-03-16
Ships Of the United States and Spain.

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manders also being indicated:
NORTH ATLANTIC STATION.
Rear Admiral Montgomery sicard, COM
mander-in-chlef
NEW YORK, armorcd cruiser, flagship
CaptF. IL. Chadwick. At Key West.
MONTGOMERY, cruiser-Commander G.
A. Converse. AT Tampa.
MAINE, second-class battleship-Capt. G.
II. Sigsbee. Destroyed by explosion at
Havana, February l5
INDIANA, first-Class battleshlp-Capt. ii.
c. Taylor. At Tortugas.
FERN, dispatch boat-Lieutant Comman-
der w. s. COwles Tender to squadron
Observation-Disclosures, frst-class battleship--
Capt. L. j. Hlgglnson: At Dry Tortugas.
TEXAS, second-class battleship-Capt' D.
w. Philip. At TOrtugas.
TERROR, mOnitOr-Capt. Nicon Ludlow.
At Hampton Roads.
MARBLEHEAp, cruiser-C0mmander B'
II. McCalla. At Key West
VESUVIUS dynamite cruiser-Lieutenant
Commander John u. Pillsbury. Assisting
in patrol Of Florida coast.
BROOKLYN armOred cruiser-Capt r. A.
Cook. At San Lucia, w. l. VIII cruise IN
IOWA, first-cass battleship-Capt. w. r.
Sampson. AT Dry Tortugas, II nav
DETROIT, Cruiser-Commander j. H. Day
ton. At Key West.
NASHVILLE, Commander Wash
burn Maynard. At Key West. =
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATION.
Capt. c. M. Chester, commander-ln-chief.
CINCINNATI, protected cruiser, flagship
Capt c. M. Chester. AT Barbados.
CASiTINE, gunboat-COmmander r. M
Berry En- route to Barbados.
WILMINGTON, gunboat-Commander C.
c. Todd. Cruising in West Indies. AT La
Guayra, Venezuela.
EUROPEAN STATION.
Rear Admiral ]. A. Howell, commander-in-
chief.
SAN FRANCISCO, protected cruiser, flag
shlp-Capt r. B. Leary. At Lisbon,
BANCROFT, gunboat-Commander j. "
B. Bleecker. At Lisbon.
HELENA, gunboat-Commander w. T.
SWinburne. At Lisbon.
PACIFIC STATION.
Rear Admiral j. N. Miller commander-in-
chief.
BALTIMORE, protected cruiser, flagship
Capt. N. NJ. Dyer At Honolulu.
BENNINGTON, gunbOat - Commander
Henry E. Nichols. At Honolulu.
MONTEREY, monitor-Capt. G. q. Clark
MoNADNOCK, monitor-Capt. W. H.
Whiting. At San Diego. win return to
Mare island and placed in reserve.
ALBERT, steam bark-Commander u: II.
G. Leutze. At San Juan del Sur. Will
cruise along Central American coast.
OREGON, first-class battleship-Capt. A.
H. Mccormick. AT Puget Sound naval
station, in dock, Bremerton, Wash. Va
MARIETTA, gunboat-Commander F. M.
SymOnds. Address care Of navy pay Of
fee, San Francisco, Cal. At San Jose,
Guatemala, for protection Of American
AsIATIC STATION.
Rear Admiral George Dewey, commander
in-chief.
OLYMPIA, protected cruiser, flagship
Capt. G. V, Gridley. At Hong Kong.
MoNoCACY, steam schooner-Commander
y. w. FarenhOlt. At WOOSung
MACHIAS, Embellishments ]. f.
Merry. En- route to navy yard, Norfolk,
BOSTON, protected crulser-Capt. Frank
Wildes. At Chemulpo.
PETREL, gunboat-Commander r. p.
Wood. At Hong Kong.
RALEIGH, protected cruiser-Capt j. b.
Coghlan. At Hong Kong.
CONCORD gunboat - Commander Asa
Walker. En- route to ChemulpO.
SPECIAL SERVICE.
MICHIGAN, barkentine-Lieutenan Com
mander Rush At Erie, Pa, in winter
quarters Lieutenant Commander w. Fl.
Everett will assume command March l.
AMPHITRITE, monitor--Capt. c. j. Bar
,,2l9Syy; clay; At At Port Royal 8 G.
Tilley. At Greytown, Nicaragua, with
canal commission.
WHEELING, gunboat--Lieutenant Com
mander Uriel sebree. At sitka, Alaska
RECEIVING SHIPS.
FRANKLTN-Capt. S. w. Terry, Norfolk
(Va.) navy yard.
INDEPENDENCE Louis Kempff.
At Mare Island (Cal.) navy yard
VERMoNT--Capt. Merrill Miller, New
York IN. " navy yard.
WABASH-Capt. H. F. Picking, Boston,
Mass.
RTcHMoND-capt. f. NJ Shepard. At
Philadelphia, Pa.
TRAINING SHIPS.
EsSEX--Commander e. II. Strong. At
Hampton Roads.
CONSTEIILATTON-C John Nc
GOwan. At Newport, r. I.
LIANCE-Commander Albert Ross. At
Portsmouth, N. H.
ADAMS--Commande William c, Gibson.
At Mare Island.
ANNAPOLIS, gunboat-COmmande ]. ].
Hucker. On cruise with apprentices.
VICKSBURG. gunboat--Commander A. p.
H. Lille. On cruise with apprentices.
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