The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-11


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Since that time the relative position OF
the leaders has not materially changed.
although some estimates are to the ef-
feet that Russia and Italy have changed
places and that Spain mas gained slight
" on the United States. Of these cnes
at the foot Of the procession. all have
dropped below the station assigned them
by the advance of Japan. which has come
from outside the file OF the first ten. and
is now eighth. ranking between Spain
and China. The estimates are based on
a calculation OF all the clements that en-
ter into the efficiency Of the navies. such
as onnage. speed. armor. caltber and
range of armament. number of enlisted
men and their efficiency. Such calcu!a-
tons cannot be absolute, for they can
not measure at all times the ~accuracy of
the gunnery Of a certain vessel. The hu-
nan equation enters so prominently int
warfare that mathematical calculations
must be at all times incomplete. Ameri-
cans Will be slow to believe. however.
that they are at any disadvantage in this
detail. whatever their material equipment
may be.
SHIPS OF THE UNITED STATES.
The United States has now in commits
sion, ready for immediate service. the
following vessels. their station and COM
mander also being indicates:
NORTH ATLANTIC STATION.
Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard, com
mander-in-chief.
NEW YORK, armored cruiser. flagship
Captain F. E. Chadwick. At Key West
MONTGOMERY. cruiser-Commander G.
A. Converse. At Tampa.
MAINE, second-class battleship-Cap-
c. D. Sigsbee. Destroyed by explosion
at Havana February 10.
INDIANA. first-class battleship-Captain
II. c. Taylor. At Tortugas.
FERN. dispatch boat-Lieutenant-Com-
mander w. S. Cowles. Tender to squad
MASSACHUSETTS. frst-class battle
ship-Captain F. ]. Higginson. At Dry
TEXAS, s~econd-class battleship-Cap-
tain J. w. Phillip. At Tortugas:
TERROR, monitor-Captain Nicoll Lud-
low. At Hampton Roads.
MARBLEHEAD. cruiser-Commander B.
VESUVIUS, dynamite cruiser-Lieuten-
ant Commander John f. Pillsbury.
Assisting in patrol of Florida coast.
BROOKLYN, armored cruiser-Gaptain
F. A. Cook. At st. Lucia, w. L. VIII
cruise in West Indies.
IOWA. frst-class battleship-Captain W.
7. Sampson. At Dry Tortugas.
DETROIT, cruiSer-COmmander j. H.
Dayton. At Key West.
NASHVILLE. gunboat - Commander
Washburn MAYNARD: At Key West.
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATION.
Captain c. NJ. Chester, communicating
CINCINNATI, protected cruiser, flagship
Captain c. NJ. Chester. At Barba-
cAsTiNE. gunboat-commander R. NJ.
Berry. En- route to Barbados.
WILMINGTON, acknowledgements
C. C. Todd. Cruising in West Indies. At
La Guayra, Venezuela.
EUROPEAN. STATION.
Rear Admiral ]. A. Howell, commander
in-chief.
san FRANCISCO protected cruiser
fagship-Captain R. P. Leary. AT Lis
BANCROFT, Embellishments J. v.
B. Blocker. At Lisbon.
HELENA, gunbOat-Commander w. 7.
Swinburne. At Lisbon.
PACIFIC STATION.
Rear Admiral J.. N. Miller, commander
BALTIMORE, protected cruiser, flag
ship-Captain n. w. Dyer. At Homo
BENNINGTON. Embellishments
MANTEREY. monitorICaptain c. E.
Clark. At San Diego, Cal.
MONEDOCK, monitor-Captain w. II.
Whiting. At San Diego. Will return
~ 1oA oib'iA anu ~ pAoNC" 40 ~
ALERT. steam bark-Commander E. II.
C. Lentze. At San Juan del Sur. Will
cruise along Central American coast.
OREGON. first-class battleship-Captain
A. H. Mccormick. At Puget Sound
naval station, in dock, Bremerton,
Wash: Various ports will be visited:
MARIETTA, gunboat-Commanoer F. NJ.
Symonds. Address care of navy pay
office, San Francisco, Cal. At San
Jose, Guatemala, for protection of Am
- AsfATiC STATION.
Rear Admiral George Dewey,
der-in-chief.
OLYMPIA, protected cruiser. flagship
MONOCACY, steam schooner-Comman-
der O. w. Farenholt. At WoosunS.
MACHIAS. gunboat-Commander J. F.
Merry. En- route to navy yard, Nor
BOSTON. protected c~ruiser-Captain
Frank Wildes. At Chemulpo.
PETREL, gunboat-Commander E. P.
Wood. At Hong Kong.
RALEIGH. protected cruiser-Captain j.
B. Coghlan. At Hong Kong.
CONCORD. gunboat-Commander Asa
Walker. En- route to Chemulpo.
SERVICE.
MICHIGAN, barkentine Lieutenant
Commander Rush. At Erie, Pa, in
winter quarters. Lieutenant Comman-
der w. H. Everett will assume command
March l.
AMPHITRITE. mon1tor-Captain c.. J.
Barclay. At Port Royal. S. C.
NEWPORT, gunboat-Commander 3. F.
Tilley. At GreytOWn, Nicaragua, with
canal commission.
WHEELING. acknowledgements Com
mander Uriel Sebree. At Sitka. Alaska
RECEIVING SHIPS.
FRANKLIN-Captain S. w. Terry, Nor
folk, Va. navy yard.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. l.. kempff.
At Mare Island, Cal, navy yard.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Merritt Miller, New
York, n. Y, navy yard.
WABASH-Captain H. z. Picking, Bos-
ton. Mass.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS E. NJ. Shepard. At
Philadelphia, Pa.
TRAINING SHIPS.