The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-01
"OLD GLORY'S" GlRDLE

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Around the World = Our Fighting
Ships to be Seen on all Seas, and the
''Star Spansled Banner" Played In
Every Cline.
New York Journal of Monday: Our
fighting ships form glrdle around the
globe. Never before In the history Of
the American Republic has the red,
white and blue OF the flag been SO WIDE
,iy displayed, as Just at this particular
time, when battleships. cruisers. gun
boats, armed transports and auxiliaries
are forming two PROFESSIONS. one to
the eastward and one to the westward,
all bound for the Philippines.
The sun. in It's westward course. over
takes one after another OF our ships at
sea, and the morning "color'' with the
band playing 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
ner," forms but one continuous strain
CT melody around the world.
Let's ION to join Dewey" and "on to
join OTIS and through many seas and
oceans the soldiers and sailors OF the
republic are being swept onward to Mo-
Mia as fast as steam can carry them.
The American flag, flying from the
masthead Of cruiser or transport, Is now
looked for with express train regularity
along what used to be known as 1.-The
road to india" now the track OF Amer
lean territorial advancement In the
Orient.
Eat Gibraltar, Malta. Port Said. Suez.
Perrin, Columbo. Singapore, ut Honolu-
lu. at Apia, at Yokohama, and Hong
Kong. the Stars and Stripes and the
blue uniforms OF American soldiers and
sailors are now familiar sights.
In the procession from New York TO
the eastward there have gone out the
armed transports. Grant. Sherman and
Sheridan. the gunboats. Princeton,
Cust!ne and Helena. and the armed
auxiliaries Solace and Buffalo.
The Buffalo and Helena have reached
Manila. The Sheridan Is near Gibral-
tnr. the Sherman Is In the Red Sea. the
Grant well on her way across the great
gulf of the Indian ocean, having coal
ed yesterday at Columbo, Island Of Cey-
lon, off the coast OF India. The Solace
has just left Port Said, the Princeton
Sue2. and the CastlRe Ii passing
through the Suez canal from Port Said.
The Yosemite and A6arenda. bound for
the far Pacific by the same route, are
about TO leave the Norfolk navy yard
and will fall in after the other vessels
IN the 1900 mile long procession. The
auxiliary cruiser Badger Is also on her
way to the Pacific from the Atlantic,
but Is going by way OF the Straits Of
Magellan.
Out from the Golden Gate at Sun
Francisco there has passed another pro-
cession OF fighting ships bound for the
same destination rs those sailing along
on the opposite side Of the globe.
The path across the Pacific may now
BE- said TO be well worn" for across II
have passed nearly all the vessels now
at Manila. including the cruisers Balti-
more, Charleston. Olympia. Boston.
Concord, the sunboat Petrol the mon
itors Monterey and Monadnock. and the
transports Newport, Pennsylvania and
Scandal.
The two second class cruisers Ben
rinSton and Yorktown, sister ships Of
the Concord. have only just completed
the long voyage by way of Honolulu and
Guam. and the Pacific is still freighted
with our regiments bound for Manila.
and our cruisers and gunboats protect
Ing our interests. now for the first time
OF great Importance in the widely scat
tered islands OF that ocean.
The big battleship Oregon. for which
Dewey has cabled. Is plouyhing her way
to the westward from Hawaii, on a long
run which promises to give her another
record as creditable MS the one she
mada on her famous voyage around the
Horn At Honolulu or near there Is
the gunboat 1roquois. Following the
Oregon are the big armed GOLFERS Bru-
tus. Nero and Scindia and the distilling
ship iris. forming Il veritable armada,
OF which the Oregon Is the mountain OF
strength. The auxiliary and supply
vessel Celtic, which left San Francisco
on February IS, cannot be far behind.
The big cruiser Philadelphia. flagship
of Admiral KautZ. left our Pacific coast
nearly two weeks ago, and IS now APP
preaching Samoa. and will stop ut Apia
to protect our interests in that turbulent
community where the mailed fist" OF
the German kaiser Is threatening.
On the armed transports Ohio Scam
dia and Senator, which are now nearly
three weeks out from San Francisco,
are nearly 1000 soldiers OF our regular
army. who will find hearty welcome
from General Otis on the completion OF
their voyage, some time next week, II
all goes well.
Here Is an interesting calculation in
connection with our ships at sea:
When 1t is high noon In New York
to-day the officers and men on the
Sheridan. near Gibraltar, are eating
their supper. II Is p. m.
Sherman. in the Red Sea, are sitting
out on deck and enjoying the moonlight
and the sea air 1t Is s p. m.
Grant. on the Indian ocean. are sound
asleep. 1t being nearly midnight.
Oregon, on the Paciflc. to the west
ward OF the Hawaiian islands, are hear
ing the hughes sound the rereille, 1t be-
ing 6 n. IN.
Philadelphia. in the South Pacific,
we'll along toward Australia, are ut
breakfast, 1t being a. m
Olympia, Dewcy's flagship. are sleep
Ing, all except the alert anchor watch,
1t being three bells" ut 1880 O'Clock in
the morning.
The troops on the three transports in
the Pacific nrc wondering what day In
the week 1t Is. ms they are approaching
the longitudinal line, where the voyager
gains or loses day. according to
whether he is eastward or westward
bound.