The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-21
Lieutenant Anderson and Cadet Evans Re-
cslved BY Governor Dyer.
IHEYAlSO CALLED ON MAYOR BAKER.
visits viii Be Returned This afternoon n-Ths In
isrsstng Vessels VIII Remain Until All Who
Wish Have Inspected Them.

Entirely unheralded. and without any
official or unofficial information having
been sent to Gov. Dyer, the two erst-
while Spanish gunboats, Alvarado and
Sandoval. reached Providence yester-
day afternoon. and they are now
moored a little way out from the wharf
of John a. White & Son. The first in
formation that Gov. Dyer had of the
coming OF the gunboats was conveyed
TO him by telephone from the News Of
flee, dispatch having been received
from Newport stating that the boats
had passed Newport and were headed
for Providence. and up to 1920 p. m.
the governor had received no knowl-
edge whatever of the visit, which to
say the least was peculiar.
Gov. Dyer at once instructed Lieut..
George H. Eiswald of the Naval Re-
serves. to visit the boats, and he did
so, presenting the compliments of Gov.
Dyer, and the usual courtesies were
exchanged. later the -offfeefs-ef--ths
gunboats came ashore and they were
hosp tably entertained at the Hope
club. The two vessels are quite inter-
esting. and there are still many evil
dences of their former nationality. In
the captains stateroom all OF the hang
mgs are spanish. and in the china clos
cts are numerous plate bearing Spanish
inscriptions which would be priced al
souvenirs. but they are very carefully
watched when visitors are on board.
The engineers telegraph. the compart-
ment valves and all the name plates are
marked in Spanish, SO that i'm order TO
run the boat slight knowledge OF
Spanish is necessary.
The Sandoval is under the command
Of Lieut. Anderson. who commanded
the expedition for cutting the cable at
C.enfuegos. and has reputation as a
daring and efficient officer. The only
other officer on board is Naval Cadet
Evans. a son of Fighting Bob" The
officer I'm command of the Alvarado -
Lieut.. Sticht who was on the Mime
apolis during the war and who brought
a large Spanish prize ship from Santi-
ago To Cbarlpston just before the cap
ture OF Cervera's fleet.
Each boat has "a crew OF % men and
among them are some that took an
active part I'm the late war. The chief
boatswa mate on the Sandoval is
Claussen, one OF the voluneers on .she
Merrimac, the sinking Of which brought
fame To Hobson. and the quarter gun
ner was on board the Maine when shc
was blown UP.
Both of the boats contain n number
OF interesting souvenirs Of the war. one
OF the features which strikes the visi-
tor are the racks OF Mauser rifles which
were captured when the boats were
taken. a quantity ~ ammunition was
also taken The Avarado not only
helped the Spaniards dur ng the war.
hut also took the part of the United
states for a time. She was stationed
81 CautfaQo dtff.fpU tho cfoWn OT FtHT
city and was one Of the spoils Of war.
The Sandoval was NJ Caimanera In
Guantanamo bay. and was taken when
that place was given up The Spaniardd
sank her by opening her sea valves
but she -Nas raised without n great
deal OF difficulty
The gunboats are 10 feet I'm length
and are built of steel. They have the
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