New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-28

that a committee Is appointed to make the
presentation formally. the commanding Officer
will set day and hour for the ceremony. Thus
the whole affair will be accomplished in first
rate style and, IL proper discretion has been ex
ercised in the selection Of the gift the latter
will be permanently source OF pleasure anc
comfort to those on board.
The cruiser New-York has been the recipien
of a greater number Of gifts than have beer
bestowed upon any other vessel of the Navy
Among them may be mentioned a silver service
Of twenty-four pieces from citizens of New
YORK: a silver pu6chbowl and ladle. from tn,
New-York Yacht Club; two silver candelabra
from the New-York Board of Trade large
music box from a manufacturer. and snip!
bell from the 9TH Regiment n. 6. 5. n. 7.
patriotic merchant Of clippings has given to the
ship a number of scrapbooks containing prac
tically everything that the newspapers have
ever said about her, and the late George w
Childs presented her with pigeon cote stocked
with homng pigeons OF the best blood.
The cruiser Baltimore mas received from d
citizen Of tie big town Of that name portrait
OF Lord Baltimore, the acceptance or when IL
the subject of a letter written on January :
1870 by George Dewey to Winfield Scott Schley
At that time Dewey was chief OF the bureau
OF Equipment. and Schley was in command ol
the Baltimore. The State of Massachusetts has
given To her namcsake warshp bronze statue
OF Victory valued al $1,000. Not to be oItdone
the city OF Concord has bestowed upon the AT
tie cruiser Of that name a miniature copy u
bronze of the famous statue OF the Minute MAJ
III III
two and half feet high. exclusive of the ped
estal. and stands at present on the forward par'
of the poop deck of the Concord. nevertheless
the Navy Department does not consider tha'
statues are, appropriate gifts for ships they are
cumbersome and to be in the way. nc
American war vessel has even figurehead. the
place of that ancient and respectable institution
being taken by shield and flags
THE CHARLEsTON'S sILvERY BELL.
The cruiser Charleston has been presented by
lii. x,r;th
among her gifts the most priced is snip
bell. owing to a rather romantic incident con
nected with it, She was built at san Francisco
and the wOrkmen engaged in IT'S construction
numbering over a thousand. decided that ordl'
nary bronze was not good enough FOR her Dei
SO every of them put INTO the mould, wnel
the molten metal was poured ln a SILVER com
and thus il happens that the bell OF 'ne ma leo
ton has a particularly silvery ring. the Score
tary of the Navy said at The time that ~ was an
.anptoprlate and graceful thought" adding tina,
no gift over received by the Navy DePdt'"eh
had been more highly appreciated
The state OF Iowa has bestowed upon 'he pa.
tieJship iowa silver service OF lorty PIe.e 80
valued at 5000. Most important among .ht
Orepon's gifts are a portrait of Irving Scott, mel
buider and an oil painting of Mount HOOD by
Miss Eugenia Shelby, who launched the vessel
From citizens of Texas the battle-ship OF ina
rame has received fourteen pieces OF silver In.
n;t,, ~ Detroit presented the cruiser Detroit
with a painting OF the city for the cabn ana
silver punchbowl and ladle. worm f-JW' ioi
the Wardroom. The gunDOat Wheeiihs haH 'aN
from the city OF Wheeling, w. va. SILVER
nuncbbowl and china and glass ware tor caDiI
and wardrobe. other presents TO date nave
been as follows: &c.. ,,;,ra .,
tho Quaker City a clock worth S4Wb
To the Raleigh from citizens Of North Sar"-
lima a silver punchbowl and ladle worth NO.
To the Newport. from citizens OF that to""
G,e ncces of silver worth SlSD
To the Montgomery, from the CITY vi tn,a
name punchbowl. ladle and twelve cups
worth $1,000. , uo,ona
To the Helena from citizens or Helena
nunchbowl and ladle. worth S2IOo ~
To the Columbia. from the Light intahtty
Corps of Washington d. G.. a shlps Del" WI III
TO the Atlanta. from the city of Atlanta seven
pieces Of silver. ,oa % tho late
To the Bancroft. from relatives oi '"e '"
George Bancroft. ships bell. ,,o
Tn The Harvard from undergraduates OF mar
ward a silver loving-cup and o-pouhu rdp'u
fire gun. ,,o. 90 Vale
TO the Yale, from undergraduates OF ia'e'
'' TO the Newark, by the city of Newark. case
Of stationery. o,,;. ,o 90
In 1897 the school children OF AnnapohS cd =
IN the gunbOat Wilmington siNet- Hipu',,, y
Bible inclosed in a glass case 10 Keep 1,ie u
Of IL and only a few weeks ago some EhueaN
orars in Chicago presented to the olympia,
Dewey's flagship sailors library, desISieu
eeneciaIIv for the Christian EndeavOr society
ON hoard" The literary collection CONSISTS y, y,
about fifteen books in substantial MAJ u"oou
case.
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