New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-28
CRUISER MONTGOMERY BACK
SHE ENDS A CRUISE OF MORE THAN A
YEAR WITH sCHLEYs SQUADRON

The cruiser Montgomery came W the Bay yes
terday. and at o'clock anchored on Quarantine
reaching home after sixteen months OF service
with the South Atlantic squadron under Rear Ad-
nniral schley The Montgomery has been in GER
vice six years and now. her officers think, she Is
TO go out Of commission
Two hundred and fifty yards Of a homeward
bound pennant--a narrow. tapering ribbon-waved
from the maintopmast head and strung along De-
hind. with its end trailing IN the wake OF me
cruiser
The feature of the cruise, according to the Of
fcers, was it's length. which to them was IN
seemIy It was enlivened by newspapers month
old that read to the want ads ana teie-
grams that everybody tried to twist into the
things he wished most to hear about
"Oh but there thing. an ofhcer SAIL
after he had asked what was going on In emma
land that was this-the Montgomery mas inau9
the best record of any warship in the Navy.
The other officers in the library showed thcl'
pride in their vessel, as the speaker continues.
she has made the fastest trip across tne Atlal-
tic Of any vessel in any Navy In the world
Then they explained that last November they
went across from the coast Of Brazil to Monrovia
the capital OF Liberia IN seven days AS the Two
southern continents are nearest together at these
points and the distance is not much more than
400 knots the Montgomery got her record oy run
ming not more than eleven knots an hour
The Montgomery left Norfolk in April Of last
year. and with the flagship Chicago and the gun
boat Wilmington comprised the South Atlantic
Squadron. She cruised first along the northern
coast OF Brazil. At Bahia the squadron helped
celebrate the four-hundredth anniversary Of the
discovery of Brazil. Then she cruised south 10 the
Rio de La Plata. In October she made her trip
across the Atlantic. and besides visiting Monrovia
called at the English colony at Sierra Leone
In November the Montgomery was at Monte
video. which her headquarters In December
she touched at Buenos Ayres. and in January she
reported once more at Montevideo. During that
month and the next she cruised to the north. get
ting back to Montevideo in June. Then ORDERS
came for the cruiser to proceed hoIneWaro, MOST
of the mems time was expiring, many Of the Off
GERS had been away during the whole sixteen
months, and they all cheerfully saw at the mast
head the long yards OF streaming RED rlooon called
a hOmeward bound pennant-
The Wilmington early in the cruise went up the
Amazon River. and wheL the Montgomery started
north the Wilmington. with Admiral Schiey and
quay on board, was on her way up the Parana
River
Thomas. She sailed from there on August 2, and
made the trip Sandy Hook IN four and a half
days. at the rate Of 1872 knots an hour
The cruiser Will lie at Quarantine until IuFLner
orders She needs some repairs her officers say.
and will doubtless be added to the list OF ships
IN ordinary
rines 20 men TO care for the engines and 1855 in
other departments. The only mascot the ship brings
back is a parrot, which speaks strong Spanish
There would have been many more pets on board
but the men were not permitted to bring them
home. The Montgomery has board sixteen sick
men belonging to the squadron.
John P. Merrell, commanding; Lieutenant-C on-
nnarder Francis H. Sherman, Lieutenants William
p White and John B. Patton, Ensgns John V
and deigh q Palmer Passed Assistant Surgeon
Albert D. Mccormick and Passed Assistant Pay
master Arturo F. Huntington.